Removing the laws of God- what does it really mean?

[SabbathBlessings]

Likewise, there is not a single text that states
God is sovereign.
Jesus is divine.
Three persons in one God.
Etc.
Sez who?

Previously addressed.

Is 66:22-23 is full-time Sabbath rest like God's Sabbath-rest is full-time, and NT salvation-rest is full-time forever.

@BobRyan did a great job explaining what Isaiah 66:23 means.

You keep trying to make the argument that God commanded Jesus to do something for us. You might choose to not believe in the 4h commandment, but it doesn't make the commandment go away.

Exodus 20:8 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

I don't think any amount of scripture is going to change your mind. God spoke and wrote these words. If you don't want to believe what He is asking of us that is between you and Him. I wish you well. God bless.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

I don’t disagree with your statements.

I disagree that the Sabbath is the key to knowing God. If that was true, then it would be taught as such.

God said keeping His commandments is how we know Him. His character is in His commandments. The 4th commandment is about our time. What is more valuable than our time? We dedicate from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown getting to know Him. How do you get to someone someone? Spending time talking to them (prayer). Reading their books (Bible) Worshipping with others (Church) singing to Him (hymns) being in Nature (His creation) remembering Him and keeping Holy each and every Sabbath. On His chosen day, the Holy seventh day Sabbath.

 

[BobRyan]

BobRyan said: ↑
There is not a single case in OT or NT where "from Sabbath to Sabbath" means "daily" or "from new Moon to new Moon" means "daily" and we can see clearly that "From year to year" in 1 Sam 2:19 did not mean "daily".

Likewise, there is not a single text that states
God is sovereign.

arguing from the void of what the Bible does not say is one thing - but in the example of Isaiah 66:23 we actually have "details" where the logic that you are using requires us to insert "not" in front of those details. So it is beyond simply coming up with a novel rendering - it is negating the details we do have.

John 14 Jesus said "I am the Way the Truth and the Life" - but if someone where to say "Jesus is NOT the Truth he is A truth" that would be novel but it would also require negating the detail in the text. And when challenged with "no text says Jesus is simply A truth" they could always respond "well no text says Trinity". That sort of "solution" could be used to promote almost any idea we could imagine.

So then back to the details we "do" have --
1. there IS in fact "from year to year" showing us that this phrasing is NOT the term for "daily" in the actual Bible
2. AND we do have the term "daily" in the Bible. No imagination needed for it.
3. And we do have the "detail" that there are two cycles in Isaiah 66:23 .. monthly and weekly IN the text.
4. And it is hard imagine how the suggestion that we replace it with "daily and daily" -- would make sense for most of us... but of course you have free will and can believe whatever you wish.

 

[Nathan@work]

God said keeping His commandments is how we know Him. His character is in His commandments. The 4th commandment is about our time. What is more valuable than our time? We dedicate from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown getting to know Him. How do you get to someone someone? Spending time talking to them (prayer). Reading their books (Bible) Worshipping with others (Church) singing to Him (hymns) being in Nature (His creation) remembering Him and keeping Holy each and every Sabbath. On His chosen day, the Holy seventh day Sabbath.

Our most valuable thing is our heart, mind, soul, and strength. That is what we love God with - what He wants the most.

Mark 12:28-30 (ESV) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

If it was time He would have said so.

I’m not sure if you can see what you just posted the way I do, but you just said that the Sabbath was made for God not man. Jesus was very clear the Sabbath was made for man.

God does not say that we can only worship Him on a specific day. If you choose that day it’s great, if someone else chooses another, that’s great, and still others might choose all week - that’s great.

The 4th commandment is about remembering Him as creator and giving man a reason to stop and rest.

The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

 

[BobRyan]

It is not "Daily" and "daily" but it is monthly (from new moon to new moon) and it is weekly (from Sabbath to Sabbath). Two cycles in Is 66:23 not one "daily".

Is 66:22-23 is full-time Sabbath rest like God's Sabbath-rest is full-time, and NT salvation-rest is full-time forever.

1. It is two cycles - "monthly" and "weekly" -- and specifically not "daily".
2. One may be saved and still have a weekly day of rest. The saved person is resting in Christ every day - and still observes God's day of rest.

Salvation is daily - Sabbath is on "the 7th day" according to God in Ex 20:10

 

[BobRyan]

Our most valuable thing is our heart, mind, soul, and strength. That is what we love God with - what He wants the most.

Mark 12:28-30 (ESV) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

If it was time He would have said so.

Matt 22 - Jesus said "on these two commandments" (Two old testament commandments of Moses) "depend ALL the Law AND the prophets" - so then "all of scripture" is firmly founded on the two commands of Moses which are
"Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5
"Love your neighbor as yourself" Lev 19:18

Not "these two commandments replace/delete all of scripture" but rather they establish it... so then just like "do not take God's name in vain" is established by those commandments - so also all the Ten.

God does not say that we can only worship Him on a specific day.

We worship God "every day" and we are Christians "every day".

But God DID say that the seventh day "is the Sabbath of the LORD" Ex 20:10 and that it is "Blessed and Sanctified" by God Himself. Ex 20:11, Gen 2:2-3.
"tomorrow is the Sabbath" Ex 16

He says this singular act of God makes it a binding requirement for mankind to honor it "IF you Love Me KEEP My Commandments" John 14:15.

Those people in Israel who "picked their own day - not God's day" were at risk of "going hungry one day a week" according to Ex 16.

A day of "holy convocation" Lev 23:3 not simply "I did have worship last Tuesday" but a day of "holy convocation" a day to avoid all secular activity Isaiah 58:13 - a day of rest Ex 20:8-11.

As for the other 6 working days - we do worship God every day - but as Paul said "if a man will not work - neither let him eat". 2 Thess 3:10

The idea that what God said about that day does not matter - does not follow from the John 14:15 statement of Christ.

 

[Nathan@work]

Matt 22 - Jesus said "on these two commandments" (Two old testament commandments of Moses) "depend ALL the Law AND the prophets" - so then "all of scripture" is firmly founded on the two commands of Moses which are
"Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5
"Love your neighbor as yourself" Lev 19:18

Not "these two commandments replace/delete all of scripture" but rather they establish it... so then just like "do not take God's name in vain" is established by those commandments - so also all the Ten.



We worship God "every day" and we are Christians "every day".

But God DID say that the seventh day "is the Sabbath of the LORD" Ex 20:10 and that it is "Blessed and Sanctified" by God Himself. Ex 20:11, Gen 2:2-3.
"tomorrow is the Sabbath" Ex 16

He says this singular act of God makes it a binding requirement for mankind to honor it "IF you Love Me KEEP My Commandments" John 14:15.

Those people in Israel who "picked their own day - not God's day" were at risk of "going hungry one day a week" according to Ex 16.

A day of "holy convocation" Lev 23:3 not simply "I did have worship last Tuesday" but a day of "holy convocation" a day to avoid all secular activity Isaiah 58:13 - a day of rest Ex 20:8-11.

As for the other 6 working days - we do worship God every day - but as Paul said "if a man will not work - neither let him eat". 2 Thess 3:10

The idea that what God said about that day does not matter - does not follow from the John 14:15 statement of Christ.

You are replying to my post which was a reply to someone else. I have no clue what you are talking about.

Was the Sabbath made for God or man?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Our most valuable thing is our heart, mind, soul, and strength. That is what we love God with - what He wants the most.

Mark 12:28-30 (ESV) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

If it was time He would have said so.

I’m not sure if you can see what you just posted the way I do, but you just said that the Sabbath was made for God not man. Jesus was very clear the Sabbath was made for man.

God does not say that we can only worship Him on a specific day. If you choose that day it’s great, if someone else chooses another, that’s great, and still others might choose all week - that’s great.

The 4th commandment is about remembering Him as creator and giving man a reason to stop and rest.

The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

When we love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength we want to spend time with Him and obey. If I love God, but don't want to spend time with Him on His Sabbath than what am I really saying? It's not so much what we say that makes things true, its by what we do, our actions.

I worship God daily and give thanks to Him daily, but His commandment did not tell us to keep any day Holy. Or its just a reason to stop and rest. These are God's Word, He both spoke and wrote:

Exodus 20: 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

You are replying to my post which was a reply to someone else. I have no clue what you are talking about.

Was the Sabbath made for God or man?

It was made for man and God defines how we should keep it.

 

[BobRyan]

You are replying to my post which was a reply to someone else. I have no clue what you are talking about.

I explicitly included the part of your post I was replying to -- I now I have highlighted your own post in red where it raises the point I am replying to.

Nathan@work said: ↑
Our most valuable thing is our heart, mind, soul, and strength. That is what we love God with - what He wants the most.

Mark 12:28-30 (ESV) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

If it was time He would have said so.

My response was directly to that point you raised

Matt 22 - Jesus said "on these two commandments" (Two old testament commandments of Moses) "depend ALL the Law AND the prophets" - so then "all of scripture" is firmly founded on the two commands of Moses which are
"Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5
"Love your neighbor as yourself" Lev 19:18

Not "these two commandments replace/delete all of scripture" but rather they establish it...

so then just like "do not take God's name in vain" is established by those commandments - so also all the Ten.

Instead of those two commandments downplaying/downsizing the rest of scripture they affirm and magnify it as firmly established.

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Was the Sabbath made for God or man?

Mark 2:27 Sabbath was "made for mankind"
Is 66:23 for all eternity after the cross - in the New Earth: "from Sabbath to Sabbath shall all mankind come before Me to bow down"

 

[Nathan@work]

It was mad for man and God defines how we should keep it.

I agree. Made for man by God.

What I would add is when God made it for mankind, He blessed it and made it holy. What is so easily overlooked is a man cannot make it un-holy.

That's why the command is to 'remember' the Sabbath day - to keep it holy. Because it was made for man, it is a gift of God to man.

If a man does all kinds of wickedness on the day it will not make the day itself unholy. What it does is profane it for that person.

However, we are not God, and we did not make it, and we cannot judge each other on how they remember it.

But that is what a lot of people try to do. They put the 4th commandment above the rest(literally and figuratively).

They make the 4th commandment a god, an idol, and take the Lord's name in vain - all so they can rule over others.

[Isa 1:10-17 ESV]

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

"When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts? Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me.

New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

 

[BobRyan]

I agree. Made for man by God.

What I would add is when God made it for mankind, He blessed it and made it holy. What is so easily overlooked is a man cannot make it un-holy.

That is true - but man can defile/profane it.

Isaiah 56:8
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To attend to His service and to love the name of the Lord,
To be His servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it,
And holds firmly to My covenant; NASB

“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— NKJV

God declared his sanctuary/temple on earth to be a holy place yet profane men offered pig sacrifices there so as to defile/profane it.

By contrast Is 58:13 those who keep the Sabbath
“If, because of the Sabbath, you restrain your foot
From doing as you wish on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a pleasure, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And speaking your own word,

 

[Nathan@work]

I explicitly included the part of your post I was replying to -- I now I have highlighted your own post in red where it raises the point I am replying to.



My response was directly to that point you raised



Instead of those two commandments downplaying/downsizing the rest of scripture they affirm and magnify it as firmly established.

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Mark 2:27 Sabbath was "made for mankind"
Is 66:23 for all eternity after the cross - in the New Earth: "from Sabbath to Sabbath shall all mankind come before Me to bow down"

I completely do not understand what you are replying to or posting about. I do not disagree with any passages you post that come from the Bible.

If you are trying to converse with me then I am all ears, but I have to have a little more to go on than Bible passages.

 

[Nathan@work]

That is true - but man can defile/profane it.

Isaiah 56:8
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To attend to His service and to love the name of the Lord,
To be His servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it,
And holds firmly to My covenant; NASB

“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— NKJV

God declared his sanctuary/temple on earth to be a holy place yet profane men offered pig sacrifices there so as to defile/profane it.

The temple was a place - a thing. The Sabbath is not.

Mankind defiles it when they put it above God - in the name of God.

They make it their god, they make it an idol, they take God's name in vain.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

I agree. Made for man by God.

What I would add is when God made it for mankind, He blessed it and made it holy. What is so easily overlooked is a man cannot make it un-holy.

That's why the command is to 'remember' the Sabbath day - to keep it holy. Because it was made for man, it is a gift of God to man.

If a man does all kinds of wickedness on the day it will not make the day itself unholy. What it does is profane it for that person.

However, we are not God, and we did not make it, and we cannot judge each other on how they remember it.

But that is what a lot of people try to do. They put the 4th commandment above the rest(literally and figuratively).

They make the 4th commandment a god, an idol, and take the Lord's name in vain - all so they can rule over others.

[Isa 1:10-17 ESV]

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

"When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts? Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me.

New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

What it sounds like you're saying is observing the Sabbath commandment is a sin if we keep it the way God asked? Do you think going to AC/DC on Sabbath is making Sabbath holy or going to church Lev. 23:32? We are told how to keep Sabbath Isaiah 58:13,14 God tells us He sanctifies us when we hallow His Sabbath. Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

You are implying something that is not true and that was addressed previously. According to scripture you break one commandment is like breaking all of them, but that also includes the 4th commandment which seems to be the main one people try to find any argument they can use to not keep. The only commandment most people have issue with is the one God asked us to remember.

Mark tells us in Revelations God has a church. Revelations 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. All ten.

Isaiah is talking about blood sacrifices and the yearly Sabbath(s) festivals. There is no mention of food or drink or blood sacrifices in God's 10 commandments. There is more than one Sabbath in the Bible and many like to confuse the yearly Sabbath, with God's eternal weekly Sabbath.

You're right we are not here to judge, that is between you and Him, but if no one was reminding people of God's 4th commandment and it turns out His Sabbath is His seal we receive in lieu of the mark of the beast than how selfish would we be by not trying to share His Word.

God’s seal is found in the Sabbath commandment because it is the only commandment among the Ten Commandments that contains the name, title and territory of God.

God bless

 

[SabbathBlessings]

The temple was a place - a thing. The Sabbath is not.

Mankind defiles it when they put it above God - in the name of God.

They make it their god, they make it an idol, they take God's name in vain.

His temple is us! We are God's sanctuary. When we believe in Him with all our hearts and obey Him. God's laws written in our hearts and minds allows His Spirit to dwell in us.

 

[Leaf473]

The end of sunday, he is one day old. The end of monday he is 2. The end of saturday he is 7. End of sunday he is 8. Seven days of creation is no longer a mark on him if he was not circumcised on the 8th day.

Thanks for explaining, I think I understand your calculation now.

The part I don't understand, is this

Suppose the child is born at 1000 hours on Sunday and dies at 1400 hours on Monday.
How old is the child at death?
2 days old or 1.58 days old?
If 1.58, then why do the 14 hours on the day of his birth count as a full day, but the 14 hours on the day of his death do not?

 

[BobRyan]

The temple was a place - a thing. The Sabbath is not.

The Sabbath is not a person or a place -- it is a thing -

Mankind defiles it when as God says "they profane it" refusing to "honor it" as we see the saints honoring it in Is 58:13..

There is no "Sabbath above God" text in scripture. It would be like saying "not making graven images - so attentively that it is above God" it is not logical.

Instead of the warning against being "too obedient" in the Bible warning is against being too much in rebellion and forgetful.

Not one single text saying that "to profane the Sabbath" is to obey it too carefully.


To be His servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it,

"It" is a thing that can be profaned.

man can defile/profane it.
Isaiah 56:8
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To attend to His service and to love the name of the Lord,
To be His servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it,
And holds firmly to My covenant; NASB

“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— NKJV

God declared his sanctuary/temple on earth to be a holy place yet profane men offered pig sacrifices there so as to defile/profane it.

By contrast Is 58:13 those who keep the Sabbath
“If, because of the Sabbath, you restrain your foot
From doing as you wish on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a pleasure, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And speaking your own word,

 

[BobRyan]

You are replying to my post which was a reply to someone else. I have no clue what you are talking about.

I explicitly included the part of your post I was replying to -- I now I have highlighted your own post in red where it raises the point I am replying to.

Nathan@work said: ↑
Our most valuable thing is our heart, mind, soul, and strength. That is what we love God with - what He wants the most.

Mark 12:28-30 (ESV) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

If it was time He would have said so.

My response was directly to that point you raised

Matt 22 - Jesus said "on these two commandments" (Two old testament commandments of Moses) "depend ALL the Law AND the prophets" - so then "all of scripture" is firmly founded on the two commands of Moses which are
"Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5
"Love your neighbor as yourself" Lev 19:18

Not "these two commandments replace/delete all of scripture" but rather they establish it...

so then just like "do not take God's name in vain" is established by those commandments - so also all the Ten.

Instead of those two commandments downplaying/downsizing the rest of scripture they affirm and magnify it as firmly established.

I completely do not understand what you are replying to or posting about. I do not disagree with any passages you post that come from the Bible.

Ok - "I thought" you were making the case that since the Sabbath is not listed in Matt 22 or Mark 12 then it is not important. I may have misunderstood your point.

I was simply saying that Mark 12 and Matt 22 are emphasizing the rock solid foundation of scripture established in Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18 "the law and the prophets".

Your point might be that the two commands of Moses listed there are the main ones defining the foundation principles upon which all the Law and the prophets (all scripture) is based and I think we agree on that.

 

[Nathan@work]

What it sounds like you're saying is observing the Sabbath commandment is a sin if we keep it the way God asked? Do you think going to AC/DC on Sabbath is making Sabbath holy or going to church Lev. 23:32? We are told how to keep Sabbath Isaiah 58:13,14 God tells us He sanctifies us when we hallow His Sabbath. Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

You are implying something that is not true and that was addressed previously. According to scripture you break one commandment is like breaking all of them, but that also includes the 4th commandment which seems to be the main one people try to find any argument they can use to not keep. The only commandment most people have issue with is the one God asked us to remember.

Mark tells us in Revelations God has a church. Revelations 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. All ten.

Isaiah is talking about blood sacrifices and the yearly Sabbath(s) festivals. There is no mention of food or drink or blood sacrifices in God's 10 commandments. There is more than one Sabbath in the Bible and many like to confuse the yearly Sabbath, with God's eternal weekly Sabbath.

You're right we are not here to judge, that is between you and Him, but if no one was reminding people of God's 4th commandment and it turns out His Sabbath is His seal we receive in lieu of the mark of the beast than how selfish would we be by not trying to share His Word.

God’s seal is found in the Sabbath commandment because it is the only commandment among the Ten Commandments that contains the name, title and territory of God.

God bless

No, keeping the Sabbath will never be a sin. Worshiping God was never a sin - until man made it a sin.

[Exo 20:24-26 ESV]

An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it. And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.'

They could sin in worshiping God if they did it the wrong way.

What I am saying is when you make the Sabbath your god, make an idol of it, take His name in vain in the process - then yes it is a sin.

There were many "laws" that God had in place for the Children of Israel. Taking just the Sabbath laws out, and leaving the rest, is choosing your own god to worship.

Your not a child of Israel, you are a child of God - if indeed God lives in you.

God's seal, for His Children, born of His Spirit, is His Holy Spirit - not the Sabbath. The Sabbath was a sign between Him and the Children of Israel.

The New Testament never speaks of the Sabbath as a sign of God on His Children. If you know of a place please post it.

[Rev 3:15-19 ESV]

"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.