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NASB | Exodus 20:8 ¶ "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:8 ¶ "Remember the Sabbath (seventh) day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God). |
Subject: Must Christians keep the Sabbath today? |
Bible Note: Tuggy, Welcome to the Forum! You state "The Ten Commandments is an unalterable law. Therefore, all ten precepts (including the Sabbath) stand fast forever, and are binding upon every person who claims the name of Christ (see Matthew 5:17,18). We must walk as He walked. Disregarding any one of the ten precepts is serious offence to God (see Matthew 5:19)." I agree, yet what of Paul's treatise in Romans 4 on Justification by Faith? How does that enter in to the mix? As Galatians 3:11-13 says "Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “The righteous man shall live by faith,However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, “He who practices them shall live by them.”Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”" The whole argument of Galatians 3 is that of beginning in the Spirit, are we now being perfected by the flesh? (3:3) Does not the argument of believers needing to keep the law, find its' answer in Romans 8:3-4?: "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." You further state "While keeping the whole law is required of us (James 2:10), it does not save us." Do you propose that it is possible for a "believer" to keep the law- even though it is Christ alone who fullfilled it? Romans 10:4 states "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." I'm not clear on your remark that "Let me also note that our faith in Jesus does not negate our responsibility to keep the law of God." Do you and have you kept the law of God? My friend, the law accomplishes 2 things. It shows us how holy God is, and it points to our NEED of a Savior. If I claim to have kept the law, do I not have something in which to boast? ( Rom.4:2, 1 Cor. 1:31) As Christ is the fulfillment of the law, and my righteousness is being found "in Him", is not my mandate now to "walk by faith?" (2 Cor. 5:7) Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |