Sabbath keepers, those who insist that the entire body of Christ must still comply with the old covenant given to Israel try hard to prove the unprovable.

Here's the truth.

God rested on the 7th day and sanctified it as the day he rested. We are not told that he sanctified the 14th day, the 21st day, the 28th day. No one was told to keep the Sabbath until Moses told the children of Israel to do it in the book of Exodus chapter 16.

There is no record of God telling Adam to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Enoch to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Noah to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Abraham to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Melchizedek to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Isaac to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Jacob to keep the Sabbath.
There is no record of God telling Joseph to keep the Sabbath.

If the Sabbath that God enjoyed resting from his work of creation was so important to God that everyone should keep it perpetually after he did, why isn't there a record of anyone keeping it until Moses?

It is true that God gave the 4th commandment to the Israelites in the desert to rest one day after working six days, and, for them, it was a law after that. That though was then. Then, they were under the old covenant. Now, we have a new covenant that Jesus sealed with his own blood.

There is no record of Jesus ever telling anyone to keep the Sabbath. Instead, he sternly criticized the legalistic demand of strict adherence to Sabbath observance above other more weighty human concerns.

Sabbath keepers are wrong about their spiritual snobbery in considering those who see all days the same as somehow inferior and unacceptable to God. They even raise the 7th day of the week to a level of idolatry by suggesting that Sabbath keeping is the seal of their salvation, thus replacing the Holy Spirit of the living God with a day.

We are clearly told in Colossians 2:16-17 NASB, "Therefore, no one is to act as your judge in regard to food and drink, or in respect to a festival or a new moon, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† โ€” things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ."

Now, the Bible asks in Romans 14:4-5 NASB, "Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. ๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“, ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†. ๐„๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐."

Also, remember that when the Apostles met in Jerusalem to consider the matter of how the gospel should be taught to the gentiles, those people who were never under the law that was given to the Israelites in the desert, they DIDN'T say that Sabbath keeping was something to require.
Look

Acts 15:19-20 NASB
"Therefore, it is my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God, but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood."

That's it. There was no mention of Sabbath keeping. Notta. Nothing. If Sabbath was something important for gentile converts to Christianity to remember and participate in, it would have been mentioned in James' statement above. The apostles decided not to Judaize the body of Christ, and we shouldn't either.
Sabbath keepers, those who insist that the entire body of Christ must still comply with the old covenant given to Israel try hard to prove the unprovable. Here's the truth. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ God rested on the 7th day and sanctified it as the day he rested. We are not told that he sanctified the 14th day, the 21st day, the 28th day. No one was told to keep the Sabbath until Moses told the children of Israel to do it in the book of Exodus chapter 16. There is no record of God telling Adam to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Enoch to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Noah to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Abraham to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Melchizedek to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Isaac to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Jacob to keep the Sabbath. There is no record of God telling Joseph to keep the Sabbath. If the Sabbath that God enjoyed resting from his work of creation was so important to God that everyone should keep it perpetually after he did, why isn't there a record of anyone keeping it until Moses? It is true that God gave the 4th commandment to the Israelites in the desert to rest one day after working six days, and, for them, it was a law after that. That though was then. Then, they were under the old covenant. Now, we have a new covenant that Jesus sealed with his own blood. There is no record of Jesus ever telling anyone to keep the Sabbath. Instead, he sternly criticized the legalistic demand of strict adherence to Sabbath observance above other more weighty human concerns. Sabbath keepers are wrong about their spiritual snobbery in considering those who see all days the same as somehow inferior and unacceptable to God. They even raise the 7th day of the week to a level of idolatry by suggesting that Sabbath keeping is the seal of their salvation, thus replacing the Holy Spirit of the living God with a day. We are clearly told in Colossians 2:16-17 NASB, "Therefore, no one is to act as your judge in regard to food and drink, or in respect to a festival or a new moon, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† โ€” things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ." Now, the Bible asks in Romans 14:4-5 NASB, "Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. ๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“, ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†. ๐„๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐." Also, remember that when the Apostles met in Jerusalem to consider the matter of how the gospel should be taught to the gentiles, those people who were never under the law that was given to the Israelites in the desert, they DIDN'T say that Sabbath keeping was something to require. Look ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Acts 15:19-20 NASB "Therefore, it is my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God, but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood." That's it. There was no mention of Sabbath keeping. Notta. Nothing. If Sabbath was something important for gentile converts to Christianity to remember and participate in, it would have been mentioned in James' statement above. The apostles decided not to Judaize the body of Christ, and we shouldn't either.
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