JesusIsFaithful
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So he ordered the churches of Galatia and the Corinthians. You are still assuming that includes all churches. There were about 30 other churches that did not receive the order.
If it involves church setting aside a portion from the bounty collected for the saints in the ministry, then that is an order for all churches.
The remainder of the bounty is the liberality that a local church can decide to give to as a whole.
I believe the "liberality" refers to giving to the saints in Jerusalem liberally.
As in giving liberally to Jerusalem while under orders to do so? Nah. Doesn't jive.
A better question is, why is there no command from YHWH, Yeshua or any apostle to abolish the Sabbath or change it to Sunday or to extend the rest to any day of the week? Something as MAJOR as that (the changing of one of the Ten Commandments) and nothing is said about it? I believe all seven churches were keeping the Sabbath holy until AFTER Revelation was written. Then corruption set in.
My emphasis is obedience to YHWH out of love for Him and our neighbors. That is impossible to be found wanting.
What is found wanting is you not answering anyone's request to explain how you keep the sabbath day.
You are in for a rude awakening come judgment day. Your disobedience will not stand. Hopefully, since you are disobeying due to Satan's deception, you won't experience too great a loss of rewards.
Problem here is, you say you are not condemning and yet here you are now doing so for which Jesus would say to you, to have mercy and not sacrifice, for you would not have condemned the guiltless.
I am profaning the sabbath day, but because of Jesus Christ in me, I am not guilty because He is able to make me stand.
You cannot prove to any one that you are not profaning the sabbath day. Those who speak of themselves seek their own glory, but those who speak of Him in seeking His glory, no unrighteousness is in Him.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
So if circumcision is the smallest letter of the law and if a believer does that, he is entitled to do the whole law, where does keeping the sabbath day falls under? How can keeping the sabbath day holy is not putting a believer to do the whole law? If you seek to be justified by the law of keeping the sabbath day holy, does it not apply that ye are fallen from grace?
But there is no way you can keep the sabbath day holy in the manner under the Old Covenant because it requires you to stone those believers that are not keeping the sabbath day holy. So in spirit of the letter, you are not keeping the sabbath day holy after all.