They were keeping the Sabbath in Egypt? No way!
I think my only point was to show that the law can be in conflict with itself. Jesus pointed this out on several occasions. Sheep falls in a pit on the Sabbath... what to do, what to do??? (Matt.12:11)
Common sense tells us Jesus fulfilled (brought to an end) the old covenant. Had He not done so He could not have ratified the new covenant with His blood. Either we are in the new covenant era or Jesus didn't do what He came to do and the Jews are still under the old covenant. Gentiles never were under the old one. How in the World can you write that Gentiles are now subject to the old covenant?
No, you tell us you never do anything that is wrong, but it certainly read like a threat.
Not everything and what you do "point out" is merely an opinion. When I asked you to explain 2Cor3:7-11 all you did was throw a bunch of scripture at me that didn't answer anything. So, you pointed out nothing. Eph 2 is another example of your evasion. Your answer to Col 2 may have satisfied you, but it sure evaded Paul's words.
Let us get something straight. I have been posting on forums for many years and I have, in the past, gotten upset. It cost me time out and I possibly hurt others. I don't get upset anymore. I tell it like scripture dictates. You can either accept what I write or contradict it. I am mostly interested in helping those who lurk find the real truth.
That is like finding a needle in the haystack. If you ask me a question would you like it if I told you to go back someplace and find my answer?
Jesus did not fulfill the "Old Covenant." There was nothing to fulfill, because it was based on the promises of sinful men, and so it never got off the ground. The New Covenant was fulfilled by Christ, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. When Christ committed Himself to the plan of redemption in the heavenly courts above, it became the word of God and, as such, was as good as done. Every sinner who was ever and will ever be saved, will have salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ to thank. Even the unfallen angels are not secure from further rebellion, except by the blood of Christ. Angelic sinless perfection failed in Heaven. Human sinless perfection failed in Eden. The everlasting security of the universe is afforded only by the blessed Calvary Event, the very centerpiece of time and space.
Interesting concept David. Please elaborate. I was negligent in stating it was the covenant Jesus fulfilled. It was the laws of the covenant He fulfilled. If you refuse to believe Jesus fulfilled (brought to an end) the law then there is no new covenant because Jesus stated that not one jot or one tittle would pass from the law. That would mean that Israel and all who follow would be under every single command found in the words of the covenant. The Jews tell us that the count on the laws was 613. One of the commands was the cutting of the sideburns. That seems like a little thing, right? God gave that command so it really is not trivial at all. SDAs tell us that the so-called ceremonial laws have been done away with. That would be a misnomer because of the jot or tittles. Nothing can be removed from the Law until all is fulfilled. You cannot have it both ways. Jesus in Jn 15 states that He kept the commands of the old covenant and we are to keep the commands that Jesus has given us. Later in the chapter, He tells us what those commands are. 9 ‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: love each other as I have loved you.13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
fulfill-to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise. Yes, He did and not with the blood of an animal, but by His own blood he ratified the covenant. So, the old covenant has past and all mankind is under the new covenant. That is different from the old covenant where only the Israelites were obligated or subject to Its laws. So, since we cannot be governed by two covenants at the same time the old one had to go. Our covenant does not require us to keep a lot of rituals like was found in the old one. Mankind's new covenant isn't about keeping days, in fact John in 1JN3:19-24 says:19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 if our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: we know it by the Spirit he gave us.
Do you mean when the Son commited...... Jesus, as we know Him, came to being on this Earth.
Amen!
Are you saved, or do you have to "endure to the end" to find out?
The law is never in conflict with itself! What happens if you fall into a pit during the Sabbath day? Will your brothers save you? It is clear that any rational person would lift their sheep up out of the pit; yet Joseph was left for dead inside the pit. Your understanding of honoring Sabbath is not cogent.
