10 Concise Reasons to Remember the Sabbath

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Yes, it's supposed to be about the Word which became Flesh. The one taught in the Bible.

Do you believe that is the only place we can find God?

 

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you think you work any good?
He thinks your work is filthy rags. very first thing after the 10 Commandments is the Law of the altar: the moment you put your tool to it, you defile it.

This testifies of His work; His works are perfect and are to be magnified.

Amen and amen.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, (Which God hath before ordained) where is the good way, (unto "good" works) and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

But they said, We will not walk therein.

Oh the wisdom and foresight of the Word which became Flesh.

Glory be to His Name and the perfection of His Ways.

 

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so speak of Him, not of you.
not of the imaginary person you hate.
of Him and His work

I would prefer to do more than lip service to my Lord, as He is a Great God and deserves to be served, not with my lips only, but also with by body and my mind.

Rom. 12:
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The Mainstream Preachers of Christ's time were convinced that lip service to God while transgressing His Commandments be their religious traditions was the way to go. But I believe the Bible exposed their folly. So I am careful not to be conformed to the religions of the world, and place my trust directly in Him. This is why I don't reject His Commandments created for me. If I boast, I prefer to boast in the Lord and His Righteousness, not my own religious traditions.

 

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Do you believe that is the only place we can find God?

God is everywhere, He created time, and this earth. So finding God isn't the issue, everyone is held accountable to God. It's repentance that is the issue.

Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

We need to Seek His Word to understand repentance without which there is no life. If I don't know what to repent from, and to, that is a problem.

Jesus instructed me to:

"But Seek Ye First the Kingdom of Heaven and HIS Righteousness".

This information is only found in the Scriptures.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Habakkuk, Law and Prophets)

This, of course, is why Jesus said:

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Of course He didn't. How can we know what the Righteousness of God is if He destroys where it is written?

 

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The kingdom of God is entos hymeis.
Luke17

 

[jameen]

GentleReformation.Com - Used with permission
9 JULY 2018
Ten Concise Reasons to Remember the Sabbath

Having enjoyed yesterday another Sabbath, where my soul was rejuvenated and my heart made glad, I thought I would encourage you with ten concise reasons (five coming from the Old Testament and five from the New) as to why you should honor the Lord's Day.
First and foremost, remembering the Sabbath is a command. From the first week of creation (Gen. 2:3-4), to the formalizing it in the Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:8-11), to the prophets urging the people to honor it (Jer. 17:27), the Sabbath Day is a command given to God's people.
The Sabbath offers rest to you. The word Sabbath means "rest," the fourth commandment calls people to rest from their labors on this day (Ex. 20:10), and it is a promise that God will give rest to his people (Ex. 35:2).

The Sabbath is a sign of spiritual realities. In Exodus 31:12, the Lord told Moses to instruct the people, "Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you." The Sabbath is a sign of wonderful blessings the Lord desires to give to his people.

In particular, the Sabbath is a sign promising redemption. In the two places in the Bible where the Ten Commandments are listed (Ex. 20:1-17; Deut. 5:6-21), dual acts of God are given as reasons for observing the Sabbath. The first act is the creation of the world (Ex. 20:11) and the second is redemption from slavery (Deut. 5:15). The One who made the world, then watched mankind plunge itself into sin and slavery, promises via the Sabbath that he will redeem his people.

The Sabbath prophesied that Christ would bring this redemption. The prophet Isaiah, as he looks ahead to the age of Christ, equates the Sabbath Day with the Day of the Lord (or the Lord's Day), and anticipates great blessing to those who observe it faithfully.

If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,​

from doing your pleasure on my holy day,​

and call the Sabbath a delight​

and the holy day of the Lord honorable;​

if you honor it, not going your own ways,​

or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;​

then you shall take delight in the Lord,​

and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;​

I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,​

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. (Is. 58:13-14)​

In the Old Testament, the term "day of the Lord" was used to signify a visitation of the Lord to bring judgment on his enemies and deliverance to his people. Isaiah is seeing the Sabbath become an ultimate time of victory and blessing for the Lord and his people.
Jesus kept the Sabbath. As the New Testament opens up with the gospel accounts, we see that our Lord Jesus observed the Sabbath himself (Luke 4:16), told us he was Lord of the Sabbath (Matt. 12:8), and taught the day was made for us (Mark 2:27). Knowing that Jesus kept it gives us both precept and example to do likewise.

Jesus used the Sabbath to preach and bring redemption. Jesus was most active on the Sabbath, to the Pharisees' chagrin and to his Father's delight. He preached and taught on this day (Mark 1:21, 6:2; Luke 4:14-15). And he especially healed on the Sabbath, bringing restoration to such people as the man with the withered hand (Matt. 12:9-14), the demon-possessed man in Capernaum (Luke 4:31-37), the woman bent double for 18 years (Luke 13:10-17), the man suffering from dropsy (Luke 14:1-6), the man born blind (John 9:1-17), and the man who had been an invalid for 38 years by the Pool of Siloam (John 5:1-17). The One that the Old Testament Sabbath signified would come bringing redemption has arrived!

By virtue of his death and resurrection, the Lord transformed the day of rest to the first day of the week. The Old Testament Sabbath was on the last day of the week. Yet with Christ being crucified on Friday, in the grave throughout Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath), and being raised early Sunday morning, we see that the old Sabbath with its shadows and sacrifices died with Christ. But Christ was raised on the first day of the week to show his victory over sin, death, and Satan, fulfilling what the Sabbath Day promised. Sunday then marks a new Christian Sabbath, or the Lord's Day, as he defeated our enemies and delivered us from our sins.

Repeatedly in the New Testament, the Lord indicates that the first day of the week is now the new holy day for Christians. We see this a number of times in the New Testament.

• When Jesus appeared to his disciples on the first day of his resurrection, Thomas was not there. To overcome his doubts, Jesus appeared to him a week later on Sunday and Thomas worshiped the risen Lord (John 20:24-28).
• Pentecost is the day the Lord sent the Holy Spirit to the church (Acts 2:1-4). Pentecost was an Old Testament feast day celebrating the first fruits of harvest, and it derives its name from the number 50. By coming fifty days after the Passover, or "on the day after the Sabbath" (Lev. 23:11), clearly Pentecost fell on the first day of the week. The Lord sending his Spirit to the church and reaping a gospel harvest on the first day of the week is significant of his desire for worship and preaching to occur on this day.
• The New Testament testifies that the early church began meeting on this day for worship, preaching, giving, and prayer (Acts 20:1 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Rev 1:10).

The Lord's Day points us to the great coming Day of the Lord. Hebrews 4:9 tells us that "there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God." Every time we gather as the church for worship on the Lord's Day, we should be reminded, examined, and prepared for the great day of judgment and consummation that yet awaits us as Christ will return (Matt. 25:31-46).
With these reasons in mind, how we should set the Lord's Day apart for worship, rest, mercy, and preparation for heaven to take place!

Jesus himself violated the Sabbath when he was on earth. Jesus is the example of all Christians to follow as mentioned in 1 Peter 2:21.

besides the Christian Sabbath is resting from living a wicked life (Hebrews 4:9-11)

 

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Jesus himself violated the Sabbath when he was on earth. Jesus is the example of all Christians to follow as mentioned in 1 Peter 2:21.

besides the Christian Sabbath is resting from living a wicked life (Hebrews 4:9-11)

Perhaps there should be a clarification at this point being that the Sabbath is part of God's ten commands.

We're speaking of God's Sabbath. Not the Jewish Sabbath. There is a difference.

The fourth commandment reads having God say, "remember" the Sabbath day and keep it holy. This tells us that the Sabbath day was not a new ordinance with the writing of the ten commandments. The 4th command was a recalling of what was already the Day of the Lord.

Jesus kept God's Sabbath.
Was he wrong?
His Disciples observed the Sabbath calendar after his crucifixion when laying his crucified body to rest in the tomb.


To add: Don't forget the Apostle John as he was writing the Book of Revelation. He in his exile remembered the Sabbath. Revelation 1

 

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Jesus himself violated the Sabbath when he was on earth. Jesus is the example of all Christians to follow as mentioned in 1 Peter 2:21.

besides the Christian Sabbath is resting from living a wicked life (Hebrews 4:9-11)

Jesus never violated the Sabbath for to do so would violate the Law.

 

[jameen]

Perhaps there should be a clarification at this point being that the Sabbath is part of God's ten commands.

We're speaking of God's Sabbath. Not the Jewish Sabbath. There is a difference.

The fourth commandment reads having God say, "remember" the Sabbath day and keep it holy. This tells us that the Sabbath day was not a new ordinance with the writing of the ten commandments. The 4th command was a recalling of what was already the Day of the Lord.

Jesus kept God's Sabbath.
Was he wrong?
His Disciples observed the Sabbath calendar after his crucifixion when laying his crucified body to rest in the tomb.

why follow the fourth commandment when Jesus himself never followed it? read it in Matthew Chapter 12:1-9. Jesus is our example as Christians.

The Sabbath of the Christians is not the rest day but resting from doing wicked ways as mentioned in Hebrews 4:9-11.

 

[jameen]

Jesus never violated the Sabbath for to do so would violate the Law.

Jesus violated the Sabbath.

Apostle John himself said this:

John 5:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

 

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why follow the fourth commandment when Jesus himself never followed it? read it in Matthew Chapter 12:1-9. Jesus is our example as Christians.

The Sabbath of the Christians is not the rest day but resting from doing wicked ways as mentioned in Hebrews 4:9-11.

You are in error in your belief. Jesus observed the Sabbath, his Disciples did as well. And even John in exile on the island of Patmos did reference observation of Sabbath himself.


Luke 6


Revelation 1

 

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why follow the fourth commandment when Jesus himself never followed it? read it in Matthew Chapter 12:1-9. Jesus is our example as Christians.

The Sabbath of the Christians is not the rest day but resting from doing wicked ways as mentioned in Hebrews 4:9-11.

Jesus never broke the Law. The Sabbath was an ordinance of the Law.
Matthew 12 record the accusation of the Pharisees that His disciples broke the Law
John 5:18 records the false accusations of the Jews.
If Jesus broke the Sabbath, He broke the Law and would not be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

 

[jameen]

You are in error in your belief. Jesus observed the Sabbath, his Disciples did as well. And even John in exile on the island of Patmos did reference observation of Sabbath himself.


Luke 6

Revelation 1

It is John who said that he broke the Sabbath.

John 5:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

 

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It is John who said that he broke the Sabbath.

John 5:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

That is the book of John verse. And it is relating the accusations the Pharisee's, keepers of the law, charged against him. They also charged him with Blasphemy for equating himself with the Father.

Jesus defended his ministering on Sabbath day. He taught in temple on Sabbath day. And then he departed the temple and healed those in need. He was living proof, by example, that the Sabbath day is God's day. Read of this in Luke 4.

 

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[jameen]

Jesus never broke the Law. The Sabbath was an ordinance of the Law.
Matthew 12 record the accusation of the Pharisees that His disciples broke the Law
John 5:18 records the false accusations of the Jews.
If Jesus broke the Sabbath, He broke the Law and would not be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

Why should follow the Sabbath when you can read this?

Acts 13:39 New King James Version (NKJV)

39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

In Hebrews you can read this:

8:13 In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The first covenant that became obsolete are the ten commandments:

Deuteronomy 4:13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

The real Sabbath of the Christians is not the resting day but resting from doing evil things as mentioned in Hebrews 4:9-11.

Even hypocritical Pharisees and Scribes observed the Sabbath and yet are not justified in the eyes of God.

so it is more important to God that you rest in your evil ways than observing the Sabbath with hypocritical attitudes.

 

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Why should follow the Sabbath when you can read this?

Acts 13:39 New King James Version (NKJV)

39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

In Hebrews you can read this:

8:13 In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The first covenant that became obsolete are the ten commandments:

Deuteronomy 4:13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

The real Sabbath of the Christians is not the resting day but resting from doing evil things as mentioned in Hebrews 4:9-11.

Even hypocritical Pharisees and Scribes observed the Sabbath and yet are not justified in the eyes of God.

so it is more important to God that you rest in your evil ways than observing the Sabbath with hypocritical attitudes.

I am not a sabbath keeper because we are no longer under the Law.
But your statement that Jesus broke the Law is incorrect.

 

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Matthew 5:17-18 ...'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.'

Read all of Matthew 5.

 

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Matthew 5:17-18 ...'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.'

Read all of Matthew 5.

And Jesus fulfilled the Law

 

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Matthew 5:17-18 ...'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.'

Read all of Matthew 5.

If you violate one jot or one tittle (ordinance) you have violated the Law.
You do not keep the Law. Only Jesus kept the Law.
You can not pick and choose what ordinance to keep and what not to keep.
All or nothing.