Subject: Do you disobey this commandment? |
Bible Note: No. I do not observe the seventh day of the week as the Jews do. I was born again in jail. I read the Bible with no church influence for 30 months. Based on such passages as Acts 15 I fully understood that such things as sabbath and circumcision were not commanded for gentiles of the church but were prophetic of the heart issues. So I keep sabbath in truth not in outward formalism. I am not guilty of sabbath breaking becuase I rest in being made righteous by the finished work of the cross. The only work I do as a christian that God commands is a work called LOVE. It is not an ordinance or religious observance. This kind or work was described by James when he said that faith without works is dead and then proceeds to give and example of what kind of works he is talking about. He says if you see a man naked you should not say be warm and fed and not give him what he needs to be warm and fed. So works that God accepts are love works as we walk in faith being already made righteous by the finished work on the cross. If I go to church on Saturday and then go home. I do not see how this keeps sabbath. So please anyone that keeps sabbath as the Jews do tell me what you do to keep it. Is it all about what day you go to church? Well then I know many people that keep sabbath because they go to church on Saturday and on Sunday. Do they keep the sabbath? What if they go to church on Saturday just because they love to go so much? I mean what if they do not think about the sabbath, they are just going becuase they love to go to church? Can you comprehend this? Did you know that there are multitudes of holy saints going to church to fellowship with other saints, encourage one another in the Lord, study the Bible, hear the Bible preached, and worship in singing and pray together, who do not ever think of it as a exercise in religious duty, but rather as a walk of Love toward one another and toward God. As a matter of fact the only ones I know that go to church becuase they feel they "have to" to do their christian duty, are backslidden and indifferent towards God the rest of the week. Now living your own life 6 days a week and going to church on sabbath calling it "observing the Lords day" is something a lost person does. I live for God every single day. I worship and sing to the Lord every day. I read my Bible every day. I live each day with the same reverance and commitment to God that I do when I go to church. So what is this idea sabbath keeping people have about "giving it to the Lord" I don't understand. Are they saying they worship and sing to God on that day but not the other 6? Help me understand. What does it mean to sabbath keepers to keep the sabbath. I mean give me an example of keeping the sabbath in your life today. It might be that I am doing it and did not know it. I am often at church on a Saturday. Is it when you evangelize and win souls? I am often doing that on Saturday and every other day. Is it singing to the Lord? Praying? As I stated, I do that daily. Is it getting in a closet and communing with God? I think if you do that only on the sabbath it is a start, but if you want to go all the way in God you will need more than that. Help me understand what is "keeping sabbath" to those that believe you should observe Saturday in a special way. And let me point out that if you go to a relious meeting on Saturday but do not reach out to people in love as God leads you the rest of the week that your faith is without works and dead. James did not list sabbath keeping as a work that demonstrates your faith James listed works of love toward others such as feeding them and clothing them. So what I am saying is that if a man goes to church on Saturday but never does these kind of works that James mentions he would not qualify as having works. May God Bless You in your search for His Heart in the Study of the Word. |