But it doesn’t mean that it’s ok to break God’s 7th day Sabbath or to break any of his other commandments. We are not supposed to judge others because everybody is in different walks with Jesus and grow at different times, some faster and others slower. It just all depends on the person. Colossians Chapter 2 is also talking about how we can receive of heaven’s light only as we are willing to be emptied of self. We can’t discern the character of God, or accept Christ by faith, unless we consent to the bringing into captivity of every thought to the obedience of Christ. That the people of God must always have faith in Christ as well as go through the physical act of circumcision. Faith in Christ symbolizes the relationship in the heart and circumcision is that external outside symbol that shows people that they are the people of God. Internal and External experiences are both needed in Jesus’s eyes to be called His true people. Also, remember you can’t break any of the 10 Commandments apart from each other. Either they all stay or they all go. These verses however are not talking about the Law of God. They are talking about the Law of Moses, which is the ceremonial Laws, which were done away with on the cross when Jesus died. That’s when the veil was split in two right after Jesus died because at that point it was finished. Jesus was the physical LAMB needed to pay the price for sin. That’s why the ceremonial laws of Moses were finished and/or not needed any more. So thank Jesus for that one. However so many people try to blend these two systems using the texts that speak of the ceremonial law to prove that the moral law has also been abolished, but this is a HUGE perversion of the Scriptures. The distinction between the two systems is broad and clearly spelled out in the Bible. The ceremonial system was made up of symbols pointing to Christ, to His sacrifice and His priesthood. This ritual law, with its sacrifices and ordinances was to be preformed by the Hebrews until type met anti-type in the death of Christ on the cross…..meaning the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Then all the sacrificial offerings were to cease.
But remember Ephesians 2:15 – “Having abolished in His flesh
the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to
create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace”. (Meaning that
once again the law of Moses was destroyed at the cross, not the 10
commandments).
Also remember 1 Peter 1:17 says – Judged according to each
one’s works. Also that Deuteronomy 31: 26 says – Take this Book of the Law (The
5 Books of Moses) and put it Beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your
God, that it may be there as a witness against you. The 10 Commandments were in
the ark and the 5 books of Moses were just beside it.
Quick side
note on the Law:
Why is the
law important?
Romans
6:23 - For the wages of sin is death
1 John 3:4
- Sin is the transgression of the law
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned.
How do I
escape the death penalty imposed by the law?
John 3:16
- God died for our sins and whosoever believes in him will have everlasting
life.
John 3:7 -
Must be born again
What part
does the law play in our salvation?
Romans
3:20 - For by the law is the knowledge of sin
Psalms
19:7 - The law of God is perfect, converting the soul
Note: As a
mirror reveals the dirt on someone’s face, but can't remove it, so the law of
God reveals sin, but can't rid us of it. The law shows the problem and sends us
to Christ for cleansing.
Can the
Law save us?
Ephesians
2:8-9 - for by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. If
is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.
Note: Paul
teaches us in the New Testament that the law is good for showing us our sin and
our need for Christ, but alone it can't save us. We need the grace of Jesus.
Those who have received forgiveness and pardon for their sins are under grace,
and no longer under the death penalty that the law demanded.
What
enables a person to keep the commandments?
1 Corinthians
3:16 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God
dwelleth within you?
John 14:15
- If you love me, keep my commandments.
Note: We don't keep the law to be saved, we keep it
because we are saved!
Are the
Ten Commandments binding for New Testament Christians?
Oh yes they are!! Look at the verses below.
Matthew
5:17-18 - Think not that I have come to destroy the law, but I have come to
fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew
19:17 - If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
John 14:15
- If you love me, keep my commandments.
Note: the
principles embodied in the 10 comandments are a part of God's character of
love. These laws show us how to come into harmony with God's nature. When they
are presented the rebellious heart says " How can I get out of keeping the
10 commandments"? The heart that loves God wants to keep them and come
into unity and harmony with God.
The Two
Laws in the Bible
God gave
us two sets of laws at Mt. Sinai. The Law of Moses and the Moral Law. The Bible
supports both, but clearly shows that only God's Law is still valid and Moses's
Law is not anymore since it was done away with. Take a look at the evidence I
listed below comparing God’s Law and Moses’s Law. Notice how I draw from both
the old and new testaments to support this.
God's Law
Isaiah
5:24 - Called The Law of the Lord
James 2:8
- Called the Royal Law
Exodus 31:
18, 32:16 - Written by God on stone
Exodus
40:20 - Placed inside the ark
Luke 16:17
- Will stand forever
Romans
7:7, 3:20 - Points out sin
1 John 5:3
- Not Grievous
James
2:10-12 - Judges all men
Romans
7:14 - Spiritual
Psalm 19:
7 – Perfect
Moses Law
Luke 2:22
- Called the law of Moses
Ephesians
2:15 - Called the law contained in ordinances
2
Chronicles 35:12 - Written by Moses in a book
Deuteronomy
31:26 - Placed in the side of the ark
Ephesians
2:15 - Moses law ended at the cross
Galatians
3:19 - Added because of sin
Colossians
2:14-16 - Contrary to us and judges no man
Hebrews
7:16 - It's Carnal
Hebrews
7:19 - Made nothing perfect
Malachi
2:3 – Book written against us
If that
wasn't evidence enough for the 10 Commandments still being valid here are the
10 Commandments listed from both the Old and New Testaments found in the Bible.
It's pretty cool because most people only know of the 10 Commandments in Exodus
in the Old Testament. But most people miss that the same 10 Commandments are
clearly stated by Jesus in the New Testament.
Old
Testament - 10 Commandments found in Exodus Chapter 20
First
Table of the Law (How we should be towards God)
1. Thou
shalt not have no other gods before me
2. Thou
shalt not make unto thee any graven image/ idols
3. Thou
shalt not take the Lord's name in vain.
4.
Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all
thy work; But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou
shalt not do any work, nor they son, nor they daughter, nor thy manservant, or
they maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor they stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in
them, and rested the seventh day. Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day,
and hallowed it.
Second
Table of the Law (How we should be towards Man)
5. Honor
thy father and mother
6. Thou
shalt not kill
7. Thou
shalt not commit adultery
8. Thou
shalt not steal
9. Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
10. Thou
shall not covet thy neighbor's house, nor wife, nor his manservant, or
maidenservant, his ox, nor anything that is thy neighbor.
New
Testament - Same 10 Commandments found in the New Testament
First
Table of the Law (How we should be towards God)
1.
Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve - Matthew 4:10
2.
Little
children, keep yourselves from idols. For as much then as we are the offspring
of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device - 1 John 5:21, Acts 17:29.
3.
That
the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed - 1 Timothy 6:1
4.
Pray
ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day. The
Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; therefore the Son of man
is Lord also of the Sabbath. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day
on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his work. There
remaineth therefore a keeping of a Sabbath to the people of God. For he that is
entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from
His. For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth - Matthew 24:20, Mark 2:27, 28, Hebrews 4:4,9,10, and Colossians 1:16.
Second Table of the Law (How we should be towards God)
5. Honor thy
father and they mother - Matthew 19:19
6. Thou shalt not
kill - Romans 13:9
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery - Matthew 19:18
8. Thou shalt not steal - Romans 13:9
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness - Romans 13:9
10. Thou shalt not covet - Romans 7:7
Do we then
make void the law through faith? God forbid, yea we establish the law. Wherefore
the law is body, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. For by the law
is the knowledge of sin - Romans 3:31, 7:12, and 3:20.
So as you can see if you follow the whole Bible you should be following the 10 commandments of the Bible as Jesus states we should be following, which are still valid, from both the Old and New Testaments. They are the same 10 commandments in the Old and the New. Jesus never got rid of them or changed any of them. So as Christians we should all be following the 10 commandments out of love for God. The reason people don't is because they are still fighting within themselves in trying to get around them in some way or another....mainly because it messes up there lives or there worldly schedules. Everybody is at different places in there walk with Jesus so this will take more or less time to understand and accept depending on the person.
Another huge piece of evidence in the Bible is found in Jeremiah 31:31-40. This chapter/section is talking about a new covenant in the Old Testament days of the Bible. In verse 31 Jesus says “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah”. Verse 32 continues with “not according to the covenant that I have made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord”. Verse 33 says, “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people”. The rest of the section if you read it talks about this new covenant that Jesus is going to set up in the future, unlike the laws of Moses as Jesus states in verse 32. These 3 verses I have shared and the rest of this whole section in Jeremiah shows that Jesus is going to do away with the laws of Moses (also known as the ceremonial laws) and establish his 10 commandments in the hearts of man or Israel as God’s people are known in the Bible. He never says that he is going to change the 10 commandments or do away with any of them. Jesus here is talking about the physical 10 commandments vs the physical laws of Moses (ceremonial law). Jesus said the need of the ceremonial laws which include animal sacrifices will be put to an end at some point. So since Jesus say this in the Old Testament in the book of Jeremiah the question is……did Jesus deliver on his word. Yes he did.
So as you can see if you follow the whole Bible you should be following the 10 commandments of the Bible as Jesus states we should be following, which are still valid, from both the Old and New Testaments. They are the same 10 commandments in the Old and the New. Jesus never got rid of them or changed any of them. So as Christians we should all be following the 10 commandments out of love for God. The reason people don't is because they are still fighting within themselves in trying to get around them in some way or another....mainly because it messes up there lives or there worldly schedules. Everybody is at different places in there walk with Jesus so this will take more or less time to understand and accept depending on the person.
Another huge piece of evidence in the Bible is found in Jeremiah 31:31-40. This chapter/section is talking about a new covenant in the Old Testament days of the Bible. In verse 31 Jesus says “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah”. Verse 32 continues with “not according to the covenant that I have made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord”. Verse 33 says, “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people”. The rest of the section if you read it talks about this new covenant that Jesus is going to set up in the future, unlike the laws of Moses as Jesus states in verse 32. These 3 verses I have shared and the rest of this whole section in Jeremiah shows that Jesus is going to do away with the laws of Moses (also known as the ceremonial laws) and establish his 10 commandments in the hearts of man or Israel as God’s people are known in the Bible. He never says that he is going to change the 10 commandments or do away with any of them. Jesus here is talking about the physical 10 commandments vs the physical laws of Moses (ceremonial law). Jesus said the need of the ceremonial laws which include animal sacrifices will be put to an end at some point. So since Jesus say this in the Old Testament in the book of Jeremiah the question is……did Jesus deliver on his word. Yes he did.
Go now to Hebrews
8:7-13 which talks about establishing
“A New Covenant” again. But this time it’s in a book in the New
Testament proving that Jesus delivered on his promise. When Jesus died on the cross
he established his new covenant. Meaning that once Jesus died on the cross the
veil was ripped in two, and the laws of Moses were fulfilled and no longer
required. No more killing animals for sacrificing for sins. All of that was
gone since Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice for the WHOLE WORLD!! Notice
that when you read Hebrews 8: 7-13 you will find that it’s just about identical
to Jeremiah that we just read a moment ago. Verses 7, 8, 9, and 10 are straight
out of Jeremiah. So I think this is pretty important to see and understand
since Jesus copied what was in Jeremiah to also be found in Hebrews , then it
has to be important. I think Jesus wanted us to get this point as it comes up
in multiple places. These old and new Testament books both show that Jesus was
on time, kept his promises, and never changed any of his 10 commandments. He
got rid of the laws of Moses when he died on the cross and once that happened
he wrote His law, which are the 10 commandments into our minds and into our
hearts forever. This is proof straight from the Bible that the 10 commandments
have always been the same throughout the Bible from beginning to end, and are
still valid today. Jesus didn’t change the 4th Sabbath commandment to Sunday or
any of the other commandments, just like he promised he wouldn’t do. Jesus
never changed the law, but died on the cross to fulfill it, which of course he
did.
Another attack on the Sabbath is that people will say, well
Jesus rose from the grave on the 3rd day, which is true He did. But was
that Jesus changing the Sabbath day to Sunday at that moment in time? No of
course it wasn’t. There is no evidence in the Bible to state that it was
changed. You can try to look for a verse, but you will not find one. If you go in the Bible you will find the words
“The Sabbath” and “The Seventh Day” all over the place in both the old and new
testaments. Remember in Luke 23:53-56 and Luke 24:1.
Luke 23:53-56, Luke
24:1 – Preparation Day = Friday (6th Day), Sabbath Day =
Saturday (7th Day), Resurrection Day = Sunday (1st Day of
the Week).
If you check all Jewish calendars it points to Saturday as
the 7th day of the week. Go Google it or buy one to understand the
history of how the year, month, and week were created, which of course they
were created by God who gave us the understanding of time from the beginning.
We use star time to measure time since the beginning of the universe. That’s how
the government gets our official time. Well then who made the stars, sun, moon,
planets…..Jesus did!! You can’t trace the creation of the day or first week
with anything except from Jesus. Go study it for yourself. It’s amazing!!
That’s how you know the creation of time and the Sabbath point back to Jesus.
Even 90% of United Statues calendars you buy (I have one right now) list the
days of the week as followed: Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Sabbath). Saturday
being the 7th day. The
history of the names of each day come from pagan Gods, Babylonian astrologers,
and of course the Romans with there planet Gods. The Latin languages derived
the names of the seven days of the week with the seven planets. The Sun for
Sunday, The Moon for Monday, Mercury for Tuesday, Venus for Wednesday, Mars for
Thursday, Jupiter for Friday, and Saturn for Saturday.
Even Webster’s dictionary states that Saturday is the 7th
day of the week. See link below:
Another way to look at it is this…..Even in death Jesus kept
the Sabbath Holy. Remember He was sinless and he never broke the law or
anything. He was perfect in every way, even in death. He died on Friday the
preparation Day, then rest in the Tomb on the Sabbath Day…also keeping the
Sabbath Day holy even in death. Then he was resurrected on Sunday the 1st
day of the week, but that doesn’t mean Jesus changed the Sabbath Day to Sunday
just because he rose from the dead on Sunday. Again there is not one verse you
can find in the Bible that supports that. If so Jesus would have made sure that
was clear in His Holy Bible, but it’s not.
Ok if Sunday was the Sabbath day it would change the whole
view of what Luke 23:53-56 and Luke 24:1 is saying. Not to mention it would
make Jesus and His book the Bible lieing….which we know isn’t true at all. So
Lets go with it and see what happens. Ok so if Sunday was the Sabbath day that
would mean that Saturday was the preparation day when Jesus died and His body
was wrapped up, then Jesus would have rested on the Sabbath day which is Sunday
in this example, then Jesus would have resurrected on Monday. Now does that
make sense? No it totally goes against what the Bible teaches. You don’t hear
people walking around saying Happy Easter Monday or happy Resurrection Monday
do you? No of course you don’t. You hear Happy Easter Sunday to celebrate Jesus
being resurrected, which is a great thing and we should celebrate it because
Jesus saved us by dying on the cross and is alive and well and someday He is
coming back to take His people to Heaven. Butut that doesn’t make Sunday the
Holy Sabbath Day of worship that Jesus set up from the beginning of time.
Besides another point is that why didn’t the Papal system change the Sabbath
from Sunday to Monday the first day of the week if Sunday was the true Sabbath?
See it doesn’t make sense. The truth is that the 7th day is Saturday
the Sabbath, the papal system lead by Satan changed the Holy day from Saturday
to Sunday for the whole world to follow and forget Jesus’s Holy Sabbath and
what Jesus said to remember in the 10 commandments. The focus of worship and
the Holy blessing goes to Satan on Sunday’s since that’s the day He has set up
throughout human history and has gotten just about the whole world to believe
it without examining the evidence. That’s why people need to study the Bible
for themselves and ask questions…if not Satan will deceive you. Remember Satan
wants to be like God and wants worship, always has since the fight up in heaven
in the beginning with sin coming onto the scene. Satan has always had a beef
with Jesus the Son. Satan says, well if Jesus gets worship and Man a blessing
on the Sabbath Day, Jesus’ special day created for Man….well Satan wanted to
corrupt that day. Put the focus on himself so people worship Him.
So Satan came up with Sunday as his
counterfeit day of worship throughout human history. That’s why in the Bible
you read all those stories of tribes and people going astry and worshiping
idols, other God’s, ect ect. It comes from Satan and changing the Sabbath and
focus of worship off of God and off of Jesus’s holy 7th Day Sabbath
day. When people worship on Sunday’s the blessing and what the Sabbath means
goes to Satan because it isn’t the True Sabbath and day of rest. The sad thing
is that most people don’t realize this and go to church worshiping on Sunday
blindly thinking that they are getting a special blessing from God when really
they are playing right into Satan’s hands. Satan is a master deceiver and we
have to fight back with God as our ally because without God we will lose the
eternal war. We can’t do it alone. We need Jesus!!
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