Chains of Bondage

[Jeesuspelastaa]

The old covenant ended at the cross, where the new covenant began through the blood of Jesus. “This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:20. The new covenant was made with the descendants of Jacob. But later, into THAT covenant, we who have turned from paganism also became included. This is the covenant mentioned in Jeremiah 31:31-33.

The Bible does not teach that those who come into the new covenant should still observe the commandments and ordinances of the old covenant. From the cross began the NEW covenant, which changed the whole world. The time of the law covenant, which was intended to be temporary, ceased. Gal. 3:16-18. The sacrifices ordained by the law of Moses, the temple rituals, the priesthood, the food regulations, etc., ended. Heb. 9:10. It is good for those who teach the law covenant to know that they are leading people into the chains of bondage.

The law of Moses is one whole, and its partial observance is the breaking of the law. If you keep only the Ten Commandments but reject the hundreds of other parts of the law, you are a transgressor of the law. Not one jot or one tittle shall pass from the entirety of the law before it is fulfilled. Matt. 5:17-19. / John 19:30.

A more detailed explanation of this is given in the text.

Here are some “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” ordinances and commandments, all of which must be kept if one says that one holds the Law of Moses and the commandments of God:


– The sabbatical rests of the cultivated lands must be observed. Ex. 23:10-17. Likewise concerning the fruit trees. Lev. 19:23.
– “A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it.” Lev. 25:11.
– The purification ordinances after childbirth must be observed, as also, for example, the ordinances concerning sexual uncleanness. Lev. chapters 12–15. !
– The Day of Atonement must be kept as Lev. 23:24- teaches.
– The Day of Trumpet blowing with a burnt offering must be kept. Lev. 23:23-25.
– Tithes must be paid of all income. Deut. 14:23.
– A garment woven of two different kinds of thread must not be worn. Lev. 19:19.
– The beard must not be trimmed. Lev. 19:27.
– “Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.” Deut. 22:12.
– Bible verse case must be worn on the forehead. “And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.” Deut. 6:8.
– The ordinances of the water of purification must be kept. Num. 19.
– Only a virgin may be taken as a wife. Deut. 22:13-21.
– The dietary laws commanded by the law must be strictly kept: “Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.” Deut. 14:3.
– The firstborn must be given unto the LORD. Ex. 13. Etc., and more besides…
– The examination of a wife suspected of adultery. Num. 5:12…

Etc.

The law includes as an inseparable part also the measures of punishment, Leviticus 24:20: “Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.” And so on. But in the covenant of grace Jesus, as the substitutionary sacrifice, took upon Himself to suffer the punishment that belongs to us, and merited for us a new mind, so that we desire to live together with Him. The will of God is written into our inner being as part of our new nature. In the new covenant we may be in that state of blessing of which it is written, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13.

The main content of the new covenant was already depicted through the prophets of the old covenant: “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:31–33.

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.” Hebrews 8:12–13.

The old covenant written on tablets of stone DOES NOT belong to the believers of the new covenant. Moses is proclaimed in the synagogue, not in the congregation. Acts 15:21.

The first Christians of the new covenant, Jews, did not teach the old covenant. But from those of the sect of the Pharisees who had come to faith, there arose some who began to oppose the teaching of the apostles, saying: “That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.” Acts 15:5.
It was decided that the matter would be examined in Jerusalem under the leadership of the apostles, and the result was that “it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us” that the law of Moses does not belong to the new covenant. Read Acts chapter 15.
Peter said that those who supported the covenant of the law were tempting God. “Now therefore why tempt ye God..” Acts 15:10, 28–29.
This, then, was the decision of the highest leadership of the congregation, which the Holy Spirit gave to the congregation founded at the cross, and which was given as instruction to all who had newly come to faith, both Jews and Gentiles. Acts 16:4. Ephesians 2:11–22. = “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances.”

The new covenant has filled our hearts with joy: “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:8 (KJV).

Partly or entirely?
But if someone therefore teaches that the covenant of the Law should be observed only partly, then who in that case would be qualified to say what must be observed and which parts of the Law may be rejected? In the Old Testament there are about 600 legal commandments. Which of them would belong to us, and which could be dismissed? James 2:10–11 teaches thus: “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.”

THE LAW IS FULFILLED
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8–10 (KJV).

And everyone who has come into the new covenant knows that this does not mean freedom to practice sin, because God’s will is in our new nature, in our hearts. “We have the mind of Christ.” 1 Cor. 2:16.

The whole of the Law of Moses therefore includes also the Law of the Ten Commandments, which is now fulfilled from the first commandment to the last. The first commandment forbids making an image of God. This is fulfilled, because the true “express image of His being” was revealed in Jesus. “Who is the image of the invisible God.” Col. 1:15. “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person.” Heb. 1:3. The “glorious gospel of Christ” (2 Cor. 4:3–4) removed the shadow-pictures brought by the law. Heb. 10:1. 2 Cor. 3:6–18.

Breaking one part breaks the whole law: “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them… Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” Gal. 3:10,13 (KJV).

Jesus said that no one has been able to keep the law: “Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?” John 7:19 (KJV). The apostles said the same: Acts 15:10.

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Gal. 5:1 (KJV). This continues the message of Galatians 4, which speaks of deliverance from the enslaving covenant of the law: “Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” Gal. 4:30. Abraham’s wife Sarah represents freedom; the bondwoman represents the covenant of Moses’ law: “But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants.” Gal. 4:23–24.

Scripture says that the covenant of the law is useless: “For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.” Heb. 7:18 (KJV). Therefore Scripture gives a serious warning not to return (Gal. 5:1) to the covenant of the law: “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.” Gal. 5:4 (KJV).

The new covenant is based on the mercy that Jesus merited on the cross: “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.” Heb. 8:12–13 (KJV).
From this began the life-union with Jesus for us who have received Him as our Savior. Now, “For the love of Christ constraineth us.” 2 Cor. 5:14. It is a holy desire in the Spirit of freedom, a willing of the heart toward all good and right. In our hearts is God’s gracious instruction, which works in us so that we live according to His will by the influence of the Holy Spirit. We have come to know Jesus in a heart-to-heart fellowship.

And the truth is, no one in our time keeps the law. Even the best attempts fall short: “none of you keepeth the law?” John 7:19 / Acts 15:10–11.
We live under the New Covenant, in the very fulfillment of the Law, in the Holy Spirit.

Scripture also does not set before us the man-made church-year cycle of the pagan churches with their daily themed observances and the daily words/devotions.

NEW COVENANT
The substitutionary sacrifice of the cross brought into our hearts the new covenant. “This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:20 (KJV). The old ended when “the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.” Mark 15:38 (KJV). The way into “the holiest”, before the mercy seat, was opened by the blood of Jesus. Hebrews 10:19 (KJV): “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus.”

The new covenant is not like the old covenant, but entirely NEW (Jer. 31:32), whose constitutional law is the commandment of love:
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” John 13:34,35 (KJV).
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Gal. 5:14 (KJV).

Thanks be to God! The law of the Ten Commandments is therefore fulfilled. We live in the New Covenant, in the substance of the fulfillment of the Law. John 8:31–36.

None so-called church feast days (hypocritical holy days) belong to Christians according to the Scripture.
They are all unbiblical inventions of the churches, having no divine value whatsoever. Therefore those who are truly in the faith do not celebrate, for example, Easter with Palm Sunday and such, nor Pentecost, etc. Isa. 1:14.

“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. …
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.” Hebrews 7:18–22 (KJV).

Jesus is the founder of the new covenant. He has all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore He had authority to establish an entirely new covenant and to give to it a NEW constitutional law. John 13:34,35. Luke 22:20. Jer. 31:31.

Thus the Scripture teaches that the new covenant is LIFE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, a life-union with Jesus.
“But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.” Gal. 5:18 (KJV).
The Holy Spirit does not lead one to act against the will of God.

The liberating and blessing teaching of the Scripture to all who are saved under the new covenant is that:
“For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Gal. 2:19,20 (KJV).
“But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held.” Romans 7:6 (KJV).

This message of freedom is directed especially to those who have turned from Judaism to God, the “graffed in again”. Romans 11:23. Acts 2:38,41. But the same message belongs to all who are redeemed by the blood of Jesus, to us who are born again, God’s holy ones.
“And put no difference between us and them.” Acts 15:9 (KJV). Eph. 2:11–22. – Read the entire chapter of Acts 15.
The congregation is one, to which everywhere belongs the same doctrine of the Scripture.

Welcome therefore into the blessing of the covenant of grace. Jesus is the ONLY Savior. He is full of grace and truth.
“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” John 1:16,17 (KJV).

Jesus is eternally the same, the good Redeemer, who saves, heals, and fills with the Holy Spirit. He also delivers from binding legalism. Our hearts rejoice and already now taste the blessedness of heaven.

The fulfillment of the Sabbath is perhaps the greatest source of blessing within this topic. In it the chains of bondage have been finally removed. Each of our days has now become equal in value and thus sanctified unto the Lord. We have a continual rest-state, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. In addition to Saturday, therefore, all the other days of the week are also rest, even while working. The eternal Sabbath rest is in effect NOW. Hebrews chapter 4 teaches this clearly according to the original language. “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:10 (KJV). “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” apoleipetai = it remains, is reserved. Hebrews 4:9 (KJV). The Greek word ”Apoleipetai” in verse 9 sets Hebrews chapter 4 as a comprehensible and unified whole. We are therefore within the same rest-state in which God Himself is. Thanks be to God for the state of freedom and rest. The Sabbath, for New Covenant Christians, is a state, not a day.

Jesus died away from the Sabbath and took the Sabbath with Him into the tomb. He rose on the first day of the week without the Sabbath. From that moment forward the New Covenant was in effect. Compare Romans 6:4. All the requirements of the Law have been fulfilled for us to receive. As we remain in the teachings of the Word of God, we are in the freedom of the New Covenant, the state of rest. “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:31-36 (KJV).

But one may also choose days, provided they do not bring again the clanking of the chains of bondage into one’s life: “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord…” Romans 14:5-6 (KJV). Thus the choosing of days is of no consequence, just as also not choosing them is of no consequence. “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29 (KJV).

“It is finished!”

Blessings,
Weijo Lindroos, from the Turku Congregation
Maariankatu 2
20100 Turku
Finland
Email: weijo.lindroos@pp.inet.fi
Website: In English

 

[BobRyan]

T This is the covenant mentioned in Jeremiah 31:31-33.

The Bible does not teach that those who come into the new covenant should still observe the commandments and ordinances of the old covenant.

Until you read it.

Matt 22 Jesus said the two greatest commandments come from the Law of Moses

Deut 6:5 Love God with all your heart
Lev 19:18 Love your neighbor as yourself.

Ex 20:7 "do not take God's name in vain".... yep taking God's name in vain is still a sin, even under the Jer 31 New Covenant

From the cross began the NEW covenant, which changed the whole world. The time of the law covenant, which was intended to be temporary, ceased. Gal. 3:16-18. The sacrifices ordained by the law of Moses, the temple rituals, the priesthood, the food regulations, etc., ended. Heb. 9:10. It is good for those who teach the law covenant to know that they are leading people into the chains of bondage.

The law of Moses is one whole, and its partial observance is the breaking of the law

Heb 10:4-8 says of the animal sacrifice and offerings law "He takes away the first to establish the second" ... meaning He takes away the animal sacrifice and offerings requirements and establishes the once for all sacrifice of Christ as the payment for sin. This is stated explicitly in Heb 10.

If you keep only the Ten Commandments but reject the hundreds of other parts of the law, you are a transgressor

The idea that not taking God's name in vain is a "bad restriction" if in fact you do not observe Passover is a false teaching not found in either OT or NT.

Here are some “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” ordinances and commandments, all of which must be kept if one says that one holds the Law of Moses and the commandments of God:

Taking the civil law under the OT theocracy and insisting that we all keep OT civil laws or else we are free to take God's name in vain and should not be concerned about adultery , murder etc. Is not logical

 

[Jeesuspelastaa]

THE LAW IS FULFILLED
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8–10 (KJV).

And everyone who has come into the new covenant knows that this does not mean freedom to practice sin, because God’s will is in our new nature, in our hearts. “We have the mind of Christ.” 1 Cor. 2:16.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

THE LAW IS FULFILLED
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8–10 (KJV).

And everyone who has come into the new covenant knows that this does not mean freedom to practice sin, because God’s will is in our new nature, in our hearts. “We have the mind of Christ.” 1 Cor. 2:16.

If one had the mind of Christ would they do not what Christ taught and lived for our example? John15:10 1John2:6 Luke4:16 Mark3:4 1Peter2:21-22

Lets not forget Rom13:9 in these verses of what the details are of how to love and what sums up how to love thy neighbor the second greatest commandment, or the greatest commandments from the same unit of how we are to love God with all our hearts and minds Deut6:5 quoted from Deut5. The summary never deletes the details because than its no longer love to others, but love of self.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Regarding Hebrews 4, would you care to quote all the OT references in this passage the writer is referring to? He references what God spoke, Joshua, David, those who tried to enter into their rest from the wilderness to the promise land in the OT but couldn't because of disobedience. This is all OT references could you elaborate on them with the Scripture references because without them one will come up with a very misunderstood version of what is being stated in Hebrews.

If Jesus went away from the Sabbath commandment as you state, that would mean He contradicted His own teachings, can you post one verse where Jesus said we do not have to keep the commandments of God or the Sabbath commandment? His faithful disciples were keeping the Sabbath according to the commandment after His death. Luke 23:56 They were the first to see Him, Jesus never said to them, hey we don' t do that now or to anyone. Jesus predicted His Sabbath would be kept decades after His Cross and for eternity Mat24:20 Isa66:22-23 why His faithful apostles kept every Sabbath with all nations, just as Jesus predicted Isa56:6-7 Acts13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 18:4

 

[Leaf473]

The old covenant ended at the cross, where the new covenant began through the blood of Jesus. “This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:20.

Yes, the New Covenant begins at the last supper. Praise Jesus forever!

 

[Soyeong]

The old covenant ended at the cross, where the new covenant began through the blood of Jesus. “This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:20. The new covenant was made with the descendants of Jacob. But later, into THAT covenant, we who have turned from paganism also became included. This is the covenant mentioned in Jeremiah 31:31-33.

God's character traits are eternal, so any instructions that God has ever given for how to know Him by being in His likeness by through embodying His character traits are eternally and cumulatively valid regardless of which covenant someone is under. For example, God's righteousness is eternal (Psalms 119:142), therefore all of God's righteous laws are also eternal (Psalms 119:160). It was in accordance with God's righteousness to be a doer of charity before He made any covenants with man, so that is an eternally valid way to know God regardless of which covenant someone is under. Sin was in the world before the law was given (Romans 5:13), so there were no actions that became righteous or unrighteous when the law was given, but rather it revealed what has always been and will always be the way to do that. The New Covenant is made with the same God with the same eternal character traits and therefore the same eternal and cumulatively valid instructions for how to embody His character traits (Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26-27).

In Matthew 4:15-23, Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and the Torah was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel of the Kingdom/Grace. Jesus also set a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to the Torah and we are told to follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-22) and that those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way that he walked (1 John 2:6). So Jesus seen this ministry teaching his followers to obey the Torah by word and by example, and in Matthew 28:16-20, he commissioned his disciples to teach to the nations everything that he taught them, so did not intended for what he spent his ministry teaching to be nullified with is death. In Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so the way to believe in the Gospel that Jesus spent his ministry teaching and in what he accomplished through the cross us by repenting and becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to the Torah (Acts 21:20). The reason why Jesus established the New Covenant was not to nullify anything that he spent his ministry teaching, in order to nullify what he accomplished through the cross, or so that we could continue to have the same lawlessness that caused the New Covenant to be needed in the first place, but rather the New Covenant still involves following the Torah (Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26-27).

In Galatian 3:16-19, there is a principle that new covenants do not nullify the promises of covenants that have already been ratified, so all of God's covenants and eternally and cumulatively valid. One thing can only make another thing obsolete to the extent that it has cumulative functionality, so a computer makes a typewriter obsolete but does not make a plow obsolete, which mens that if the New Covenant were something different that was not cumulative with the Mosaic Covenant, then it could not make it obsolete. So the New Covenant still involves following the Torah (Hebrews 8:10) plus it is cumulatively based on better promises and has a superior mediator (Hebrews 8:6). The fault that God found with he Mosaic Covenant was not with the Torah but with the people for not continuing in their covenant, so the solution to the problem was not to do away with the Torah but to do away with what was hindering us from obeying it. This is why the New Covenant involves God sending His Son to free us from sin so that we might be free to meet the righteous requirement of the Torah (Romans 8:3-4) and God putting the Torah in our minds, writing it on our hearts, taking away our hearts of stone, giving us hearts of flesh, and sending His Spirit to lead us in obedience to the Torah (Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26-27).

In Deuteronomy 30, it forms the basis for the New Covenant by prophesying about a time when the Israelites would return from exile, God would circumcise their hearts, and they would return to obedience to the Torah, which is what the context of Jeremiah 31:33 and Ezekiel 36:26-27 is in regard to.

If God saved the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt in order to put them under bondage to the Torah, then it would be for bondage that God sets us free, however, Galatians 5:1 says that it is for freedom that God sets us free. In Psalms 119:142, the Torah is truth, and in John 8:31-36, it is the transgression of the Torah that puts us into bondage while the truth sets us free. Moreover, the Torah came through the line of the free woman, so that should impact how to correctly understand Galatians 4:21-31.

In Acts 15:6-7, Peter argued that Gentiles had heard and believed the Gospel message, which calls for our obedience to the Torah (Matthew 4:15-23). so he was agreeing with the Pharisees from long the believers in Acts 15:5. Likewise, in Acts 15:8-9, Peter argued that Gentiles had received the Spirit and had their hearts cleanse, so he was again affirming that Gentiles should obey the Torah (Ezekiel 36:26-27). It is contradictory to treat Acts 15:19-21 as containing an exhaustive list for mature believers in order to limit which laws Gentiles should follow while also treating it as being an non-exhaustive list by taking the position that there are obviously other laws that Gentiles should follow. It was not given as an exhaustive list for mature believers but as a list intended to avoid making things too difficult for new believers, which they excused with the expectation that Gentiles would continue to learn about how to obey Moses by hearing him taught every Sabbath in the synagogues.

In Ephesians 2:11-22, Gentiles were at one time separated from Christ, alienated from Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, and without hope and God in this world, all of which is in accordance with Gentiles at one time not being doers of the Torah, but through faith in Christ all of that is no longer true in that Gentiles are no longer strangers or aliens but are fellow citizens of Israel along with the saints in the household of God, all of which is in accordance with Gentiles becoming doers of the Torah.

In Psalms 40:8, it again supports obedience to the Torah.

In James 2:1-11, we we break any law and become a lawbreaker, then we need to repent and to return to obedience, which is what James was encouraging them to do.

"To fulfill the law" means "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be" (NAS Greek Lexicon: pleroo), so Jesus fulfilled the Torah by teaching us how to correctly obey it.

In Galatians 3:10, Paul said that cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything in the Book of the Law, so we should continue to do everything in the Book of the Law.

In John 7:19, the fact that the people that Jesus was speaking to did not keep the Torah does not mean that no one has been able to keep it, but rather there are many people who did keep it such as with those in Joshua 22:1-3 or Luke 1:5-6.

God wanted His children to repent and to return to obedience to the Torah all throughout the Bible and even Jesus began his ministry with that Gospel message, so it would be absurd to interpret Galatians 5:4 as Paul warning against obeying God and saying that we will be cut off from Christ if we repent and believe the Gospel of Christ. In Psalms 119:29-30, he wanted to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious to him by teaching him to obey the Torah, and he chose the way of faith by setting it before him, so this has always been the one and only way of salvation by grace through faith, this is what it means to be under grace, and it would again be absurd to interpret this as him wanting God to be gracious to him by teaching him how to fall from grace, so you are not correctly identifying what Paul was speaking against in this passage.

In Romans 10:5-8, Paul referred to Deuteronomy 30 as the word of faith that we proclaim in regard to proclaiming that the Torah is not too difficult for us to keep and that obedience to it brings life and a blessing while disobedience brings death and a curse, so choose life!

Everything in the Torah is either in regard to how to love God or how to love our neighbor, which is why Jesus said in Matthew 22:36-40 that those are the greatest two commandments and that all of the other commandments hang on them, so the position that we should obey the greater two commandments is also the position that we should obey the rest of the Torah and love is not doing something that is not in accordance with the Torah.

You are blatantly using Isaiah 1:14 out of context. Do you also think that Isaiah 1:15 means that we shouldn't pray?

In Romans 7:21-8:7, Paul delighted in obeying the Torah and served it with his mind in contrast with the law of sin, which was working within his members to cause him not to do the good tha the wanted to do, which was waging war against the law of his mind, which he served with his flesh, which held him captive, and which the law of the Spirit has free us from. Moreover, Paul contrasted those who walk in the Spirit with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Torah. In Galatians 5:16-23, Paul contrasted the desires of the flesh with the desires of the Spirit and everything that he listed as works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against the Torah while all of the fruits of the Spirit are in accordance with it. The desires of the flesh causing us not to do the good that we want to do is how Paul described his struggle with the law of sin, which the Law of the Spirit has freed us from, so that is the law that we are not under when we are led by the Spirit. The Torah was given by God and the Spirit is God, so it would be contradictory to interpret Galatians 5:18 as saying that we are not led by God when we are led by God. We need to die to the law of sin in order to be free to obey the Torah, not the other way around.

Christ lived in obedience to the Torah, so that is also the way that we live when he is living in us (Galatians 2:19-20). Grace and truth came through Jesus began he seent his ministry teaching us to obey the Torah by word and by example. In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus was inviting people to come to him for rest and to learn from him, not inviting people to come to him for rest instead of learning from his example. Moreover, by Jesus saying that we would find rest for our souls, he was referencing Jeremiah 6:16-19, where the Torah is described as the good way where we will find rest for our souls, but they did not want to walk in it. In Hebrews 3:18-19, they did not enter into God's rest because of their disobedience/unbelief, and in Ezekiel 20:13, the greatly profaned God's Sabbaths, so you should not think that you can have the same disobedience to the Torah that prevented the Israelites from entering into God's rest and that it will go differently for you. In Hebrews 4:9-11, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, we should rest from our work as God rested from his, and we should be careful to enter into that rest so that no one might fall away by the same sort of disobedience, so we should continue to keep the Sabbath holy.

In Romans 14:1, the topic of the chapter is in regard to how to handle disputable matters of opinion in which God has given no command, not in regard to whether followers of God should follow God, so nothing in the chapter should be interpreted as speaking against following God. Paul did not mention the Sabbath anywhere in Romans 14 precisely because it had nothing to do with the topic tha the wars discussing.

 

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When we take the concept of the Sabbath from the message of the Letter to the Hebrews, which states that it is a STATE OF REST and not a weekly Sabbath, the matter becomes clear in the light of the new covenant.

Hebrews chapter 4 is a continuation of the teaching in 3:13-19 about the rest promised by God, which the Jews did not attain at that time "because of unbelief":
"For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
And to whom sware he that THEY SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO HIS REST, but to them that believed not?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." Hebr. 3:14-19

So we see that because of their unbelief, they—the disobedient—were unable to enter that rest. Hebrews 3:13-19.

But the promise of entering into rest is still valid for those who come to faith. 4:1-3. Coming to faith includes the fulfillment of the weekly Sabbath. The promise of rest is then valid (Heb. 4:9 apoleipetai). It is a matter of the fulfillment of the weekly Sabbath:

"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" Col. 2:16

 

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When we take the concept of the Sabbath from the message of the Letter to the Hebrews, which states that it is a STATE OF REST and not a weekly Sabbath, the matter becomes clear in the light of the new covenant.

The text notably does not state that there is no longer a weekly Sabbath but that there remains a Sabbath for the people of God, that we should rest from our work as God rested from His, and that we should be careful to enter that rest so that no one might fall away by the same sort of disobedience. There is nothing in this passage that we can enter into God’s rest while having the same sort of disobedience that prevented the Israelites entering into it.

Hebrews chapter 4 is a continuation of the teaching in 3:13-19 about the rest promised by God, which the Jews did not attain at that time "because of unbelief":
"For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
And to whom sware he that THEY SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO HIS REST, but to them that believed not?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." Hebr. 3:14-19

So we see that because of their unbelief, they—the disobedient—were unable to enter that rest. Hebrews 3:13-19.

The Bible repeatedly connects our belief in God with our obedience Him or our unbelief with our disobedience, such as with Hebrews 3:18-19. In Matthew 23:23, Jesus said that faith is one of the weightier matters of the law. In Romans 1:5, we have received grace in order to bring about the obedience of faith. In Romans 3:31, our faith upholds God’s law. In James 2:18, he would Shia faith through his works by setting. In John 3:36, obedience to Jesus is equated with believing in him. In Psalms 119:130, he chose the way of faith by setting it before him. In Revelation 14:12, those who kept faith in Jesus are the same as those who kept God’s commandments. In Numbers 5:6, disobedience is described as breaking faith. Likewise, the Bible connects someone hardening their heart with disobedience and there is nothing in this passage indicates that we can enter into God’s rest while hardening our hearts as the Israelites did in the wilderness. We can’t enter into God’s rest by refusing to obey His instructions for how to do that.

But the promise of entering into rest is still valid for those who come to faith. 4:1-3. Coming to faith includes the fulfillment of the weekly Sabbath. The promise of rest is then valid (Heb. 4:9 apoleipetai). It is a matter of the fulfillment of the weekly Sabbath:

The Bible notably doesn’t state anything about this being a matter of fulfillment of the weekly Sabbath.

"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" Col. 2:16

That verse leave room for two scenarios:

1.) The Colossians were not celebrating God’s feast, they were being judged by Jews because they were not, and Paul was encouraging them not to let anyone judge them for not celebrating them.

2.) The Colossians were celebrating God’s feast, they were being judged by pagans because they were, and Paul was encouraging them not to let anyone judge them for obeying God.

In Colossians 2:16-23, Paul described the people who were judging the Colossians as promoting human precepts and traditions, self-made religion, asceticism, and severity to the body, which means that the second scenario is the case. Those promoting asceticism and severity to the body would be judged people for celebrating feasts, not for refraining from doing that. Paul was encouraging them not to let anyone prevent them from obeying God, which makes it especially ironic that you are trying to use this verse to justify your refusal to obey God.

 

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WHERE DID JESUS KEEP THE SABBATH? – In the tomb.

He took the sabbath with Him into the tomb and died away from it. On the first day of the week, Sunday, He rose from the dead as “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45), the new forefather of mankind for those who come to faith. The sabbath had now come to its end, to its fulfilment; and the eternally abiding rest of the New Covenant became prevailing. “Come unto me … and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28–30. We came unto Him and received rest. “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:10.

The rest of the heart received in coming to faith is therefore the sabbath rest of the New Covenant. We who have come to faith and have been baptized with immersion have the sabbath rest of the New Covenant in our hearts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, continuing forever.

 

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WHERE DID JESUS KEEP THE SABBATH? – In the tomb.

He took the sabbath with Him into the tomb and died away from it. On the first day of the week, Sunday, He rose from the dead as “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45), the new forefather of mankind for those who come to faith. The sabbath had now come to its end, to its fulfilment; and the eternally abiding rest of the New Covenant became prevailing. “Come unto me … and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28–30. We came unto Him and received rest. “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:10.

The rest of the heart received in coming to faith is therefore the sabbath rest of the New Covenant. We who have come to faith and have been baptized with immersion have the sabbath rest of the New Covenant in our hearts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, continuing forever.

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.

Jesus kept all of the commandments including the 4th commandment otherwise He could not have been our Savior or example to follow. John15:10 1 John2:6 Jesus in His own words said He kept all of the commandments. The Sabbath is a commandment of God.

When did God cease from His own works Heb4:10 that we are to if we enter into His rest? The seventh day Heb4:4

 

[Soyeong]

WHERE DID JESUS KEEP THE SABBATH? – In the tomb.

He took the sabbath with Him into the tomb and died away from it. On the first day of the week, Sunday, He rose from the dead as “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45), the new forefather of mankind for those who come to faith. The sabbath had now come to its end, to its fulfilment; and the eternally abiding rest of the New Covenant became prevailing. “Come unto me … and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28–30. We came unto Him and received rest. “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:10.

The rest of the heart received in coming to faith is therefore the sabbath rest of the New Covenant. We who have come to faith and have been baptized with immersion have the sabbath rest of the New Covenant in our hearts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, continuing forever.

The Bible notably does not state that Jesus kept the Sabbath in the tomb, that he took the Sabbath with him in the tomb, that he died away from it, that the Sabbath has now come to an end, or that the Sabbath has now come to its fulfillment, so you are just making things up at this point. Rather, the Bible states that there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God and that we should rest from our work as God rested from His work, so we should continue to keep the 7th day holy.

Jesus didn’t not establish the New Covenant until the end of his ministry, which means that everything that he taught prior to that was in regard to how to live under the Mosaic Covenant, including keeping the Sabbath holy. In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus was inviting people to come to him for rest and to learn from him, not inviting people to come to him for rest instead of learning from him. Moreover, by Jesus saying that we would find rest for ours souls, he was referencing Jeremiah 6:16-19, where God’s law is described as the good way where we will find rest for our souls, but they didn’t want to walk in it and neither do you. The way to have faith is not by refusing to have faith.