P.S. Romans says sin is violation of the law and also says that the law is of the spirit. So yes if you do not keep the Sabbath you are sinning. Truth is if you teach others to not keep it you are under rebellion and that is equal to witch craft.
No it is not. FAITH, is not tied to Bloodlines, while My People (My Nation) Israel is.
Romans 4:3-5 (HCSB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.
[SUP]4 [/SUP] Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.
That total kind of FAITH has always always been the standard for SALVATION, both in the O.T. and the N.T.
Malachi 3:6-7 (HCSB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] “Because I, Yahweh, have not changed, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
[SUP]7 [/SUP] “Since the days of your fathers, you have turned from My statutes; you have not kept ⌊them⌋. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. But you ask: “How can we return?”
That TOTAL FAITH AND TRUST, is what counterfeit Christians lack.
As Zola Levitt once said, "Jews put a far greater meaning on the word BELIEVE, than we English speaking people usually do. For example, if two Jews walk up to a frozen over lake in early winter and Jew#1 said to Jew#2, "Do you Believe the ice is thick enough to walk on yet?" And Jew#2 answered, "Yes, I do Believe the ice is thick enough to walk on." And then Jew#2 put one foot out there on the ice and gently tested the ice. Jew#1 would scream, "LIAR, if you really Believed it, you would have walked out there and put your whole weight on the ice."
To genuinely Believe on JESUS as the Messiah, is to willingly put your whole weight and TRUST on HIS having SAVED you by what HE accomplished on the Cross.
Another example Jesus used to explain that kind of FAITH, is when HE said "we must become like children". There is NO waivering or doubt in a little Child's Faith and Trust. For example. If a 4 year old child climbed up on the roof of the chicken coop, just as his Daddy came home from work; and his Daddy said, "Jump son, Daddy will catch you." That young Daddy had BETTER BE REALLY READY TO CATCH THAT CHILD, because that Child will not waiver or doubt, THAT CHILD WILL JUMP.
I believe that is what HE is talking about when HE talks about the FAITH OF ABRAHAM: NO Waivering, NO doubting, Just Totally TRUSTING, FAITH.
Matthew 18:3 (HCSB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] “I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 4:16-17 (HCSB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all
[SUP]17 [/SUP] in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.
I cannot even count the number people who point to that verse 16, and say "See there, we are spiritual ISRAELITES." Then I remind them that Abraham was NOT an Israelite, he was from UR of the Chaldees. THAT IS WAY SOUTH OF BAGHDAD.
Genesis 11:31 (NRSV)
[SUP]31 [/SUP] Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Maybe I have misunderstood you friend. Israel is the name that Elohim has selected to call His people yes? If there is one tree symbolic of the nation of YHWH Elohim, (there is). We are grafted into that tree and live by the same roots don't we? Israel is the name Elohim calls you if you are his people. Scripture makes it clear thank Heaven that there is one law for Israel and the foriner among them. So Sabbath is also for us in Messiah Yeshua as Shaul makes Clear. So there remains a Sabbath keeping for those in Messiah Yeshua today. Don't fall into disobedience as they did in the wilderness for our example.
The entire law is love, thus not one part of it can change because God is love and never changes.
P.S. Romans says sin is violation of the law and also says that the law is of the spirit. So yes if you do not keep the Sabbath you are sinning. Truth is if you teach others to not keep it you are under rebellion and that is equal to witch craft.
Look again in Messiah, ( which is what I am referring to) there is neither Jew nor Gentile. We are being made into a holy nation. Many times also Gentile is referring to the lost sheep of Israel not that it always refers to them. If you are follower of Messiah and you keep the commands of YHWH Elohim you are grafted into Israel and as such are a part of Israel not that you could have been given this gift even if you are physically descended of Israel. All Levites are of Israel not all Levites are for temple service,(for example). So if you keep the commands and testimony of Messiah you too are a Jew..
Right I'm not saying the Israelites are the only ones called to holiness. I think your saying that also. Meant to quote the person you did... Shalom
We are called to celebrate the day of Yahushua's (Jesus's) resurrection. Let me show you. First we need to understand why the Messiah rose from the dead when He did, but first you have to understand when and why He was crucified for us. Yahushua was crucified on the Passover, and was and is our Passover lamb. Leviticus Chapter 23 explains Yahweh's feast days for us. We are told that the day after the Passover is the first day of "unleavened bread", it is a Holy day considered a Sabbath day. We are also told that after the first day which comes after the Weekly Sabbath day (Seventh day of the Week) after the Passover day is another Holy day called "first fruits". It is on that day that the children of Israel were to bring a "Sheaf" of grain, being the first ripe stalks of barley grain from their crops, and present it as a "wave offering" to Yahweh at the Temple. It represented the first of all the harvest that Yahweh (God) would bless the people with. Yahushua rose from the dead on that same day, He became the "first fruits of the dead" as He was risen up from the grave and presented before the Father in Heaven. It is in the Keeping of Yahweh's Holy Days that we find true Worship, both of Yahweh and His Son Yahushua. In truth believers were never told to worship every first day of the week (Sunday) It is hard to accept for some but this is a tradition of men based off of pagan rooted practices. It's not wrong to worship on Sunday, or any given day, but Christianity has replaced Yahweh's Holy Days with their own man made institutions. We are still called to Keep every Sabbath, and every Holy Day, and indeed every Word that proceeds from the mouth of Yahweh, for it is by that that we live.VCO,
re: "I call that day Resurrection Sunday, and that is WELL WORTH CELEBRATING."
Any thoughts on why scripture is completely silent with regard to anyone celebrating on the first day of the week in honor of the resurrection?
It has everything to do with the day, Yahweh has set up His own Set Apart (Holy) Days, these are the days that He wants to be worshiped. The World has set up their own "Holidays" allof which were at one point or another days dedicated to the worship of false gods. Christmas, Easter, Haloween, the way we keep birthdays, and even the origins of Valentines day and others were all at one point "how pagans worshiped their gods" and here is what Yahweh says about that,What on GOD's green earth do you mean by KEEP. We Celebrate HIS BIRTH because the Angels DID.
AND WE CELEBRATE the RESURRECTION, because it is the FULFILLMENT OF THE FESTIVAL OF FIRSTFRUITS, the first of many resurrections to come.
NOW I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, there has been enough PAGAN RELIGIONS throughout the history of mankind, that I guarantee that there has been a PAGAN HOLIDAY on every single one of the 365 days of the year, and that includes every single Sabbath that you think you KEEP.
It has NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT DAY,
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR HEART.
We can all tell, there is nothing but COLD HARDNESS GOING ON IN YOUR HEART.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Eph 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Eph 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Eph 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Eph 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Eph 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
Isa 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Isa 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isa 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Jesus took the physical ordinances of Israel out of the way,because they were contrary to us,because they could not provide spiritual salvation,but was only temporary until Christ came,and gave the New Covenant,by the cross,and receiving the Spirit.
When a person receives the Spirit that is their sabbath,a spiritual rest.
Do we set aside a day that is a commandment that we do so,I do not see in the Bible where there is a day we set aside,although the Lord might like us to assemble on the first day of the week,but I do not see a commandment to do so,and every day is the sabbath by the Spirit.
Act 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
1Co 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
1Co 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.
But I do not see a commandment to set the first day aside,for if it is a spiritual sabbath,then every day would be set apart,for there is no day concerned with that,where a physical sabbath can have a day concerned with it.
The physical sabbath was a day for them to rest,and cease from their own labors,profiting themselves,but if a person had need it was not against the sabbath to help them,for it was permitted to do good on the sabbath for the profit of other people,as Jesus pointed out.
The spiritual sabbath has no day concerned with it,and we do not cease from our labors concerning that,for we labor every day for the kingdom,and we are prepared unto all good works,and it does profit us to labor for that kingdom,for we do not cease from that labor of profiting ourselves in spiritual salvation,and we never cease profiting other people either.
Physical sabbath,day to cease profiting themselves,spiritual sabbath,we never cease profiting ourselves,but we labor every day for the kingdom,and following Jesus.
It has everything to do with the day, Yahweh has set up His own Set Apart (Holy) Days, these are the days that He wants to be worshiped. The World has set up their own "Holidays" allof which were at one point or another days dedicated to the worship of false gods. Christmas, Easter, Haloween, the way we keep birthdays, and even the origins of Valentines day and others were all at one point "how pagans worshiped their gods" and here is what Yahweh says about that,
Deuteronomy 12:30-32
30. take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.'
31. You shall not worship Yahweh your Elohim in that way; for every abomination to Yahweh which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
32. "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
Read Leviticus Chapter 23 in regards to "What He commanded and prescribed as true proper Holy Worship".
And as for "what is in our Heart"
Jeremiah 17:9
9. "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
Matthew 15:19
19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Every time you fooled Christians.. you are under a curse and will die because you believe that the Sabbaths of YHWH Elohim and of Messiah are done. Foolish people who elevate lies as if they are true why don't you look up the scriptures relating to the thousand year reign of Messiah to see they still will keep Sabbath? If you really believe that you should be focused on the eternal truth why don't you trust what Messiah did as example to live like? So to you all because you are decieved