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Professing Christians believe the Sabbath has been replaced by Sunday, but you will find none of the apostles of the Early Church teaching any such thing. As a matter of fact, Paul followed the example of Jesus Christ in keeping the Sabbath. Luke 4:16 says, “… and as his (Jesus) custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.” Did Paul also follow Christ in keeping the Sabbath? Notice Acts 17:2: “And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto then, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.” So, here we see it was the CUSTOM of both Jesus Christ and Paul to keep the Sabbath; Paul imitated or followed the example of Christ in keeping the sabbath – because Christ first set the example for us to follow in his steps.

But did Paul also tell us to do the SAME? Notice what Pual says to the GENTILE converts at Corinth: “Be ye follower of me, even as I am also of Christ” (1 Cor. 11:1).

And to those Gentiles born at Philippi, he wrote: “Brethren, be followers together of me … so as ye have us for an example” (Philippians 3:17).

Also writing to those Christians who were once pagans, he wrote: “For ye brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus …” 1 Thess. 2:14). The Church in Judea was composed of Jews which kept the Sabbath and here was Paul reminding GENTILE Christians to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea – Proving Gentiles are also to keep the Sabbath.

Also, if you read Acts 13: 42, it says: “… the gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them next sabbath.” If the Sabbath had been done away and changed to Sunday, this would have been a great opportunity for Paul to tell the Gentiles to meet with him on Sunday, but Paul did NO SUCH thing, but waited for the Sabbath day to have this official meeting with the Gentiles – showing Gentiles were aware of the Sabbath and probably understood it was God’s HOLY DAY. Therefore, let no one deceive YOU into believing the Sabbath is for the Jews only or that God abolished his HOLY Sabbath – as it is right there in the Bible that Paul kept the Sabbath and NEVER taught it was changed to Sunday.

Did Jesus Expect the Sabbath to be continued to be Kept right on up till He comes?

Did you know Jesus expect the Sabbath to exist and continue until He returned to earth?

Matthew 24 records Jesus speaking of time when things are going to get so bad in this world – just prior to his second coming - that He warned that those people living in Judea at that time must “… flee into the mountains” (Verse 16). But notice what He went on to say: “But pray that your flight be not in winter, neither on the sabbath day. For then shall be great tribulation …” (verse 19,20).

We know the great tribulation has not yet happened but will happen just prior to the second coming of Christ, and here is Christ telling us the SABBTH would still be in existence or that there would still be God’s people keeping the Sabbath. Can you see that?

Also notice Isiah 66: 23: “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” This is speaking of the millennium or the time of the one thousand years rule of Christ on the earth, and here it is shown people are going to be keeping the Sabbath on a worldwide level – meaning humanity is going to learn to OBEY God and keep his Sabbath.

Can you see God expect the Sabbath to continue -as God has not changed or abolished his HOLY Sabbath Day; He just has NOT done so – for if He abolished the Sabbath, Paul and the apostles would have told us so, but Paul kept the Sabbath and instructed the Church – which includes Gentiles to keep the Sabbath; Paul set the example by keeping the Sabbath and has told the true servants of God to also follow his example – even as he also followed the example of Christ.

People just do not realize or take it SERIOUSLY that Sabbath breaking is SIN -as they do not realize that no matter how religious and good they think they are, they are actually worshipping God in VAIN because they do not keep his Sabbath HOLY. Most may not realize that ancient Israel often fell out of favor with God and was punished because of Sabbath breaking and idolatry, and so will this world because humanity is sinning against God – breaking his law – for “… sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3;4). Sin is breaking God’s law, and in that LAW is the command to keep the Sabbath HOLY, but people just do not want to do that -as they would rather fight against God’s truth and settle for a day of their own choosing; they just want to believe that changing the Sabbath to Sunday is so good because it honors the resurrection of Christ, but did you know Satan can make the WRONG things look right to people – while making it seem that God’s RIGHT WAY is wrong?

Most may not realize Satan counterfeit God’s truth with lies or the OPPOSITE of the truth. For example, God Eve would die if she disobeyed, and Satan told her the OPPOSITE of that truth by telling her she would not die. In the same way, Satan has counterfeited God’s Sabbath with Sunday – which is the opposite of the Sabbath; Satan has cunningly deceived unsuspecting humans in having them believe the Sabbath has been abolished – because Satan HATES the fact that the Sabbath reminds us God is supreme creator who we must OBEY.

Greetings dear Reader,

Someone who believed God's law has been done away, quoted Romans 7:4 -which says: "Wherefore my brethren, ye are also become dead to the law by the body of Christ ..." Does this mean God law has been abolished - that we need to no longer keep God's Ten Commandments?

God's Law is HOLY and GOOD

In speaking of God's law, Romans 7:12, says God's law is "HOLY, and the commandment holy, and just and good." Now notice what Paul says in verse 13: "Was then that which is good made death to me? God forbid."

So, here you have Paul saying God's law was not dead to him; he said, "GOD FORBID. " It is forbidden by God to even think God's law is dead to a Christian. Also, in Romans 3: 31, Paul says: "Do we then make the law void through faith? God forbid, yea, we establish the law."

People have the belief that the law is dead by having faith in Christ, but here the bible (not me) corrects people by telling them that they are wrong to believe this, because instead of saying the law of God is dead, Paul says as Christians, God's law should not be VOIDED out -but should be ESTABLISHED in their lives. But instead of seeking to establish God's law in their life, professing Christians believe the very opposite of this truth; they make VOID God’s law.

What Dead to the Law Mean

Being dead to the law does not mean we do not obey God's law, because if God's law had been made dead or VOIDED out, and is no longer something we must keep, then the Bible could not possibly tell us in 1 John 3:4 that sin is the transgression of the law.

Being dead to the law means a Christian should consider his or herself dead to sin - because under the penalty of law breaking it brings death. The Bible says: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so, death passed upon all men for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12). The cause of death is breaking God's law -for sin is lawbreaking; and so, since the breaking of God's law brings death, the bible is telling the Christian to consider themselves DEAD to the penalty that law breaking brings - meaning a Christian must consider themselves dead to sin and not break God's law.

Romans 8:1 speaks of this truth -saying: "... Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Before Paul was converted, he was living in state of being spiritually dead by way of the law of death-which is caused by sin - which in turn is the breaking of God's law, but now Christ has freed the Christian from the death penalty that the breaking of God's law brings, but it by no means mean we are not to obey God's law -as dead to the law only means the Christian is no longer walking in the way that breaks God's law- as Christians must now consider themselves dead to the PENALTY law-breaking brings; it means to no longer walk in sin. Again, I remind you, Paul says: "Do we then make void the law of God through faith? God FORBID, yea, we establish the law."

Millions of professing Christians believe that faith in Christ alone excludes them from obeying God’s law -the keeping of his commandments, but that is a false belief -as the failure to keep God’s commandments is SIN.

God's spiritual laws are in motion today. They are ETERNAL, immutable, inexorable and binding on EVERY one of us. No one that I know of has ever broken the law of gravity. Similarly, there is a penalty for breaking God's law.

God not only created PHYSICAL LAWS for the control of the Universe - laws of chemistry, physics, mathematics - laws like the law of gravity and inertia. But God also created SPIRITUAL LAWS for man's happiness - laws which automatically regulate man's relationship with God, and with his fellow man, and that law is his Ten Commandments; and they are BINDING on you and me today.

I have said this before and let me say it here that as an old man, I have come to realize that that there are two very hard things for people to admit, and that is to admit to being WRONG; people just do not like doing that. And number TWO is they do not actually believe what God says - especially when it comes to those things that which are different than what they been led to believe or accept as truth. For example, John 8:30 showed that "many believed" on Christ, but those many who believe on Him later turned against Him - not wanting to believe the truth He was telling them (see verse 37,38).

People who do not want God's truth -by allowing the Bible to correct them - will try to fight against that TRUTH - coming up with all kinds of arguments in order to continue believing what they believe - despite the fact the Bible shows they are in error; they simply refuse to let God correct them. Hebrews 12:6 makes known that God corrects those whom He loves, but verse 8 also says that the person who refuses chastisement (correction) is not a son; not a child of God. The person who STUBBORNLY refuses to admit to God they are wrong simply does not belong to God.

In closing my comment, let me refer to a scripture I have quoted many times; this scripture is found in 1 John 2:4: “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”  To believe God no longer have any law we must obey is a belief that is shown to be wrong by 1 John 2:4 and the other scriptures quoted in this comment.