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Hebrews 4:4 doesn't say that; it says this. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Hebrews 4:4 The word day is not in the Greek text, so God was not speaking about the seventh day of creation, but the 7th, which...

To Israel after the flesh. But I sayeth unto thee: There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example...

No, we obey the law that says do to others as you would want them to do to you, or conversely, don't do to others what you wouldn't want done to yourself. Would you want someone to murder you, commit adultery with your wife, steal from you, lie to you, covet your belongings? If not, don't do...

Holy spirit. It helps those that are willing and believing

Can you please tell me how you can find the liberty to do these things from love God and love your neighbor? If you love God and your neighbor you won't violate the spirit of those commandments. The bible says Jesus fulfilled all of the law

Sabbaths were a sign to those under the old covenant. The holy spirit and circumcision of the heart are the sign to those under the new covenant that God is sanctifying them. The sabbaths were just a shadow of the reality of resting from our own works of the flesh to know that God is sanctifying us

"Jesus expanded on the ten commandment. why? Because he wants us to follow them. " He didn't expand them, he condensed and fulfilled them

The priesthood of the new covenant is out of the tribe of Judah.

Again, the sabbath doesn't sanctify anything. Israelites sanctified it by observing it Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Deuteronomy 5:12

The Levitical priesthood was appointed by God; it didn't come from the law. The law came through it.

The commandments of God are the words of Christ. Whoever doesn't follow, or adds to them, is lawless.

The sabbath didn't and doesn't sanctify anything. Israelites were to sanctify it because it was a sign that God was the one sanctifying them Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. Ezekiel 20:12

Hebrews is explicit: Israel received the law of Moses through the Levitical priesthood. The priesthood has changed, therefore the law of the covenant has of necessity changed also. The 10 commandments were part of the law of Moses. Christ did away with the letter of the 10 commandments and wrote...

What part of love God and love your neighbor do you find the liberty to do such things? And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou...

Of course they can. Keeping one's self holy is keeping one's self from the defilements of the world Religion pure and undefiled before the God and father is this -- to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself spotless from the world. James 1:27

Grace isn't freedom to sin. Through grace comes the power to overcome the world and sin

Those were part of the law of the old covenant, which is no more. The priesthood having changed, there was of necessity a change of law also

That's the goal. Justification (what people mistakenly call salvation) is a one-time thing; salvation is a life-long process of abiding in our sanctification. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear...

Christians must keep themselves holy. Pursue peace with all and sanctification, apart from which no one shall see the Lord; Hebrews 12:14

Yes, of course, we must keep God's commandments, but what are they? The law of Moses or the law of Christ? If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law [of Moses],) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the...