Your thread and you brought this up so I will reply.
Yes I do listen to people who say Saturday is the Sabbath one of them is
Jesus
Exodus 20 King James Version (KJV)
20 And God spake all these words, saying,
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God
Matthew 4 King James Version (KJV)
4 1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedth out of the mouth of God.
GOD SAID IT I BELIEVE IT
You probable agree that the Sabbath is Saturday as you probable celebrate the resurrection on Easter Sunday, first day of the week. So by your works you agree that the Seventh day Sabbath is Saturday.
Jesus was fulfilling the law, this is why he obeyed the law. I am not just a prophecy guy. If you will listen, instead of putting up a brick wall I can teach you why the SDA are wrong, most of you put up the wall, I had a young friend I rescued from the SDA 25 years ago. Don't take umbrage that I don't agree with the SDA positions, everyone has a right to believe as they so desire, I just think its wrong.
For starters, Gods Covenant was NEVER THE LAW did you know that? It was always the PROMISE OF THE COMING SEED !! The seed that would take away the sins of the world. The Law was added when? 430 years after the promise.
WATCH THIS:
(KJV)Galatians 3:16 Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many;
but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
{Get it ?}
17 And this I say,
that the covenant(Promise), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was
four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul,
that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For
if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise:
but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Because so many people just can not seem to understand the KJV version, I like to post the Holman version as a back up in important debates like this, so HERE GOES:
(HCSB) Galatians 3:15 Brothers, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to even a human covenant that has been ratified. 16
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one,
and to your seed, who is Christ. 17 And I say this:
The law, which came 430 years later, does not revoke a covenant that was previously ratified by God and cancel the promise. 18 For
if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham
through the promise.
I got a surprise for a whole lot of people, the COVENANT was NEVER the LAW, it was always THE PROMISE of the coming SEED which is/was always Jesus Christ our savior.
Jesus stated he came to fulfill the law, and the law requires a SACRIFICE. Jesus fulfilled the law, there is no longer a need for a blood sacrifice. That goes right over most peoples head.
I believe in Christ Jesus all days, 24/7/365 better be Holy Days, because the Holy Spirit lives in us. We are to honor God/Jesus every minute of our lives, not just on a certain day.
The Purpose of the Law
Galatians 3:19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions
until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one. 21 Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For
if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law. 22 But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power,
so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed. 24
The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.
25 But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for you are all sons of God through
faith in Christ Jesus.
This is VERY CLEAR, Israel was given the Law because of their SINS and UNBELIEF. The Law never justified anyone, only FAITH justifies us now and even faithful Abraham was deemed righteous because he BELIEVED GOD !!
But now that Jesus has come, verses 24 and 25 say we no longer need the LAW, because we now have Jesus Christ, the promised SEED/SACRIFICE for the atonement of our sins.
We are SONS OF GOD through Faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Now that I have shown we are deemed Righteous by Faith alone, I want to go back to the first part of the chapter which shows Paul rebuking the Galatians because they were trying to justify themselves by obeying the LAWS instead of BY FAITH !!
Justification through Faith
Galatians 3:1 You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified? 2 I only want to learn this from you:
Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing? 5 So then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you
by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
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Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, 7 then understand that
those who have faith are Abraham’s sons. 8 Now the Scripture saw in advance that
God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.
9 So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.
No one is justified by the LAW.........Our only JUSTIFICATION is Faith on Jesus Christ.
In Galatians chapter 2 Paul defends his Gospel in Jerusalem, then on verse 11 we SEE THIS:
Freedom from the Law
Galatians 2:11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned. 12 For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party. 13 Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”
15 We who are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners” 16
know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. And
we have believed in Christ Jesus so that
we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified. 17 But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not! 18 If I rebuild the system I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker. 19 For through the law I have died to the law, so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ. 20 and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God,
for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
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Now lets move to Galatians chapter 4.
Sarah and Hagar: Two Covenants
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, those of you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman. 23
But the one by the slave was born according to the impulse of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise. 24 These things are illustrations, for
the women represent the two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery—this is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:
Rejoice, childless woman,
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.[g]
28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now. 30 But what does the Scripture say?
Drive out the slave and her son, for the son of the slave will never be a coheir with the son of the free woman. 31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
NOW WATCH THIS IN CHAPTER 5 !!
Freedom of the Christian
Galatians 5:1 Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and
don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Take note!
I, Paul, tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all. 3 Again I testify
to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.
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You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.
7 You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion did not come from the One who called you. 9 A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough. 10 I have confidence in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. 11
Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 12 I wish those who are disturbing you might also get themselves castrated!
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For you were called to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement:
Love your neighbor as yourself. 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
The Spirit versus the Flesh
16 I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Study Galatians, we are NOT UNDER THE LAW, we are under GRACE by Faith in Jesus Christ. I will finish the reply on another post later. This got a little long, as a preacher I like to be complete in my endeavors.
I do not understand how anyone can read Paul's writing's and not understand that we are not under the law, but under grace via FAITH in Jesus Christ.
