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1 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | JMR | 227 | ||
See Luke 6:1-11. Yes, Jesus insisted that some principles take precedence over others. Doing good on the Sabbath did not offend God nor did it violate the spitit of the law. | ||||||
2 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | Tuggy | 89622 | ||
Do you believe in the fall of angels and human beings for breaking God's commandments? How about the Second Coming of Jesus and the Judgment? Do you believe in those, as well? But when will the living be judged if we are alive when Jesus comes? Paul spoke of the resurrection that leads to life in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17: 1) The dead in Christ shall rise first 2) We who are alive and remain shall be caught up in the air 3) We shall ever be with the Lord Would not the living be judged some time before Jesus returns? If this is true, then Jesus has a problem. 1. As our High Priest He is our sin bearer, and He loves us 2. Christ is in judgment in His saints. That means His integrity is at stake with what He does with us 3. That’s why He delays His coming. Let’s imagine that Satan is talking with his angels. He says: 1. We lost in heaven 2. We lost at Calvary 3. But we can win at the judgment of the living just before Christ’s return. His angels ask: “What can we do to win?” Satan says: 1. Bring pressure to bear on all Christians 2. Keep them breaking the commandments 3. Then if in His judgment of the living Christ: a. shall designate one person for translation who is not in repentance and obedience, b. He must take all of us back to heaven, too! I’ve come to observe this: 1. Christ will not come to raise the dead and bind Satan until the judgment of the living is completed. 2. Satan’s “life insurance” depends on Christ’s inability to have a commandment-keeping church at the judgment of the living. What about the judgment of the dead? Let’s imagine that the books of heaven are opened and that Satan is standing there as the name of Martin Luther comes up. Satan says: “I claim Martin Luther, the Reformer. He was anti-Semitic He brought persecution upon the Jews He did it a second time just before He died.” Christ responds, “But I plan to give Luther a white robe. I am the potter, and Luther was the clay.I was making progress in his life when he died. I was just not finished with him yet, but he was responding to my leading in his life.” Satan asks: “Do you mean that if Luther had not died, but had lived until the judgment of the living, he would have repented of his treatment of the Jews, and would love them?” Christ would answer: “Yes! Otherwise I would have to take his name out of the Lamb’s Book of Life or take you, Satan, and your angels back into heaven.” I’ve discovered that in the judgment of the dead, Christ can plead progress, but in the judgment of the living, He has a problem: 1. Christ’s goal must be reached: a church keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus 2. The church must be brought into translation preparation 3. When His church responds. Christ will come! Texts: Genesis 2:1-3; 1 Chronicles 17:27; Exodus 20:1-17; Exodus 31:18; 32:16; Deuteronomy 10:1-4; 12:32; Isaiah 8:20; Psalm 19:7; Romans 7:12,22; 3:31; Psalm 111:7,8; 89:34; 119:152; Matthew 5:17-19; Matthew 7:21-23; John 14:15,21,23; 1 John 2:3-6; James 2:10-12; Revelation 12:17; 14:12; 22:14; 14:6,7; Isaiah 66:22,23; Luke 23:54-56; Acts 13:14,42,44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4,11. |
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3 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | BradK | 89633 | ||
Tuggy, You ask "Do you believe in the fall of angels and human beings for breaking God's commandments?" Not if they're saved. Your argument seems to intimate that nobody is really saved until the end when you state "But we can win at the judgment of the living just before Christ’s return." Am I correct to assume this? As I see scripture, we've ALL been judged guilty before God (Rom. 3:19-23). In brief, the entire argument of Romans 1-3 is we are sinners and guilty before God. Justification has been provided in Rom. 4. Salvation accomplished in Rom. 5. I have been convicted, judged, and sentence pronounced in Romans. Christ died in my place! My position of sin has been replaced with His of righteousness ( 1 Cor. 1:30) Could you possibly clarify your statement by scripture that "Satan’s “life insurance” depends on Christ’s inability to have a commandment-keeping church at the judgment of the living." My friend, God is able!( Luke 3:8, Heb.2:18,7:25, 11:19) There is simply no such thing as Christ's "inability". We have been judged! Judgement predominately is future for the unbeliever (Rev. 20). There is a very specific sense that we'll be judged based upon our walk- not with regard to salvation- but reward (1 Cor. 3:10-15). I would have to call into question your choice of words in saying that "Christ can plead progress, but in the judgment of the living, He has a problem:" The "problem" is one of sinful mankind, not of a sovereign, loving, merciful God dependent on His creation to perform! Any performance, was accomplished on the cross, when Jesus said, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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4 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | Tuggy | 89691 | ||
Dear Brother in Christ, You misinterpreted my note and missed the point. Here is a paraphrase that I hope will help to reinforce my point: 1. Both angels (Lucifer and a third of heaven's angels) and men (Adam, Eve and their posterity) have fallen because of breaking God's commandments - in other words - because of sin (Revelation 12:4,7-9; 2 Peter 2:4; Romans 3:23). 2. Jesus' Second Coming is Near (Revelation 22:12) 3. Judgment: when does it take place - past, present, or future? 4. When Jesus returns, He'll have His reward with Him (Revelation 22:12). That means, the destiny of each soul would have already been decided, and at Jesus' Coming, the dead destined for eternal life are resurrected, the righteous who are alive and remain are caught up together with them, and we shall ever be with the lord (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17). 5. Therefore, judgment takes place before Jesus' Coming (at least, the investigative phase). Could that be in our day? If we are living in the time of the judgment of the living, just imagine what that implies! Are you ready to meet God face to face? Will you be found before Jesus wanting, or with your sins all washed away? What is sin? The breaking of the law of God (1 John 3:4). We MUST be in harmony with the law of God! 6. In the judgment, Jesus is our High Priest (Hebrews 4:14). He is for us, not against us. However, He is a consuming fire to sin and to those who are in sin. What is sin? 7. Jesus seeks to develop His holy character in us, so that we'll fully reflect Him (Ephesians 3:17-19). 8. The saved are those who reflect the character of Jesus (1 John 2:6). 9. One important part of reflecting Jesus' character is odedience to God - to the law of God - the whole law of God (John 15:10; James 2:10). What law? According to James 2:11, the Ten Commandment law. 10. We are judged based on our obedience to the Ten Commandments (James 2:10-12; Ecclestiastes 12:13,14). 11. It is Satan's object to keep Christians - all men, in fact - breaking God's commandments, so that they'll be lost. Jesus will not take the disobedient to heaven. Otherwise, justice would require taking the devil back to heaven, too! 12. The Lord is coming back for a church that has received a special cleansing and preparation to meet God face to face (Revelation 22:11-14). 13. Revelation describes those who inherit eternal life as those who are faithful to God's commandments (Revelation 12:17; 14:12; 22:14). 14. Jesus is waiting for His church to respond - to be brought into translation preparation 15. Then, He'll come. The question is: Are we allowing Jesus to mold and fashion us into His likeness, each day? In other words, are we submitting to the Holy Spirit's control daily? We need the daily baptism of the Holy Spirit, a daily surrender to the Holy Spirit's control, so that we'll ever be growing more and more like Jesus (John 15:1-4; Philippians 2:5; 1:10,11). There is no room for complacency. We should be seeking a closer relationship with Jesus every day. This response was given in response to whether Christians should keep the Sabbath Day today. Yes, and not only the Sabbath, but the other nine precepts as well; we must be in harmony with God by being in harmony with His law. Unless we do the will of the Father (which involves obedience), it won't matter how many sermons we've preached, how many healings wrought by us... if we are not in harmony with God's will, in the judgment of the living, Jesus will weep over us as He wept over Jerusalem, and will declare with a heartbreak, "Depart from me; I know you not" (Matthew 7:21-23). Let us endeavour to live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4), and search the scriptures daily whether these things are so (Acts 17:11). |
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5 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | BradK | 89694 | ||
Tuggy, I don't believe that I misinterpreted you nor missed the point! You advocate the "believer" or Christian to be in the position of Galatians 3. We appear to be diametrically opposed in our approach to how we as believers in Christ are to walk. Mine is an advocacy of grace, yours of law. How exactly does or can a believer "keep" the 10 Commandments? I would humbly submit that you are proposing an excersize in futility and impossibility.As Christ is the fulfillment of the law (Rom.10:4), and we are "in Him", is not our fulfillment of the law found in Him as well? Is not Titus 2:11-12 our greatest motivation to live Godly? I submit that it is:-) Brother, in all honesty I must conclude that you fall under 1 Timothy 1:5-7. Good luck! Speaking The Truth in Love, BradK |
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6 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | Tuggy | 89746 | ||
You are speeding down a highway, exceeding the speed limit by 20 mph. Soon, you are pulled over by a police officer. You plead with him, and he decides to give you another chance. What would you do? Would you rev your engine, and leave the officer in a cloud of dust, and again violate the speed limit law? Or, would you be careful this time to drive within the speed limit? Does being "let off the hook" give you license to violate the speed limit law? Yet, we have broken a higher law - God's law, and the penalty was death. But, the grace of God, infinitely greater than that granted by the police officer has set us free. It is solely by grace that we are saved (Eph 2:8). But, being saved by grace does not give us license to continue breaking God's law, no more than being given a second chance would have given the driver license to break the laws of the road. Paul makes it clear that we are not under law, but under grace (Rom 6:14). As you were pulled over by the police officer for disregarding the speed limit, you were under the law - under its condemnation - and you deserved the penalty. After you were given an undeserving second chance, you were now under grace. We are under the grace of God; therefore, sin shall no longer enslave us (Rom 6:14). Rom 6:15: "What then? SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW?" Since 1 John 3:4 defines sin as the breaking of God's law, the apostle was actually asking: "SHALL WE CONTINUE TO BREAK THE LAW, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE?" His answer: "GOD FORBID." Obedience to God is the theme of verses 16 and 17. Walking as Jesus walked means living a life of total surrender to God; a life of righteousness involves obedience (Rom 6:16). A bride and a groom, because they are so inlove, will do anything to please each other. They would abide by the laws that guard their marriage without giving it a second thought. Love - it's the fountain from which obedience springs. That's why Jesus said: "IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." A husband who loves His wife would never dishonour the laws that guard their marriage. So those who love Christ will never dishonour God's law. They are not obedient because they are trying to commend themselves to God. They are obedient because they love Him so much, they want to please Him in every way. Obedience is the fruit of love. In Galatians 3, Paul never hints that keeping the law of God is unnecessary. He made the point that one is made righteous, not by keeping the law, but through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus (Gal 2:21). He then explains, in Galatians 3:10: "For all who rely on the on the works of the law are under a curse" (RSV). Rely on the law for what? For righteousness (2:21). We are justified by the grace of Jesus through faith, not by the deeds of the law (Gal 2:16; Rom 3:20; Tit 3:7). But, why? Because the function of the law is to make us conscious of sin (Rom 3:20). Righteousness is by faith (Rom 3:21-30). But FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD (James 2:17). James says: "I will show thee my faith by my works" (2:18). But WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY [God's Commandments], AND CONTINUETH THEREIN, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a DOER OF THE WORK, this man shall be BLESSED in his deed (James 1:25). Such a one, God deems a saint (Rev 14:12), and will have right to the tree of life (Rev 22:14). Let's not charge God with being unjust, by stating that it's impossible for us to obey His Commandments. Jesus said: "KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS" (John 14:15). If Jesus commanded us, it is very possible! "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST which srengtheneth me" (Phil 4:13). So, THROUGH CHRIST, I CAN KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AS GOD REQUIRES (James 2:10-12). Our loving Saviour would never require of us anything that is impossible. With man it is impossible, but not with God; with God ALL things are possible (Matt 19:26). Let us grasp these promises in faith. Jesus' words to the rich young man, "IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS" are still valid. They are so valid that only those who "do His Commandments" will "have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city" (Rev 22:14). I love my mother so much, I cheerfully and willingly help her around the house, never complaining or murmuring about the tasks she asks me to perform. As a matter of fact, it pleases me to please her. But I love God a whole lot more. What He commands, I will cheerfully perform, THROUGH JESUS (I repeat, with greater emphasis, ONLY THROUGH JESUS), my strength. Like Paul, I delight in the law of God (Romans 7:22). Like John, I don't consider His Commandments to be burdensome, but perform them in love (1 John 5:2,3). Let Paul have the final word: "[We are saved solely by faith in Jesus, and not because of works, but] DO WE, THEN, NULLIFY THE LAW BY THIS FAITH? NOT AT ALL! RATHER, WE UPHOLD [or establish] THE LAW" (Rom 3:31). |
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7 | Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? | Ex 20:8 | BradK | 89760 | ||
Tuggy, Come now, you keep the entire law, ALL 10 Commandments? I find that difficult to believe! Let me ask you a few questions- and I'm not trying to be snide. Do you keep the 10 Commandments? How long have you kept them? You've not stumbled in one point? Are we really saved by grace, or is it grace plus the law? I'm a little confused by your statement "They are so valid that only those who "do His Commandments" will "have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city" (Rev 22:14)." Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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