Has the Holy Spirit explicitly led you to keep the Sabbath?

[SabbathBlessings]

Sexually immorality is sin in the New Testament.


He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Revelation 21:7-8


Can you show the scriptures from Jesus or His Apostles that instruct the Church under the New Covenant as to how we are to observe the Sabbath today; as to how we are to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy"?




JLB

Breaking any of the commandments of God is sin in the New Testament.

1 John 3:4 4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” quoting directly from the Ten Commandments

James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

He who said "thou shalt not murder" and "thou shalt not commit adultery" also said "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" all found in the same unit of Ten that God spoke and God wrote with His own finger. Exodus 20

Can you show the scriptures from Jesus or His Apostles that instruct the Church under the New Covenant as to how we are to observe the Sabbath today; as to how we are to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy"?

God wrote His laws in our hearts and minds in the New Covenant- so they didn't go away and Jesus was teaching from the Old Testament scriptures and we are told to walk just as Jesus walked as our example who kept all of the commandments and told us to as well. John 14:15, John 15:10


1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

Did Jesus keep the Sabbath? Of course He did- Jesus did not sin. Jesus as His custom was reading the scriptures on the Sabbath day in the Temple- just like we are instruction, the Sabbath is a holy convocation Lev. 23:3

Luke 4:16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

Did the apostles keep the Sabbath? Yes they did decades after Jesus ascended back to heaven. Jesus died because He was accused of breaking the Sabbath, but He never did. If there was going to be a change in one of God's commandments there would have been an UPROAR in scripture, not silence. There no mention of it because it didn't happen.


But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
- Acts 13:14

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
- Acts 13:27

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
- Acts 13:42

And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:44

For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
- Acts 15:21

And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there.
Acts 16:13


And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
- Acts 17:2

And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
- Acts 18:4

Did Jesus expect His followers to keep the Sabbath until He returned? Yes. Matthew 24:20

Will the Sabbath continue to be the Lord's chosen day in the New Heaven or New Earth or will it be mans chosen day? What does scripture say?

Isaiah 66:22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord,
“So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

 

[Leaf473]

When Paul wanted to share the gospel with Jews, he went into the synagogue. That's where Jews gathered to talk about God and the scriptures.

When he wanted to witness to greeks he went into the marketplace, because that's where they gathered to talk about God and philosophy.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

When Paul wanted to share the gospel with Jews, he went into the synagogue. That's where Jews gathered to talk about God and the scriptures.

When he wanted to witness to greeks he went into the marketplace, because that's where they gathered to talk about God and philosophy.

Perhaps you missed the scripture where it says whole cities gathered on the Sabbath and Gentiles came together on the Sabbath so they can be preached to and hear the Word of God. Makes sense since it is a commandment of God and is the undisputed holy day of our Lord thy God from clear scripture.

Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God
Isaiah 58:13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,

What’s sad is people think they know what is better than what God has declared Himself.

 

[JLB777]

Brother, there is no need to speculate what God meant by the word "rest" because the passage in Hebrews 3 and 4 identifies the word "rest" as a reference to the time that God rested from His work after creating the world on the seventh day of the week of creation.

Whenever a person states their opinion and then tags it with a scripture reference, especially a scripture reference that encompasses 2 chapters rather than a specific verse or verses, it’s clear there is a problem.

At the end of Hebrews 3 we see the narrative begin to deal with the rest, but nothing to do with the seventh day of creation, NOTHING!


For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3:16-19


It’s clear you have no idea what you are talking about.


The rest being discussed is absolutely not referring to the seventh day of creation, but referring to the rest to come for all of God’s people.


Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. Hebrews 4:1


For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:8-9

• There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Hebrews 4:10


He uses the rest we have when we are in Christ, by alluding to God resting from His work of creation but, with the understanding that God and His Son Jesus are working even now to this day and will continue to work up until the “rest” He has set aside for Himself and us for a thousand years, the seventh prophetic day; the seven thousandth year from Adam of which the weekly sabbath points to as a shadow.

• My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 5:16-18



That’s why the weekly sabbath has become insignificant in Christ other than simply a day for man to rest.



JLB

 

[SabbathBlessings]

That’s why the weekly sabbath has become insignificant in Christ other than simply a day for man to rest.


JLB

These are your words, not the Words of our Creator and Savior.


Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
Isaiah 58:13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,
Isaiah 66:23 And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

• My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 5:16-18



That’s why the weekly sabbath has become insignificant in Christ other than simply a day for man to rest.



JLB

The work of Jesus is not secular, sad to see people take the side of the Pharisees who wrongly accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath and the commandment of God. Scripture tells us clearly that Jesus never sinned.

1 Peter 2:21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 “Who committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

Jesus is the example to follow according to clear scripture who kept the Sabbath and all of the commandments as our example. Luke 4:16-22

 

[SabbathBlessings]

The rest being discussed is absolutely not referring to the seventh day of creation, but referring to the rest to come for all of God’s people.


Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. Hebrews 4:1


For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:8-9

• There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Hebrews 4:10

Hebrews 4 is in harmony with the commandment of God and Paul said what matters is keeping the commandments of God, which of course includes the 4th commandment.


Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. Jesus promises to give us His spiritual rest and we should fear that we might come short of His rest.

2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. It's the same gospel being preached from the beginning, not a new gospel, but the word did not profit them (the Israelites) because they did not have faith when they heard it.


3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Those who do not believe (His word) do not enter into rest. Note unbelief and disobedience are used interchangeably in Hebrews 4:6. The spiritual rest was available from the foundation of the world- Genesis 2:1-3


4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; (direct reference to Genesis 2:1-3) 5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”

6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, Those who did not enter into this rest disobeyed and what they disobeyed was the Sabbath Ezekiel 20:13

7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”

This is a direct quote from David Psalms 95.

Today, if you will hear His voice:
Pslams 95: 8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 When your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’ (Ezekiel 20:13, Isaiah 58:13)
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

This is a call to obedience and worship. "Today" if you hear His voice, don't harden your hearts. Don't wait for "another day" to obey God. He is calling you "today"

Hebrews 4:9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
Rest here is sabbatismos which literally means keeping of the Sabbath. So this verse says there remains a keeping of the Sabbath for the people of God.

σαββατισμὸς (sabbatismos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4520: A keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.

10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

To enter into the Spiritual rest you must also cease from your work (Exodus 20:8-11) just as God did from His (Genesis 2:1-3)
The only day we were told to cease from our work is the seventh day Sabbath. All other days are working days according to God. Exodus 20:9

To receive the spiritual rest in Christ you must keep the Sabbath commandment, this is the door to enter into the spiritual rest in Christ. We work six days and the seventh day Christ wants to give us spiritual rest by having communion with him for a full 24 hours not speaking our words but speaking the words of Christ, not doing our ways but the ways of Christ. In return when we keep the Sabbath God blesses and sanctifies us. Isaiah 58:13-14 Ezekiel 20:12

 

[SabbathBlessings]

14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.


JLB

I like your signature scripture, just a few comments on it though...

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs(sinners) and sorcerers (Breaking commandment #1 Exodus 20:3) and sexually immoral (breaking commandment #7 Exodus 20:14) and murderers (breaking commandment #6 Exodus 20:13) and idolaters (breaking commandment #2 Exodus 20:4-6), and whoever loves and practices a lie (breaking # 9 Exodus 20:16). The commandments are a unit of Ten Exodus 20 Exodus 34:28 all written by the finger of God Exodus 31:18 and James says you break one of these commandments quoting from the Ten we break them all. James 2:10-12. Jesus said not to break the least of these commandments quoting from the Ten Matthew 5:19-30

I think practicing a lie would also be considered not seeking to follow Truth in scripture.

John 17:17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it,

Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

John 4:23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Isaiah 66:23 And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

 

[Leaf473]

Perhaps you missed the scripture where it says whole cities gathered on the Sabbath and Gentiles came together on the Sabbath so they can be preached to and hear the Word of God. Makes sense since it is a commandment of God and is the undisputed holy day of our Lord thy God from clear scripture.

Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God
Isaiah 58:13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,

What’s sad is people think they know what is better than what God has declared Himself.

No, I didn't miss it. I also see that the Academy at Athens gathered to hear Paul, probably not on the sabbath.

God has declared lots of amazing things, hasn't he!

 

[Leaf473]

Paul also hurried to get to Jerusalem in time for Passover. He had a lot of old habits, didn't he?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

No, I didn't miss it. I also see that the Academy at Athens gathered to hear Paul, probably not on the sabbath.

God has declared lots of amazing things, hasn't he!

He sure has and not once has God declared any other day holy for Him and for us except the seventh day Sabbath. Exodus 20:8-11 Not once has God declared a day that He blessed any other day except the seventh day Sabbath. Not once did God sanctify any other day except the seventh day Sabbath. Genesis 2:1-3 The Lord declared the Sabbath to be the day of worship for all eternity. Isaiah 66:23 Praise God we have the Truth in scripture so we are not deceived by traditions of man over the commandments of God that Jesus warned us about. Matthew 15:3-9, Mark 7:8-9

The apostles traveled from town to town broke break daily, which does not delete the commandment of God- said no where in scripture.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Paul also hurried to get to Jerusalem in time for Passover. He had a lot of old habits, didn't he?

Nothing wrong with the Passover, but scripture tells us we no longer need to offer animal sacrifices because the blood of Christ is perfect for the forgiveness of sins and sanctification.

 

[guevaraj]

It’s clear you have no idea what you are talking about.

Brother, the chapter divisions were added later by humans and do not come from God. The book of Genesis is where my understanding of Hebrews 3 and 4 began. "Evening" and "morning" do not mean "night" and "day"! God defined "day" and "night" in the prior sentence and chose not to use those defined words when He used other words at the end of the first day, because He is saying something different than what Joshua assumed based on the Sabbath that God gave in the Promised Land that falls earlier and is not the seventh day of the week in the Promised Land.

Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day. (Genesis 1:3-5 NLT)​

God chose not to say "night" and "day" when He said "evening" and "morning", which He uses differently from "night" and "day" in the following passage. God is not saying below what people have assumed above with the word "evening", because He chose to say something else above using other words than "night" and "day". God does not use "evening" below, the way people use it above. He is not saying from the "night" of the ninth day of the month to the "night" of the tenth as He defined those words above to mean what He chose not to say using different words that He uses below differently from how people use them above. The way God uses "evening" below helps us understand what He means above. He means above that a "night" ends the first day from "evening to morning", because the days of the week begin with "morning to evening", which God called "day". The same word above as "evening" is translated below as "sundown".

This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day.” (Leviticus 23:32 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[Leaf473]

He sure has and not once has God declared any other day holy for Him and for us except the seventh day Sabbath. Exodus 20:8-11 Not once has God declared a day that He blessed any other day except the seventh day Sabbath. Not once did God sanctify any other day except the seventh day Sabbath. Genesis 2:1-3 The Lord declared the Sabbath to be the day of worship for all eternity. Isaiah 66:23 Praise God we have the Truth in scripture so we are not deceived by traditions of man over the commandments of God that Jesus warned us about. Matthew 15:3-9, Mark 7:8-9

The apostles traveled from town to town broke break daily, which does not delete the commandment of God- said no where in scripture.

Do you believe that God rested for a literal 24-hour period in Genesis 2?

If so, when did that 24-hour period start? I'm assuming sunset, but sunset where?

 

[Leaf473]

Nothing wrong with the Passover, but scripture tells us we no longer need to offer animal sacrifices because the blood of Christ is perfect for the forgiveness of sins and sanctification.

I agree that we don't have to offer animal sacrifices. But why was Paul hurrying to Jerusalem in time for the Passover?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

I agree that we don't have to offer animal sacrifices. But why was Paul hurrying to Jerusalem in time for the Passover?

Where does it say Paul sacrificed an animal for Passover?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Do you believe that God rested for a literal 24-hour period in Genesis 2?

If so, when did that 24-hour period start? I'm assuming sunset, but sunset where?

Did you notice God never puts emphasis on where we are located in order to keep His Sabbath holy? That’s because we can all keep the Sabbath regardless where we live. I would not buy into someone’s personal theory that is not supported by scriptures but we do have free will. We are warned there will be many false prophets, our only safeguard is the Word of God.

 

[Leaf473]

Where does it say Paul sacrificed an animal for Passover?

It doesn't. So... why was he hurrying?

 

[Leaf473]

Did you notice God never puts emphasis on where we are located in order to keep His Sabbath holy? That’s because we can all keep the Sabbath regardless where we live. I would not buy into someone’s personal theory that is not supported by scriptures but we do have free will. We are warned there will be many false prophets, our only safeguard is the Word of God.

If God rested for 24 hours, where was the sun setting when he started resting?

We can all keep the Sabbath starting at sunset. But when you see the sun about to go down, how do you decide if it's about to end the sixth day or about to end the seventh?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

If God rested for 24 hours, where was the sun setting when he started resting?

We can all keep the Sabbath starting at sunset. But when you see the sun about to go down, how do you decide if it's about to end the sixth day or about to end the seventh?

I think you answered your own question. In modern times we have clocks and technology to tell us when it is sunset. In biblical times they depended on the sun/moon for the times/months etc.