Endurance Of The Ten Commandments (incl. Sabbath)

[Byfaithalone1]

Crib. The message of James has principles to be extracted by all Christians.

Yes. If you are guilty in one point you are guilty of all. Therefore, there are none who keep the commandments. If commandment keeping is the way that we "establish the law," then we do not establish the law. This is true for all.

I do not know on what authority do you exclude yourself on the clear message of James. If you practice favouritism, you are guilty of breaking 'guilty of all' law breaking. James is clear what he is talking about when he speaks of 'the guilty of all' . He mentions: ' 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.' Jam 2:11 So you see that James saw adultery, murder, etc as part of the law. Which must certainly include the Sabbath which comes along with these.

This is a very interesting admission on your part. If the sabbath is included in your definition of law, then is it also included in the discussion of law found in Romans 7:1-7?

Crib. Your unsupported argument that there is a difference between 'the law' and the 'law of liberty' is clearly foreign to James passage.

How so?

BFA

 

[Cribstyl]

Crib. The message of James has principles to be extracted by all Christians.

I agree

I do not know on what authority do you exclude yourself on the clear message of James.

Dont trip because we dont agree. I see that James is teaching on the propper application of faith and love. If he was teaching the ten commandment it would be clear to us.

If you practice favouritism, you are guilty of breaking 'guilty of all' law breaking.

Here is where I believe James is talking about the law of liberty..which are the 2commandments to love God and your neighbors. Show us which of the ten commandment say that favortism is a sin?

His lesson is, if you show favortism you're breaking the commandment to love your neighbor. Jam 2:9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

James is clear what he is talking about when he speaks of 'the guilty of all' . He mentions: ' 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.' Jam 2:11

It's obvious that James used the example of killing from the law of Moses to compare with how favortism violates the commandments of the law of liberty. The fact that adultry and thou shall not kill is mentioned causes you to toss in the sabbath and put yourself under the law.

So you see that James saw adultery, murder, etc as part of the law. Which must certainly include the Sabbath which comes along with these.

By you searching for reference words that shows commandments in the law, does not mean that Christian are in covenant to keep the laws given to Moses. Even Moses said that Jesus would come and people would listen to Him. Jesus has come and said plain as day......

Mat 11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Mat 22:40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (You're confusing the lessons that James is teaching about faith and love )

Luk 16:16The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

The understanding that we're not under the law is reenforced in Jeremiah31:31-34 when God said the new covenant would not be like the one given at Sinai.

Crib. Your unsupported argument that there is a difference between 'the law' and the 'law of liberty' is clearly foreign to James passage.

Hey, you're entittled to your opinion, so am I.


CRIB

 

[JohnDB]

Here is a thought for you...

What if Jesus's work on the Cross. (being the perfect atoning sacrifice) is the Sabbath Day in which we all do rest.

In other words...What if the expression "Sabbath Day" is a Literary device describing that day. And now with all of the Sunday Worshippers that day being the Sabbath that they rest on and so now they go to church on Sunday to celebrate his ascention from the grave?

Just a thought...

 

[Cribstyl]

Here is a thought for you...

What if Jesus's work on the Cross. (being the perfect atoning sacrifice) is the Sabbath Day in which we all do rest.

In other words...What if the expression "Sabbath Day" is a Literary device describing that day. And now with all of the Sunday Worshippers that day being the Sabbath that they rest on and so now they go to church on Sunday to celebrate his ascention from the grave?

Just a thought...

We have 7 days that we can worship God not 1. The Sabbath day was a sign of faith in the creator, who created heavens and earth in 6 days, and rested on the seventh day.

Most Sabbathkeepers fail to understand that God has called Gentiles to faith in Jesus Christ. This is how we prove Him as our God rather than the commandments given the COI to prove Him as the creator.

Life in the spirit is access to the throne on which God has been at rest from His acts of creation.
God's rest was never a 24hr day.
Nothing that defiles can enter God's rest(sabath).
Until Jesus died on the cross, noone had entered because God swore the would not enter.
Now, we who believe have access into His rest from creation.

The sabbath was a sign for the Children of Israel, but now God called everyone to faith in Jesus Christ.
There is a difference in God's rest and the sabbath.


CRIB

 

[visionary]

What you fail to realise is that the Lord of the Sabbath, has asked you to remember this particular commandment for a reason... and these end days will soon reveal the reason.

 

[Stephen Kendall]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The Sabbath on a stone[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]is[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] the sabbath [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]of the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]LORD thy God: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]in it[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]aughter, thy [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]is[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ithin thy gates: For [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]in[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]hat in them [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]is[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], and rested the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:9- [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]11[/FONT]


Here we are looking beyond a sabbath feast of Lev 23:1-3 / Ezek 46:1-6. We're talking of the Sabbath that was on the tablets.

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Non of the Ten Commandments served as shadows that lost their [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]ignificance or were fulfilled in [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Christ, so we can also expect the Sabbath on the Decalogue to be binding today.[/FONT]



[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]There is an evidence that they continued to flourish in the new testament [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]as an institution [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]not replaced nor fulfilled in Jesus (Jam 2:10-11; Rev [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]14:12). [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Since we see that other of the [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Ten Commandments were [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]binding in the new testament, so should we expect the same [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]with the [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Sabbath Commandment (Fourth Commandment).[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]point,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] he is guilty of all.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]11[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For he that said, Do not [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]commit adultery[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], said also, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Do not kill[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]. Now if [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]thou commit no [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]law.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]12[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]So speak ye, and so do, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]as [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]they that shall be judged by the law [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]of [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]liberty[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif].[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]” Jam 2:10-12[/FONT]

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law.9For 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 neighbor as thyself. 10Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. ” Rom 13:8-10

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]When a clear evidence of the ten commandments exists in the new testament, why do [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]people want to target out the Sabbath, the Fourth Commandment ?[/FONT]​

We are born of God, as followers of his son Jesus. Jesus said that he works even on the Sabbath, for his Father has been doing so until then. We follow Christ and do as he. We do only good works, all seven days of the week. We are not born of flesh anymore (we have died to it through accepting Jesus). We are born of the Spirit as Christ is. Let us be found busy with the good works of Christ all the days that we live, even if others condemn us as they did our Lord Jesus about him not keeping the Sabbath. Take confidence in Christ and not in anything else. Praise God alone through Jesus Christ, our savior.

It is amazing the lack of spiritual born Christians. Why do people cling onto things and not have understanding and confidence in Jesus? It is simply amazing that they too will condemn people who follow Christ, even doing as he, (good works) on the Sabbath. How can you be obedient to Christ, if you are a condemner of others, in the same way as the Pharisees were towards Jesus? How will you be known of His grace and way, when you oppose it with obedience to death (the Law) and not to Life, the Spirit (Grace)? We live as Christ, not of this earth. We too are like him, to be Lord of the Sabbath. We are born of God, like Jesus also. We are an amazement of God's, like that of his son Jesus. We are his children, not created but born to Him. I hope that you understand. Love to all my brothers & sisters.

 

[Cribstyl]

We are born of God, as followers of his son Jesus. Jesus said that he works even on the Sabbath, for his Father has been doing so until then. We follow Christ and do as he. We do only good works, all seven days of the week. We are not born of flesh anymore (we have died to it through accepting Jesus). We are born of the Spirit as Christ is. Let us be found busy with the good works of Christ all the days that we live, even if others condemn us as they did our Lord Jesus about him not keeping the Sabbath. Take confidence in Christ and not in anything else. Praise God alone through Jesus Christ, our savior.

It is amazing the lack of spiritual born Christians. Why do people cling onto things and not have understanding and confidence in Jesus? It is simply amazing that they too will condemn people who follow Christ, even doing as he, (good works) on the Sabbath. How can you be obedient to Christ, if you are a condemner of others, in the same way as the Pharisees were towards Jesus? How will you be known of His grace and way, when you oppose it with obedience to death (the Law) and not to Life, the Spirit (Grace)? We live as Christ, not of this earth. We too are like him, to be Lord of the Sabbath. We are born of God, like Jesus also. We are an amazement of God's, like that of his son Jesus. We are his children, not created but born to Him. I hope that you understand. Love to all my brothers & sisters.

I'll say to that.

 

[Byfaithalone1]

What you fail to realise is that the Lord of the Sabbath, has asked you to remember this particular commandment for a reason... and these end days will soon reveal the reason.

What will be revealed in the end days? That salvation was not truly based solely on grace through faith? That one may only maintain salvation by keeping the sabbath? That the mark of the beast will be applied some and that the seal of God will be applied to others according to their behavior on the seventh day of the week? Is that what you believe will be revealed in the end days?

Are you waiting for an impending Sunday law?

BFA

 

[visionary]

What will be revealed in the end days? That salvation was not truly based solely on grace through faith? That one may only maintain salvation by keeping the sabbath? That the mark of the beast will be applied some and that the seal of God will be applied to others according to their behavior on the seventh day of the week? Is that what you believe will be revealed in the end days?

Are you waiting for an impending Sunday law?

BFA

God always leaves us without excuse... I am sure the day is coming when the Lord will weigh in on this issue.. and the reason He said "Remember" will come clear.

 

[JohnDB]

We have 7 days that we can worship God not 1. The Sabbath day was a sign of faith in the creator who created heaven and earth in 6 days, and rested on the seventh day.

Most Sabbathkeepers fail to understand that God has called Gentiles to faith in Jesus Christ. This is how we prove Him as our God rather than the COI command to prove as the creator.

Life in the spirit is access to the throne on which God is at rest from His acts of creation.
God's rest was never a 24hr day.
Nothing that defiles can enter God's rest(sabath).
Until Jesus died on the cross, noone had entered because God swore the would not enter.
Now, we who believe have access into His rest from creation.

The sabbath was a sign for the Children of Israel, but now God called everyone to faith in Jesus Christ.


CRIB

Well of course yes we have 24/7 that we can worship God...Sunday worshippers just believe that the Law was given for our benefit and that taking one day a week to do no work but rest and worship God is a good idea.

The Sabbath of the Old Testament was all a reference to Jesus' work on the Cross is the point of which I was trying to make. That the expression of faith in Jesus' work on the cross used to be expressed by resting and not working on Saturday. Today with the fulfillment of that expression we are now free to worship all the time...but again...taking a one day off every week is a good idea too...and what better day than Sunday (when Jesus arose and everyone else is celebrating first fruits).

 

[visionary]

Well of course yes we have 24/7 that we can worship God...Sunday worshippers just believe that the Law was given for our benefit and that taking one day a week to do no work but rest and worship God is a good idea.

The Sabbath of the Old Testament was all a reference to Jesus' work on the Cross is the point of which I was trying to make. That the expression of faith in Jesus' work on the cross used to be expressed by resting and not working on Saturday. Today with the fulfillment of that expression we are now free to worship all the time...but again...taking a one day off every week is a good idea too...and what better day than Sunday (when Jesus arose and everyone else is celebrating first fruits).

Yes .. first fruits which happens once a year.. Great feast.. that the Jews have refused to keep since Christ's resurrection.

 

[Cribstyl]

Well of course yes we have 24/7 that we can worship God...Sunday worshippers just believe that the Law was given for our benefit and that taking one day a week to do no work but rest and worship God is a good idea.

I disagree.......Those who take time to read the first 5 books of the bible know that from the 12 chapter of Genesis. God selected 1 people out of all nations to be a people for His name.

The Sabbath of the Old Testament was all a reference to Jesus' work on the Cross is the point of which I was trying to make. That the expression of faith in Jesus' work on the cross used to be expressed by resting and not working on Saturday. Today with the fulfillment of that expression we are now free to worship all the time...but again...taking a one day off every week is a good idea too...and what better day than Sunday (when Jesus arose and everyone else is celebrating first fruits).

The expression of faith is not to keep a sabbath. The expression of faith is belief in Jesus Christ. The book of James explains about expressions of faith and how love is without partiality.

CRIB

 

[Byfaithalone1]

God always leaves us without excuse... I am sure the day is coming when the Lord will weigh in on this issue.. and the reason He said "Remember" will come clear.

I notice that you remain a bit dodgy on your view of the relationship between the seventh-day sabbath and eschatology. Instead, you seem content to provide generic warnings about the future. Why is that?

Let's consider an example to explore your view of "remember." Let's imagine that I took my daughter out for a father-daughter night out. Let's imagine that, during the dinner, I told my daughter that we would have a father-daughter night out every Friday night. Let's imagine that, at the end of the dinner, I told my daughter to REMEMBER that we would have more nights out together.

In light of my example, consider the following:

(1) Does this use of "remember" imply a pre-existing practice?
(2) Does this use of "remember' imply that the practice of "nights out" applies to my other children as well?
(3) Does this use of "remember" imply that the practice will never have an end; that I will be having one-on-one nights out with my daugther until she dies?
(4) Is it possible that you have read things into the word "remember" that are inconsistent with what the Bible says about the law?
​

BFA

 

[Stravinsk]

This is a semi-blind post:

Did it ever occur to any here that perhaps the Good Lord is Hinting so very strongly in the face of the Beast that seeks to "change times and laws"? (Daniel 7:25)

NKJ Matthew 7:22 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' (Obviously this is referring to professing Christians)​

NKJ Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

NKJ Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!

Keep my commandments:

OT: Too many to reference, but a few very important ones:


NKJ Deuteronomy 5:12 ¶ ' Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.

NKJ Exodus 20:8 ¶ " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

NKJ Exodus 31:13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

NKJ Isaiah 56:6 " Also the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants -- Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant --
NKJ Isaiah 56:7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations."




NT:

NKJ Matthew 19:17 So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."


NKJ John 14:15 ¶ " If you love Me, keep My commandments.
​

NKJ 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.

NKJ 1 John 2:3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

NKJ 1 John 3:22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

NKJ 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
​

NKJ 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

KJV Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

NKJ Revelation 14:12 ¶ Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.


Of the 10 commandments, which God wrote with His own finger, only one contains the word "keep". It is the Sabbath command. Divine hint?



​

 

[Byfaithalone1]

This is a semi-blind post:

Did it ever occur to any here that perhaps the Good Lord is Hinting so very strongly in the face of the Beast that seeks to "change times and laws"? (Daniel 7:25)

NKJ Matthew 7:22 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' (Obviously this is referring to professing Christians)​

NKJ Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'​

NKJ Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!​

Keep my commandments:​

OT: Too many to reference, but a few very important ones:​

NKJ Deuteronomy 5:12 ¶ ' Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.​

NKJ Exodus 20:8 ¶ " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.​

NKJ Exodus 31:13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.​

NKJ Isaiah 56:6 " Also the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants -- Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant --
NKJ Isaiah 56:7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations."​

NT:​

NKJ Matthew 19:17 So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."​

NKJ John 14:15 ¶ " If you love Me, keep My commandments.​

NKJ 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.

NKJ 1 John 2:3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.​

NKJ 1 John 3:22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.​

NKJ 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.​

NKJ 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

KJV Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.​

NKJ Revelation 14:12 ¶ Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.​

Of the 10 commandments, which God wrote with His own finger, only one contains the word "keep". It is the Sabbath command. Divine hint? ​

To whom were the ten commandments given?

What are the letters engraved in stones that were called "the ministry of death?"

Why did Paul write that the law was added 430 years after Abraham and only until the Seed had come?

If we are to die to the law so that we may be joined with another, are we to commit adultery with the law after we die to it?

What is your view of the mark of the beast?

Are we saved by grace through faith alone, or will there come a day when we are saved by grace plus sabbath keeping?

What hints do we have that answer these questions? Have you explored this subject from all angles?

BFA

 

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Jon DB

Like Nadab and Abihu (in Levi 10) who presented strange fire instead of a sacred fire to God, many have rejected God's Sabbath (Saturday) and created for themelves a false Sabbath (Saturday).

Crib

Your argument that James was merely making an example of the law of Moses as opposed to citing it a compatible to the law: 'love thy neighbour...' it is your mere
opinion with no biblical proof.

You refuse to admit that James was citing the ten commandments (thy shalt not kill, no adultery, etc) to prove their binding.


Br Kendall

Stop viewing the law as some form of bondage:

1Jn 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. "


BFA


When Visionary speaks of the end time revelation on this matter I'd personaly elevate this argument in light of the end time the saints will face.


Rev 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."


Rev 12:17 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

As the pages of history are closeing those who disobey God's commandments will soon be exposed and fall victims of the Beast, The harlot and share Babylon's plagues.

 

[Byfaithalone1]

EDIT: Double post. Sorry.

 

[Byfaithalone1]

When Visionary speaks of the end time revelation on this matter I'd personaly elevate this argument in light of the end time the saints will face.


Rev 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."


Rev 12:17 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

As the pages of history are closeing those who disobey God's commandments will soon be exposed and fall victims of the Beast, The harlot and share Babylon's plagues.

Is it your position that those who obey God's commands will not "be exposed" and will not "fall victims of the beast, the harlot and share Babylon's plagues?"

Is it your position that there are those who, at some point prior to the second coming, will not disobey?

Is it your position that, at some point prior to the second coming, salvation will hinge upon grace PLUS obedience?

BFA

 

[JohnDB]

Jon DB

Like Nadab and Abihu (in Levi 10) who presented strange fire instead of a sacred fire to God, many have rejected God's Sabbath (Saturday) and created for themelves a false Sabbath (Saturday).

OK...ummm...this is really confusing me as to what you are trying to relate here...could you try again?

 

[JohnDB]

I disagree.......Those who take time to read the first 5 books of the bible know that from the 12 chapter of Genesis. God selected 1 people out of all nations to be a people for His name.

The expression of faith is not to keep a sabbath. The expression of faith is belief in Jesus Christ. The book of James explains about expressions of faith and how love is without partiality.

CRIB

That is what I am trying to say.
The Old Covenant expression of faith in Jesus' work on the Cross was to not work and rest on the Sabbath day literally.
Today in the era of the New Covenant the expression of faith is to rest in Jesus' work on the cross...the literal resting on the seventh day of a week (whenever it starts or ends) is not relevant to expressing faith any longer. A much more difficult standard is set forth. To believe and behave in a fashion that none of our righteous acts can gain us access into heaven or acquire peace between men and God. Only Jesus can do this.