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| Gospel Man... |
 Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:50 pm |
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Paul shows the purpose and duration of the law in Gal. 3.19, "It was
added... till the seed should come." He has already explained, "The seed
is Christ" (v. 16). The law, then, was designated to last only till
Christ came. Paul goes on to state that "the law was our schoolmaster to
bring us to Christ." (v.24) And then adds, "We are no longer under a
schoolmaster" (v. 25). The law was a schoolmaster and we are no longer
under that law.
There are many passages that show that the law was taken away at the
cross of Christ. "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
nailing it to his cross." (Col. 2.14.) "There is made of necessity a
change also of the law...there is verily a disannulling of the
commandment going before the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For
the law made nothing perfect...I will make a new covenant...He is a
mediator of the New Testament." (Heb. 7.12; 7.18-19; 8.8; 9.15.) When
Christ died on the cross, the Old Testament law was "taken away" so the
New
Testament could be established. (Heb. 10.9.)
The Ten Commandments were included in the law that was "taken away."
These Ten Commandments which were "written and engraven in stones"
(Deut. 4.12-13), "the ministration of death" and "condemnation" were
"done away." The "ministration of righteousness," the law of Christ,
which exceeds the Ten Commandments in glory "remains" for us to obey
today. (2 Cor. 3.6-11.)
All the Ten Commandments but one are repeated in principle after the
death of Christ.
-You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me. Acts 17.23-31; Rom. 1.23-25,1
Cor. 8.4.6.
-You Shall Not Make For Yourself Any Carved Image. Acts 14.11-17; 1 Cor.
6.9-10; 10.7,14,19,20; 2 Cor. 6.16,17; Gal. 5.19-21; Eph. 5.3-6; Col.
3.5; 1 John 5.21; Rev. 21.8; 22.15.
-You Shall Not Take The Name Of The
Lord Your God In Vain. James 5.12.
-Remember The Sabbath, To Keep It Holy. This is the only commandment not
repeated after Christ's death. The Sabbath was NOT a day of worship in
the New Testament church. The church met on the first day of the week to
eat the Lord's Supper and lay by in store. (Acts 20.7; 1 Cor. 16.1-2.)
Observance of the Sabbath was condemned. (Gal.4 .10-11; Col. 2.16-17.)
-Honor Your Father And Your Mother. Eph. 6.13; Col. 3.20.
-You Shall Not Kill. Rom. 13.9; 1 John 3.15; Rev. 21.8; 22.15.
-You Shall Not Commit Adultery. Rom. 13.9; 1 Cor. 6.13-18; Gal.5.19-21;
Eph.5.3-6; Col. 3.5; 1 Thess. 4.4-7; Heb. 13.4; Rev. 21.8; 22.15.
-You Shall Not Steal. Rom. 13.9; 1 Cor. 6.10-1l; Eph. 4.28.
-You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your Neighbor. Rom. 13.9.
-You Shall Not Covet. Rom. 7.7; 13.9; 1 Cor. 6.10; Eph. 5.5; Col. 3.5; 1
Tim. 6.9-11,17; Heb. 13.5.
Do not be alarmed because the Ten Commandments have been taken away.
Remember a NEW covenant has been made.
As we have noted, in this new covenant nine of the ten points covered by
the Ten Commandments are included and enlarged upon; and they are
binding, not because they were in the old covenant, but because they are
in the new.
The fourth commandment is never repeated because Christians were NEVER
commanded to keep the Sabbath. The sin of breaking the Sabbath was never
charged against anyone in New Testament times. Christians celebrated
Christ's resurrection on the FIRST day of the week not the coming out
from Egypt on the Sabbath. |
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| Joseph... |
| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:49 pm |
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Quote: Observance of the Sabbath was condemned. (Gal.4 .10-11; Col. 2.16-17.)
Neither of these texts refers to the weekly Sabbath which commemorates
creation. Gal 4 just states they observe days, months, times, and
years. There were sabbaths (feast of unleavened bread, feast of
tabernacles, etc) which were written by Moses and pointed toward the
coming Messiah. These were a shadow of things to come Col. 2:17. The
weekly Sabbath blessed, sanctified, and hallowed by God prior to sin
was memorial pointing back to creation.
The Sabbath command to rest was still observed by Christ's followers
after He was laid in the tomb. Luke 23:54-56
The early Christian church still kept the Sabbath. Acts 13:14,27,42,44
15:21 16:13 17:2 18:4
Jesus (Hebrew=Y'shua) keeps open the Sabbath rest. Hebrews 4:4-11
All flesh in the new earth will worship God on Sabbath. Isaiah
66:22,23
Observance of Sabbath, a perpetual covenant. Exodus 31:16,17
God does not have to repeat His Laws which were twice written with His
own Finger in stone and placed in the Ark of the Covenent which was
placed in the Most Holy Place.
God's Law remains. Matthew 5:17,18
The New Covenent does NOT remove God's Law. If God made a mistake in
writing His Law, there wouldn't be a need to die on the cross.
Instead of being the sacrificial Lamb, Jesus could have apologized for
His error in writing the Law and in judgment, the Law would be
destroyed rather than anyone needing to be judged by the Law of God.
How
Baptism symbolizes death to our old life of sin and resurrection in a
newness of life in Christ. Romans 6:4 Communion symbolizes the blood
of the new covenent and body that was broken for us. I Cor. 11:24,25
If the Sabbath were changed, what happened to His memorial to
creation?
Here's why many changed God's Sabbath to another day...
"Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church
ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath,
was changed from Saturday to Sunday. ‘The day of the Lord’ was
chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the
Church's sense of its own power....People who think that the
Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically...keep
Saturday holy." St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May
21, 1995. |
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