Sabbath Optional
Rom 14:4-6 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Just as with regards to food, it's a matter of personal preference regarding one day as more holy than another. If one regards all days alike, that's fine as well. The obvious implication is that the Sabbath law does not apply to Christians. In fact few Christians view the Sabbath as holy, being the seventh day of the week, namely Friday evening till Saturday evening according to the Law and the gospels, even though many Christian in fact rest on the Sabbath, ceasing from their labors. In its place most Christians view the first day of the week, which is the Lord's day, as holy in commemoration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead on the morning of the first day of the week, and so have agreed to assemble together on that day. Let not the one who reckons Saturday holy judge him who reckons Sunday holy. And let neither judge him who regards all days equally.
And "do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ." Col 2:16,17 Much as those who reckon themselves institutionally elite, as did the chief priests, Pharisees and elders who had Christ crucified, tend to obsess over matters of ceremony, for such is the only way they can parade their personal significance, yet debates over such issues are not much more than a matter of shadow boxing. In fact it was over ceremonial legalism which upset Paul so much in his letter to the Galatians, even to the extent of having to rebuke the apostle Peter, who himself the Lord had tried to instruct on the insignificance of ceremony in Acts chapter 10.
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Rom 14:4-6 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Just as with regards to food, it's a matter of personal preference regarding one day as more holy than another. If one regards all days alike, that's fine as well. The obvious implication is that the Sabbath law does not apply to Christians. In fact few Christians view the Sabbath as holy, being the seventh day of the week, namely Friday evening till Saturday evening according to the Law and the gospels, even though many Christian in fact rest on the Sabbath, ceasing from their labors. In its place most Christians view the first day of the week, which is the Lord's day, as holy in commemoration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead on the morning of the first day of the week, and so have agreed to assemble together on that day. Let not the one who reckons Saturday holy judge him who reckons Sunday holy. And let neither judge him who regards all days equally.
And "do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ." Col 2:16,17 Much as those who reckon themselves institutionally elite, as did the chief priests, Pharisees and elders who had Christ crucified, tend to obsess over matters of ceremony, for such is the only way they can parade their personal significance, yet debates over such issues are not much more than a matter of shadow boxing. In fact it was over ceremonial legalism which upset Paul so much in his letter to the Galatians, even to the extent of having to rebuke the apostle Peter, who himself the Lord had tried to instruct on the insignificance of ceremony in Acts chapter 10.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources