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The sabbath is a sign of sanctification.
Exodus 31:13
(13) Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
The sabbath is a sign that we are free from bondage, that we are sanctified
Exodus 31:13
(13) Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
The sabbath is a sign that we are free from bondage, that we are sanctified
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The O.T. system of Law required keeping the Sabbath as part of the overall moral, legal, and sacrificial system by which the Jewish people satisfied God’s requirements for behavior, government, and forgiveness of sins. The Sabbath was part of the Law in that sense. In order to "remain" in favor with God, you had to also keep the Sabbath. If it was not kept, then the person was in sin and would often be punished (Ezekiel 18:4; Rom. 6:23; Deut. 13:1-9; Num. 35:31; Lev. 20:2, etc.).
But with Jesus’ atonement, and justification by faith (Rom. 5:1), we no longer are required to keep the Sabbath as a requirement of the Old Covenant that God had with the nation of Israel. The Sabbath was only a shadow of things to come (Col. 2:16-17) and now we are under a New Covenant of grace (Rom. 6:14-15). The Sabbath is fulfilled in Jesus because in Him we have rest (Matt. 11:28).
When you insist that the Sabbath must be ritually as a requirement just like the nation of Israel was reqiured to do under the Old Covenant before the coming of Jesus Christ the messiah, you fall into legalism and error.
But the SDA takes their error far further. They teach that the Sabbath is the great dividing issue that will separate the true believers in God from those who are not true Christians and that Sabbath observance is the identifying mark of the remnant church (Rev. 12:17). They wrongly assert that at the end of time, every Christian will be tested upon whether or not they are willing to accept practicing the Sabbath ritual to earn God's favor.
The SDA church teaches that all genuine born-again Christians who do not accept the Sabbath ritual will receive the Mark of the Beast and go to Hell. Those who accept the Sabbath will receive the Seal of God and go to Heaven. According to Ellen White, the day a Christian chooses to worship upon is what marks the difference between those loyal to God and those disloyal.
What heresy the SDA church teaches.
But with Jesus’ atonement, and justification by faith (Rom. 5:1), we no longer are required to keep the Sabbath as a requirement of the Old Covenant that God had with the nation of Israel. The Sabbath was only a shadow of things to come (Col. 2:16-17) and now we are under a New Covenant of grace (Rom. 6:14-15). The Sabbath is fulfilled in Jesus because in Him we have rest (Matt. 11:28).
When you insist that the Sabbath must be ritually as a requirement just like the nation of Israel was reqiured to do under the Old Covenant before the coming of Jesus Christ the messiah, you fall into legalism and error.
But the SDA takes their error far further. They teach that the Sabbath is the great dividing issue that will separate the true believers in God from those who are not true Christians and that Sabbath observance is the identifying mark of the remnant church (Rev. 12:17). They wrongly assert that at the end of time, every Christian will be tested upon whether or not they are willing to accept practicing the Sabbath ritual to earn God's favor.
The SDA church teaches that all genuine born-again Christians who do not accept the Sabbath ritual will receive the Mark of the Beast and go to Hell. Those who accept the Sabbath will receive the Seal of God and go to Heaven. According to Ellen White, the day a Christian chooses to worship upon is what marks the difference between those loyal to God and those disloyal.
What heresy the SDA church teaches.
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No it does not. Read:
The true reason why Jesus said, "pray that your flight may not be on a Sabbath" Mt 24:20
The true reason why Jesus said, "pray that your flight may not be on a Sabbath" Mt 24:20
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the website was acting all glitchy and it made me post when i didn't want to so ignore the first post.
I recommend listening to these messages
Forgotten Day - Part 1
Forgotten Day Part 2
Forgotten Day - Part 3
FYI-I don't believe everything that the Seventh Day Adventists believe,but they seem to be right when it comes to Sabbath keeping
I recommend listening to these messages
Forgotten Day - Part 1
Forgotten Day Part 2
Forgotten Day - Part 3
FYI-I don't believe everything that the Seventh Day Adventists believe,but they seem to be right when it comes to Sabbath keeping
1 John2:4-6 The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.5 But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. Walling as Jesus did is keeping the commandments. Jesus said those who love me will keep my commandments John14:15. In Glalations we are told that the Law was our tutor to bring us to Jesus. Romans 7 I would not have know what sin was had it not been for the LAW. 1 John 3;4 everyone who sinsbreaks the LAW of GOD, sin is lawlessness.Romans 3 God sent Jesus to pay the price of sin for all who would believe and turn from sin. Romans 3 So then is the LAW void through faith. Certainly not on the contrary we establish ( obey ) the LAW. Romans 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin. Romans 6 Do you not know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slaves of him whom you obey, whether that be to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) So after you have taken Jesus as your savior you are to "Go now and leave your life of sin. Both Jesus and the New testament list many LAWs we are to keep.
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If Jesus were to appear TODAY some would again call for His cruxification and call themselves "righteous"
Luke 13:14-16
New King James Version (NKJV)
14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”
15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite![a] Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? 16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
John 9:16
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Luke 13:14-16
New King James Version (NKJV)
14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”
15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite![a] Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? 16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
John 9:16
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
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It is true that the Jews made the sabbath a burden with their many laws but Jesus taught the correct meaning of the sabbath it is meant to be a delight.
Isaiah 58:13-14
(13) If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
(14) Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
The Jews of today are no different from then they won't even press a doorbell on sabbath because they say it is work, they only see the letter of the law but, not the spirit of the law.
Isaiah 58:13-14
(13) If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
(14) Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
The Jews of today are no different from then they won't even press a doorbell on sabbath because they say it is work, they only see the letter of the law but, not the spirit of the law.
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Amen! We are free from the law, when Jesus died, he set us free and gave us his Spirit, we are only bound to Him.
I may also add
But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7:6
And all Romans , lol
I may also add
But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7:6
And all Romans , lol
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Wrong. Jesus said to flee for the reasons I already shared with you. The scripture, points out things that would be a hindrance to their escape: pregnant/nursing mothers, winter weather, and the Sabbath. Even the dialogue from Jesus says that is not as important as the Sabbath-keepers make it out to be. While worship to God is essential, it is never to a point where you have to risk your life for it. Clearly that is what Christ meant in his statement in Mark 2:27. Your position is fallicious, incorrect, and nothing more than one of the many ravings of SDA's primary false prophet.