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1 | Why do we not keep the 7th day Sabbath | Col 2:16 | kalos | 1896 | ||
Are the Sabbath laws binding on Christians today? . . . We believe the Old Testament regulations governing Sabbath observances are ceremonial, not moral, aspects of the law. As such, they are no longer in force, but have passed away along with the sacrificial system, the Levitical priesthood, and all other aspects of Moses' law that prefigured Christ. . . . Here are the reasons we hold this view. . . . In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul explicitly refers to the Sabbath as a shadow of Christ, which is no longer binding since the substance (Christ) has come. It is quite clear in those verses that the weekly Sabbath is in view. The phrase "a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day" refers to the annual, monthly, and weekly holy days of the Jewish calendar (cf. 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). If Paul were referring to special ceremonial dates of rest in that passage, why would he have used the word "Sabbath?" He had already mentioned the ceremonial dates when he spoke of festivals and new moons. . . . The Sabbath was the sign to Israel of the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic Covenant. . . . The New Testament never commands Christians to observe the Sabbath. . . . In our only glimpse of an early church worship service in the New Testament, the church met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7). . . . Nowhere in the Old Testament are the Gentile nations commanded to observe the Sabbath or condemned for failing to do so. That is certainly strange if Sabbath observance were meant to be an eternal moral principle. . . . There is no evidence in the Bible of anyone keeping the Sabbath before the time of Moses, nor are there any commands in the Bible to keep the Sabbath before the giving of the law at Mt. Sinai. . . . When the Apostles met at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15), they did not impose Sabbath keeping on the Gentile believers. . . . The apostle Paul warned the Gentiles about many different sins in his epistles, but breaking the Sabbath was never one of them. . . . In Galatians 4:10-11, Paul rebukes the Galatians for thinking God expected them to observe special days (including the Sabbath). . . . In Romans 14:5, Paul forbids those who observe the Sabbath (these were no doubt Jewish believers) to condemn those who do not (Gentile believers). . . . The early church fathers, from Ignatius to Augustine, taught that the Old Testament Sabbath had been abolished and that the first day of the week (Sunday) was the day when Christians should meet for worship (contrary to the claim of many seventh-day sabbatarians who claim that Sunday worship was not instituted until the fourth century). . . . Sunday has not replaced Saturday as the Sabbath. Rather the Lord's Day is a time when believers gather to commemorate His resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week. Every day to the believer is one of Sabbath rest, since we have ceased from our spiritual labor and are resting in the salvation of the Lord (Hebrews 4:9-11). . . . So while we still follow the pattern of designating one day of the week a day for the Lord's people to gather in worship, we do not refer to this as "the Sabbath." . . . (www.gty.org Click on Issues and Answers. Click on Previous Topics) |
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2 | Why do we not keep the 7th day Sabbath | Col 2:16 | christiankl | 12537 | ||
The 10 commandments in Exodus 20:3-17 were written by the finger of God (Exodus 31:18). Within these commandments it states "the seventh-day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God" Jesus rose on a Sunday (Matthew 28:1) which we all celebrate as Easter Sunday and also rested on Sabbath (Saturday) There is a prophetic warning in Revelations 14:12 about the end-times "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus" Colossians 2:16-17 reads "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: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." This is not referring to the 7th-day Sabbath given in the 10 commandments. These Sabbaths are a "shadow of things to come, but the body of Christ", this is referring to the Sabbath feasts described in Leviticus 23:37-38 "These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD." The Sabbath feasts I do agree are an ordinance of man which was done away with at the cross of Christ. This feast "shadowed" Jesus' sacrifice for us. Jesus' death liberated us from sin. SIN is what keeps us in bondage, not the law. The 7th-day Sabbath was not only for the Jews. In Acts 18:4 "And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews AND the Greeks." and in Acts:13:44, Paul and Barnabus preached to Gentile gatherings on the Sabbath. Ever since creation: Genesis 2:2-3 "God blessed the seventh-day, and sanctified it" Even in heaven and the earth made new will congregations keep the Sabbath: Isaiah 66:22-23 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD." This discussion turns into whether or not we are required under the new covenant to keep the 10 commandments. Jesus kept the 10 commandments (John 15:10) Jesus says in John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments" John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." Love is directly connected with keeping the commandments. In Romans 13:8, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Matthew 22:37-40 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets" This first and great commandment, Jesus actually quoted Deuteronomy 6:5 and this stated just after the 10 commandments that are in Deuteronomy 5. 1 John 5:2 states "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." A remnant church during the end times is described as those "which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelations 12:17 |
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3 | Why do we not keep the 7th day Sabbath | Col 2:16 | Makarios | 12597 | ||
Are you a Messianic Jew? | ||||||
4 | Why do we not keep the 7th day Sabbath | Col 2:16 | christiankl | 12621 | ||
I'm a Bible-believing Christian. I believe in the salvation provided by Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus is returning soon. I believe as Christians we must make manifest His Word. Keep the faith brother! | ||||||
5 | Why do we not keep the 7th day Sabbath | Col 2:16 | Makarios | 12673 | ||
AMEN Brother! :) | ||||||