Puzzled, Why Not Talk to God About the Sabbath?

[Word_Swordsman]

Believing Pharisees who had joined the Jerusalem church had been demanding that Gentile believers be circumcised and be commanded to keep the law of Moses. So a counsel of apostles and elders met together, settling the dispute. The Gentiles would no longer be bothered with the things of Moses, having already received the same Holy Spirit as the Jewish converts did at Pentecost. Only three particularly offensive acts the Jews hated of pagans were prohibited of Gentile believers. Later 9 out of ten commandments were eased back in, but withuot putting the burden of the Sabbath rest on them. That one was not a moral code but a Jewish statute. The nine are a reasonable fit with any nation and culture, so are not a burden, while the remaining 604 were left for the Jews to observe.
The sabbath holy days, the feasts, the ordinances, the statutes, all of that was not to be pressed onto Gentile believers. It is that way today. Gentiles are saved without keeping any laws of Moses..

MESSAGE FOR SABBATARIANS

Acts 15:5-30 (KJV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
[SUP]7 [/SUP] And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
[SUP]11 [/SUP] But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
[SUP]13 [/SUP] And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
[SUP]14 [/SUP] Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
[SUP]16 [/SUP] After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
[SUP]17 [/SUP] That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
[SUP]20 [/SUP] But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
[SUP]21 [/SUP] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
[SUP]23 [/SUP] And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
[SUP]24 [/SUP] Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
[SUP]25 [/SUP] It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
[SUP]26 [/SUP] Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[SUP]27 [/SUP] We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
[SUP]28 [/SUP] For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
[SUP]29 [/SUP] That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

You sabbatarians are trying to poke God's eye by pestering Gentile believers. We have our own covenant, a better one that saves souls. We have our own branch grafted into the same vine, you have yours.

 

[Hizikyah]

Believing Pharisees who had joined the Jerusalem church had been demanding that Gentile believers be circumcised and be commanded to keep the law of Moses. So a counsel of apostles and elders met together, settling the dispute. The Gentiles would no longer be bothered with the things of Moses, having already received the same Holy Spirit as the Jewish converts did at Pentecost. Only three particularly offensive acts the Jews hated of pagans were prohibited of Gentile believers. Later 9 out of ten commandments were eased back in, but withuot putting the burden of the Sabbath rest on them. That one was not a moral code but a Jewish statute. The nine are a reasonable fit with any nation and culture, so are not a burden, while the remaining 604 were left for the Jews to observe.
The sabbath holy days, the feasts, the ordinances, the statutes, all of that was not to be pressed onto Gentile believers. It is that way today. Gentiles are saved without keeping any laws of Moses..

MESSAGE FOR SABBATARIANS

Acts 15:5-30 (KJV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
[SUP]7 [/SUP] And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
[SUP]11 [/SUP] But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
[SUP]13 [/SUP] And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
[SUP]14 [/SUP] Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
[SUP]16 [/SUP] After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
[SUP]17 [/SUP] That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
[SUP]20 [/SUP] But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
[SUP]21 [/SUP] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
[SUP]23 [/SUP] And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
[SUP]24 [/SUP] Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
[SUP]25 [/SUP] It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
[SUP]26 [/SUP] Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[SUP]27 [/SUP] We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
[SUP]28 [/SUP] For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
[SUP]29 [/SUP] That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

You sabbatarians are trying to poke God's eye by pestering Gentile believers. We have our own covenant, a better one that saves souls. We have our own branch grafted into the same vine, you have yours.

You should probably find out what words were added to that passage and not in the original text.... then IMO, think about why those words were added....

 

[john832]

Believing Pharisees who had joined the Jerusalem church had been demanding that Gentile believers be circumcised and be commanded to keep the law of Moses. So a counsel of apostles and elders met together, settling the dispute. The Gentiles would no longer be bothered with the things of Moses, having already received the same Holy Spirit as the Jewish converts did at Pentecost. Only three particularly offensive acts the Jews hated of pagans were prohibited of Gentile believers. Later 9 out of ten commandments were eased back in, but withuot putting the burden of the Sabbath rest on them. That one was not a moral code but a Jewish statute. The nine are a reasonable fit with any nation and culture, so are not a burden, while the remaining 604 were left for the Jews to observe.
The sabbath holy days, the feasts, the ordinances, the statutes, all of that was not to be pressed onto Gentile believers. It is that way today. Gentiles are saved without keeping any laws of Moses..

MESSAGE FOR SABBATARIANS

Acts 15:5-30 (KJV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
[SUP]7 [/SUP] And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
[SUP]11 [/SUP] But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
[SUP]13 [/SUP] And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
[SUP]14 [/SUP] Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
[SUP]16 [/SUP] After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
[SUP]17 [/SUP] That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
[SUP]20 [/SUP] But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
[SUP]21 [/SUP] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
[SUP]23 [/SUP] And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
[SUP]24 [/SUP] Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
[SUP]25 [/SUP] It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
[SUP]26 [/SUP] Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[SUP]27 [/SUP] We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
[SUP]28 [/SUP] For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
[SUP]29 [/SUP] That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

You sabbatarians are trying to poke God's eye by pestering Gentile believers. We have our own covenant, a better one that saves souls. We have our own branch grafted into the same vine, you have yours.

So, lemme see, the only thing that a Gentile believer needs to keep in mind is this?

Act 15:20 but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

1.) abstain from things polluted by idols.
2.) sexual immorality
3.) things strangled
4.) blood

Well alrighty then, having another god before the true God is just fine as long as you don't make a statue of it? Taking God's holy name in vain is perfectly acceptable? Breaking the Sabbath is the correct course of action. Dishonoring your parents is not a problem? Murder is no longer a problem for Gentiles? Stealing is the acceptable way to get ahead? Lying is just part of daily life? Lusting after your neighbor's possessions is fine and dandy?

Wow, that is a very interesting approach to Christianity, bet you have a lot of followers.

Although, I did notice that you did not emphasize this verse...

Act 15:21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

But then again, antinomians never do.

 

[Word_Swordsman]

So, lemme see, the only thing that a Gentile believer needs to keep in mind is this?

Act 15:20 but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

1.) abstain from things polluted by idols.
2.) sexual immorality
3.) things strangled
4.) blood

New commandments given in the New Covenant teach concerning those things and much more. Paul taught it is OK to eat anything but not at the expense of causing someone to be offended in your eating it. 1 Corinthians 8:8-13 (KJV)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
[SUP]9 [/SUP] But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
[SUP]11 [/SUP] And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
[SUP]12 [/SUP] But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
[SUP]13 [/SUP] Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

The prohibitions in Acts 15:20 specifically outlaw taking part in idol worship. But food offered to an idol for consumption is not a problem with God as long as anyone seeing you do that isn't corrupted from not having the knowledge of 1 Corinthians 8:4-7 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
[SUP]7 [/SUP] Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

The three most hideous sins the Jews, wherever Moses was preached, would remain in great dispute with Christians over were commanded of the Church. No other specifically Jewish (Mosaic Law) statutes, ordinances, or customs were commanded anywhere in the New Covenant. Notice not a word about commanding to keep the sabbath. Gentiles would not relate to the feasts. Why would a Romanian Christian care to celebrate Israel's deliverance from Egypt?

Morality is more than well taught in the New Covenant, with no need to consult the Pentateuch to know right from wrong.

Well alrighty then, having another god before the true God is just fine as long as you don't make a statue of it? Taking God's holy name in vain is perfectly acceptable? Breaking the Sabbath is the correct course of action. Dishonoring your parents is not a problem? Murder is no longer a problem for Gentiles? Stealing is the acceptable way to get ahead? Lying is just part of daily life? Lusting after your neighbor's possessions is fine and dandy?

Christians could completely skip the Old Testament and get all God wants concerning idols and idol worship from the New.

The Jews didn't have the Spirit in them, so had to be commanded not to take God's name in vain. Christians have the Spirit, have the true law of God written upon their heart, are given the name to use (Jesus). Note that many Jews won't even say God's name, or write it. Christians are encouraged to preach His name and faith in it.

Only a Jew can break a sabbath since only Jews are commanded to keep it.

Honoring parents? The New Covenant goes into much greater detail than Moses did. Children are to obey parents, and requite them, that is honor their parents from rearing them up, taking responsibility to support their elderly parents and their parents. 1 Tim 5:4

The New Covenant has ample instructions concerning all the sins you list, and much more.

Wow, that is a very interesting approach to Christianity, bet you have a lot of followers.

Although, I did notice that you did not emphasize this verse...

Act 15:21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

But then again, antinomians never do.

Actually I have no "followers", as I always direct new disciples to Jesus, who does have a lot of followers called Christians. You need to go "whole-hog" for Jesus Christ by not putting your trust so heavily in the abolished Mosaic Covenant. All the good of that is taught well in the New. The New leaves out all the curses of the old.

I am not an antinomian since I observe the magnificent moral laws of the New Covenant which are superior to those of the Old. The reason they are superior is they are directly connected to loving God and loving neighbor instead of by dry commandment with a curse.

Further, I am saved by the act of Grace from God that through faith in Jesus Christ I shall be saved, sealed by the Holy Spirit this day. Grace is more accurately a decision, from God, to enact and carry through His divine plan to redeem mankind. I liken grace to a rudimentary analogy of a new car for sale. It didn't just happen. It began with an idea, then models, drawings, schematics, like God's grace plan. Outfitting the factory to build the car is like the making of Jesus, born a man, and promoting His good news. The grace plan is superior to the other in that the salesman says "This car of great price is your gift. Happy driving, here's your keys and title." All I did was respond to the ad to come consider the car. There is no work required to possess it, but does take faith to believe the man, accept the keys, the certificate of title, and drive away. I responded to an invitation to listen to a preacher who was prepared by God to tell me the grace plan. I received Jesus as Savior by faith without doing a single work to earn that. I went with it, the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven in my possession, the title of the seal of the Spirit in me, all by faith. It then became my abiding desire to obey God, returning to Him righteous works out of honoring Him, never to try adding to my salvation.

Moses couldn't offer that.

 

[Femalelamb]

Then why does Hebrews say this? Hebrews 4:9-13 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

 

[Jeff_56]

Yes works of faith Like RAHAB THE HARLOT...you think she was keeping the law of Moses?

you keep on doing every day what is wrong. no faith. no grace.

she did what was right. faith. grace. both.

 

[Jeff_56]

.....You don't love him if you don't keep the commandments.

everybody obeys their god, some obey the God of Abram, Moses, and the apostles.

others obey the prince of the power of the air.

they each love "him" ("him" being the one they obey, not the same one, obviously).

 

[sparkman]

The Ten Commandments are a summary of the Old Covenant
Exodus 34:28 “So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the word of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
Exodus 31:18 “And he gave to Moses when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Deut 4:13 “And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone”.
Deut 9:9 “When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you.”
Deut 9:11 “And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.”
The Old Covenant was an agreement between God and Israel, not God and Christians
Ex 31:12-17 And the Lord said to Moses, “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you. You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death. Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.”
The Old Covenant is no longer in effect for ANYONE
Heb 8:13-9:4 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table, and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
Gal 3:17 This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterwards, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
Gal 3:19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
Gal 3:24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith
Gal 3:25 But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a guardian
2 Cor 3:4-18 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even much more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory. Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
The Sabbath, as part of the Old Covenant, is not in affect for ANYONE
Gal 4:10 You observe days and months and seasons and years! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.
Rom 14:5-6 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
Col 2:16-17 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ
Jesus is our Sabbath or spiritual rest, and we enter into that spiritual rest by placing our faith in Him
Matt 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and lean from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Heb 4:1-8 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter my rest. “ although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.”. Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, again he appoints a certain day, “Today”, saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted. “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” For if Joshua had not given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from is works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
Christians are under the New Covenant, which has much higher demands and different commandments
Luke 22:20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”
Heb 9:15 Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Jn 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Jn 15:12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Jn 15:17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another
Rom 13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
I am a former Sabbathkeeper due to my association as a new believer with Worldwide Church of God (now called Grace Communion International). Worldwide Church of God came to realize in 1995 that Christians are under the New Covenant, and not the Old Covenant, and the Sabbath does not apply to Christians under the New Covenant. It was a sign of the Old Covenant (like baptism and the Lord’s Supper are signs of the New Covenant), and is not a moral absolute like Sabbathkeepers claim. Sabbathkeeping doctrine invariably takes the focus off the true gospel, which is about Jesus Christ and salvation by grace through faith in Him (Eph 2:8-9). As a Sabbathkeeper, I rarely heard messages about God’s grace and love; the message of such organizations invariably focuses on the Sabbath. Jesus Christ was also placed on the backburner and was not the focus of their teaching. If you would like good sources of information in regards to the Sabbath check out Grace Communion International’s website at https://www.gci.org/law I now attend an Evangelical Free church that focuses on Jesus Christ and salvation through Him, which is the true gospel.