hey, about the Sabbath?

Question

the sabbath was initiated in the garden of eden....before there was jew/gentile (it was for everybody)

it was given to the israelites in the 10 commandments....with the word remember (is that because we would forget)

Jesus kept the sabbath (as was His habit)

so why shouldn't we????

Answer 1

The Sabbath was given when mankind still lived in the garden of Eden. It will be observed in the new earth, the heavenly city. It is the only commandment with the word, "REMEMBER". How cleverly satan has found ways to sneak in practices and beliefs that change the only commandment with the admonition to REMEMBER.

Each church that observes a Sunday worship has its own method or reason for doing so. It is amazing that they don't realize they are all changing times and laws that God instituted. The ten commandments are not laws of men, they are the laws of God. The sacrifices were supposed to end when Jesus died because he was the ONE the sacrificial system pointed to.

Each of the different churches has its reasons for ignoring the true sabbath and yet they cannot see they are all doing the same thing in different ways.

The Catholic church is honest enough to publicly say, it changed the sabbath to prove it has power on earth.

The Baptist friends I know from work tell me Jesus changed the sabbath. I have yet to read those words in my bible. I don't think Jesus said that. Some human might have said it but not Jesus.

My Jehovah Witness friends insist the ten commandments are no longer applicable. Only that we love God and man. That is the NEW covenant.

Some other religions say it doesn't matter so long as you keep one day holy.

SEE, they all omit the original sabbath that God established through different means and they can't see that is ONE thing they have in common.

None of the friends I know truly keep a Sunday sabbath. They buy and sell, go to restaurants, go to work.

Yet they tell me I shouldn't light a fire, or walk too far on Sabbath. Again, those are not the ten commandments from God they were man made laws from the Pharisees who thought you could legislate righteousness.
WRONG!

I don't throw the Sabbath issue at them but they come around and try to convince me I don't need to observe the Sabbath. They actually get upset because I keep a Saturday Sabbath! WHY? Why does it bother them???


REMEMBER does not mean abolish, or ignore, or change. It means to always maintain, to be aware of.

Sabbath worshiped in the manner God intended is not a burden, to me it is a time to recharge my spiritual batteries. To lay my troubles aside, to ignore the evil influences of the world and just commune with God to get my spiritual nature back in the good graces of God.
Jesus frequently had to go off by Himself so He could commune with His Father. How can we who are much less perfect than Him expect to maintain a close relationship with God our father if we do any less than Jesus did?
To me the Sabbath is a blessing, not a burden.

Answer 2

Best book & website on subject! The Sabbath is real and it's for everyone! People think the Sabbath is a nuisance but it is a blessing! I challenge you to study it and prove me wrong.
Happy Studying :)
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/87/t/why-god-said-remember.aspx

Answer 3

Jesus kept it to fulfill the law.

The Sabbath was fulfilled by Jesus Christ when He became the HIGH PRIEST for us and the final sacrifice. That means we can go to him directly and not through the priests of the world for our relationship.

I still keep the Lords day...Sunday is the Lords day. The Sabbath was done away with when Jesus fulfilled it. There is absolutely no purpose for it anymore or reason that we need to apply it to our lives. Find me one place in the New Testament that talks about us keeping the Sabbath after Jesus died. You won't

Answer 4

We are told to Partake of the Lord's Supper and to Give on the First day of the week. These are mentioned in the New Testament. We are not told to keep the Sabbath there. Christ is the one who is remembered by the Lord's Supper and should be done every first day of the week as it was in the first century church. We attempt to follow what we are told to do in the New Testament Scriptures. Have a great week!
Thanks,
Eds

Answer 5

you can if you want to but I consider it legalistic. Sunday is the day of the Resurrection - we are not under Law but Grace. The Sabbath ended the week (representing works) and Sunday begins the week (representing rest). Jesus kept the Sabbath because He was living under the Dispensation of Law. But with His death and resurrection we now live under a new Dispensation called Grace. He said "this is the New Covenant in my blood" - we "rest" in His finished work.....while the Old Testament saints under the Law "worked" for their blood covering up till the one day of their rest - the Sabbath. They worked for 'rest' - we live in 'rest.'

Answer 6

We should keep the Sabbath. He is the God of the Jews and the God of the Gentiles. He is God over all the universe.

Answer 7

Some churches, (for example, the LDS or Mormon church) do 'keep the sabbath' with certain rules and restrictions. But it's a good point to remember.

Answer 8

I love Sabbath, War Pigs kicks @ss.

Answer 9

Your observations are astute and you should be lauded for your thinking. Thank you for pointing that out.

Answer 10

During the days of the early church the apostles decided to eliminate several Jewish practices to differentiate their religion from Judaism. This was one of those practices.