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NASB | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. |
Subject: wandering why the forth commandment is |
Bible Note: To exhaust the matter: I do not think we should stick on the intents, as Charis thinks, maybe you should read Dante's Divine Comedy to know that Hell is paved of good intentions. I keep God commandments, because we love Him, and He says, "if you love me, keeps my commandments”, that is very clear. The fact that Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath does not mean that we have authority to change His Sabbath. “But the seven day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God” Ex 20:10 “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, an all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it” Ex 20:11. “ Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you Ex 31:4. Therefore is not only a day to rest and worship, it is holly. For a perpetual covenant, it is forever, eternal Ex 31:16. It is the day of holly convocation. Lev 23:3 We must “Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.” Deut 5:12, not because He had an intention with that. We do not interpret His intentions as his ways are higher that our ways. The Sabbath is to be a sign between God and its people. Ezekiel 20:12, is more than a day of rest, or a holly day, it is a sign. Ezekiel 20:20 Mathew writes; “In the en of the Sabbath, as it began to down towards the first day of the week ..” Mat 28:1 and Mark equates the dawn with “the rising of the sun”, “and when the Sabbath was past, … And very early in the morning of the first day of the week” Mark 16:1-3. Another reference Mark 16:9 “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, …”, and a Fourth reference Luke 24:1-2 “Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning …” , and a fifth reference John 20:1 “The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, …” There is no doubt that Jesus rested on the grave on the Sabbath and resurrection occurs on Sunday. John mentions the “first day” on the same chapter, and sometimes is mistaken as a Sunday worship. “The same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors where shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, …” John 20:19 Even when they were gathered it was not for worship but because of fear of the Jews. In Corinthians 16:1-2 Paul wrote: “Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 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, …” Lets notice what the apostle said and also what he did not say. Paul was writing appeals to the churches in Asia Minor, not talking about a collection plate being passed, and it was because many of the Christians in Jerusalem were suffering for lack of food and daily necessities. Paul asked the church in Corinth to gather food, clothing, etc. and store it at home until he could send men to transport it to Jerusalem. “lay by him in store”, in the original Greek has the meaning of putting aside at home. There was no service on Sunday. The gathering up and store was to be done on Sunday. The letter was to be shared on the Sabbath, when all were gathering for worship, and the first opportunity to do the collection and store was on Sunday, the first day of the week. Now lets review Acts 20:6-13, There are some unusual things on this all-night gathering in Troas. First of all, it had to be a solemn occasion for the speaker and the congregation, as Paul was living forever “shall see my face no more”. The night setting would require that it be held on Saturday night. The Sabbath ended at sundown, and the first day of the week began. Paul, who had stayed a full seven days so that he could be with the people over the Sabbath, decided not leave with the ship on Saturday night. Instead he fellowshipped all night long and then walked twenty miles across the peninsula on Sunday morning to joint the boat in Assos. Some people confuse the breaking of the bread with the holly communion; Luke assures us that those early Christians broke bread daily. Said this I cannot find another scriptural sustain for the Sunday to be holly, instead of the Sabbath of the Lord. God Bless you Oscar |