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Are we to keep the 10 Commandments and, if so, what day is Sabbath? Continued… |
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So why doesn't the church keep the commandments? I call it cheap grace. Because we are saved by our acceptance of Jesus sacrificial death we don't have the penalty of our sins put upon us, as he took them upon himself. Many people then state that we don't have to keep the commandments as our salvation is through Jesus. They are part right. Our salvation is through Jesus, but Jesus himself tells us to keep the commandments. The more you keep breaking the commandments the more sin you are putting upon Jesus as the one who took the penalty upon Him for you. How many people actually think that each sin they make by breaking commandments is putting additional penalty upon Jesus as the sacrifice. Of course those sins are already upon him and out actions now fulfill what was already placed by an all knowing all loving G-d, but I still like to realize there are consequences for my actions, even if those consequences are paid by another. Which day is Sabbath? G-d states we are to keep the Sabbath as a memorial of the creation. It is not kept to work ship Jesus, but for the purpose G-d gave us. With that in mind the Sabbath is the 7th day. The seventh day has been observed by the Jewish people as sundown Friday to sundown Saturday for thousands of years. This was the Sabbath Jesus kept. The reason for starting at sundown is the history of creation in Genesis stating, "it was evening and morning the first day." Evening comes first. This is not taking any ones doctrine but taking the Bible as fact and following it fully. I pray the Lord G-d show you more and more how you are to keep His commandments, not for salvation, but as an offering to be pleasing to him and a sign of your Love for Him. The easy truth for Christians is not to ask what would Jesus do, but what DID Jesus do. He kept the commandments and observe sabbath on Saturday. If Christians chose to worship G-d in the person of Jesus on Sunday there is nothing against that day, but we can not chose to throw away the Sabbath to do so. Shalom from Jerusalem, Richard E. Bristol, PhD |
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Isaiah 11:6 2 Thessalonians 2:15 |