onsdag 29 april 2015

Backup Part 2

Source of Article:
http://www.pacinst.com/nslaw/chapter2/ntlaw.html

Whole Bible, Gods Word, applies, both new and old testament, the only thing Christ, replaced were the cerimonial laws, not abolished anything but replaced, no longer ritually unclean giving birth to human children man or woman or for a woman to get mens her period etc Hebrews 9:13-15, and no more need for animal sacrifises, Hebrews 9:13-15. Christ made it better made the law more perfected and honourable, Christ circumsise his people at conversion at heart now Romans 2:29, and not done now as in old in physcially in flesh, never circumsise physically now Galatians 5:1-3 as then one must keep whole law with all rites and cerimonial laws of old. However All Gods Bible, Gods Words, commands, and commandments, and all Gods Laws applies to live by forever and ever for all humans etc:

Backup, of this true overall Biblically teaching:

CHAPTER 2
THE LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
The word “law” occurs 223 times in the New Testament of the King James Version. The word “ordinances,” which means law occurs seven times.
Because of verses like Colossians 2:14 nearly the entire Christian world believes that the Ten Commandments are no longer in effect. This verse says, “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;”
Paul says in Romans 3:31, “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” A law that is established is certainly not abolished or nailed to the cross.
So, has the law been established, or has it been nailed to the cross and abolished? Obviously there is more than one type of law referred to in the New Testament.
God gave four different types of laws to the Israelites in the Old Testament. They were:
1. The Ten Commandments
2. The religious ceremonial laws
3. The health laws

4. The civil laws
One of the major problems with the words “law,” “ordinances,” and “covenant” in the New Testament is that it is often not clear which “law” or “covenant” is being discussed. But in each case God has given us a way to know which law or covenant is meant. Here we get into the problems of interpretation of the Bible.
A contradiction is of necessity a lie. If one thing is true and another disagrees with it, the second can not be true. It must be a lie. Titus 1:2 tells us that God cannot lie. “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” Hebrews 6:18 also tells us that God cannot lie. “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie. . . .” And finally Numbers 23:19 tells us this also. “God is not a man, that he should lie. . . .”
Since it is impossible for God to lie, and contradictions are lies, there can be no contradictions anywhere in the Bible. Therefore, the correct way to interpret the Bible is so that there are no contradictions in the entire Bible. When we interpret the Bible so that there are no contradictions anywhere, we know we have it right. This is the method God has given us whereby we might know when we have the Bible interpreted correctly.
We read many Bible verses in chapter one that showed that the Sabbath commandment would be in effect forever, a perpetual covenant. God’s Sabbath commandment, will never end.
Therefore, when we read something in the New Testament that is interpreted in such a way that claims that the Ten Commandments are no longer in effect, we know that this interpretation is wrong. For instance, there are places in the New Testament that talk about our not being under the law. In light of the verses we have read that say that the commandments will stand forever, this cannot mean that the Ten Commandments have been abolished. We will see later what not being under the law means.
Regarding these four types of laws God gave to ancient Israel, here are the types of laws and the ones that were discontinued.
1. The great universal moral law, the Ten Commandments
We will see shortly that the Ten Commandment law is God’s constitution for the government of heaven and the entire universe. We will see that the Ten Commandments have been in effect ever since God was and will be in effect throughout all eternity, as long as God exists.
2. The religious ceremonial laws
God planned from the beginning that the religious ceremonial laws would cease at the cross, because Christ, the true Lamb of God was sacrificed. The animal sacrifices all pointed forward to Christ’s death on the cross. “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, . . .” (Daniel 9:27) For us to offer animal sacrifices today would be a sacrilege, saying that Christ did not die for our sins.
3. The health laws
These are laws that God gave us to keep us healthy and free from disease. The physics of the human body have not changed since these laws were given. The health laws are just as much a benefit for us today as they were for the ancient Israelites. Consider Exodus 15:26: “. . . If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, that I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that heals you.” If people perfectly obeyed God and kept the health laws today they would NEVER be sick.
4. The civil laws

These were the laws governing the civil penalties for crimes within the theocracy of Israel. Many of our civil laws today are based on these laws to some degree. God does not require these to be strictly adhered to today, because the theocracy is no longer in existence, but they should be used to guide us in setting up our governments. When someone is convicted of murder, for instance, the murderer should be put to death swiftly in order to discourage others from this sin. “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed. . . .” And “. . . blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.” (Genesis 9:6, Numbers 35:33)

Interpreting the Bible so that there are no contradictions anywhere will always show whether the New Testament is referring to the Ten Commandments or not.
Let us again consider Second Timothy 3:16,17 that tells us that the entire Old Testament is applicable for us today. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” When this was written there was no New Testament. This verse is telling us that all of the Old Testament is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. We cannot disregard any part of the Bible and be safe.
We are told in the clearest of language in Psalms 111:7-9 that all of God’s Ten Commandments will stand fast for ever and ever. “The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. He sent redemption to his people: he has commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.”
These verses tell us that God’s Ten Commandment law will stand throughout all eternity. These verses also make it clear that the covenant that stands forever is the covenant of the Ten Commandments. This is very important, because when the New Testament speaks of a covenant or a law that was discontinued, it cannot possibly refer to the law or covenant of the Ten Commandments.
Furthermore, Ecclesiastes 3:14 makes it very clear that God will never change or abolish His Ten Commandments or His Sabbath day. “I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.” How could God have possibly made it any plainer than the wording in this verse?
At the end of creation week God blessed, sanctified, and made holy Saturday, the seventh day of the week. God never blessed, sanctified, or made holy any other day of the week, and Ecclesiastes 3:14 makes it clear that God’s seventh-day Sabbath, Saturday, will remain blessed, sanctified and holy throughout all eternity.
Many people try to twist these clear Bible texts that tell us that the Ten Commandments will stand forever by saying that these verses are “figurative” language, or these verses are “spiritual,” or that “forever” does not really mean forever, or in some other way try to cloud the meaning. Many so-called Christians today claim that the Ten Commandments were only for the Jews, but they are quick to say that they are not allowed to lie, murder, commit adultery, or break any other of the Ten Commandments except the Sabbath commandment!
We saw that Jesus, Himself, tells us to live by every word out of the mouth of God in Matthew 4:4. “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Directly out of the mouth of God came the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:3-17. These are the ONLY verses in the Bible that God, Himself, wrote. And God, Himself, wrote them to make us realize their importance and to make us realize that they would forever be in effect. That is why He wrote them on tables of stone — to show their permanence.
Which verses in the Bible would you consider to be more important, the verses God, Himself, wrote or the verses someone else wrote?
Jesus said in Matthew 5:17,18 that He did not come to destroy the law. “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” We saw in chapter one that the earth will abide forever. Here again in the clearest words possible Jesus tells us that He did not come to abolish the law but that the law will be in effect for ever.
Which law is Jesus referring to? The law that will be in force throughout all eternity, the Ten Commandments. How can Sunday-keepers claim that Jesus abolished the law, when He says plainly in these verses that He did NOT abolish the law? Jesus fulfilled the law by perfectly obeying every one of the Ten Commandments.
We saw in First John 3:4 that sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments. “Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” When Sunday-keepers throw out the Ten Commandments, they are throwing away the definition of sin.
When did God institute His Ten Commandment law? We know that Satan sinned in heaven before the earth was created, so the Ten Commandments must have been in force then. We also know that Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, so the Ten Commandments must have been in force in the Garden of Eden. We saw in Chapter one that those who are saved will be keeping God’s Sabbath day, Saturday, holy throughout all eternity. The Ten Commandment law is the constitution of heaven. It is the law whereby God’s entire universe operates. If it were not, the entire universe would have the problems we have on earth today.
In fact, one of the main reasons God created the earth was to show to the universe what happens when people continually break God’s law. First Corinthians 4:9 tells us: “For we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.” The word “spectacle” is translated from the Greek word theatron, which means “theater.” This present earth was created to be the theater of the universe where God is demonstrating to all the intelligent beings in the universe what happens when a society disobeys His law, the Ten Commandments. As the final result of the drama taking place on this earth, all of God’s creation — men, angels, and other forms of intelligent life throughout the vast reaches of space — will thoroughly understand that without obeying God’s law there can be no peace, for they are witnessing the trouble, misery, pain, and death that are the natural consequences of disregarding the law of God.
Isaiah 24:4,5 is a prophecy of the trouble that occurs when the people of the earth declare that God’s law is no longer in effect. “The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.” The wars and trouble, the pain and suffering all over the earth today are a direct result of people disregarding God’s Ten Commandments.
Today, the earth is the stage, the theater of the universe, where the tragic results of disobeying God’s law are being revealed; but then, throughout all eternity, after God creates the new earth from the ashes of the old, the Glory of the universe will be centered here. Today God rules from heaven; but after He creates the new earth, He will make His home and His throne on the new earth. This world will be the center of God’s government and the home of the righteous throughout eternity. Revelation 21:3 says, “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” The word “tabernacle” means tent, and it signifies the home of God on the earth with the righteous from all ages. Yes, this world, where the great Creator God of the universe, Jesus Christ, was brutally murdered by those whom He created, will be Christ’s throne throughout all eternity. The next verse tells us that there will be no unhappiness or problems of any kind in this new earth. Everything will be perfect. “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
And we have seen in Isaiah 66:22,23 that in God’s new earth, everyone will be keeping Saturday, God’s Sabbath day, holy throughout all eternity.
God’s Ten Commandments, His constitution of the universe, is enshrined in His temple in heaven. Revelation 11:19 tells us that the Ark of the Covenant is in the Temple of God in Heaven. “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.” The Ark of the Covenant contains the Ten Commandments. The Greek word, diatheke, which is translated “testament” in this verse is also translated “covenant” seventeen times in the New Testament. Most of the other English translations of the Bible say “Ark of His Covenant” in this verse.
Do Sunday-keepers believe that God’s Saturday Sabbath commandment has been deleted from the Ten Commandments on the tables of stone in the temple of God in heaven?
Since the Ten Commandments are still in effect, they must be included in the New Testament. And they are. The following chart lists each one of the Ten Commandments and gives the texts where it can be found. These are not the only texts that reiterate the Ten Commandments in the New Testament.
In the fourth commandment in this chart, verses three through eleven of Hebrews 4:9 make it very clear that God is talking about His seventh-day, Saturday, Sabbath. The New International Version of the Bible has for this verse, “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;”
Also in this chart, in the fifth commandment, by saying, “which is the first commandment with promise,” Paul refers directly to the 5th commandment found in Exodus 20:12. “Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you.” The promise is long life for obedience.
Revelation 22:14,15 makes it clear that only commandment keepers will be saved. Some of the Ten Commandments are listed here to show that this is talking about the Ten Commandments. “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.”
There are a great many people today who claim they are Christians and who go around saying, “I’m saved.” Unless they are keeping all of the Ten Commandments they are deceiving themselves. First Peter 4:18 says that even the righteous, those who are keeping all the commandments, will very nearly not be saved. “And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
Earlier we saw that Psalms 119:172 tells us that ALL of the commandments are righteousness. “My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.” The Ten Commandments define righteousness.
Deuteronomy 6:25 tells us that righteousness is keeping the commandments. “And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.”
And Isaiah 51:6 tells us that these Ten Commandments, this righteousness shall never be abolished. “. . . my righteousness shall not be abolished.”
Every time the New Testament refers to righteousness it is referring to the Ten Commandments, the definition of righteousness. Every time the Old Testament refers to righteousness it is referring to the Ten Commandments.
Many texts in the New Testament refer to not being under the law, but under grace. Many texts refer to being “justified.”
What does it mean to be under grace? Before we can answer this we must see what the word “justified” means. Every time the word “justified” is used in the Old Testament it is translated from the Hebrew word tsadaq, which means “made righteous.” Every time the word “justified” is used in the New Testament it is translated from the Greek word dikaioo, which means “be righteous.” When we are justified, we are righteous. If a person is justified he is keeping all ten of the commandments.
Titus 3:7 tells us, “That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Here we see that it is grace that justifies us. It is grace that makes us righteous. It is grace that gives us the POWER to obey the Ten Commandments.
By ourselves, without God’s grace, God’s power to keep us from sinning, it is totally impossible for us to obey the law. Paul sums up the human condition pretty well in Romans 7:18,19 “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” It is totally impossible for us, by ourselves, to keep God’s Ten Commandments and be righteous. We need God’s help, God’s grace, if we are going to be able to keep the Ten Commandments.
We will see shortly that we can only have this grace if keeping God’s Ten Commandments is our foremost desire.
Lets us now look at some of the verses that are used for excuses for not obeying the Ten Commandments, especially the Sabbath commandment.
Romans 6:14: “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.”
What does it mean to be not under the law? Does it mean that the law was abolished? Does it mean that you are free to lie, to commit murder or adultery?
Paul tells us in the next verse, verse fifteen, that it is possible to sin while being not under the law. “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.” We saw that “sin is the transgression of the law.” (1 John 3:4). Since we can sin while we are not under the law, the law has certainly not been abolished.
Paul also says in Romans 6:14 that sin shall not be master over you, which means you are not sinning, which means you are not breaking any of the Ten Commandments. How are you doing this? You are being justified, or being made righteous by grace as we just read in Titus 3:7. By grace, by the power of God, you are keeping the Ten Commandments. Therefore if you are under grace, you are not under the condemnation of the law, because by the power of God (His grace) you are keeping all of the Ten Commandments.
If you never murder anyone, you are not under the law of the state that says don’t murder. But if you do murder someone and are caught, you will really know that you are under the law of the state that says don’t murder. Being under the law means being under the CONDEMNATION of the law.
Which brings up the question of a person being born-again. We saw that the definition of a born-again Christian is found in 1 John 3:9. “Whoever is born of God DOES NOT COMMIT SIN; for his seed remains in him: and HE CANNOT SIN, because he is born of God.” True born-again Christians have, by grace, by the power of God, overcome sin in their lives. They don’t commit sin. They obey ALL of the Ten Commandments perfectly. They fulfill the law just like Christ did.
Next is a further example of grace being the power of God that enables us to keep His Ten Commandments. The new covenant, you will remember, is shown in Jeremiah 31:31-33 and Hebrews 8:10 to be God’s law written in our hearts and in our minds, Ezekiel 36:26,27 says, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.” This is a mighty promise God makes to His people. He says that He, Himself, will cause them to walk in His statutes. He will be the power, the grace, in the lives of His true Christians to cause them always to obey the Ten Commandments. Furthermore, He says that His people will, indeed, keep His statutes and His laws. When God promises each of us that He will cause us to walk in His statutes and that we will keep His judgments and do them, how could any of God’s people possibly say that he could never achieve this goal?
God’s causing us to walk in His statutes is somewhat analogous to power steering on a car. Power steering will not turn the wheels until the driver moves the steering wheel slightly. Then the power steering takes over and moves the wheels for him. Likewise, if we want to keep God’s Ten Commandments perfectly, with all our heart, and strive for this goal with all our being, God will take over and do it for us just as He promised.
We must now look again at the Bible definition of a wicked person. Psalms 119:155 tells us that the wicked are people who do not obey the Ten Commandments. “Salvation is far from the wicked: for they do not seek your statutes.” Psalms 119:53 also tells us that the wicked are those who ignore God’s law. “Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.”
Next let us consider Romans 8:2-4: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.“
Does being set free from the law of sin and of death mean that the Ten Commandments are no longer in effect? We saw that the Ten Commandments will be in effect forever, throughout all eternity. We also saw that there can be no contradictions anywhere in the Bible. So this phrase “being set free from the law of sin and of death” cannot possibly mean that the Ten Commandments have been done away with. It means that if a person is not sinning, he is free from the condemnation of the law of sin and of death.
Applying what we just learned about grace, the “law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” in verse two is God’s grace that gives us the power to overcome sin completely and to keep the Ten Commandments perfectly. When we overcome sin and obey the Ten Commandments we are free from the CONDEMNATION of the law. Going back to our example of murder, if you don’t murder anyone, you are not under the law that punishes murder.
Notice that verse four says that “the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Since the Ten Commandments define righteousness, if the righteousness of the law is being fulfilled in us, we are not breaking any of the Ten Commandments.
The New American Standard Bible has for verse 4, “in order that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, . . .” Notice that this quote says there is a REQUIREMENT to obey the law, the Ten Commandments.
Jesus, as a human being, fulfilled the law, the Ten Commandments, by perfectly obeying them, thus showing us that human beings can perfectly keep the law also. When we become born-again Christians and perfectly keep the law, the law is fulfilled in us just the way it was fulfilled in Jesus. Paul refers to these people in Romans 8:2-4 as if they are going to get to a point in their lives where they don’t sin anymore.
We saw that we can never quit sinning without God’s grace, God’s help. Paul says in Romans 7:18 that there is no good thing in him. We are full of sinful tendencies. The idea is to replace our thoroughly sinful characters with a character formed by God’s grace. When that happens we won’t sin anymore. But, in order for this to happen, we must want this with all our heart and mind. In order for this to happen it must be our supreme desire to want to follow God perfectly and to keep His commandments. God will never force us to obey Him.
Jesus came to earth as a human being and condemned sin in the flesh by never sinning, showing us that we can also do this. When the “requirement of the law” is fulfilled in us, we will not be sinning. When the “requirement of the law” is fulfilled in us, we will be keeping the Ten Commandments perfectly, including properly keeping holy God’s Sabbath day, Saturday.
Galatians, like Romans, has a lot to say about being justified. Consider Galatians 2:16. “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”
Remember that being justified means being made righteous, and that being righteous is keeping all ten of the commandments. Remembering also that God’s grace is the power given to those who really want to obey God, we see in these verses also that we are justified by faith. We are made righteous by faith also. Faith, therefore, operates like God’s grace to give us the ability, the power to obey God’s law. This is why Paul says that “by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified,” because nobody can obey the law without God’s grace or faith.
Verses seventeen and eighteen make it clear that it is possible for us to fall away after we have come to Christ. “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.“
The next verse talks about being dead to the law. “For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.“
If this law that a person is dead to is the Ten Commandments, and being dead to the law means that we no longer need to obey the Ten Commandments, then are we free to commit murder or adultery, or any of the other sins prohibited by the Ten Commandments?
Notice how Paul became dead to the law. Verse nineteen says that he became dead to the law THROUGH THE LAW. The Ten Commandments convicted Paul of sin, and by the Grace of Christ he was able to overcome sin so that he no longer was under the condemnation of the law. If he never breaks the law, then he does not have to worry about the law. He has developed his character to the point that he naturally never sins. He is dead to the law. He is a born-again Christian, who, according to First John 3:9, “cannot sin.”
This verse is reminiscent of Galatians 3:24,25. “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”
How is the Ten Commandment law our schoolmaster? The law points out our sins as Paul says in Romans 7:7: “What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.” When we look into God’s law, the Ten Commandments, and compare our characters to that law, we realize that we are in a terrible condition. When faith comes, when the power from Christ to overcome sin and obey the law comes, we are able to quit sinning. When this happens, we no longer need the schoolmaster, for our characters are then in harmony with Christ.
Galatians 2:21 tells us what we saw in Romans, that it is by the power of Christ, His grace and His faith, that we are able to obey the law. “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” Notice that Paul does not frustrate the grace or power of God to keep him from sinning. Paul, therefore, must be obeying all ten of the commandments. When he says that righteousness does not come by the law he is saying again that he can not keep the law by himself, without grace. Remember that the Ten Commandments define righteousness. (Psalms 119:172) Paul also says here that if he could keep the law without Christ, then Christ did not need to die.
Next let us continue into Galatians, chapter 3. Verse one says, “O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” Notice the phrase “obey the truth.” What is truth? We saw in Psalms 119:151 that all of the Ten Commandments are truth. “You are near, O Lord; and all your commandments are truth.” Someone bewitched the Galatians by telling them that they no longer needed to obey the Ten Commandments.
As we continue in Galatians 3 remember that verse one said that the Galatians had been bewitched. “This only would I learn of you, Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Who is it that receives God’s Holy Spirit? We saw that those who disregard any of the Ten Commandments cannot have the Holy Spirit, for the Bible tells us in Acts 5:32 that God gives His Holy Spirit to those who OBEY Him. “We are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to them that obey him.” Since it is impossible for us to obey the law without the grace or faith of Christ, we cannot receive the spirit by trying to obey the law without Christ’s help. Therefore grace or faith must come first to give us the power to obey the law so we can have God’s Holy Spirit. And we saw that God’s grace or faith can only come if we want to obey the Ten Commandments with all our being.
We saw in chapter one that Satan gives people his spirit and makes them believe that it is the Holy Spirit. Sunday-keepers cannot have the Holy Spirit because by keeping Sunday they are not obeying God.
“Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Here we see that the Galatians had become self-confident, believing that they could keep the law by themselves without the grace of Christ. Of course they could not keep the law without grace, and so when they became proud and self-sufficient they became backsliders.
You receive God’s Spirit by being willing to obey Him, by being willing to put fourth the effort required to overcome sin and keep His commandments. If you manifest an attitude of rebellion against keeping the commandments, or if you become self-confident that you can keep the law yourself, you cannot receive the Holy Spirit. When one becomes self-confident he thinks that he is righteous in himself. This is the recipe for failure.
Continuing with Galatians 3:6 “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.” We see here again that true Christians are modern-day Israel.
Verse 8: “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.” We saw earlier that to be justified was to obey the Ten commandments. Paul says that it is through faith that we get the power to be able to do this.
“For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that does them shall live in them.”
We have seen that no one can keep the law without help from Christ. That is what Paul is saying here when he says “no man is justified by the law. . .” He then goes on to say that the just shall live by faith, by grace, by the power of God. When our conscience against sin is strong by the power of God, we will not sin; we will not break any of the Ten commandments. Paul says in verse ten that if you are going to keep the law all by yourself, you had better keep them all that way.
We are seeing that there are many texts in the New Testament in many different books that say this same thing over and over again.
Continuing with verse seventeen: “And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.“
Notice these verses speak of a law that was added 430 years after the covenant God made with Abraham. These verses also tell us why the law was added: because of transgression. Earlier we saw that transgression or sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments. For there to have been transgression, there had to have been the Ten Commandments. We also saw that the Ten Commandments were in existence long before the earth was created. This law that was added, therefore cannot be the Ten Commandments. The law that was added was the civil law governing the theocracy of Israel when it was established 430 years after the promise.
“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.” Here again Paul is saying that it is impossible for us to keep the law without the grace, the faith of Christ.
Galatians 5:3,4: “For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect to you, you who are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace.” Clearly, Paul is talking about the ceremonial law that came to an end at the cross. If a person insists on keeping the ceremonial law, Paul says he is obliged to keep the entire ceremonial law, including the animal sacrifices. But to do this would be a sacrilege saying that Christ did not die for our sins. This is why Paul says here that “Christ is become of no effect to you. . . .”
Circumcision is not part of the Ten Commandments. Paul says in First Corinthians 7:19 that circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments is everything.
While we are on the subject of the ceremonial laws, let us look at other verses that discuss these laws.
Colossians 2:14-17 “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;”
First of all, since the Ten Commandments will last forever, these handwriting of ordinances cannot be the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are definitely not against us, for by them the universe is guaranteed peace and happiness. If everyone on earth kept the Ten commandments perfectly there would be no trouble of any kind. There would be no wars or strife. Everyone would deal honestly with everyone else.
We showed earlier that Christ would cause the animal sacrifices to cease. Daniel 9:27 says, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, . . .” These animal sacrifices were part of the ceremonial laws. Therefore what Christ nailed to His cross were these ceremonial laws with their animal sacrifices.
Continuing with Colossians 2:15-17 “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.“
Connected with these ceremonial laws were yearly Sabbath days and instructions in meat and drink. Paul is telling the Colossians not to let those, who were contending that new Christians should keep these ceremonial laws with their yearly Sabbaths, interfere with the true Gospel of Christ. Notice that these ceremonial laws were a shadow of things to come. “But the body is of Christ.” Christ was casting a shadow back to Old Testament times, a shadow which represented Christ’s sacrifice in each and every animal sacrifice that was offered. When Christ, the true Lamb of God was sacrificed, the animal sacrifices and the ceremonial law had no more meaning. However, Christ is our High Priest ministering His blood in the true tabernacle in heaven for us. All the ceremonial procedures in the Old Testament were a model of the true ceremonies in the true tabernacle in heaven.
Paul also chastises the Galatians for wanting to observe these annual Sabbath days in Galatians 4:10 “You observe days, and months, and times, and years.”
These handwriting of ordinances are also mentioned in Ephesians 2:14-16 “For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:“
Here we see that Christ abolished these “commandments contained in ordinances” in His flesh. Are these the Ten Commandments that were abolished? They cannot be, otherwise there would be a contradiction in the Bible. We also know that this is not referring to the Ten Commandments because the Ten Commandments are repeated in many places in the New Testament. We saw earlier that what Christ abolished at the cross were the ceremonial laws. These “commandments contained in ordinances,” therefore, are the religious ceremonial laws that are no longer in effect.
Romans 14:4-6 “Who are you that judges another man’s servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yea, he shall stand: for God is able to make him stand. One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regards the day, regards it unto the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.”
These verses concern the controversy that was occurring over the ceremonial laws. The days Paul is talking about here are the yearly Sabbath days connected with the ceremonial laws that were nailed to the cross. The ceremonial laws contained instructions on eating and drinking, which Paul is referring to in these verses.
In chapter one we saw that Christ, Himself, gave the Ten Commandments from Mt. Sinai. Let us look into this a little further.
Phillippians 3:20 tells us that Jesus is the Savior. “For our conversation is in heaven; where we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:”
Next, Isaiah 43:10,11 tells us that there is only one Savior. “You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior.”
It is so sad that people do not realize that the Lord of the Old Testament is the Christ of the New Testament. The verses we just read show this clearly.
James 4:12 tells us that there is also only one lawgiver. “There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judges another?”
Since Jesus is the only lawgiver, that makes the Ten Commandments the law of Christ, which is mentioned in Galatians 6:2.
Not only is Jesus the only lawgiver, He is also the Creator. There are many verses in the Bible that show this, but we will only look at a couple of them.
Colossians 1:14-16 makes it very clear. “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:”
John 1:1-3,10,14 also shows that Christ is the Creator. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” It should be obvious that the Word is Jesus.
We saw that the Ten Commandment law is the constitution of the universe. Since the Ten Commandment law is the law of Christ, and since Christ is the Creator, it should come as no surprise that the Ten Commandments are the constitution of the universe.

(Applies to the repentive daily Biblically beliver who believes in Christ as Gods Son, and accepted him as their personally Lord and Saviour, as Faith is dead without works James 2:14-26):

We do not keep Gods commandments or live Biblically and keep Bible, Gods Word, commands or keep all Gods Laws in order to be saved, but to remain saved, witch also is the very fruit of beeing saved Romans 2:13Psalm 1James 1:251 John 2:3-6Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, as Faith without works is dead James 2:14-26 (Only exception is if one repents and then one dies immediately after conversion and no time to live in daily Biblically faith, they will be saved anyways, Thief at Cross Luke 23:42-43 example, but Of the people alive however, One always must always live in daily repentive state and if live after conversion also One must live in Biblically daily state, because One Love for Christ, Gods Son daily etc, this is also the Love of God 1 John 5), as Faith without works is dead James 2:14-26:

Remember that Jesus, Himself, told us to keep the commandments if we expect to be saved. “And, behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Matthew 19:16,17) How could it possibly be any clearer?
Why does God begin the Sabbath commandment with the word “remember?”

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CHAPTER 1
SUNDAY IS NOT THE SABBATH DAY
We all know that Jesus was crucified and died on Friday. Every year we recognize this day as Good Friday. On that day Joseph of Arimathaea took Jesus’ body from the cross and buried it. Luke 23:50-24:3 describes this event and tells us that the next day, Saturday, was the Sabbath. “And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor; and he was a good man, and a just: (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. And the women also, that came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices that they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.”
So Jesus died on Good Friday, rested in the tomb during the following day, Saturday, which was the Sabbath, and then rose early on Sunday morning, the day we call Easter Sunday.
Today nearly the entire Christian world goes to church and worships on Sunday. Why is this? When was the day of worship changed from the Sabbath, which we just saw is Saturday, to Sunday?
We go to church on a specific day of the week because of the Sabbath commandment. The Ten Commandments can be found in Exodus 20:3-17. In the Sabbath commandment God has not only given us a command to keep the Sabbath day holy but has also told us how to keep it holy.
This commandment is found in Exodus 20:8-11: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger that is within your gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
This commandment tells us that God’s Sabbath day is the seventh day of the week. God’s holy Sabbath day is Saturday. Sunday is the first day of the week.

Before we look at the actual circumstances behind the change of the day of worship, let us look at one of the reasons given for Sunday sacredness.
Many claim that since we are living in New Testament times the Old Testament no longer applies to us. There was no New Testament in existence when Second Timothy 3:16 was written: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” This verse specifically refers to the Old Testament, and it tells us that the Old Testament is just as much in force today as when it was written.
Since the Sabbath commandment has been changed, can we find a Bible text that would document this change? As we search the Scriptures we run across Psalms 111:7-9. “The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. He sent redemption to his people: he has commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.”
These verses seem to indicate that the Sabbath commandment should not have been changed. In fact, these verses tell us that all of the commandments will be in effect forever. As we continue our search we find Isaiah 66:22,23. These verses tell us that those who are saved from the earth will be keeping the Sabbath day, Saturday, holy throughout eternity, in the New Earth, which God has not yet created. “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. 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, says the Lord.”
Don’t get discouraged about finding the verse that talks about a change in the Sabbath. It is definitely in the Bible, and we will read it shortly.
Our search further takes us to Revelation 11:19, which seems to indicate that the Ten Commandments are preserved in heaven for all eternity. “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.” Do you suppose that the Sabbath commandment has been deleted from the Ten Commandments in the Ark of the Covenant in heaven?
As we search the scriptures for the verse that indicates that the Sabbath has been changed to Sunday, perhaps we can gain more insight into this change by considering what Jesus did when He was on earth. Luke 4:16 tells us that Jesus always kept the Sabbath day holy. “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.” Jesus had a custom of keeping the Sabbath day holy.
Of course, we all know that Jesus was our example as First Peter 2:21 says, “For this you were called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps:” Since Jesus always kept the Sabbath day holy should we also keep the Sabbath day holy?
Let us now go to that verse that tells us about a change in the day to be kept holy. The verse is Daniel 7:25. “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” Here we see that someone would attempt to change God’s times and God’s laws. This verse in the Catholic Douay translation says “. . . he shall think himself able to change times and laws.”
Who is it that attempted to change God’s times and God’s laws? Notice that whoever it was also persecuted and killed God’s people — he “wore out the saints of the most High.”
As further evidence that Saturday is God’s holy Sabbath day, let us ask the people who tried to change the day of worship which day is the Sabbath:
Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. — Peter Geiermann, The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine(1957 ed.), p. 50.

The Catholic Church for over one thousand years before the existence of a protestant, by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. — Catholic Mirror, official organ of Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.

The observance of Sunday by the protestants is an homage they pay in spite of themselves to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. — Mgr. Louis Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1868, page 225.
The Catholics have changed God’s law extensively. They deleted the second commandment so as to allow their practice of bowing down and worshiping their images. They gutted the Sabbath commandment, which is their third commandment, removing all the instruction that God gave as to how to keep the Sabbath day holy. They also removed the instruction that God’s Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. In order still to have ten commandments after removing the second, they divided the tenth and made it their ninth and tenth.
By their own admission, in their own publications, which we have just read, the Catholic Church changed the day of worship from God’s holy Sabbath day, Saturday, to Sunday, the day on which the pagans worshiped their sun god.
The next verse, Daniel 7:26, tells us that the papacy, the Catholic Church, will lose its power and will eventually be destroyed. “But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.”
Who gave the papacy power and authority to change God’s laws? The papacy claims that God gave them this authority, but Revelation 13:2 tells us that “. . . the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” Revelation 12:9 tells us that the dragon is the devil. “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Satan gave the papacy, the Catholic Church, the power and the great authority they have in this world.
Chapter three will show conclusively that these verses in Daniel and Revelation are talking specifically about the papacy.
Remember that Jesus warned in Matthew 7:15 that there would be many false priests and pastors who appear to be genuine but who speak lies and deception. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” The test is the Bible. When anyone teaches something that is different from the Bible they are the false prophets Jesus is talking about. Isaiah 8:20 says, “. . . if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Further we are told in First John 4:1 to test what pastors and ministers say by the Bible. If what they preach and teach disagrees with the Bible, they are the false prophets. “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try [test] the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
Don’t believe the lie that the Catholic Church was the first Christian church. Don’t believe the lie that Peter was the first pope. History shows us that the papacy did not appear on the scene until hundreds of years after Peter died.
The Catholic religion, actually, differs greatly from God’s religion as found in the Bible.
God has never changed His day of worship. He has never changed or annulled any of His Ten Commandment law. Can you imagine God ever repealing the first commandment that says, “You shall have no other gods before me?” Or the second that says that you shall not make or bow down to graven images? Or the third that says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain?” Or the fifth that tells us to honor our fathers and mothers? Or the sixth that tells us not to kill? Or the seventh that tells us not to commit adultery? Or the eighth that tells us not to steal? Or the ninth that tells us not to lie? Or the tenth that tells us not to covet anything that is our neighbor’s?
Then why should we even imagine that God has repealed the fourth commandment that says, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy?” Why would God annul the Sabbath commandment, the fourth commandment, and keep all the others? The answer, of course, is that He did not repeal the fourth commandment. None of the Ten Commandments was ever nailed to the cross. We have seen that all of God’s commandments will be in effect throughout all eternity. Chapter two will show what was nailed to the cross.
Let us continue looking at what Jesus and the apostles did on the Sabbath day. First John 2:3-7 tells us that we know the Lord only if we keep His commandments. “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby we know that we are in him. He that says he abides in him ought to walk, even as he walked. Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard from the beginning.”
Here we see that those who say they know and love Jesus yet do not keep His commandments, including the Saturday Sabbath commandment, are liars. Going to church on Sunday is not keeping the Sabbath day holy, for we have seen that Sunday is not God’s Sabbath day — Saturday is God’s Sabbath day. The verses we just read tell us that we should keep the Sabbath as Jesus did, on Saturday. He is our example. “He that says he abides in him ought to walk, even as he walked”
Some claim that the people continued to meet on the Sabbath because they did not know of the change, but Paul and Barnabas, who should certainly have known whether the Sabbath was legitimately changed to Sunday or not, persuaded a whole city to meet for worship the next Sabbath as described in Acts 13:44. “And the next sabbath day almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.” This happened after the cross and shows that the Sabbath was not nailed to the cross.
We see in Acts 17:2 that Paul, like Jesus, also regularly kept the Sabbath day holy. “And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.” Acts 18:4,11 indicates that Paul kept 78 Sabbath days holy during the year and six months he spent in Corinth. “And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.”
Paul tells us in Acts 28:17 that all during his life he kept the Sabbath holy. Right before his death, probably in the year 68 AD, he knew that the Sabbath commandment was still in effect. “And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were together, he said to them, Men and brothers, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.” If the Sabbath had been nailed to the cross, why did Paul continue to keep God’s Sabbath day, Saturday, holy throughout his entire life?
Many twist the writings of Paul to try to show that the Sabbath was legitimately changed by God, but Paul would certainly not try to persuade people to keep Sunday while he kept God’s Saturday Sabbath. In Romans 3:31 the apostle Paul clearly says that the law was not abolished or nailed to the cross. He specifically says the law is established. “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” A law that is established is certainly not abolished.
When Jesus talked about the greatest commandments in the law in Matthew 22:35-40 He summarized the Ten Commandments. The first four commandments show us how to express love to God, and the last six show us how to express love to our fellow man. Notice that Jesus said that on these two commandments hang all the Ten Commandment law and all of the Old Testament teachings of the prophets. “Then one of them, who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
If loving the Lord with all your heart and loving your neighbor as yourself relieves us of the responsibility of keeping the Sabbath day holy, why did these two commandments in the Old Testament not relieve the Israelites of this responsibility? Deuteronomy 6:5: “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Leviticus 19:18: “. . . you shall love your neighbor as yourself. . . .”
We are still within the thousand generations spoken of in Deuteronomy 7:9. “Know therefore that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.” This, again shows us that we are still expected to keep the Ten Commandments, including God’s Saturday Sabbath commandment.
Many claim that the law was nailed to the cross and that since Jesus died on the cross we are no longer required to keep the Sabbath day holy. Acts 13:42-44, however, written after Christ died on the cross, tells us that Sabbath-keeping is in total harmony with the grace of God. “And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.”
In Psalms 119:142 we find that God’s law is the truth. “Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.” In fact in Psalms 119:151 we see specifically that every one of God’s commandments is the truth, including the Saturday Sabbath commandment. “You are near, O Lord; and all your commandments are truth.” Can you imagine God throwing away something that is the truth? The truth is absolute. The truth never becomes anything else but the truth.
Not only are all God’s commandments the truth, but Psalms 119:172 tells us that each one of them is righteousness. The Ten Commandments define righteousness. “My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.”
God’s days are measured from sunset to sunset. Leviticus 23:32 tells us that the Sabbath begins at even. “. . . from even unto even, you shall celebrate your sabbath.” Mark 1:32 tells us that even is at sunset. “And at even, when the sun did set, . . .” The Sabbath begins at sunset Friday evening and ends at sunset Saturday evening.
The Jews had seven yearly sabbaths, special feast days, where animal sacrifices were offered. When one of these yearly sabbaths fell on the weekly Sabbath, that day was called a high day. These yearly sabbaths with their animal sacrifices all pointed forward to Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.
Earlier we read that the preparation day, the day before the Sabbath, was Friday. Jesus was crucified and died on the day we call Good Friday, as shown in John 19:31. “The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.” The Jewish leaders wanted to get Christ’s body off the cross and buried before the Sabbath began at sunset on Friday evening. How ironic that having just killed the great Creator God of the universe, they were concerned about keeping His Sabbath day holy!
The special yearly sabbath days and their sacrifices ceased at the cross because Christ, the true Lamb of God, was sacrificed. To continue celebrating these yearly sabbaths with their animal sacrifices today would be a denial that Christ died for our sins. In Daniel 9:27 we read that Jesus “. . . shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.” These yearly feast days are what was nailed to the cross. The weekly Sabbath of the fourth commandment remains throughout eternity. Those who are saved from the earth will continuously observe the weekly Saturday Sabbath throughout eternity. “For as the new heavens and the new earth, that I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. 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, says the Lord.” (Isaiah 66:22,23)
Keeping the Sabbath was so important to the followers of Jesus that they would not even anoint His body on the Sabbath day. Joseph, you will remember, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Then, as described in Luke 23:53 through Luke 24:1, “. . . he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. And the women also, who came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices they had prepared, and certain others with them.”
The claim is often made that because of changes in the calendar, we cannot be sure which day is the Sabbath. There was a major change made in the calendar in 1582, but this change did not interrupt the weekly seven-day cycle. In order to correct for inaccuracies that had accumulated over the centuries, ten days were dropped from October of 1582. Thursday was the fourth, and Friday was made the fifteenth. Actually, we change our calendars every four years by adding an additional day to February and call that year leap-year. These changes do not interrupt the normal sequence of the days of the week. Except in France during their short-lived atheistic revolution, the calendar has never been changed in such a way as to disrupt the normal sequence of the weekly cycle.

Ecclesiastes 3:14 shows that God does not make mistakes. When He does something, He never has to correct it because nothing is wrong with it. This, of course, includes the Ten Commandment Law of God “I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.”
At the end of creation week, God blessed the Seventh-day and made it holy. God’s Sabbath day, therefore, will remain blessed forever. “And on the seventh day God ended his work that he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work that God created and made.” (Genesis 2:2,3.)
God blessed the seventh-day Sabbath. He never blessed or hallowed or sanctified any other day of the week. Those who say they keep Sunday holy are mistaken, for how can they keep a day holy that God never made holy?
Deuteronomy 4:12,13 tells us that God’s covenant is the Ten Commandment law. The Ten Commandments are the only verses in the Bible that God Himself wrote. “And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no one; you only heard a voice. And he declared to you his covenant, that he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.” How irreverent and blasphemous for people to say that one of them is no longer in effect.
People today simply do not realize how important God’s covenant, the Ten Commandments, is. Notice in Jeremiah 11:3 that you are cursed if you do not obey the Ten Commandments. “And say to them, Thus the Lord God of Israel says; Cursed be the man that does not obey the words of this covenant.”
Next, God promises in Psalms 89:34 that He will never break His covenant nor change what He has spoken. “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” The Ten Commandments will be in effect throughout eternity.
Since the Jews broke God’s covenant, God made a new covenant with His people. Hebrews 8:8-10 describes God’s new covenant. “For finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.” God’s new covenant is simply God’s Ten Commandments written on our hearts and in our minds.
Many claim that the law spoken of in the verses we just read, Hebrews 8:8-10, is different than the law in the Old Testament and does not include the Sabbath commandment. But Hebrews 8:8-10 is a direct quote of Jeremiah 31:31-33, and shows that the law in the New Testament is exactly the same as the law in the Old Testament, complete with the Sabbath commandment in it’s original and unchanged form.
Galatians 3:29 tells us that the true Christians who are keeping all ten of God’s commandments are the children of Israel today. They are the House of Israel today. “And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
The Sabbath is God’s special sign between Him and His people. Notice in Exodus 31:13-18 that the Sabbath day, Saturday, is to be the sign between God and His people forever. “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Verily you shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you. You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: every one that defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whoever does any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 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. And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”
We just saw that all true Christians who keep all ten of the commandments comprise Israel today. The Sabbath will never cease to be the sign between God and His people, even in the new earth, which God has not yet created.
We just read in Exodus 31:16 that God’s Ten Commandment covenant is a perpetual covenant. Perpetual means never ending. God’s covenant, His Ten Commandment law, will be in effect forever, and God’s holy seventh-day Sabbath, Saturday, will be the sign between God and His people forever.
(Applies to the repentive daily Biblically beliver who believes in Christ as Gods Son, and accepted him as their personally Lord and Saviour, as Faith is dead without works James 2:14-26):

We do not keep Gods commandments or live Biblically and keep Bible, Gods Word, commands or keep all Gods Laws in order to be saved, but to remain saved, witch also is the very fruit of beeing saved Romans 2:13Psalm 1James 1:251 John 2:3-6Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, as Faith without works is dead James 2:14-26 (Only exception is if one repents and then one dies immediately after conversion and no time to live in daily Biblically faith, they will be saved anyways, Thief at Cross Luke 23:42-43 example, but Of the people alive however, One always must always live in daily repentive state and if live after conversion also One must live in Biblically daily state, because One Love for Christ, Gods Son daily etc, this is also the Love of God 1 John 5), as Faith without works is dead James 2:14-26:
Notice in Matthew 19:16,17 what Jesus said to someone who asked Him what he should do to be saved. “And, behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.” Jesus also said in Matthew 24:35 that “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” These words of Jesus requiring us to keep the commandments will exist forever.
Jesus said here that in order to be saved, you must keep the commandments, and to make sure there is no doubt which law He is talking about He quotes from the Ten Commandments in the next verses. “He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother: and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Since Jesus tells us to keep the commandments in order to be saved, does this make Jesus a leagalist?
Jesus told this individual that to be saved he must keep the commandments. Would you say that Jesus’ statement here to keep the commandments is part of the Gospel of Christ? Here is what Paul said about the Gospel of Christ in Second Corinthians 4:3,4. “But if our gospel is hid, it is hid from them that are lost: In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. “The god of this world is Satan. Has Satan blinded your mind against God’s Saturday Sabbath day? Is Christ’s gospel hid from you as verse three suggests?
Many claim that we are no longer required to obey the Sabbath commandment because Jesus didn’t mention this commandment in Matthew 19:18,19, that we just read. He didn’t mention the first commandment, that says, “You shall have no other gods before me.” He didn’t mention the second commandment that tells us not to make or bow down to images. He didn’t mention the third commandment that says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.”
Since Jesus didn’t mention these commandments, are we no longer obliged to obey them either? You can see how faulty that argument is. When the highest authority in the universe tells you to do something, it is extremely foolish to disobey.
Just before Jesus left this earth at the end of His ministry He said in Matthew 28:19,20, “Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” We just read that Jesus told us to keep His commandments if we expect to be saved.
Revelation 1:10 mentions the Lord’s day. “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,” Many think that the Lord’s day is Sunday, but God only blessed and sanctified one day, the seventh-day Sabbath, which is Saturday. Let us consult the Bible to discover which day is the Lord’s day. Isaiah 58:13,14 tells us that the Sabbath day is God’s day. “If you turn your foot away from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; and I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.” Here God calls the Sabbath day “My holy day.” Saturday is the Lord’s day according to the Bible, and not Sunday. Notice also that these verses tell us what we should and should not do on the Sabbath.
In Ezekiel 20:12,20 God refers to the Sabbath as “My sabbaths.” “Moreover also I gave themmy sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.” Since what God does is forever, Saturday, the Sabbath day, will always be the Lord’s day. In the Bible the first day of the week, Sunday, is never referred to as the Lord’s day.
When speaking with Sabbath-keepers, Sunday-keepers often refer to Saturday as “your Sabbath.” Why do they do this? The Bible says that Saturday is God’s Sabbath in the fourth commandment in Exodus 20:10. “But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God:”
In the New Testament Hebrews 4:9-11 says specifically that the Sabbath remains. It was not nailed to the cross or otherwise abolished. “There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” The word “rest” was translated from the Greek word sabbatismos, which means “a keeping of the Sabbath.” Paul tells us to enter into that rest, or that keeping of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was not nailed to the cross, and today we are expected to obey fully the seventh-day Sabbath commandment. This verse in the New International Version of the Bible says, “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.”
Those who refuse to see the Saturday Sabbath truth of the fourth commandment will receive strong delusion and continue to believe a lie according to Second Thessalonians 2:10,11. “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:” Remember that Psalms 119:151 says that all God’s commandments are truth.
Nowhere does the Bible tell us to keep the first day of the week for anything. All the Bible tells us to do on Sunday, the first day of the week, is to work. Exodus 20:9,10: “Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger that is within your gates:”
Let us now consider every verse in the Bible that mentions the “first day of the week.” There are eight of them. Five texts describe the women coming to Jesus’ tomb early on Sunday morning. Notice how many of these verses mention that the Sabbath was ending as Sunday was beginning.
Matthew 28:1: “In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”
Mark 16:1,2: “And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”
Luke 24:1: “Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices they had prepared, and certain others with them.”
Mark 16:9: “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.”
John 20:1: “The first day of the week came Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulchre, and saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre.”
Many assume that John 20:19 describes a Sunday worship service, but the verse clearly says that the disciples were there because they were afraid of the Jews. “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be unto you.”
Next, Acts 20:7 describes a meeting where Paul preached until midnight. “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.” Remember God’s days start at sunset and end at sunset the next day. The Sabbath, the seventh day, ended at sunset when the first day started. The disciples met on Saturday night after sunset. The way the world reckons time, Sunday starts at Midnight. Paul quit preaching at midnight just as Sunday was beginning. So even as the world recons time Paul was not holding a Sunday morning service. The phrase “to break bread” refers to eating dinner, as verse eleven suggests. Many claim this was a communion service celebrating the Lord’s resurrection. Communion is a memorial, not to His resurrection, but to His death as First Corinthians 11:26 shows. “For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you show the Lord’s death till he comes.”
The Jews kept their accounting books on the first day of the week. In First Corinthians 16:1,2 Paul is simply telling believers to set aside an offering for the poor saints in Jerusalem so he can pick it up quickly on his way. “Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so you do. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”
We have just looked at every verse in the Bible where the phrase “first day of the week“ is mentioned. Notice that in these verses concerning the first day, and in fact the entire Bible, there is no commandment, instruction, injunction, mandate, precept, or even a suggestion that Sunday should be kept holy. There is certainly no clear command from God, as there was on Mt. Sinai when He gave the fourth commandment concerning the Sabbath day in His own voice. There is no precedent for Sunday observance anywhere in the entire Bible. On the other hand, the Bible describes many Saturday Sabbath observances as we have seen.
In trying to justify Sunday-keeping, many frantically search the Bible for a precedent for Sunday observance. Suppose they found one. Suppose they found an instance of a Sunday religious meeting in the Bible. Would that justify Sunday-keeping? Would that justify working on God’s holy Sabbath day, Saturday? What would they do with the multitude of Saturday religious meetings we have looked at in the Bible? The Bible describes many instances where God’s people have lied and otherwise committed sins. Does this justify lying, or breaking any of the Ten Commandments? Of course not. A Sunday meeting, if it were found, would not justify breaking God’s Sabbath commandment either.
Deuteronomy 4:2 tells us not to change the Word of God and gives us the reason for this: “You shall not add to the word that I command you, neither shall you take anything from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.” Notice the reason given for not changing God’s Word: “that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.” To claim that the Sabbath is no longer in effect is to change the Word of God. Proverbs 30:6 says, “Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.”
How much more permanent can the Ten Commandments be than is described by Luke 16:17? “It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” Ecclesiastes 1:4 tells us that the earth will be here forever. “One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides for ever.” Isn’t it clear that the Saturday Sabbath commandment will be here forever also? God’s people will obey the Saturday Sabbath commandment in the new earth throughout eternity, as we read in Isaiah 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, says the Lord.”
It was Jesus Himself who gave the Ten Commandments from Mt. Sinai. We all recognize Jesus as the one and only Savior. James 4:12 tells us that He is also the Lawgiver. “There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judges another?” Hebrews 13:8 tells us that, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Furthermore, Jesus also tells us in Malachi 3:6 that He will never change. “For I am the Lord, I change not;” Jesus is the same now as when He gave the Ten Commandments from Mt. Sinai.
Romans 6:16 tells us that we worship whomever we obey. “Do you not know that whomever you obey, his servants you are; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Thus, if we keep the Ten Commandments we obey Christ and are His servants. Since it was the pope and the Catholic Church who changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday, if we keep Sunday we obey the pope and are his servants.
First John 5:3 defines our love to God. “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” No Sunday-keeper can love God after he understands about the Sabbath, for Sunday-keepers break the fourth commandment every week. No Sunday-keeper can love God, for we have seen that the Sunday-keeper is not obeying God, but following the dictates of the pope and the Catholic Church. Jesus says in John 14:15, “If you love me, keep MY commandments.”
It looks as if the time has come when those who disobey God are believing lies, called fables in Second Timothy 4:3,4. “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” Again, remember that Psalms 119:151 tells us that all God’s commandments are truth.
Sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments. This definition of sin is found in First John 3:4. “Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
We must now look at the Bible definition of a wicked person. Psalms 119:155 tells us that the wicked are people who do not obey the Ten Commandments. “Salvation is far from the wicked: for they do not seek your statutes.” Psalms 119:53 also tells us that the wicked are those who ignore God’s law. “Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.”
Daniel 12:4,10 tells us that the wicked, those who break any of the Ten Commandments, will never understand the Bible and God’s truth. “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” When Sunday-keepers attempt to explain Bible prophecy they never get it right. In fact the explanations of Bible prophecy that they have come up with are designed by Satan to play right into his hands in order to deceive the people of the world.
Matthew 4:4 is a very important verse. “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Out of the mouth of God came the Ten Commandments, including the Saturday Sabbath commandment, and man shall live by every word of them. In this verse Jesus Himself completely validates our requirement to keep Saturday, the Sabbath day, holy and to do no work therein. Jesus tells us to keep the commandments. Sunday-keepers tell us to keep Sunday. Who do you suppose you should believe, Jesus or the Sunday-keepers?
Most of the people of this world will be lost, because, for any number of reasons, they refuse to obey God and keep His commandments. Matthew 7:13,14 tells us: “Enter in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and there are many that go that way: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to life, and there are few that find it.” To be saved you must keep all ten of God’s commandments, as we have seen.
Those who are keeping Sunday instead of Saturday, the Sabbath day, have believed they were doing the right thing. Notice Proverbs 12:15 “. . . He that hearkens to counsel is wise.”
We saw that Sunday-keeping was instituted by the Catholic Church. Sunday-keeping is a Catholic tradition. Sunday-keeping is a tradition of men. Matthew 15:3,8,9 warns us of the danger of following traditions of men. “But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? These people draw nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
Proverbs 28:9 tells us that God will not hear the prayers of those who disregard His commandments. “He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.” Here we see that the prayers of Sunday-keepers, after they know about the Sabbath, are abomination to God. They have turned their ears away from hearing God’s law, especially the Saturday Sabbath commandment.
Don’t forget that the devil, Satan, can answer prayer and usually does to make people who are living in sin think that God is answering their prayers. Satan even gives people his spirit and makes them believe that it is the Holy Spirit. Those who disregard any of the Ten Commandments cannot have the Holy Spirit, for the Bible tells us in Acts 5:32 that God gives His Holy Spirit to those who obey Him. “We are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to them that obey him.” Sunday-keepers, therefore, cannot have the Holy Spirit because by keeping Sunday they are not obeying God.
The Bible warns us to be on guard against the deceptions of the devil in Revelation 12:9: “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Peter tells us in Acts 5:29 that, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Do you suppose Peter would have told us this if he had been a Sunday-keeper? Those who claim they are born-again and saved but disregard any of the Ten Commandments, including the Saturday Sabbath commandment, will be lost. Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:21-23 that only those who keep all of God’s commandments will be saved. “Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? And then will I say to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.“
In Numbers 15:32-36 we find an object lesson by which God sought to impress the Israelites with the sanctity of the Sabbath. “And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks on the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the Lord said to Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp. And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.” Harsh punishment, to be sure. But this story has served to save countless numbers of people by making them realize that God’s Sabbath is inviolable. This man died as an example to us so that we would realize how important Sabbath-keeping really is. “Now all these things happened to them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” (First Corinthians 10:11). The penalty for breaking the Saturday Sabbath commandment is the same as it was then — death. The penalty is only delayed for a little while.
We are going to be held responsible for obeying the clear teachings of the Bible. Second Corinthians 5:10 says, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.” James 1:22 says “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” We need to be on guard against self-deception.
God will not take anyone to heaven who would commit a sin once he got there, as Nahum 1:9 tells us. “What do you imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.”
Those who are in Sunday-keeping churches will not necessarily be lost if they are keeping Sunday in ignorance. But, when they find out that Saturday is the Sabbath day, God requires them to obey completely the Sabbath commandment and come out of those churches. In John 10:14-16,26-28 Jesus describes these people as other sheep. “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, who are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.“
Do you hear the Lord’s voice telling you to keep Saturday, the Sabbath day, holy? Then do as Second Corinthians 6:14-17 tells you to do: “Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness? And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”
Also in Revelation 18:4 God calls for His people to come out of churches that are not adhering to the full truth of the Bible. “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues.” Regardless of what priests and preachers tell you to do, God tells you to get out of the false Sunday-keeping churches. They are leading you straight to destruction in the lake of fire. “And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:15). God will never accept any of Satan’s counterfeit religions.
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
The Bible plainly tells us that only commandment keepers will be saved. The word “overcomes” in Revelation 21:7,8 refers to overcoming sin. We saw that sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments. Keeping Sunday breaks more than the fourth commandment. It also breaks the first because Sunday-keepers are putting the pope and the Catholic Church before God. Remember, it was the pope and the Catholic Church that changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. “He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
It is very dangerous to tell people that they do not need to obey the Ten Commandments today and that they do not need to keep Saturday, God’s Sabbath day, holy as required by the fourth commandment. Those who do this are a party to the pope’s conspiracy to change the Law of God and will be lost. Here in Revelation 22:18,19 is what God says about people who change His word and His laws. “For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book.”
Many who neglect the Sabbath and who will be lost vehemently claim that they are born-again Christians. Remembering that sin is breaking one or more of the Ten Commandments, here is the Bible’s definition of a born-again Christian, found in First John 3:9: “Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” Born-again Christians never break any of God’s Ten Commandments. Born-again Christians are Saturday Sabbath-keepers.
Does being a born-again Christian according to First John 3:9 sound as if it is impossible? Of course we can’t do it in our own strength. We need God’s help to accomplish this. If this is what we really want with all our hearts, and we submit ourselves totally to God, He will give us the power to overcome sin completely and to obey perfectly His Ten Commandments. He will do for us what He promises in Ezekiel 36:27 “I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
In Bible prophecy a woman represents a church. A pure, virtuous woman represents Christ’s true church. Isaiah 51:16 says, “I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, You are my people.” Zion is one of the terms applied to God’s people in Old Testament times. Notice in Jeremiah 6:2 that Zion had one daughter. “I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.” This only daughter of Zion is Christ’s true church today, which is represented by a comely and delicate woman to indicate the church’s utmost purity. Christ’s true church is referred to in Second Corinthians 11:2 as a virgin. “For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” Revelation 12:17 describes this true church. In this instance the devil, Satan, is extremely angry at the true church. “And the dragon was full of rage at the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Notice here that God’s true church keeps all of the Ten Commandments. Ephesians 4:4,5 confirms that there is, indeed, only one true church. “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism.”
The Jews are not God’s people today. Jesus said in Matthew 23:37,38, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone those who are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” He also told the Jews in Matthew 21:43, “Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.” That nation is the true church today, consisting of those who keep all of God’s commandments.
Since adultery is a breach of trust and a breach of contract between a man and his wife, the Bible uses the symbol of adultery as the breach of trust and the breach of contract between God and His people. A harlot, therefore, represents one or more of the many counterfeit churches. This can be shown by Jeremiah 3:8,9. The reference to committing adultery with stones and with stocks in these verses refers to the idols made of wood and stone that the people were worshiping. “And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.” Another text that shows this is Ezekiel 23:37. “That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols they have committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire, to devour them.” Revelation 17:5 describes a counterfeit church and her numerous counterfeit daughter churches. “And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
I acknowledge the Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church for the mother and mistress of all churches. — Art. 10, Creed of Pope Pius IV. Double Bull of Pope Pius IV, Nov. 13 and Dec. 9, 1564, trans. in Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, New York: Harper, 1919, Vol. 1, p. 99.
Remember that the devil gave the papacy its “power and seat and great authority.” Since the papacy changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday, the daughter churches include all the churches that obey the pope in their day of worship.
Notice the outstanding characteristic of God’s true church given in Revelation 12:17. “And the dragon was full of rage at the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” The people in God’s true church keep all of God’s commandments, including the Saturday, Sabbath, commandment. We have seen that Saturday, the Sabbath, is specifically the sign between God and His only church.
Soon there is coming on the earth a time of trouble worse than any trouble the world has ever seen. This time of trouble is mentioned in Daniel 12:1. “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”
To compound this trouble the devil is planning a most overwhelming deception for the people of earth. Just as he counterfeits every other Bible doctrine, Satan plans to impersonate Christ at the opportune time. Second Corinthians 11:14 tells us, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” Human eyes have never seen a sight such as the one Satan will present. Satan was originally an angel in heaven; he is the most beautiful and the most intelligent being that God ever created. Human beings will be dazzled when Satan walks the streets of the cities and towns of this world in all his splendor and glory. He will speak softly, in a pleasant, melodious, soothing voice, and will say many of the things Jesus said many centuries before. He will heal the sick and will perform many miracles just as Jesus did. Matthew 24:24 tells us that Satan “shall show great signs and wonders.” The devil’s miracles, his appearance, his dazzling brilliance, and his pleasant manner will be almost more than even Christ’s elect can withstand, and they will very nearly accept this overpowering deception. Nearly the entire human race will fall down and worship the devil, believing that he is Christ. In his guise as Christ, Satan will say that he changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday, and nearly the entire world will believe it. “Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” (Matthew 24:23,24).
The issue of contention during this coming time of trouble will be over whether to worship on the Lord’s day, the Sabbath, Saturday, or whether to obey the pope and worship on Sunday. This religious persecution will be very bloody. During the Dark Ages the Catholics slaughtered over 150 million Christians because they wanted to worship God according to the Bible. This will happen again. Many of God’s true people will lose their lives in this bloody turmoil, but this time the Lord will not tolerate a wholesale slaughter of His people. He will come and put an end to Sunday-keeping and religious persecution forever. And when He comes, those who have disregarded His law will finally learn that God means exactly what He says.
“ ‘And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.’ (Exodus 31:18). Nothing written on those tables could be blotted out. The precious record of the law was placed in the ark of the testament and is still there, safely hidden from the human family. But in God’s appointed time He will bring forth these tables of stone to be a testimony to all the world against the disregard of His commandments and against the idolatrous worship of a counterfeit Sabbath.” — The Law, E. G. White, 1901, p. 4. 

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