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NASB | Matthew 12:8 "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:8 "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." |
Bible Question: Then given that Paul was a servent of Christ why present him as one who could alter the forth commandment which christ never did |
Bible Answer: For the Son of Man is Lord [even] of the Sabbath. "... from the fall to the incarnation God was working; from the incarnation to the cross, God the Son was working; and from Pentecost until now, the Holy Ghost has been working. Assuredly, Christ had no Sabbath when He was upon this earth. true he finished His work - blessedly, gloriously finished it - but where did He spend the Sabbath day? IN THE TOMB! Yes, the Lord Christ - God manifest in the flesh, the Lord of the Sabbath, the Maker and sustainer of heavean and earth - spent the seventh day in the tomb. Has this no voice for us? Does it convey no teaching? Could the Son of God lie in the grave on the seventh day if that day were to be spent in rest and peace, and in the full sense that nothing remained to be done? Impossible! We want no further proof of the impossibility of celebrating a Sabbath than that which is afforded at the grave of Jesus. We may stand beside that grave amazed to find it occupied by such a one on the seventh day; but oh! the reason is obvious. Man is a fallen, ruined, guilty creature. His long career of guilt has ended in crucifying the Lord of glory; and not only crucifying Him but placing a great stone at the mouth of the tomb, to prevent, if possible, His leaving it. And what was man doing while the Son of God was in the grave? HE WAS OBSERVING THE SABBATH DAY! What a thought! Christ in His grave to repair a broken Sabbath, and man attempting to keep the Sabbath as though ie were not broken at all! It was MAN's Sabbath, and not God's. It was a Sabbath without Christ - an empty, powerless, worthless , because Christless and Godless, form." CHM "Notes on the Pentateuch" p.24 You may celebrate a Christless Sabbath if you want to rejoice over what man did to Christ, I celebrate the truimph of God over death, sin and the grave on the first day of the week. |
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