“The Law of the Spirit of Life”

[Johann]

But it was the Law of Moses that showed this, that even though Israel could be pardoned and do things to please God, in the end they would be seen to constantly need to deal with their fallen condition, offering sacrifices for sin and going through rituals of purification. It was a bondage inasmuch as they could never get free of this need for ritualistic cleansing while they were chained to this judgment of Sin and Death.

Couldn't have been the law of Moses....
Gal 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Gal 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Rom 4:13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Rom 4:14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.

Rom 4:15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

Rom 4:16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
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Gal 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Gal 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Gal 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

 

[Randy Kluth]

Couldn't have been the law of Moses....
Gal 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

I understand your logic. However, Paul was speaking "law" here. When one makes an agreement, any change has to be initialed and added as an addendum. One cannot arbitrarily change the *terms* of the agreement.

I don't think Paul was saying the Law, as a contract, could not be discontinued or broken. Everything we read in the Scriptures about Israel under the Law indicates that not only did Israel try to change the Law to allow for idolatry, but they also were judged as then failing and erring by making these additions.

The Law, when broken by not just a few but the whole nation, indicated national apostasy had taken place and was the condition by which the Covenant of Law failed irretrievably. And this was said in unmistakable terms.

The New Covenant is not a renewal of the old Law, or a continuation of the same. Rather, it is an entirely new agreement, completing what the old covenant had only begun in leading towards the atonement of Christ.

The sacrifices of the Law were just temporary coverings for Sin, and could never bring Eternal Life to Israel. But they did express faith which could apply to Christ's sacrifice after he had given his life as an eternal atonement for Sin.

 

[Randy Kluth]

The only way we could participate in the Righteousness of Christ is to be able to achieve it for ourselves.
This would be the person to whom Jesus says.."apart from ME you can do NOTHING".

So, we don't participate with it, we are become it...we are "made righteous" if born again and not just water baptized and religious.
A born again Christian, the instant they are born again, have BECOME as righteous as they can ever become, as God didn't give to the born again, a partial righteousness as "the GIFT of Rightouesness"....., but rather Father God has imputed them as becoming, "the righteousness of God, in Christ".

When a believer understands this Grace of God correctly, they will no longer have any pretense about ..."I am righteous if i try to perform it", and instead they will understand, = """i have been made righteous and now i exist there as a SON/Daughter of God.""""

= BORN AGAIN.

To understand this, is to come to the revelation, regarding the difference between Salvation, and Discipleship.

I think you misunderstand me. I'm not saying we participate in Christ's atonement for Sin. Rather, we participate in Christ's righteousness by choosing to abide in him, thereby producing good fruit. The righteousness we produce by faith in Christ is, in fact, Christ's righteousness. It is a combination of our choice to produce it and Christ's gift of his spiritual life to us.

If we choose to produce righteousness without Christ we will fail. If we believe Christ is righteous , but then become convinced we are unable to participate in it, then we do not testify to our redemption at all. In fact Christ alone is *spotless* righteousness, and we can participate in it even while we ourselves remain imperfect and contaminated with Sin.

This is what Grace means. It is the ability of flawed man to enjoy the spiritual fruit of Christ's love, simply because Christ has chosen to gift this to us by our choice. But we *must* choose!

 

[Brakelite]

Christ affirmed this law by declaring
Himself Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:27), which is now called the Lord’s Day (Rev. 1:10), the first day
of the week when Christ rose (Matt. 28:1)

Yes, He confirmed the law...KJV Isaiah 42:21
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable .

However, can you provide some scriptural confirmation regarding that "which is now called the Lord's day"? Can you prove from scripture that the Lord's day referenced by John in Revelation 1:10 is not the 7th day Sabbath?

 

[Johann]

Yes, He confirmed the law...KJV Isaiah 42:21
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable .

However, can you provide some scriptural confirmation regarding that "which is now called the Lord's day"? Can you prove from scripture that the Lord's day referenced by John in Revelation 1:10 is not the 7th day Sabbath?

1. In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul explicitly refers to the Sabbath as a shadow of Christ, which is no longer binding since the substance (Christ) has come. It is quite clear in those verses that the weekly Sabbath is in view. The phrase "a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day" refers to the annual, monthly, and weekly holy days of the Jewish calendar (cf. 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). If Paul were referring to special ceremonial dates of rest in that passage, why would he have used the word "Sabbath?" He had already mentioned the ceremonial dates when he spoke of festivals and new moons.

2. The Sabbath was the sign to Israel of the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic Covenant.

3. The New Testament never commands Christians to observe the Sabbath.
[ This is going to throw the cat among the pigeons....]

4. In our only glimpse of an early church worship service in the New Testament, the church met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7).

5. Nowhere in the Old Testament are the Gentile nations commanded to observe the Sabbath or condemned for failing to do so. That is certainly strange if Sabbath observance were meant to be an eternal moral principle.

6. There is no evidence in the Bible of anyone keeping the Sabbath before the time of Moses, nor are there any commands in the Bible to keep the Sabbath before the giving of the law at Mt. Sinai.

7. When the Apostles met at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15), they did not impose Sabbath keeping on the Gentile believers.

8. The apostle Paul warned the Gentiles about many different sins in his epistles, but breaking the Sabbath was never one of them.

9. In Galatians 4:10-11, Paul rebukes the Galatians for thinking God expected them to observe special days (including the Sabbath).

10. In Romans 14:5, Paul forbids those who observe the Sabbath (these were no doubt Jewish believers) to condemn those who do not (Gentile believers).

11. The early church fathers, from Ignatius to Augustine, taught that the Old Testament Sabbath had been abolished and that the first day of the week (Sunday) was the day when Christians should meet for worship (contrary to the claim of many seventh-day sabbatarians who claim that Sunday worship was not instituted until the fourth century).

12. Sunday has not replaced Saturday as the Sabbath. Rather the Lord's Day is a time when believers gather to commemorate His resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week. Every day to the believer is one of Sabbath rest, since we have ceased from our spiritual labor and are resting in the salvation of the Lord (Hebrews 4:9-11).

So while we still follow the pattern of designating one day of the week a day for the Lord's people to gather in worship, we do not refer to this as "the Sabbath."

Hope this will help @Brakelite

 

[Johann]

1. In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul explicitly refers to the Sabbath as a shadow of Christ, which is no longer binding since the substance (Christ) has come. It is quite clear in those verses that the weekly Sabbath is in view. The phrase "a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day" refers to the annual, monthly, and weekly holy days of the Jewish calendar (cf. 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). If Paul were referring to special ceremonial dates of rest in that passage, why would he have used the word "Sabbath?" He had already mentioned the ceremonial dates when he spoke of festivals and new moons.

2. The Sabbath was the sign to Israel of the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic Covenant.

3. The New Testament never commands Christians to observe the Sabbath.
[ This is going to throw the cat among the pigeons....]

4. In our only glimpse of an early church worship service in the New Testament, the church met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7).

5. Nowhere in the Old Testament are the Gentile nations commanded to observe the Sabbath or condemned for failing to do so. That is certainly strange if Sabbath observance were meant to be an eternal moral principle.

6. There is no evidence in the Bible of anyone keeping the Sabbath before the time of Moses, nor are there any commands in the Bible to keep the Sabbath before the giving of the law at Mt. Sinai.

7. When the Apostles met at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15), they did not impose Sabbath keeping on the Gentile believers.

8. The apostle Paul warned the Gentiles about many different sins in his epistles, but breaking the Sabbath was never one of them.

9. In Galatians 4:10-11, Paul rebukes the Galatians for thinking God expected them to observe special days (including the Sabbath).

10. In Romans 14:5, Paul forbids those who observe the Sabbath (these were no doubt Jewish believers) to condemn those who do not (Gentile believers).

11. The early church fathers, from Ignatius to Augustine, taught that the Old Testament Sabbath had been abolished and that the first day of the week (Sunday) was the day when Christians should meet for worship (contrary to the claim of many seventh-day sabbatarians who claim that Sunday worship was not instituted until the fourth century).

12. Sunday has not replaced Saturday as the Sabbath. Rather the Lord's Day is a time when believers gather to commemorate His resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week. Every day to the believer is one of Sabbath rest, since we have ceased from our spiritual labor and are resting in the salvation of the Lord (Hebrews 4:9-11).

So while we still follow the pattern of designating one day of the week a day for the Lord's people to gather in worship, we do not refer to this as "the Sabbath."

Hope this will help @Brakelite

first day of the week. Emphasized by all the Gospels (Mark 16:2,9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1) as the
day when the light of the risen Christ began to dawn on the new creation (Gen. 1:3–5; Eph. 5:14) and
the new tabernacle was built (Ex. 40:2,17; John 2:19–21), the Lord’s Day when the church subsequently
gathered (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2; cf. Rev. 1:10). Jesus was in the tomb from Friday night until Sunday
morning, three days according to the Jewish method of counting partial days as whole days (12:40).

 

[Brakelite]

1. In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul explicitly refers to the Sabbath as a shadow of Christ, which is no longer binding since the substance (Christ) has come. It is quite clear in those verses that the weekly Sabbath is in view. The phrase "a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day" refers to the annual, monthly, and weekly holy days of the Jewish calendar (cf. 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). If Paul were referring to special ceremonial dates of rest in that passage, why would he have used the word "Sabbath?" He had already mentioned the ceremonial dates when he spoke of festivals and new moons.

Paul speaks of ceremonial Sabbaths as shadows, certainly, and with that I cannot disagree. What I am concerned about is the weekly Sabbath as a ceremonial, rather than moral, imperative.
I am sure you would agree that the ceremonial shadows were instituted with one purpose in mind... As a response to the sin problem. They were a part of the sacrificial system encapsulated within the sanctuary service, along with other shadows symbolized in the furniture inside and outside sanctuary, starting with the altar of sacrifice, right through the laver, the candlestick, altar of shewbread, incense, to the ark of the covenant in the Most Holy Place. All types/shadows of Christ in His life/death/resurrection and His ministry as Mediator/Intercessor in the heavenly sanctuary above. All established because of one thing... Sin. All established to cure the sin problem.
However. The weekly Sabbath was never in that category as a type or shadow because it's institution came before sin ever raised it's ugly specter upon man, therefore was never seen as a cure for sin, but the rather it's desecration thereof was sin. The sanctuary services and sacrifices, the law of Moses, were instituted because of transgression, of which desecrating the Sabbath was but one example.

 

[Johann]

Paul speaks of ceremonial Sabbaths as shadows, certainly, and with that I cannot disagree. What I am concerned about is the weekly Sabbath as a ceremonial, rather than moral, imperative.
I am sure you would agree that the ceremonial shadows were instituted with one purpose in mind... As a response to the sin problem. They were a part of the sacrificial system encapsulated within the sanctuary service, along with other shadows symbolized in the furniture inside and outside sanctuary, starting with the altar of sacrifice, right through the laver, the candlestick, altar of shewbread, incense, to the ark of the covenant in the Most Holy Place. All types/shadows of Christ in His life/death/resurrection and His ministry as Mediator/Intercessor in the heavenly sanctuary above. All established because of one thing... Sin. All established to cure the sin problem.
However. The weekly Sabbath was never in that category as a type or shadow because it's institution came before sin ever raised it's ugly specter upon man, therefore was never seen as a cure for sin, but the rather it's desecration thereof was sin. The sanctuary services and sacrifices, the law of Moses, were instituted because of transgression, of which desecrating the Sabbath was but one example.

God blessed the seventh day and
made it holy (Gen. 2:3). These words provide the basis for the obligation that
God placed on the Israelites to rest from their normal labor on the Sabbath day
(see Ex. 20:8–11). There is no evening-followed-by-morning refrain for this
day, prompting many to conclude that the seventh day still continues (which
seems to underlie John 5:17; Heb. 4:3–11).

Please brother, show me in the Pauline epistles, James, Peter and John, that the Sabbaths is a moral Imperative, binding upon the the believers in Christ.

 

[Johann]

God blessed the seventh day and
made it holy (Gen. 2:3). These words provide the basis for the obligation that
God placed on the Israelites to rest from their normal labor on the Sabbath day
(see Ex. 20:8–11). There is no evening-followed-by-morning refrain for this
day, prompting many to conclude that the seventh day still continues (which
seems to underlie John 5:17; Heb. 4:3–11).

Please brother, show me in the Pauline epistles, James, Peter and John, that the Sabbaths is a moral Imperative, binding upon the the believers in Christ.

GENESIS—NOTE ON 9:12–17 Different covenants have appropriate signs or
symbols linked to them. Circumcision is the sign of the covenant with
Abraham (ch. 17), and the Sabbath is the sign of the covenant with Israel at
Mount Sinai (Ex. 31:12–17). On this occasion God’s designated sign is the
rainbow (Gen. 9:13). Its presence, when rain clouds are in the sky, will be a
visible reminder of God’s everlasting covenant (v. 16). It is not necessary to
think that rainbows first began to exist at this time; in any case, God says that
he will now use rainbows as a sign of this covenant. This sign should not be
interpreted as symbolizing that God has hung up his warrior’s bow, since there
is no hint of that meaning in the text.
5. Tent of the tabernacle (26:1–37)
6. Bronze altar (27:1–8)
7. Court of the tabernacle (27:9–19)
8. Oil for the lamp (27:20–21)
9. Garments for the priests (28:1–43)
10. Consecration of the priests (29:1–37) 11. Offering and promises of
the tabernacle (29:38–46) 12. Altar of incense (30:1–10)
13. Census offering (30:11–16)
14. Bronze basin (30:17–21)
15. Anointing oil and incense (30:22–38) 16. Craftsmen (31:1–11)
17. Sabbath (31:12–17)
D. Moses receives the tablets (31:18)
E. Covenant breach, intercession, and renewal (32:1–34:35)
1. Covenant breach: the golden calf (32:1–35) 2. Moses intercedes for
the people (33:1–23) 3. Covenant renewal: new tablets (34:1–35) F.
Tabernacle: preparation for the presence (35:1–40:38)
1. Moses prepares the people (35:1–36:7) 2. Tabernacle construction
(36:8–39:43) 3. Tabernacle assembled (40:1–33)
4. The glory of the Lord (40:34–38)
EXODUS—NOTE ON 20:8–11 Israel is to remember the Sabbath day by keeping
it holy (v. 8; see notes on Deut. 5:12–15). The Lord had already begun to form
the people’s life in the rhythm of working for six days (Ex. 20:9) and resting
on the seventh day as a Sabbath (v. 10) through the instructions for collecting
manna (see 16:22–26). Here the command is grounded further in the way that it
imitates the Lord’s pattern in creation (20:11; see Gen. 2:1–3). Every aspect of
Israel’s life is to reflect that the people belong to the Lord and are sustained by
his hand. The weekly pattern of work and rest is to be a regular and essential
part of this (see Ex. 31:12–18). In Deut. 5:15, Moses gives another reason for
observing the day: it recalls their redemption from slavery in Egypt.

Luk_23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Joh_5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

Joh_5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

Joh_5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Joh_5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

Joh_7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Joh_7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Joh_9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Joh_9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Joh_19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Act_1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

Act_13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Act_13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Act_13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

Act_13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Act_15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Act_16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

Act_17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

Act_18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Col_2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

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[Johann]

GENESIS—NOTE ON 9:12–17 Different covenants have appropriate signs or
symbols linked to them. Circumcision is the sign of the covenant with
Abraham (ch. 17), and the Sabbath is the sign of the covenant with Israel at
Mount Sinai (Ex. 31:12–17). On this occasion God’s designated sign is the
rainbow (Gen. 9:13). Its presence, when rain clouds are in the sky, will be a
visible reminder of God’s everlasting covenant (v. 16). It is not necessary to
think that rainbows first began to exist at this time; in any case, God says that
he will now use rainbows as a sign of this covenant. This sign should not be
interpreted as symbolizing that God has hung up his warrior’s bow, since there
is no hint of that meaning in the text.
5. Tent of the tabernacle (26:1–37)
6. Bronze altar (27:1–8)
7. Court of the tabernacle (27:9–19)
8. Oil for the lamp (27:20–21)
9. Garments for the priests (28:1–43)
10. Consecration of the priests (29:1–37) 11. Offering and promises of
the tabernacle (29:38–46) 12. Altar of incense (30:1–10)
13. Census offering (30:11–16)
14. Bronze basin (30:17–21)
15. Anointing oil and incense (30:22–38) 16. Craftsmen (31:1–11)
17. Sabbath (31:12–17)
D. Moses receives the tablets (31:18)
E. Covenant breach, intercession, and renewal (32:1–34:35)
1. Covenant breach: the golden calf (32:1–35) 2. Moses intercedes for
the people (33:1–23) 3. Covenant renewal: new tablets (34:1–35) F.
Tabernacle: preparation for the presence (35:1–40:38)
1. Moses prepares the people (35:1–36:7) 2. Tabernacle construction
(36:8–39:43) 3. Tabernacle assembled (40:1–33)
4. The glory of the Lord (40:34–38)
EXODUS—NOTE ON 20:8–11 Israel is to remember the Sabbath day by keeping
it holy (v. 8; see notes on Deut. 5:12–15). The Lord had already begun to form
the people’s life in the rhythm of working for six days (Ex. 20:9) and resting
on the seventh day as a Sabbath (v. 10) through the instructions for collecting
manna (see 16:22–26). Here the command is grounded further in the way that it
imitates the Lord’s pattern in creation (20:11; see Gen. 2:1–3). Every aspect of
Israel’s life is to reflect that the people belong to the Lord and are sustained by
his hand. The weekly pattern of work and rest is to be a regular and essential
part of this (see Ex. 31:12–18). In Deut. 5:15, Moses gives another reason for
observing the day: it recalls their redemption from slavery in Egypt.

Luk_23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Joh_5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

Joh_5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

Joh_5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Joh_5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

Joh_7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Joh_7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Joh_9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Joh_9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Joh_19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Act_1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

Act_13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Act_13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Act_13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

Act_13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Act_15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Act_16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

Act_17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

Act_18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Col_2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

116 verses found, 137 matches

or in respect of an holyday; or feast, such as the feast of the passover, the feast of tabernacles, and the feast of Pentecost; which were three grand festivals, at which all the Jewish males were obliged to appear before the Lord

; but were never binding upon the Gentiles, and were what the Christians under the Gospel dispensation had nothing to do with, and even believing Jews were freed from them, as having had their accomplishment in Christ; and therefore were not to be imposed upon them, or they condemned for the neglect of them.

 

[Netchaplain]

Absolutley. It also points to perfection. Jesus kept the Law and so we are expected to be light, Christlike. What does that mean to you? For one, don't sin.

Don't sin "willfully" (Heb 10:26). The sins of the believer should be only those that are not intentional, e.g. envy, jealousy, wrath, etc.

 

[Netchaplain]

"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death." Romans 8:2

Clearly there are two different kinds of law. However, we are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:13-15, "No longer present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! "

Law in general means the "will" of God, e.g. Christ commandments are not the part of the Law, like He says to love one another the way He loves us (Jhn 15:12), not according to how we love ourselves (love thy neighbor as thy self).

 

[Illuminator]

15. The principal purpose to which the plan of the old covenant was directed was to prepare for the coming of Christ, the redeemer of all and of the messianic kingdom, to announce this coming by prophecy (see Luke 24:44; John 5:39; 1 Peter 1:10), and to indicate its meaning through various types (see 1 Cor. 10:12). Now the books of the Old Testament, in accordance with the state of mankind before the time of salvation established by Christ, reveal to all men the knowledge of God and of man and the ways in which God, just and merciful, deals with men. These books, though they also contain some things which are incomplete and temporary, nevertheless show us true divine pedagogy. (1) These same books, then, give expression to a lively sense of God, contain a store of sublime teachings about God, sound wisdom about human life, and a wonderful treasury of prayers, and in them the mystery of our salvation is present in a hidden way. Christians should receive them with reverence.

16. God, the inspirer and author of both Testaments, wisely arranged that the New Testament be hidden in the Old and the Old be made manifest in the New. (2) For, though Christ established the new covenant in His blood (see Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25), still the books of the Old Testament with all their parts, caught up into the proclamation of the Gospel, (3) acquire and show forth their full meaning in the New Testament (see Matt. 5:17; Luke 24:27; Rom. 16:25-26; 2 Cor. 14:16) and in turn shed light on it and explain it.

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[Johann]

Law in general means the "will" of God, e.g. Christ commandments are not the part of the Law, like He says to love one another the way He loves us (Jhn 15:12), not according to how we love ourselves (love thy neighbor as thy self).

Wayne Barber explains what was abolished writing that "The Law was divided into the moral law and the ceremonial law. He didn’t abolish the moral law. That has always been here and is fulfilled when we obey the Lord Jesus Christ (eg, Mt 5:18, 19-see notes Mt 5:18; 5:19). The moral law says that we love God with all of our heart and our mind and our strength, and we are to love one another (Ro 13:9, 10-see notes Ro 13:9; 13:10). That is always there and is morally built in. He did not make that obsolete. He did not make that ineffective. What He did do was to render ineffective the ceremonial law. It says here, the "commandments contained in ordinances". In other words, what He did was put religion to death. No longer could the Jew say, "Oh, I sacrifice. I go to the Temple. I worship on the Sabbath. I do this. I do that. God loves me more than He loves you." Oh, no. He took all the external stuff and threw it out. He says, "Now there is only one way to God, and that’s through Me. You can’t work your way up the ladder." (Ephesians 2:15-18 Christ the Author of Our Peace - 2)

R Kent Hughes - How did he do this, especially since he said in his Sermon on the Mount, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Mt 5:17+)? Christ fulfilled the moral law, keeping all its requirements, but he abolished the Jewish ceremonial law. Thus, the requirements of the ceremonial law (the washings, the Sabbath restrictions, etc.) which had been such a barrier were gone. And since he fulfilled the moral law, taking away its condemnation, all have free access through grace (cf. 2 Corinthians 3:6-15). The gospel is now, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast” (Eph 2:8, 9), and because of this we fly across the barrier to God! (See Ephesians: The Mystery of the Body of Christ)

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[Johann]

Wayne Barber explains what was abolished writing that "The Law was divided into the moral law and the ceremonial law. He didn’t abolish the moral law. That has always been here and is fulfilled when we obey the Lord Jesus Christ (eg, Mt 5:18, 19-see notes Mt 5:18; 5:19). The moral law says that we love God with all of our heart and our mind and our strength, and we are to love one another (Ro 13:9, 10-see notes Ro 13:9; 13:10). That is always there and is morally built in. He did not make that obsolete. He did not make that ineffective. What He did do was to render ineffective the ceremonial law. It says here, the "commandments contained in ordinances". In other words, what He did was put religion to death. No longer could the Jew say, "Oh, I sacrifice. I go to the Temple. I worship on the Sabbath. I do this. I do that. God loves me more than He loves you." Oh, no. He took all the external stuff and threw it out. He says, "Now there is only one way to God, and that’s through Me. You can’t work your way up the ladder." (Ephesians 2:15-18 Christ the Author of Our Peace - 2)

R Kent Hughes - How did he do this, especially since he said in his Sermon on the Mount, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Mt 5:17+)? Christ fulfilled the moral law, keeping all its requirements, but he abolished the Jewish ceremonial law. Thus, the requirements of the ceremonial law (the washings, the Sabbath restrictions, etc.) which had been such a barrier were gone. And since he fulfilled the moral law, taking away its condemnation, all have free access through grace (cf. 2 Corinthians 3:6-15). The gospel is now, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast” (Eph 2:8, 9), and because of this we fly across the barrier to God! (See Ephesians: The Mystery of the Body of Christ)

Ephesians 2:15-16 Commentary | Precept Austin

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Hoehner gives a more detailed analysis in his exegetical work writing that "In Paul’s writings it consistently means “to render inoperative, nullify, invalidate” (cf. Rom 3:3, 31; 4:14; 6:6; 7:2, 6); hence, in this context to translate it “to put death” or “to destroy” is incorrect. The law was not put to death or destroyed but has been rendered inoperative or nullified for the believer....The law of Moses, the content of which are the commandments consisting of decrees, has been rendered inoperative for believers in Christ and hence the hostility between Jewish and Gentile Christians has been destroyed. Since the whole Mosaic law has been rendered inoperative for Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ, it is a false dichotomy to distinguish between the moral and ceremonial laws, making only the ceremonial laws inoperative. Christ is the end of the whole law for believers (Rom 10:4) and we as believers are no longer under that pedagogue (Gal 3:25). In fact, we have died to the law (Rom 7:1–6). Does this mean that there are no laws in the Mosaic law that the believer of today is obligated to obey? Only those that have been reiterated in the NT. We are under the new covenant, and the old covenant has been done away. It is no longer our modus operandi. Christ has fulfilled it and it is no longer operative, and this applies to both Gentile and Jewish believers who are in Christ. To be sure, Paul was opposed to antinomianism for he states that he was under the law of Christ (lit. “in-law of Christ,” ἔννομος Χριστοῦ) (1 Cor 9:21) and was to fulfill the law of Christ (τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ) (Gal 6:2). Much debate has been generated over these statements, but suffice it to say that the least one could say is that the law of Christ is expressed in the new covenant, that is, the NT. Therefore, Paul’s progression in the argument is that Christ has destroyed the symptom, that is, the enmity between Jews and Gentiles, by making inoperative the root or cause, namely, the law of commandments in decrees. Hence, the nullification of the Mosaic law has great significance for Jews and Gentiles in Christ." (See Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary)

 

[Brakelite]

God blessed the seventh day and
made it holy (Gen. 2:3). These words provide the basis for the obligation that
God placed on the Israelites to rest from their normal labor on the Sabbath day
(see Ex. 20:8–11). There is no evening-followed-by-morning refrain for this
day, prompting many to conclude that the seventh day still continues (which
seems to underlie John 5:17; Heb. 4:3–11).

Please brother, show me in the Pauline epistles, James, Peter and John, that the Sabbaths is a moral Imperative, binding upon the the believers in Christ.

Is it good, righteous, virtuous, to obey God, or not?

 

[Brakelite]

Is it good, righteous, virtuous, to obey God, or not?

It seems to me that many go to a great deal of trouble in order to "prove" that observing the 7th day Sabbath is not a Christian observance, yet defend Sunday observance with assumptions and tradition.
No where did scripture declare the Sabbath no longer observable for the church. The early church observed the Sabbath for over 500 years until persecution and civil enforcement of church tradition dissuaded the majority into submission, but even then, there have always been a remnant who continued to obey the 4th Commandment.

Quote: Thus, the requirements of the ceremonial law (the washings, the Sabbath restrictions, etc.) which had been such a barrier were gone.

Can you describe these "restrictions" which today's Sabbath observers are impeded by and how it affects them differently say, from Sunday observers?

 

[Brakelite]

venant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic

KJV Exodus 31:16-17
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Indeed, a sign that Israel, in the midst of and surrounded by idolatrous pagan nations all about, recognized the one true God as Creator. Do you realize that any of those nations could enforce through their pagan priests, any and all of the Commandments, except the 4th? The 4th identified God as Lord and Creator of all things. You remove the 4th Commandment from the law, and who do you have that identifies the lawmaker? It could be anyone, in fact, as you surrender to the authority of the one who altered the law, the Catholic Church, that institution becomes your idol.

 

[Brakelite]

KJV Exodus 31:16-17
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Indeed, a sign that Israel, in the midst of and surrounded by idolatrous pagan nations all about, recognized the one true God as Creator. Do you realize that any of those nations could enforce through their pagan priests, any and all of the Commandments, except the 4th? The 4th identified God as Lord and Creator of all things. You remove the 4th Commandment from the law, and who do you have that identifies the lawmaker? It could be anyone, in fact, as you surrender to the authority of the one who altered the law, the Catholic Church, that institution becomes your idol.

KJV Ezekiel 20:12
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them .

KJV Ezekiel 20:20
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

but were never binding upon the Gentiles, and were what the Christians under the Gospel dispensation had nothing to do with,

That is a blatant lie. First, if a gentile joined himself to Israel, he was to observe the Sabbath. Have we not joined ourselves to Israel, and are referred to in fact as spiritual Israel?
As for the statement that Christians and even gentiles had nothing to do with the Sabbath, please explain...
KJV Acts 13:42-44
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

 

[Brakelite]

The Sabbath was the sign to Israel of the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic Covenant

KJV Nehemiah 9:13-14
13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

After 400 odd years as slaves in Egypt, God needed them to "remember" that which had been forced away from them. And not for the first time. Good reminded them in Exodus 16 that the Sabbath was already a part of the law which He expected them to obey... Months before Sinai.