But still against the LAW given 430 years later, that SDA's say Abraham knew and kept.
Indeed the scripture you quote from says that God's LAW was given to ISRAEL 430 years AFTER EGYPT not since the beggining of creation.
ACTS 7:2-7 [2], And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, [3], And said unto him, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I shall show you. [4], Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which you now dwell. [5], And he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.
[6], And God spoke in this way,
That his descendants should live in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and ill-treat them for four hundred years.
[7], And the
nation <Egypt> to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
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GALATAINS 3:16-17 [16],
Now to Abraham and his descendant were the promises made. He says not, And to descendants, as of many; but as of one, And to your descendant, who is Christ. [17], And this I say, that
the covenant, that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was
four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of no effect.
CONCLUSION: The scriptures you quote are in relation to God's COVENANT to the NATION of ISRAEL after being into BONDAGE or slavery to the NATION of EGYPT. It does not say that God's people did NOT know God's LAWS before MOSES.
Genesis 26:5, Because Abraham
obeyed my voice, and
kept my charge, my
commandments, my
statutes, and my
laws.
No only did ABRAHAM know God's Commandments that give a KNOWLEDGE of SIN which is the pre-requesit for FORGIVENESS of SIN. He had the laws for REMISSION of SIN under the OLD COVENANT which was in SIN offereings (burnt offerings)
Genesis 22
6, And Abraham took the wood of the
burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7, And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a
burnt offering?
8, And Abraham said, My son,
God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
13, And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Burnt offereings were made for remission of SIN. What is SIN? Sin is disobedience to God's WORD and includes breaking God's Commandments (
Romans 7:7;
James 2:9-11;
1 John 3:4). It is God's WORD and his LAW that give us a KNOWLEDGE of SIN (
Romans 3:20)
Romans 3
19, Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20, Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:
for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
NOW if GOD tells us that Abraham kept his TORAH (LAWS) then is God's 4th Commandment not part of the TORAH?
Indeed it is. Where does it say in God's WORD that Abraham or any of God's people before MOSES did
NOT Keep God's Sabbath or did not know God's laws?
God says Abraham
kept TORAH (God's teachings and instructions; they knew what SIN was(breaking God's law and how to seek God's forgiveness when they sinned (burn't offerings.).
You say Abraham
DID NOT keep TORAH (This includes God's 4th Commandment). Who do we believe you or God's WORD?
If you would like more scripture let me know and we can talk about SIN and Joseph and Potifers wife; Noah and the flood as well as Sodom and Gomorah.
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SIN is the breaking of God's Commandments (
James 2:9-11;
Romans 7:7;
1 John 3:4)
Those who CONTINUE in UNREPENTANT SIN will NOT enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.
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God's 4th commandment is one of the ten (
Exodus 20:8-11) If we knowingly break it when God asks us not to we stand guilty before God of committing sin (
James 2:8-12). If we do not seek him in repentance and forgiveness we are in danger of the Judgement (
Hebrews 10:26-27)
Sunday worship is a tradition and teaching of man that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus says that if we follow the traditions of man that break the commandments of God we are not following God (
Matthew 15:3-9)
There is not one scripture in all of God's Word that says that God's 4th Commandment is now ABOLISHED and we are now commanded to KEEP Sunday as a Holy day.
Who should we follow the teachings and traditions of men or the Word of God? Who should we believe the Words of men or the Word of God?
In times of ignorance God winks at but now ,<when a KNOWLEDGE of the truth has come> calls all men everywhere to REPENT (FOLLOW) (Acts 17:30-31).
But here is where you have a problem. SIN is the transgression of God's LAW (Romans 7:7; James 2:8-12; Romans 3:20; 1 John 3:4).
