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To the OP Questions......"Do we need to keep the sabbath? I dunno if I posted about this but I am still confused.
Romans 14:5-8
5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Colossians 2:16
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.
We are not to judge other Christians in this regard. If God calls a man to rest on the Sabbath he will rest. If God does not call a man to rest on the Sabbath he won't. But all of us live to the Lord who have the name of Christian.
[HR][/HR] "what is the purpose of the Sabbath and why is it so hard to keep"
The purpose of Sabbath is to cease from ones own works as God ceased from His own works on the 7th day. He made it sacred. The Sabbath is not hard to keep if a man is truly called inwardly from God to rest therein.
It is when a man trying to please God without being called into His rest inwardly goes about to keep it mentally by ordinance (a work) that He finds no rest, the man must be called.
[HR][/HR]To my brothers and sisters in discussion about other things not related to the OP here.......Please forgive me for the interruption as i felt it needful to offer a response here.
Romans 14:5-8
5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Colossians 2:16
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.
We are not to judge other Christians in this regard. If God calls a man to rest on the Sabbath he will rest. If God does not call a man to rest on the Sabbath he won't. But all of us live to the Lord who have the name of Christian.
[HR][/HR] "what is the purpose of the Sabbath and why is it so hard to keep"
The purpose of Sabbath is to cease from ones own works as God ceased from His own works on the 7th day. He made it sacred. The Sabbath is not hard to keep if a man is truly called inwardly from God to rest therein.
It is when a man trying to please God without being called into His rest inwardly goes about to keep it mentally by ordinance (a work) that He finds no rest, the man must be called.
[HR][/HR]To my brothers and sisters in discussion about other things not related to the OP here.......Please forgive me for the interruption as i felt it needful to offer a response here.
If we look at the context here, we see that it is speaking to this...
Rom 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Rom 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Regarding a day when one either eats or doesn't eat is a reference to specific fasts. The Pharisees fasted on Monday and Thursday, EVERY Monday and EVERY Thursday and just as circumcision (Acts 15), they insisted that it was necessary to be saved. Seems Paul had to battle these teachings quite a bit in the early New Testament church. Gnosticism and Asceticism were problems. In Col 2:23 John Gill has this note...
There were those who insisted on fastings to show how righteous they were in spite of the instruction Christ gave...
Mat 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Mat 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Mat 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Paul was correcting the Roman church here for criticizing (judging) members for their fasting practices or lack there of.
Rom 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Rom 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Regarding a day when one either eats or doesn't eat is a reference to specific fasts. The Pharisees fasted on Monday and Thursday, EVERY Monday and EVERY Thursday and just as circumcision (Acts 15), they insisted that it was necessary to be saved. Seems Paul had to battle these teachings quite a bit in the early New Testament church. Gnosticism and Asceticism were problems. In Col 2:23 John Gill has this note...
There were those who insisted on fastings to show how righteous they were in spite of the instruction Christ gave...
Mat 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Mat 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Mat 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Paul was correcting the Roman church here for criticizing (judging) members for their fasting practices or lack there of.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Tell me why did the LORD in the old testament give 10 commandments to be followed and then in the new testament give two?
its not that his standard changed but IMO they could only purify the flesh and they were more caring about keeping the rules and regulations more than they cared about the person and that is also why they watched to see if JESUS on the sabbath would heal the man with a withered hand.
So what i am saying is the LORD didn't change but mans understanding of the law was incorrect.
The law was not given to gain victory over sin it was to show that we had no hope of meeting the standard that GOD would accept.
its not that his standard changed but IMO they could only purify the flesh and they were more caring about keeping the rules and regulations more than they cared about the person and that is also why they watched to see if JESUS on the sabbath would heal the man with a withered hand.
So what i am saying is the LORD didn't change but mans understanding of the law was incorrect.
The law was not given to gain victory over sin it was to show that we had no hope of meeting the standard that GOD would accept.
Its true that the two are a summery of the ten its just that GOD will only accept perfection and when the law was given JESUS had not come to earth in the flesh so then they would have to keep the law without help from JESUS and since we know that only JESUS could keep the law perfectly they would never be able to make the conscious right and no flesh can be justified in the sight of GOD by the deeds of the law.
Romans 3:20
king james version(kjv)
20.)Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:20
king james version(kjv)
20.)Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.