I have not read everybody's posts, but I would like to point out the fallacy in this statement. The absence of evidence is not evidence. However, I would like to point to a couple of verses of Scripture which appear to answer this question. (I hope I'm not twisting the meaning too much.)
Jesus, Himself, placed spiritual concerns above rituals. In Luke 6, the Story is told that, "One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Some of the Pharisees asked, 'Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?' Jesus answered them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.' Then Jesus said to them, “'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.'”
Second, in his speech to the Council at Jerusalem (Acts 15), which had been convened to consider whether Gentile believers should follow Jewish law, the Apostle, Peter said, “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.” (v. 6-11)
Finally, the Apostle, Paul tells us, "There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." And, "Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law." (Romans 3:22-24 & 26-28)
These would seem to present a pretty tight case that believers are not required to observe the feasts. If anyone chooses to do so out of reverence for God, God bless them, but I don't see how we can arrive at the conclusion that we have to.
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Jesus, Himself, placed spiritual concerns above rituals. In Luke 6, the Story is told that, "One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Some of the Pharisees asked, 'Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?' Jesus answered them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.' Then Jesus said to them, “'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.'”
Second, in his speech to the Council at Jerusalem (Acts 15), which had been convened to consider whether Gentile believers should follow Jewish law, the Apostle, Peter said, “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.” (v. 6-11)
Finally, the Apostle, Paul tells us, "There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." And, "Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law." (Romans 3:22-24 & 26-28)
These would seem to present a pretty tight case that believers are not required to observe the feasts. If anyone chooses to do so out of reverence for God, God bless them, but I don't see how we can arrive at the conclusion that we have to.
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