Monday, February 8, 2010

Christians and Jews: Must we be silent when false teachers teach that God's Holy Sabbath is irrelevant today?

God said in Exodus 20:8





';REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY';Christians and Jews: Must we be silent when false teachers teach that God's Holy Sabbath is irrelevant today?
But does this mean that the Fourth Commandment is without meaning for Christians? Not at all. For them it points to a far greater sabbath—the reality and not merely the shadow. At Genesis 2:2 we learn that since the close of the sixth creative day or period, since our first human parents were created, God has been resting from his creative works as regards our earth. The sons of Israel failed to enter into God’s rest because of their lack of faith and obedience. (Ps. 95:7-11) But to Christians the apostle Paul says: “So there remains a sabbath resting for the people of God. For the man that has entered into God’s rest has also himself rested from his own works, just as God did from his own. Let us therefore do our utmost to enter into that rest, for fear anyone should fall in the same pattern of disobedience [of the Jews].”—Heb. 3:19; 4:9-11.


Just as God’s rest has been continuous, so is that of true Christians. Rest from what? From their “own works,” their former works at trying to justify themselves. No longer do they believe that they can earn God’s approval and gain everlasting life simply by their own efforts at compliance with certain rules and observances. They no longer assume that because of their course of conduct God just cannot deny them his blessing. That was the error of the faithless Jews who, by ‘seeking to establish their own righteousness, did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.’—Rom. 10:3.


Rather, true Christians recognize that it is by the sacrifice of Christ Jesus that their sin is removable. And they rest in the knowledge that faith in Christ and obedience to his teaching are what bring Jehovah’s approval and life. Rather than being satisfied, as some are, to claim, “I am honest, I do not steal or lie or do immoral things, so surely that is enough!” true followers of Christ seek to apply all of Jesus’ teachings in their lives.


There are many, even among professed Christians, who believe that they have an inborn right to life and other blessings. It is difficult for them to admit that they were born sinners, without the right to life, and therefore wholly dependent upon God’s provision for granting them life. They tend to refuse counsel and reproof, even when offered in love. They are very reluctant to admit that they make mistakes. Their big concern is self-justification. They have not rested or desisted from their own selfish works, and so are not keeping God’s sabbath. Happy are those who do rest from their “own works” and enter into God’s sabbath of rest, because a splendid future awaits them.


For almost six thousand years now God has been observing his rest day. The thousand-year period just ahead is described in the Bible as the millennium of Christ’s rule. (Rev. 20:4) It will also be like a grand Sabbath, far superior to any sabbath observed by the Jews, for during that time peace and prosperity will be permanently established.—Rev. 21:2-4.


Thus the weekly sabbath of the Fourth Commandment is pictorial of the grand Sabbath of which Christ Jesus declared himself the Lord. (Matt. 12:8) Those who recognize themselves as sinners, dependent on the merit of Christ Jesus’ sacrifice in order to gain peace and a good standing with God, can even now rest or desist from their own selfish labors to justify themselves. Each one who respects God’s seven-thousand-year-long sabbath now, and who continues to do so, will be privileged to enjoy the blessings of the thousand-year Sabbath of Christ’s reign over all the earth.Christians and Jews: Must we be silent when false teachers teach that God's Holy Sabbath is irrelevant today?
the Sabbath day IS on Sunday





';On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.';





-Act 20:7











';In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.';





-Matthew 28:1
No, we must NOT be silent. We have been given a great commission to teach everyone that has an ear to hear, to teach them EVERYTHING that God has commanded us (including the 4th commandment):





Matthew 28:18-20 -- And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Who said God was the correct teacher anyway? He himself said he was God and that his word was law. You do realize that The Bible is actually more unbelievable than The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, right?





So you need not be silent when true teachers tell you that Sunday is not holy nor a sabbath. You should just accept that they are correct and that your whole system of 'beliefs' is wrong. For if God is so all powerful why does he not smite the hell out of all us sinners who work on Sunday. Or say Yahweh's name in vain. Or have buttsex.





Simple: There is no God
Christians should understand that it was Constantine the Great who made a change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. But God will require His true followers to observe His Holy and Sacred Day. We will know this a few years from now,
No we must not be silent.

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