Hi loveme1,
People try to separate God's 4th commandment from the rest of God's Law (10 commandments) forgetting that it is part of God's Royal Law which God's Word says is forever (Ecclesiastes 3:14) not realizing that the 10 commandments are our duty of love to God and man (Matthew 22:36-40). God's Royal Law is the standard of the Old and New Covenants that give us a knowledge of sin and righteousness (Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; James 2:11; Psalms 119:172).
Now can you imagine how happy the hater of love would be if he could deceive people into believing that God's 10 commandments are now abolished? Well this would result no knowledge of sin and righteousness so no knowledge of sin means we no longer know that we are sinners. Since we no longer no what sin is or that we are sinners we now have no need of a Saviour. Now that we have no need of a Savior we have no salvation. Now that we have no salvation we are lost (Romans 2:12). Anyone teaching that God's Law (10 commandments) is no longer part of the Gospel is teaching a counterfeit Gospel and working for the hater of all that is love because love is the fulfilling of God's Law in those that walk by faith and not by sight. They walk in the Spirit and do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
This is their problem to do away with the 4th commandment you have to do away with the other 9. That is why it is written; He that says he knows him and keeps not his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him.
and again.............
1 John 3:3-9,
3, And every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.4, Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5, And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6, Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins hath not seen him, neither known him. 7, Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8, He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9, Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10, In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
God knows his Sheep and those that follow him by faith that works by love and says to all; If you love me keep my commandments.
The 4th commandment the 7th day Sabbath is one one of the 10. If we knowingly break it we commit sin (1 John 3:4; Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; James 2:11) and stand guilty before God and if unrepentant in danger of the judgment.
In times of ignorance God winks at but when a knowledge of the truth comes calls all men everywhere to repent. God has his followers in all the Church's but is calling those that love him out to worship him in Spirit and in truth (John 10:16; John 4:23-24).
If we follow the teaching and traditions of man over the Word of God we are not following God....
Matthew 15:3-9
3, But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4, For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death. 5, But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou might be profited by me; 6, And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 7, Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8, This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9, But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Sunday worship is a teaching and tradition of man that breaks the commandments of God. Jesus tells us that if we knowingly follow the traditions of man over the Word of God we are not following God...
Who should we follow God or man? Who should we believe God or man?