And the Sabbath is part of that "law of commandments contained in ordinances". You don't get to have it both ways, either the Old Covenant applies to us, in its entirety, or it doesn't. And the answer to that question is very clearly spelled out in plain language throughout the writings which make up the New Testament.
Want to look to the descriptions of what Jesus and Paul did as prescriptive? Then that's everything, not just what Adventists want to pick and choose. That means that if Paul going to the synagogue on the Sabbath makes the Sabbath binding on Christians, then that also means Paul going to the Temple and offering sacrifice is also binding on Christians.
It's completely arbitrary to say that the Sabbath is still obligatory, but the other commandments aren't.
The claim that the Decalogue is somehow more important, or more special than the rest of God's Torah is NOT BIBLICAL, it is an ad hoc justification that is without any biblical foundation.
No where does the Bible teach that the Decalogue is more important than the rest of the 603 commandments. No where does the Bible make a distinction between the ten commandments and the rest of the 603 commandments given to Israel. No where does the Bible make a distinction of "ceremonial law", there is only the Torah. No where does the Bible make the fact that ten of the 613 commandments were written on stone makes them more important than the rest. When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus doesn't quote from any of the ten commandments, instead Jesus quotes two of the other 603 commandments, the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Jesus never commands that His Church observe the Sabbath. None of the Apostles taught that Christians were to observe the Sabbath. In fact the Apostles say just the opposite, they say that Christians are not obligated to observe the Sabbath, and that the Sabbath was a shadow of what was to come: Jesus Christ. The Apostles taught that the Torah was a school teacher pointing the way to Jesus Christ. And so on and so forth and on and on.
Every argument put forward to support Sabbath-keeping is built on lies, false doctrines, the total ignoring of Scripture, arbitrary and baseless claims, pure fabrication, and taking Scripture entirely and completely out of context.
You read in Ephesians "commandments contained in ordinances" and you assume it does not include the Sabbath, but why?
"The Sabbath is one of the ten commandments that still stands"--but why?
"The ten commandments were written by God's finger on stone tablets"--and what does that matter?
"The Sabbath was made for man"--yes, exactly, it was never supposed to be a burden, but an opportunity to rest from labor which was built into God's covenant with the Jewish people, which prefigures the true rest that we now have in Jesus Christ, as SCRIPTURE TEACHES.
"The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath"--yes, which is why Jesus can work on the Sabbath and it is not sinful, because Christ stands ABOVE THE SABBATH AS LORD.
"Jesus said that if we love Him we'll obey His commandments"--which commandments does He mean?
"Jesus is the One who gave the ten commandments"--Jesus is God, He gave the ENTIRE TORAH, not just ten commandments, but all of the commandments of the Torah
"But the ten commandments were written on stone tablets"--see above
"Jesus said if we love Him we'll obey His commandments"--see above
"But Jesus gave the ten commandments"--see above
"But the ten commandments were written on stone tablets"
And around and around the circular reasoning goes, no answers. No biblical justification, no rational justification, no arguments at all. Just assertion, baseless, arbitrary, blind assertion.
"Ignore them; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit." - Matthew 15:14
-CryptoLutheran
Wrong. God divided the 2 laws, not I. The law of God is the 10---the law of Moses are the Levitical laws and are called that in scripture.
Jos_8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
Jos_8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
Jos_23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Jdg_4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
1Ki_2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
2Ki_14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
2Ki_23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
2Ch_23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
2Ch_30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
Ezr_3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Ezr_7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Neh_8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
Dan_9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Dan_9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Mal_4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.