Sabbath Keeping

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<h1>Sabbath Keeping</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_Steve-0.aspx'>Steve-0</a></strong><br /><p>Must New Testament Christians keep the traditional Sabbath? No. Isaiah prophesied (in Isaiah 28) that the outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon God's people would be the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest. The original purpose of Sabbath was rest. Everyone who receives the Holy Spirit by belief enters into God’s rest. They rest from their own personal or man-made works, and enter into His grace, bringing forth spiritual fruits with patience. There is no record that the Early Church in the Book of Acts preached or practiced the observation of the Sabbath by Old Testament guidelines. People who today teach that you must observe the Sabbath do not observe it correctly. If they really observed the Sabbath, they would keep all the rules that the Jews did. I do not know of any Christian group that accurately observes the Sabbath, including the Seventh Day Adventists. If you do not observe the Sabbath according to all the Old Testament rules, then you are breaking it. According to Exodus 31, “every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death.” That would require you to be put to death for anything as minor as tying your shoe laces (work) or starting your car (igniting a fire) or traveling more than a “Sabbath’s Day Journey” (less than one mile). I have been in Israel on numerous Sabbath days, and can tell you that I have never known any Christian group to observe such stringent guidelines for the Sabbath as Orthodox Jews. The Christian observance of Sabbath does not fulfill Old Testament guidelines. Jesus did not keep Sabbath. The Apostles did not keep Sabbath. I am not going to keep Sabbath. It is futile to attempt to satisfy that requirement without extremely stringent guidelines. God does not require Christians to keep the Old Testament Sabbath. “The Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did, by the which we draw nigh unto God,” Hebrews 7:19. “But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day,” Matthew 12:2. “And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace,” Mark 3:4. “And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?" Luke 13:14-15. "Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk," John 5:8-11. "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: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?" Colossians 2:16-20. Jesus defied false traditions about Sabbath. Jesus defied heresies. Dr. Ken Trivette found 1521 things that Jews forbid on Sabbath. "For example: you could not rescue a drowning person on the Sabbath. Untying knots that needed only one hand was permissible, but if two hands were required, it was forbidden. ...If a man was bitten by a flea on the Sabbath, he had to allow the flea to keep on biting. If he tried to stop the flea from biting or killed it, he was guilty of hunting on the Sabbath." In John 9:16, the Pharisees said, "This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day." The same charge is made today of those of us who do not observe traditional Sabbath teachings - "This man is not of God!" Nevertheless, Jesus was not only of God, He was and is God. </p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />Torah, Dr. Ken Trivette, King James bible, Wikipedia<p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Sabbath-Keeping_79793.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Sabbath Keeping_79793.aspx</a></p>

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