There is no such thing as a sixth day Sabbath, it's always on the seventh day.
Thank you.
No one, and especially not I, ever said there was a "sixth day sabbath" found in the Exodus 20:8-11. What I said was, that the commandment (Exodus 20:8-11) concerns the whole week (work/rest).
The Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath.
This is correct. Thus, it was made for Adam the first (and all mankind in him) and for Jesus, the 2nd/last Adam (and all in Him). Wasn't it? He is the LORD of the Sabbath.
It was for the service/ministry of man, not for his slavery. That is why it is "rest".
God provided that as a memorial of creation
Thus is it eternally the memorial of the perfect creation.
and as relief from hard labor for man and beast.
Indeed, "man" (Adam, thus even the "stranger") and "beast".
Not from 'hard labour', but rest from common labour done on the other days of the week. Holy labor of love (charity, KJB, 1 Cor. 13) ministry, is
always in harmony with the commandment (Exodus 20:8-11). Jesus said, Joh_5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Truly. Mark 2:27-28.
The commandment is love, as it is central to the character of God, who is love. This is always required. A man does not love God in spirit and in truth (heart and deed) unless they obey God in what He commands.
One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. (Romans 14:5)
You believe it's important, then that's between you and the God who made you, go in peace I have no problem with you. I think personally every second is precious and we only have so much time on this earth. I remember God's work in creation every day, I remember Christ's work on the cross as well, but must confess, with a very limited understanding of all he did that day. God has established many memorials for us to remember how he intervened in our world and in our lives, we do well to consider that. God's will, let us both be convinced in our own minds and God be with you in your journey.
Grace and peace,
Mark
You just erred and fulfilled Peter's concerns (as by the Holy Ghost), in
2Pe_3:16 As
also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
The wages of sin is death/destruction. Sin is the transgression of the Law (1 John 3:4; Exodus 20:1-17; Romans 7:7). Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, sin:
1Jn_3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that
he might destroy the works of the devil.
Paul himself wrote:
Php 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and
now tell you even weeping, that
they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Why are those that Paul is talking about, "enemies of the cross of Christ"? Because they want the name, but not the repentance. They refuse to come into obedience to God's Law, through God's grace, which is what the Ten Commandments start with:
Exo 20:2
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage.
Saved by Grace.
Followed by loving obedience, through faith in the salvation wrought in Christ Jesus:
Exo 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that
love me, and keep my commandments.
Joh 14:15 If ye
love me, keep my commandments.
How many lawgivers?
Jas_4:12
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Romans 14, the quick of it.
Rom 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Rom 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Rom 14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Rom 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Rom 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Rom 14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
This is used to teach that God regards not any day as Holy, such as the 7th Day the Sabbath of the LORD thy God (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11), and that all days or no days may be kept at man's whim. Yet that is not what Romans 14 (and yea, all of Romans) teaches at all. Notice carefully,
[1] the days spoken of are associated with eating/drinking, not eating/not drinking.
[2] the matter is over those 'weak' and 'strong' in faith concerning eating/drinking and days to do and not do those things on
[3] the context deals with "One
man esteemeth", and
not what God esteems (Isaiah 56:1-8, 58:13; Psalms 89:34) as permanent and so, and God's word is clear about what men esteem:
Luk_16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves
before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
The Jews continually argued over which were better days to do this thing or that thing, like fasting, feasting, etc: [Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18; Luke 5:33, 18:12 KJB]
[4] the words for sabbath is not present in all of Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[5] the words of the seventh day is not present in all of Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[6] the words for the Lord's day is not present in all of Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[7] Romans 14 is in the context of Romans 13, which directly cites the latter (2nd) table of the Ten Commandments, for love to neighbour, which is also found in Leviticus 19:17-18, in the context of sin and the Ten Commandments
[8] Romans 15 is the other end, and when combined with 1 Corinthians 8-10, the context is clear that the sabbath of the LORD thy God (Exodus 20:8-11) is not in view in the least, and is sustained by the rest of Paul in Romans by his statements on the eternal spiritual, holy, just and good Law (Exodus 20:1-17) of God, which identifies what sin is (Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4)
[9] the entire context of Romans 14 is to do nothing (even if allowed normally, yet not under special circumstances) to cause others to sin:
Rom 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
[10] Paul never contradicts himself, and Paul's writings are scripture (2 Peter 3:16), and scripture cannot be broken, John 10:35) and does not teach transgression of God's Law (Exodus 20:1-17) at any point:
Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom_6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Rom_7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
[11] the words for "law", "commandments" are never used in Romans 14
[12] Paul in numerous places lists and upholds every single one of the Ten Commandments in the NT, including the 4th Commandment (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11) in Hebrews 3-4, etc.
[13] Romans 14 is about excluding those things which were "doubful disputations", and not a single one of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) were ever doubtful or to be disputed in any place in all of scripture (KJB), for the Commandment of God are "sure" (Psalms 111:7).
[14] the words for "covenant/testament" are never used in Romans 14
[15] the words for 'first [day] of the week' are never used in Romans 14, neither in all of Romans
[16] none of the 'Sunday' (first [day] of the week) churches use Romans 14 to teach that I may ignore the day they gather on, even though that day is not sanctified by God in any way what so ever in scripture (KJB), and is never called "the Lord's day" in scripture, neither is it "the seventh day the sabbath of the LORD thy God".
[17] nobody uses Romans 14 to teach I can simply stop eating/drinking on every day
[18] anyone who quotes Romans 14, has in mind 'restrictions', rather than allowances