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Please note that these questions are directed toward Saturday Sabbatarians who claim that Saturday Sabbath keeping is required of all Christians. It is not directed toward those who choose to observe Saturday to God, without judging other Christians who attend church on Sunday or another day of the week.
Here's the question..it relates to this scripture:
Colossians 2:16Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
If you believe this scripture is teaching that Saturday Sabbath keeping is required of all Christians, I have two questions:
1. Do you also keep the festivals and new moons? If not, why? This scripture seems to lump the Sabbath day, festivals, and new moons together. Assuming that you use this Scripture to teach that Sabbath keeping is required of Christians, you must also keep the festivals and new moons too, in order to be consistent.
2. If you do observe the festivals and new moons along with the weekly Sabbath, why did John call the festivals "the Jewish Passover", etc? The following scriptures apply in this regard:
John 11:55 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
John 2:13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
This is one of the questions which caused me a great deal of concern as a former Sabbath keeper. The weekly and annual Sabbaths stand and fall together, and looking at John's remarks calling the Passover "the Jewish Passover", I don't get the impression that the annual Sabbaths were required of Christians.
Regards,
Robert Sparkman
Here's the question..it relates to this scripture:
Colossians 2:16Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
If you believe this scripture is teaching that Saturday Sabbath keeping is required of all Christians, I have two questions:
1. Do you also keep the festivals and new moons? If not, why? This scripture seems to lump the Sabbath day, festivals, and new moons together. Assuming that you use this Scripture to teach that Sabbath keeping is required of Christians, you must also keep the festivals and new moons too, in order to be consistent.
2. If you do observe the festivals and new moons along with the weekly Sabbath, why did John call the festivals "the Jewish Passover", etc? The following scriptures apply in this regard:
John 11:55 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
John 2:13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
This is one of the questions which caused me a great deal of concern as a former Sabbath keeper. The weekly and annual Sabbaths stand and fall together, and looking at John's remarks calling the Passover "the Jewish Passover", I don't get the impression that the annual Sabbaths were required of Christians.
Regards,
Robert Sparkman