Thank you so much for this helpful podcast. I also agree with you that Christ is truly our Sabbath. Now, we celebrate the "Lord's Day",where we do'rest' and enjoy fellowship with God's people.
But I don't know that we are to simply bring the Old Testament Sabbath,specifically, into our rest . One thing I have done has been to invite people from Church out to eat, where we fellowship and discuss the sermon, etc. Is it OK to do this? Thanks so much.
Hi John, you're welcome. I encourage you to continue with the series, and on Friday (tomorrow) I will be releasing the final episode, which discusses how the Sabbath is actually fulfilled in Christ.
It is important to remember that the Sabbath is a moral command, not something that was part of the ceremonial law, which is what we discussed in this episode (#3) that you commented on. The point being, that Christians still must observe the Sabbath.
A lot of people get triggered by that for some reason, but the reality is that if you believe stealing or lying or cheating is wrong as a Christian, then so is neglecting God's special day that He gave to man to rest with Him intentionally. As of Christ the meaning of the Sabbath has been fully revealed, and you will learn that in Episode 9, but another important factor is that the Sabbath will take center stage in the coming months and years as the mark of the beast will begin to be rolled out. I strongly encourage you to learn the truth in those episodes as they are very relevant.
There is nothing wrong with having fellowship with friends on any day of the week, or going to church on Sunday. The issue is rest, and history tells us that the devil will again mandate rest on Sunday just like he did through the beast for many centuries. It behooves anyone to learn the truth of these things now and enter into a practice so that they are not deceived. We are not saved by keeping the Sabbath. We keep the Sabbath because we are saved and it has its fullest meaning in Christ - yet that Sabbath has and always will be on the 7th day.
Tudor, thanks for your hard work on this Sabbath series. What is your opinion of the Jerusalem Council's ruling in Acts 15:20 that the Gentiles need to abstain from four main things, pollutions of idols and fornication among them? The Council makes no direct mention of the Sabbath here. So I think many Christians believe this supports the idea that the Sabbath is not required of them. Although James may be indirectly referring to Sabbath-keeping in the following verse (Acts 15:21) when he mentions Moses is read in synagogues in various cities every Sabbath. But it's still not explicitly stated. Also, Acts 21:25 is a reiteration of the Council's ruling.
Sometimes you can refute an argument by simply looking at its conclusion. The conclusion these people make is that because the Sabbath is not mentioned therefore we don't have to keep the sabbath. This is called an argument from silence where you are arguing based on something that is not said. It is a logical fallacy because it doesn't automatically imply a conclusion. A simple way to prove this is that other moral commandments are not mentioned either like stealing or adultery or coveting or murder. Based on their logic that means that you are free to steal, covet, fornicate and murder all you want because they didn't mention it in the Jerusalem council's recommendations. Obviously nobody is willing to make that conclusion so why make it about the Sabbath then? The conclusion then is that the Sabbath wasn't even in view and this has nothing to do with what exactly you have to do as a Christian but rather how they were going to treat new converts and introduce them into these practices of living a new life under Christ. It doesn't mean that early Christians did not keep the Sabbath or that these people who were converted weren't informed about the Sabbath.
Thank you so very much. :) God bless.
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this helpful podcast. I also agree with you that Christ is truly our Sabbath. Now, we celebrate the "Lord's Day",where we do'rest' and enjoy fellowship with God's people.
But I don't know that we are to simply bring the Old Testament Sabbath,specifically, into our rest . One thing I have done has been to invite people from Church out to eat, where we fellowship and discuss the sermon, etc. Is it OK to do this? Thanks so much.
Hi John, you're welcome. I encourage you to continue with the series, and on Friday (tomorrow) I will be releasing the final episode, which discusses how the Sabbath is actually fulfilled in Christ.
It is important to remember that the Sabbath is a moral command, not something that was part of the ceremonial law, which is what we discussed in this episode (#3) that you commented on. The point being, that Christians still must observe the Sabbath.
A lot of people get triggered by that for some reason, but the reality is that if you believe stealing or lying or cheating is wrong as a Christian, then so is neglecting God's special day that He gave to man to rest with Him intentionally. As of Christ the meaning of the Sabbath has been fully revealed, and you will learn that in Episode 9, but another important factor is that the Sabbath will take center stage in the coming months and years as the mark of the beast will begin to be rolled out. I strongly encourage you to learn the truth in those episodes as they are very relevant.
There is nothing wrong with having fellowship with friends on any day of the week, or going to church on Sunday. The issue is rest, and history tells us that the devil will again mandate rest on Sunday just like he did through the beast for many centuries. It behooves anyone to learn the truth of these things now and enter into a practice so that they are not deceived. We are not saved by keeping the Sabbath. We keep the Sabbath because we are saved and it has its fullest meaning in Christ - yet that Sabbath has and always will be on the 7th day.
Tudor, thanks for your hard work on this Sabbath series. What is your opinion of the Jerusalem Council's ruling in Acts 15:20 that the Gentiles need to abstain from four main things, pollutions of idols and fornication among them? The Council makes no direct mention of the Sabbath here. So I think many Christians believe this supports the idea that the Sabbath is not required of them. Although James may be indirectly referring to Sabbath-keeping in the following verse (Acts 15:21) when he mentions Moses is read in synagogues in various cities every Sabbath. But it's still not explicitly stated. Also, Acts 21:25 is a reiteration of the Council's ruling.
Sometimes you can refute an argument by simply looking at its conclusion. The conclusion these people make is that because the Sabbath is not mentioned therefore we don't have to keep the sabbath. This is called an argument from silence where you are arguing based on something that is not said. It is a logical fallacy because it doesn't automatically imply a conclusion. A simple way to prove this is that other moral commandments are not mentioned either like stealing or adultery or coveting or murder. Based on their logic that means that you are free to steal, covet, fornicate and murder all you want because they didn't mention it in the Jerusalem council's recommendations. Obviously nobody is willing to make that conclusion so why make it about the Sabbath then? The conclusion then is that the Sabbath wasn't even in view and this has nothing to do with what exactly you have to do as a Christian but rather how they were going to treat new converts and introduce them into these practices of living a new life under Christ. It doesn't mean that early Christians did not keep the Sabbath or that these people who were converted weren't informed about the Sabbath.
Good reasoning, thank you.