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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: Who moved the Sabbath to Sun.? |
Bible Note: Mark 2:23-28 And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?" Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. "So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." First of all, I do not want to get into a debate, so I will say this and that will be it. I will not reply again. I have read through the thread in which this question was posted, and I didn't see this point being made, so please everyone, forgive me if it was, and also for carrying this issue further. But I think this should be said, because it's something that should be thought about by the "religious" people today, that say that we should keep the sabbath. I am not saying by the way, that if a man should feel in his heart and believe that he should keep it, that he should not, that is his right, and it is between him and God. That does not however, give him the right to put others under the law. This may shock you, but by "not rebuking" his disciples, in the sight of the "religious" Pharisees, Jesus was breaking the sabbath. Nor, did He say anything to indicate that David had sinned. So many people want to take what Jesus did on the cross and add something to it. salvation by grace, Plus, keeping a bunch of "religious" rules. Now please, Lets look what happens in the next chapter. This is were Jesus really got the "religious" Pharisees In an uproar. And I'd like to point out that what happened there in the synagogue, in my opinion, was a setup. These "religious" men, were really looking for a way to get rid of Him, because He threatened there ability to rule over men with the law. May I remind, that in the sermon on the mount Jesus raised the Commandments to the nth degree. So, we should assume by that He would also raise this one as well. Right? Not really, look what He does here, and remember also what He did in the last chapter. He was not keeping the letter of the law in their view at all. Mark 3:1-6 He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered. They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!" And He said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent. After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. Shouldn't we also do good on every day of the week. The religious people In Jesus' day, wanted to destroy Him, just like so many "religious" people today, want to "destroy" the rest or sabbath that we, as Christians have found in Jesus Christ, by making Christianity nothing more then just another religion. Salvation by grace, plus.... something. God bless. John |