Hi Grace777,
Well this is what we should be doing. Let’s talk about God’s Word shall we?
Jesus also told a man that was healed to go show himself to the priest. That was a commandment of God in the Old Testament as well. Do we do that today? Of course not. That is a commandment ion the law that Jesus kept. Why don't we do it now?
Absolutely no need to do this anymore its part of the ordinance written by Moses that was nailed to the Cross and is the context to Colossians Chapter 2 which is a shadow pointing to Jesus as out Great High Priest.
Jesus also told the rich young ruler when he came and asked Jesus "What must "I do" to inherit eternal life?" Jesus gave him the law - keep the commandments. Jesus did this to expose the fact that this rich guy had actually broken the 1st commandment and had money as his true "god". The law had done it's job and exposed his need for a Savior. Do we tell people today to keep the law to inherit eternal life? Of course not - well maybe Judaziers say to do it but we know that is a perversion of the gospel of the grace of God.
Absolutely! The Law of God shows us that we are sinners in need of a Saviour. If you have no Law you have no knowledge of sin if there is no knowledge of sin there is no need of a Saviour if we have no Saviour we are most.
What do we tell people in the New Covenant?
Acts 16:30-31 (NASB) [SUP]30 [/SUP]and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
[SUP]31 [/SUP]They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
Absolutely! Love God’s Word. Thank you for sharing it. Do you believe God’s Word? “Mad does not live by bread alone but by EVERY WORD that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” (Matt 4:4)
To say that Christians are sinning and not obeying God because they do not follow the Old Testament way of observing the Sabbath is in fact a Judaizing spirit that perverts the gospel of the grace of God.
Did you know that everything in the New Testament comes from the Old Testament? God’s Word is AMAZING! “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” (2Tim 3:16)
People are free in Christ to do as they seem fit for their own consciences but once Judaizers come in to pervert the gospel - they will be vehemently stood against. Telling Christians that they are sinning and dis-obeying God because they don't follow the Old Testament way of observing the Sabbath - is a Judaizer in action - no doubt about it. Judaizers need to keep the whole law and start stoning people for not observing the Sabbath as outlined in the law. If we are to "keep" all of the commandments of God - then get the stones ready or be guilty of breaking the whole law.
People are free to do anything they like in life but we all shall be accountable to God for the things that we do. Unbelief and not doing what God asks us to do and breaking God’s 10 commandments is sin and the wages of sin is death (Rom 14:23; 1John 3:4; Rom 6:23) Luckily God sent us Jesus to save us from our sins.
If we are professing to know God however while living in known sin the Word of God tells us…
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Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins hath not seen him, neither known him.” (1John 3: 6)
“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
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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.” (1John 3:8)
If we really want to keep the Sabbath holy and not break it - observe the real thing and not the shadow. The real thing is Christ Himself. He alone is our true Sabbath rest.
The real thing can be found here in God’s Word ……
V1 “Thus the heavens and the earth
were finished, and all the host of them.” V2 “
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and
he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
V3
And God blessed the seventh day,
and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. (Gen 2:1-3)
God’s Word clearly tells us that Jesus is the God of creation and maker of the Sabbath and we follow him because it is the Lord’s Day that he made for us….
“And he said unto them,
The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27)
“Therefore t
he Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:28)
Now this is fun lets share some more from God’s Word.
God bless you.