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And now the answer to the LLM Question of 4-27-2011

Question: IS THERE A CHRISTIAN SABBATH DAY? Yes or No?

Answer: NO! There is no "Christian Sabbath DAY"! By trusting and resting in the perfect redemptive work of the LORD Jesus Christ we learn that, under Grace, the believer has rest, but NO Sabbath Day; as Israel, under the law, had the Sabbath but NO rest! So, out of a whopping 736 responses an overwhelming 89.3% got this RIGHT! Therefore,

Today let us consider, IS THERE A CHRISTIAN SABBATH?

Please read Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 16:23-29; Exodus 20:8-11; Exodus 31:14-16; Exodus 35:3; Numbers 15:32; Luke 4:16; Colossians 2:16; Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10

Is the first day of the week “the Christian Sabbath” or “the LORD’s day?”

Let us read Genesis 2:2-3 and Exodus 31:16-17, “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested (sabbathed) on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the SEVENTH DAY, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.” And, “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.”

In Genesis 1:31, we read that at the end of the sixth day, after man was made in the image and likeness of God, God saw that all His work was very good. God was hard at work on the first day. But God “sabbathed” in His perfect work of creation. But it was on the seventh day. God rested in His per­fect work of creation. But God’s rest was surely disturbed after the serpent beguiled Eve and spoiled God’s perfect work. Now the whole creation is travailing in pain. (Romans 8:21-23).

The LORD Jesus Christ entered, by His blood, into heaven, having obtained eternal redemption for us, and He sat down in Heaven on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 1:2-3). This He did after He cried on the cross, “finished.” (John 19:30). Christ RESTED in a perfect work of redemption. Christ arose on the first day of the week. Christ was dead and in the sepulcher on the seventh day, Israel’s Sabbath. Before He went to Calvary, Christ said, “Come unto Me and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28). Then on the cross He became the End of the Law for Righteousness to Believers. (Romans 10:4). “Therefore there remaineth a rest 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.” (Hebrews 4:9-10).

By trusting and resting in the perfect redemptive work of the LORD Jesus Christ we learn that, under Grace, the believer has rest, but NO Sabbath Day; as Israel, under the law, had the Sabbath but NO rest.

Christ is the believer’s Sabbath.

The first day of the week is certainly neither the Christian Sabbath nor the LORD’s day. In Revelation 1:10, the Apostle John was projected into the Day of the LORD and was NOT talking about Sunday. It seems that the “first day” was a special day with the early first Christians; but we may BE SURE that they did NOT petition Caesar to force the sinners to close their shops.

Now, another thing, there can be no Sabbath without stone-throwers to execute those who gather sticks or light fires or do any servile work on that day. (Numbers 15:32; Exodus 35:3). God gave men a perfect work at Sinai, WITH a Sabbath. They did not and could not perfectly keep that law and they found NO Sabbath (rest) in the Law.

The LORD Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry was a seventh-day Sabbath-keeper. (Luke 4:16). But, He was LORD of the Sabbath day. (Mark 2:28).

The Sabbath was a covenant between Jehovah and Israel. (Exodus 31:14-16). There can be no universal Sabbath with such variations of time; especially with Israel cast away temporarily. (Romans 11:15).

Abraham had no Sabbath to keep. He found rest in a Person, not in a day. So also do Christians today. Moreover, there is no mention of the Sabbath between Genesis 2:2 and Exodus 16:23-29; that period called “from Adam to Moses.” (Romans 5:14).

Christian, member of the Body of Christ, Child of the Living God, “let no man judge you with respect to the Sabbath.” (Colossians 2:16).

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” Acts 16:31, while there is still time!

So There You Have it!

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...Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth...(John 16:13). How blessed to know that the Author of the blessed Book, the Holy Bible, which has changed so many hearts and lives and homes is "the Spirit of Truth."

Now, the Holy Spirit did not, of course, reveal all truth at one time. "The Law was given by Moses;" later the prophesies were penned by men of God as they were "moved by the Holy Spirit" and still later our LORD uttered truth "kept secret since the world began."

But even our blessed LORD, while on earth, did NOT lead His followers into all the truth which God would have His people know. "I have yet many things to say unto you," He said, "but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth" (John 16:12-13).

But when the Spirit came at Pentecost, DID He immediately lead the disciples into all truth? NO! Not yet.

They still proclaimed the prophetic program, the message which our LORD had taught them and committed to them (Luke 24:45; Acts 1:2-3). It was not until after some time later that the glorified LORD revealed "God's purpose and Grace" to and through the Apostle Paul, and the Spirit in turn caused others to understand it (Galatians 2:2-9; Ephesians 3:1-5; 2 Timothy 1:9).

The glorious message revealed to the Apostle Paul is the capstone of divine revelation, thus he says that it was given to him to "fulfill [complete] the Word of God" (Colossians 1:25).

It is interesting to note, that the Apostle Paul wrote more books of the Bible than any other writer and in them we have the fullness of divine truth as God would now have us know and understand it!

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” Acts 16:31, while there is still time!

So There You Have it!

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