IN the Old Testament. Keeping the Sabbath was crucial. You were stoned to death if you broke it. It was said over and over and over and over again to "Keep the Sabbath". People were killed because they broke it. Anyone who has read the Old Testament can clearly and plainly see, how important it was to keep the Commandment "Keep the Sabbath Day Holy to the Lord" And because this was so important of a commandment Jesus told Christians to keep the Sabbath Day Holy how many times? NONE. really? Oh than it must have been instructed by the Apostles. So how many Apostles instructed us Christians to continue to keep the Sabbath Day Holy? NONE. really? Jesus nor any Apostle ever instructed us to keep the Sabbath.
Look at the answer of Jesus Christ Himself when a man asking Jesus what he must do to be Saved. Jesus could not say "Believe I am the Son of God, and that I died for you, and rose from the dead" That is what it takes to be SAVED under the New Covenant, which has not yet started until Jesus is resurrected. So when the man asked Jesus (While Jesus was yet alive and walking among them living under the old covenant (the Laws of Moses)) What must I do to be Saved. Listen to Jesus response:
Mat 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Mat 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Mat 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Did you catch that? When the man asked "Which commandments do I keep to have eternal life" Jesus did not say "All of them" He gave a particular list of which ones, did you notice "Keep the Sabbath" is not one that he mentions, why is that? Did He forget to mention that particular Commandment which was the MOST important one of the Old Testament? Or did He knowingly and purposefully withheld that particular Commandment?
Man "What can I do to have Eternal Life?"
Jesus "Keep the Commandments"
Man "Which ones"
Jesus tells the man which Commandments the man must do to have Eternal Life, and not one of those things listed was to continue to keep the Sabbath Holy. Jesus knew exactly what He was saying when He said it. He knew exactly what He said was going to be read for thousands of years, He left out the Sabbath Keeping because that is what He chose to do, else do you think now He FORGOT to mention that particular commandment?
Here is a fact. Jesus does not instruct us Christians to continue to keep the Sabbath. NONE of the Apostle in any of their letters to Christians were instructed to continue to keep the Sabbath, NOT one. So then where is this doctrine coming from, that Christians are to continue to keep the Sabbath, when Jesus nor any Apostle ever instructed us to do so?
i have kept the Sabbath for over 10 years, because that is something that i merely choose to do, NOT that i have to do so, not that i am commanded to do so, NOT that it is one of the 10 commandments. i choose to keep it, because it is something that i want to do, NOT something that i must do, or am required to do.
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††† In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ †††
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Look at the answer of Jesus Christ Himself when a man asking Jesus what he must do to be Saved. Jesus could not say "Believe I am the Son of God, and that I died for you, and rose from the dead" That is what it takes to be SAVED under the New Covenant, which has not yet started until Jesus is resurrected. So when the man asked Jesus (While Jesus was yet alive and walking among them living under the old covenant (the Laws of Moses)) What must I do to be Saved. Listen to Jesus response:
Mat 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Mat 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Mat 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Did you catch that? When the man asked "Which commandments do I keep to have eternal life" Jesus did not say "All of them" He gave a particular list of which ones, did you notice "Keep the Sabbath" is not one that he mentions, why is that? Did He forget to mention that particular Commandment which was the MOST important one of the Old Testament? Or did He knowingly and purposefully withheld that particular Commandment?
Man "What can I do to have Eternal Life?"
Jesus "Keep the Commandments"
Man "Which ones"
Jesus tells the man which Commandments the man must do to have Eternal Life, and not one of those things listed was to continue to keep the Sabbath Holy. Jesus knew exactly what He was saying when He said it. He knew exactly what He said was going to be read for thousands of years, He left out the Sabbath Keeping because that is what He chose to do, else do you think now He FORGOT to mention that particular commandment?
Here is a fact. Jesus does not instruct us Christians to continue to keep the Sabbath. NONE of the Apostle in any of their letters to Christians were instructed to continue to keep the Sabbath, NOT one. So then where is this doctrine coming from, that Christians are to continue to keep the Sabbath, when Jesus nor any Apostle ever instructed us to do so?
i have kept the Sabbath for over 10 years, because that is something that i merely choose to do, NOT that i have to do so, not that i am commanded to do so, NOT that it is one of the 10 commandments. i choose to keep it, because it is something that i want to do, NOT something that i must do, or am required to do.
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††† In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ †††
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