Comments on: How to Keep the Sabbath http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html Christ-Centered Teaching for Christ-Centered Living Thu, 03 May 2012 17:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christine Walker http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-3087 Christine Walker Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:21:49 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-3087 My father is so convinced about being a 7th-day adventist, that he's been trying to convince me that I am wrong, which has rubbed me the wrong way. It's been about 2 months since that conversation (any contact at all) because I am seeking God about how to approach my dad, cuz I love him and I don't want to be silent when I firmly believe God has set us free from religious bondage... This article helps me a lot. The Holy SPirit led me to that scripture about how Jesus is Lord over Sabbath. I went to a seminar for a week straight from a 7th day pastor, and he said how we are not truly a Christian if we do not adhere to worshipping on a saturday, which confused me then, but now it pisses me off because it's leading people astray from true scripture. From JESUS! and it makes me cry. Please pray for me as I continue to seek God about how to tell my dad the truth. My father is so convinced about being a 7th-day adventist, that he’s been trying to convince me that I am wrong, which has rubbed me the wrong way. It’s been about 2 months since that conversation (any contact at all) because I am seeking God about how to approach my dad, cuz I love him and I don’t want to be silent when I firmly believe God has set us free from religious bondage… This article helps me a lot. The Holy SPirit led me to that scripture about how Jesus is Lord over Sabbath. I went to a seminar for a week straight from a 7th day pastor, and he said how we are not truly a Christian if we do not adhere to worshipping on a saturday, which confused me then, but now it pisses me off because it’s leading people astray from true scripture. From JESUS! and it makes me cry. Please pray for me as I continue to seek God about how to tell my dad the truth.

]]> By: Jo Ann http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-2697 Jo Ann Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:22:06 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-2697 Hello, in reply to Bro Chris, I want to share that I just recently completed a study on the Sabbath that really gave me some insight. The most compelling verse regarding the Sabbath I found is Hebrews 4:1-16 (AMP version). Some key verses: (1) Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds & is offered (today), let us be afraid (to distrust it), lest any of you should think He has come too late and has come short of (reaching) it. (3) For we who have believed do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those (who did not believe) should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although (His) works had been completed & prepared (& waiting for all who would believe) from the foundation of the world. (4) For in a certain place He has said it about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works. (5) And in this He said, They shall not enter My rest. (6) Seeing then that the promise remains over (from past times) for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good new about it & the opportunity, failed to appropriate it & did not enter because of disobedience. (7) Again He sets a definite day, (a new) Today. (11) Let us therefore be zealous & exert ourselves & strive diligently to enter that rest, that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief & disobedience (into which those in the wilderness fell). I truly believe we are to fellowship, study, pray & worship as the body of Christ, which is what we can do under the organization of a church home, but I also believe the Word of God states the truth of grace that we're not bound to adhere to a certain method or day in keeping a Sabbath. I also agree with what was referenced from John 14:15 (AMP) If you love me, you will keep My commands. Jesus continues to state if we love Him we will keep His commands & teachings. The Commandments on another hand, are far beyond what we speak of the 10 commandments and go beyond 600 laws & commands given to Moses So when we speak of His commands & teaching that makes me think of John 15 where Jesus makes it clear that He commands us to love one another as He has loved us. Jesus also gives us commands not to divorce, hate - to love our neighbor, care for the poor, orphans & widows. The strongest reference to the commands given of the Sabbath AFTER the resurrection of Christ is Hebrew 4:1-16. I enjoy seeing believers hungry for truth on this site. Please let me know if your studies uncover more on the Sabbath. I would love to know. God bless! Hello, in reply to Bro Chris, I want to share that I just recently completed a study on the Sabbath that really gave me some insight. The most compelling verse regarding the Sabbath I found is Hebrews 4:1-16 (AMP version). Some key verses: (1) Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds & is offered (today), let us be afraid (to distrust it), lest any of you should think He has come too late and has come short of (reaching) it. (3) For we who have believed do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those (who did not believe) should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although (His) works had been completed & prepared (& waiting for all who would believe) from the foundation of the world. (4) For in a certain place He has said it about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works. (5) And in this He said, They shall not enter My rest. (6) Seeing then that the promise remains over (from past times) for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good new about it & the opportunity, failed to appropriate it & did not enter because of disobedience. (7) Again He sets a definite day, (a new) Today. (11) Let us therefore be zealous & exert ourselves & strive diligently to enter that rest, that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief & disobedience (into which those in the wilderness fell).

I truly believe we are to fellowship, study, pray & worship as the body of Christ, which is what we can do under the organization of a church home, but I also believe the Word of God states the truth of grace that we’re not bound to adhere to a certain method or day in keeping a Sabbath.

I also agree with what was referenced from John 14:15 (AMP) If you love me, you will keep My commands. Jesus continues to state if we love Him we will keep His commands & teachings. The Commandments on another hand, are far beyond what we speak of the 10 commandments and go beyond 600 laws & commands given to Moses So when we speak of His commands & teaching that makes me think of John 15 where Jesus makes it clear that He commands us to love one another as He has loved us. Jesus also gives us commands not to divorce, hate – to love our neighbor, care for the poor, orphans & widows. The strongest reference to the commands given of the Sabbath AFTER the resurrection of Christ is Hebrew 4:1-16.

I enjoy seeing believers hungry for truth on this site. Please let me know if your studies uncover more on the Sabbath. I would love to know. God bless!

]]> By: Scott D http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-1935 Scott D Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:17:42 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-1935 The more I read on this site and with these articles the more my eyes are opened to what I have searched for for so long. This all speaks to me and the holy spirit is saying yes this is all true and correct. All the years before I felt the religious systems have had little pieces of truth but never the whole truth and what we really need to be with Christ. To grow and mature into spiritual beings. To truly be free and not imprisoned into the Churchianity mentality that runs rampant like a disease in this world today. people seem to depend on that system like a drug for an addict. We all must learn that Jesus is the deal. The Beginning and the End. No socials no others to make us whole. The more I read on this site and with these articles the more my eyes are opened to what I have searched for for so long. This all speaks to me and the holy spirit is saying yes this is all true and correct. All the years before I felt the religious systems have had little pieces of truth but never the whole truth and what we really need to be with Christ. To grow and mature into spiritual beings. To truly be free and not imprisoned into the Churchianity mentality that runs rampant like a disease in this world today. people seem to depend on that system like a drug for an addict. We all must learn that Jesus is the deal. The Beginning and the End. No socials no others to make us whole.

]]> By: Chris http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-952 Chris Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:44:38 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-952 Until 5 years ago, I believe what I believed, in large part because… well that’s just I had been taught. Until this past year I considered observing the Sabbath as being accomplished by going to church on Sundays. This of course is ridiculous. For if indeed there remained a command to keep the Sabbath day holy it would indeed be the seventh day. Before I proceed, I will say that the LORD is forming within me, a heart of passion for our great Himself and a compassion for His beloved people… you; my brothers and sisters. Keeping the Sabbath as a means of obtaining our salvation is as futile as honoring our mothers and fathers as a means of obtaining our salvation or not stealing or not coveting etc. Keeping the commandments of God is not going to save us. This, of course, has nothing to do with the commandments of God being bad, for indeed they are good. (Romans 7:12 ESV So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.) The Sabbath was never to be a burden. It was a gift. (Mark 2:27 ESV And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.) We, as Christians should not be viewing the Sabbath as a burden to be released from, but a gift to be unwrapped and enjoyed. Consider which of the commandments are burdensome… (John 14:15 ESV John 14:21 ESV John 15:9-12 ESV 1 John 5:2-3 ESV "If you love me, you will keep My commandments… Whoever has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him… As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. (10) If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. (11) These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. (12) "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you… By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments. (3) For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.) There is much to say, but I trust that those here, on Chips site, are Godly men and women with as much to offer me, as I have to offer them. And what do we have to offer but Jesus Christ? Nothing. Please keep in mind that all the Law and Prophets are summed up in… Love the LORD your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. Does keeping the Sabbath as a special day seek the love of God and or neighbor? It should. Until 5 years ago, I believe what I believed, in large part because… well that’s just I had been taught. Until this past year I considered observing the Sabbath as being accomplished by going to church on Sundays. This of course is ridiculous. For if indeed there remained a command to keep the Sabbath day holy it would indeed be the seventh day.

Before I proceed, I will say that the LORD is forming within me, a heart of passion for our great Himself and a compassion for His beloved people… you; my brothers and sisters. Keeping the Sabbath as a means of obtaining our salvation is as futile as honoring our mothers and fathers as a means of obtaining our salvation or not stealing or not coveting etc. Keeping the commandments of God is not going to save us. This, of course, has nothing to do with the commandments of God being bad, for indeed they are good. (Romans 7:12 ESV So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.)

The Sabbath was never to be a burden. It was a gift. (Mark 2:27 ESV And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.) We, as Christians should not be viewing the Sabbath as a burden to be released from, but a gift to be unwrapped and enjoyed.

Consider which of the commandments are burdensome… (John 14:15 ESV John 14:21 ESV John 15:9-12 ESV 1 John 5:2-3 ESV “If you love me, you will keep My commandments… Whoever has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him… As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. (10) If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. (11) These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. (12) “This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you… By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments. (3) For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.)

There is much to say, but I trust that those here, on Chips site, are Godly men and women with as much to offer me, as I have to offer them. And what do we have to offer but Jesus Christ? Nothing. Please keep in mind that all the Law and Prophets are summed up in… Love the LORD your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. Does keeping the Sabbath as a special day seek the love of God and or neighbor? It should.

]]> By: Chris http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-951 Chris Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:51:48 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-951 Could someone explain to me how even an earthly keeping of a literal Sabbath day of rest to the Lord is a burden or a bad thing? Could someone explain to me how even an earthly keeping of a literal Sabbath day of rest to the Lord is a burden or a bad thing?

]]> By: Phil http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-584 Phil Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:50:35 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-584 I wish my friend would read and understand this article, but he's shut me out because I don't agree with his insistence that we should all be Sabbatarians. I didn't realize the Hebraic/Jewish Roots Movement had become such a big deal for Christians until I did some web searches. Anyway, he's one of those unreasonable intellectuals who once they get something in their mind, all proof to the contrary is either marginalized or dismissed outright. I'm afraid he's going to have to come to the end of himself before he realizes the folly of going back to slavery in Egypt. I wish my friend would read and understand this article, but he’s shut me out because I don’t agree with his insistence that we should all be Sabbatarians. I didn’t realize the Hebraic/Jewish Roots Movement had become such a big deal for Christians until I did some web searches. Anyway, he’s one of those unreasonable intellectuals who once they get something in their mind, all proof to the contrary is either marginalized or dismissed outright. I’m afraid he’s going to have to come to the end of himself before he realizes the folly of going back to slavery in Egypt.

]]> By: Sharon http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-122 Sharon Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:15:12 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-122 Hello, I want to thank you for your explanation about the Sabbath. I am coming out of organized religion and though I didn't realize it while in it, I can see how ingrained religiosity became in my life(30 + years of knowledge and little heart change). This article was a big help. I have been thinking (Satan's arena)that I should be doing more and feeling sort of guilty that I don't attend church or take my 7 year old child anymore either. God has me in a season of rest (about 16 months now) and I will abide and enjoy this part of the process! Thanks again for sharing God's truth from your heart. Hello,
I want to thank you for your explanation about the Sabbath. I am coming out of organized religion and though I didn’t realize it while in it, I can see how ingrained religiosity became in my life(30 + years of knowledge and little heart change). This article was a big help. I have been thinking (Satan’s arena)that I should be doing more and feeling sort of guilty that I don’t attend church or take my 7 year old child anymore either. God has me in a season of rest (about 16 months now) and I will abide and enjoy this part of the process! Thanks again for sharing God’s truth from your heart.

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