When people talk about sin they usually point out adultery, stealing, killing and so on. Sometimes you might hear about using the Lord's name in vain or having other Gods but you almost never hear about forgetting the Sabbath. As soon as you mention the Sabbath you get the reply, "You can keep the Sabbath, if you want to be under the Law."
The funny thing is that you are under the Law when you don't keep the Sabbath.
Since the Law points out sin and no one is justified by keeping the Law when one breaks the Law the Law's power to bring death is activated.
Romans 7:9-13 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
The Law was not made for those who are keeping the Law, but rather, for those who are breaking it.
1 Timothy 1:9-10 Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
In other words, if one is breaking the fourth commandment that person is under the Law in that the power of the Law to bring death is actively working in that person.
Romans 7:13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
What people should be saying is, "Keep the Sabbath if you don't want to be under the Law."
The grace of God deals with the sin, which is the breaking of the Law, so that the Law loses it's condemning power but not that we should continue to sin ie: break the Law.
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not!
Nor should we say that since grace is here the Law is done away with.
Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
Do you see the deception of the evil one?
The funny thing is that you are under the Law when you don't keep the Sabbath.
Since the Law points out sin and no one is justified by keeping the Law when one breaks the Law the Law's power to bring death is activated.
Romans 7:9-13 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
The Law was not made for those who are keeping the Law, but rather, for those who are breaking it.
1 Timothy 1:9-10 Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
In other words, if one is breaking the fourth commandment that person is under the Law in that the power of the Law to bring death is actively working in that person.
Romans 7:13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
What people should be saying is, "Keep the Sabbath if you don't want to be under the Law."
The grace of God deals with the sin, which is the breaking of the Law, so that the Law loses it's condemning power but not that we should continue to sin ie: break the Law.
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not!
Nor should we say that since grace is here the Law is done away with.
Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
Do you see the deception of the evil one?
