hi everyone today is another video
request and it's all about the sabbath
we got a lot of questions from you guys
asking us should we still keep the
sabbath and if we have to keep the
sabbath which day is it
saturday or sunday
a lot of christians argue about the
sabbath and to be honest
i'm so tired i'm so tired of christians
arguing in the flesh not in the spirit
not talking about it in love not
building each other up not being gentle
but arguing about things because i want
to be right that woman is wrong this man
is wrong you want to win the argument
these kind of judgmental christians that
judge other christians in the flesh
instead of talking about it in the
spirit did you know
that all the laws
in the bible
hang on one thing
love
love god
and love your neighbor
of course we should talk about these
things it is important but we should do
it by building each other up in
gentleness helping one another not
breaking each other down jesus says in
matthew 22 37 you shall love the lord
your god with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your mind
this is the great and first commandment
and the second is like it you shall love
your neighbor as yourself
on these two commandments depend all the
law and the prophets
all right so now hopefully you will look
at this video with an open and loving
attitude
of course it is okay to sometimes
disagree and to talk about these things
but we need to do it in love not in a
legalistic way of i am right and you are
wrong that's the sin of pride talking
instead
be humble
and love one another titus 3 verse 9
says but avoid foolish controversies
genealogies ascensions and quarrels
about the law
let me say it again and quarrels about
the law for they are unprofitable and
worthless
now with that being said let's take a
look at what god's word really says
about the sabbath let's get to it
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now should we as christians
still keep the sabbath even today some
say well yes of course because god says
so in the old testament exodus 20 verse
8 remember the sabbath day to keep it
holy six days you shall labor and do all
your work but the seventh day is a
sabbath to the lord your god on it you
shall not do any work you or your son or
your daughter your male servant or your
female servant or your livestock or this
adorner who is within your gates for in
six days the lord made heaven and earth
the sea and all that is in them
and rested on the seventh day
therefore the lord blessed the sabbath
day and made it holy then another group
says no we don't have to keep the
sabbath anymore that was in the old
testament it was an example of a rest
now in jesus in the new testament but
before i go
into this let me tackle the first issue
that a lot of people have with the
sabbath does the sabbath day command say
that we have to
go to church
on the sabbath or does it say that we
have to rest
on the sabbath day there are some people
those who say that we have to keep the
sabbath
a lot of them also say well
yes we have to go to church on the
sabbath day because it is god's day and
that is a saturday
but the problem is in the bible when we
read it the sabbath day was never
created
just for a day that we have to go to
church to worship god
no it was created so that we should rest
in the old testament you are not even
allowed to make a fire or to leave your
house
exodus 16 29 see the lord has given you
this sabbath therefore on the sixth day
he gives you bread for two days remain
each of you in his place let no one go
out of his place on the seventh day and
exodus 35 3 says you shall kindle no
fire in all your dwelling places on the
sabbath day now some groups like the
seventh-day adventists they say
we have to go and worship god on the
saturday but that was not what the
sabbath was created for and that's not
the command of the bible of the old
testament the command was to rest
not even to leave your house so now if
you go to church what are you doing
you're causing your pastor even to work
because he's got to prepare he's got to
go he's got to talk he's got to do his
sermon and afterwards he's got to talk
to a few people as well that's his work
the real intention of the sabbath was to
stay at home and to rest remember exodus
20 verse 10 says but the seventh day is
a sabbath to the lord your god on it you
shall not do any work you or your son or
your daughter your male servant or your
female servant or your livestock or this
adjoiner who is within your gates
so now the question is when should we go
to church
saturday sunday
or some other day of the week
well we are not under the old law of sin
and death anymore we are now under the
new covenant under jesus under the law
of the spirit and so we need to look at
the example of the new testament
when did the early christians come
together to worship god acts 2 verse 46
says and day by day
attending the temple together and
breaking bread in their homes they
receive their food with glad and
generous hearts
praising god and having favor with all
the people and the lord added to their
number day by day those who are being
saved so did you get that
it means
every day
day by day so you can do it on the
saturday sunday every day of the week
in fact you should worship god every day
of your life do you remember what jesus
said to the lady at the well there will
be a day where people don't just go to
the temple and try to worship god or
this mountain or that mountain
but we now are the temple of god we have
the holy spirit in us
so daily now we live with god and we
worship him now if there were a day
that the early christians met together
more
it was on the first day of the week acts
20 verse 7
on the first day of the week when we
were gathered together to break bread
paul talked with them intending to
depart on the next day and he prolonged
his speech until midnight it says on the
first day of the week here's another
example 1 corinthians 16 verse 2 now
concerning the collection for the saints
as i directed the churches of galatia so
you also are to do on the first day of
every week each of you is to put
something aside and store it up as it
may prosper so that there will be no
collecting when i come so the first day
of the week is on a sunday most of you
know this already
they came together to worship god on the
sunday the first day of the week not the
sabbath because that day was for rest
right they did it on the first day to
honor the resurrection of christ
because after the resurrection when
jesus appeared to other people in his
bodily form
and the day was mentioned it was always
on the first day of the week for example
mark 16 verse 9 now when he rose early
on the first day of the week he appeared
first to mary magdalene from whom he had
cast out seven demons now what you need
to understand is the difference between
the old covenant and the new there will
always be quarrels disagreements
between christians if they don't
understand this if they don't understand
how the new law works under the holy
spirit that we are not under the old law
of sin and death anymore we have been
made free if they don't understand this
there will always be disagreements
regarding foods
like pork bacon feasts
tattoos
cutting your beard or your hair the
sabbath and so forth there were laws
specifically for the nation of israel
for that time and now when we turn the
new testament we see now that jesus has
come that he is here the messiah is here
a lot of israel followed him many of
them but then there were these other
nations like the romans that also
believed in jesus christ and then there
were these
some of these israelites they said no
they have to go and follow all our old
testament laws over 600 of them they
have to be circumcised they have to do
this and this and this and this so there
was an issue
between the old israel
and then
the new covenant people from all nations
who wanted to worship god
and there was traditions that stood in
the middle there were conflict and so
the disciples came together they talked
about it and they discussed how should
they handle this from everything they've
learned from jesus christ how should the
gentiles now live under christ to fully
worship him
they agreed that they should not force
them to obey all those old testament
laws they shouldn't force them to be
circumcised listen carefully to what
paul says colossians 2 16 therefore let
no one pass judgment on you in questions
of food and drink or with regard to a
festival or a new moon or a sabbath did
you get that
or a sabbath i'm gonna read it again
please listen to the word of god
therefore let no one pass judgment on
you in questions of food and drink
or with regard to a festival or a new
moon or
a
sabbath he's to explain that now
everything has been fulfilled in christ
listen to this verse 17 these are a
shadow of the things to come but the
substance belongs to christ
so these things were but a shadow
of the things that would come but the
substance is jesus christ it is all
about jesus the old law did not really
change it just pointed to christ to the
messiah the old testament was a tutor it
pointed to jesus who would be the final
sacrifice for sins so when these people
from other cultures the gentiles started
to believe in jesus christ
the nation of israel the people there
the old jews they had
an issue they had to talk about what
aspects of the mosaic law and the jewish
traditions they had to follow that's why
the apostles came together and they
discussed this issue this problem in the
jerusalem council you can read about it
in acts 15. this was their decision
verse 19. therefore my judgment is that
we should not trouble those of the
gentiles who turned to god butchered
right to them to abstain from the things
polluted by idols and from sexual
immorality and from what has been
strangled and from blood
so here led by the holy spirit
they decided not to include
the sabbath
it's strange to think how people still
now in the new testament gentiles we
want to keep the sabbath i mean if the
holy spirit leads you to do it that's
fine because you are now under the law
of the holy spirit but if the apostles
if it was important for the holy spirit
to lead the apostles to write about the
sabbath in the new testament they would
have done so they would have included it
here but they didn't now listen to this
romans 14 verse 5 says one person
esteems one day as better than another
while another esteems all days alike
each one should be fully convinced in
his own mind the one who observes the
day observes it in honor of the lord the
one who eats eats in honor of the lord
since he gives thanks to god while the
one who abstains abstains in honor of
the lord and gives thanks to god
this is very clear this is what
scripture says so let us follow
scripture the new testament
let us not argue about this
this is very clear so let us follow
scripture and scripture says let us not
judge each other on the sabbath
each one should be fully convinced in
his own mind the holy spirit should lead
you to help you more with this go and
read the whole book
of hebrews to understand the new
covenant what does it mean that we are
free from the old law
and that we now under the new covenant
under jesus
under the law of the spirit the sabbath
day was there for people to rest and it
pointed to jesus who would be our
eternal rest
just like all the sacrifices pointed to
jesus would be our final eternal
sacrifice for sins listen to this
hebrews 4 verse 1 therefore while the
promise of entering his rest still
stands let us fear lest any of you
should seem to have failed to reach it
for good news came to us just as to them
but the message they heard did not
benefit them because they were not
united by faith with those who listened
for we who have believed enter that rest
as he has said as i saw in my wrath they
shall not enter my rest although his
works were finished from the foundation
of the world for he has somewhere spoken
of the seventh day in this way
and god rested on the seventh day from
all his works
and again in this passage he said they
shall not enter my rest since therefore
it remains for some to enter it and
those who formally receive the good news
fail to enter because of disobedience
again
he appoints a certain day
today saying through david so long
afterward in the words already quoted
today if you hear his voice do not
harden your hearts
do you get it scripture doesn't just say
just on saturday or just on sunday it
says today that means every day enter
his rest when you hear his call every
day use it to worship god if you are a
christian and if you're not yet the
christian turn to him today verse 8 says
for if joshua had given them rest god
would not have spoken of another day
later on so then there remains a sabbath
rest for the people of god for whoever
has entered god's rest has also rested
from his works as god did from his
let us therefore strive to enter that
rest so that no one may fall by the same
sort of disobedience
do you get it the old sabbath
it just pointed us
to jesus christ himself who is now our
rest our eternal rest
because jesus is the lord of the sabbath
do you remember
when the people the jews when they
judged jesus and his disciples
on the sabbath what did jesus say mark 2
at that time jesus went through the
grain fields on the sabbath his
disciples were hungry and they began to
pluck heeds of grain and to eat but when
the pharisees saw it they said to him
look your disciples are doing what is
not lawful to do on the sabbath he said
to them have you not read what david did
when he was hungry and those who were
with him how he entered the house of god
and ate the bread of the presence which
it was not lawful for him to eat nor for
those who were with him but only for the
priests
or have you not read in the law how on
the sabbath the priests in the temple
profaned the sabbath and are guiltless i
tell you something greater than the
temple is here and if you had known what
this means
i desire mercy and not sacrifice you
would not have condemned the guiltless
for the son of man is the lord of the
sabbath you know if you always want to
judge other people about the sabbath or
these old testament laws if jesus was
here he would correct you just like he
did with these pharisees and if you do
it you are just like these pharisees who
just want to judge people that's
legalism and you don't understand what
jesus really
did
what it meant that he came to die for
our sins that he fulfilled the old
testament and with the new testament he
brought a new covenant a new law under
the holy spirit if you don't understand
this and you keep on judging people in
your fleshly nature you are just like
the pharisees they even judge jesus for
healing on the sabbath john 5 8 jesus
said to him get up take up your bed and
walk
and at once the man was healed and he
took up his bed and walked now that day
was the sabbath
verse 16 and this was why the jews were
persecuting jesus because he was doing
these things on the sabbath but jesus
answered them my father is working until
now and i am working now please
understand jesus was not breaking the
old law
what he was doing he's actually just
explaining it better what it really
means he was against their
interpretation
of the law they did not understand what
the rules stood for jesus said in mark 2
27 the sabbath was made for man
not man for the sabbath so the son of
man is lord even of the sabbath
jesus was saving people
he brought them into eternal sabbath
rest into eternal rest because he is the
lord of the sabbath he created it
and he is the sabbath rest in the flesh
he did not abolish the old law he
fulfilled it
it all
everything
is just a shadow
of the things that would come but the
substance is christ
it all points
to him
jesus says in matthew 5 17 do not think
that i have come to abolish the law or
the prophets i have not come to abolish
them but to fulfill them and even today
most people do not understand what this
means that jesus came to fulfill the law
because they don't read their bibles
anymore scripture they just follow the
old traditions even here in south africa
when you go to some of the churches so
stiff they're full of the old traditions
now it's a sin to get a tattoo oh it's a
sin to do this it's a sin to do this
they don't understand what it means to
really follow jesus that was
the biggest issue for jesus when he came
is those religious people very
legalistic that judged him all the time
they did not understand what it meant
that he now came
that was prophesied the messiah he came
to fulfill
the old law
the sabbath rest
was created to relieve man
of his labors just as jesus came to
relieve us by our own attempts to get
salvation through our works
no we just get salvation through faith
real faith in jesus christ
when you read the old testament
the nation of israel they failed time
and time and time again
they realized they could not really
worship god by just their action because
they had
all of us humans we have a sinful nature
in us
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and we struggle with this daily and if
we
if god said all right you can only go to
heaven if you obey all my laws and never
ever sin again
no one not one of us would go into
heaven because all of us have sinned
we fall short of the glory of god no
jesus came he came to die for us
the final sacrifice for sins
and now
we have the holy spirit in us and the
holy spirit helps us to overcome sin
because we are under the law of this
spirit and our aim is to be more and
more like jesus so it doesn't mean that
you can just go on and live in sin no
true faith in jesus christ means
that you obey his
law
jesus says that if you love me you will
obey my commandments jesus
is our rest now from works
because we cannot be saved just from our
works we are saved only by faith
and that is why jesus now is our rest
our eternal rest he is the only way to
heaven where we will have
rest forever and ever and ever
remember hebrews 4 9 says so then there
remains a sabbath rest for the people of
god for whoever has entered god's rest
has also rested from his works as god
did from his let us therefore strive to
enter that rest so that no one may fall
by the same sort of disobedience
jesus also said in matthew
11 28
come to me all who labor and are heavy
laden and i will give you rest
take my yoke upon you and learn from me
for i am gentle and lowly in heart and
you will find rest for your souls
for my yoke is easy and my burden is
light i really hope that this is
starting to sink in now
that we are not under the old law
anymore
that the old law is still the same law
but now it has been fulfilled
and now we don't have to do works all
the time to get saved
we can only be saved through faith in
jesus christ
and then good works is the fruit
the sign of a real reborn christian and
if you are really reborn you have the
holy spirit in you and he is now the one
who guides you romans 8 verse 1 says
there is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in christ jesus for
the law of the spirit of life has set
you free in christ jesus from the law of
sin and death for god has done what the
law weakened by the flesh could not do
by sending his own son into the likeness
of sinful flesh and for sin he condemned
sin in the flesh in order that the
righteous requirement of the law
might be fulfilled in us
who walk not according to the flesh but
according to the spirit the new
covenant's focus now is on being a
reborn christian receiving the holy
spirit and then living in the holy
spirit walking with the holy spirit not
just on the sabbath or this or that day
but every day this is the covenant god
promised hebrews 8 10 for this is the
covenant that i will make with the house
of israel after those days declares the
lord i will put my laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts
and i will be their god and they shall
be my people verse 13 in speaking of the
new covenant he makes the first one
obsolete
and what is becoming obsolete and
growing old is ready to vanish away
i do not understand
how it is possible for so many
christians who say that they they love
god that they are christians they don't
understand what the new covenant is
because this is the new testament this
is our faith
all of the thing the feasts and the
religious stuff in the old testament all
pointed to jesus
remember colossians 2 verse 16 says
therefore let no one pass judgment on
you in questions of food and drink
or with regard to a festival or a new
moon or a sabbath
these are a shadow of the things to come
but the substance belongs to christ let
no one disqualify you insisting on
aestheticism and worship of angels going
on in detail about visions buffed up
without reason by his sensuous mind and
not holding fast to the head from whom
the whole body nourished and knit
together through its joints and
ligaments grows
with a growth that is from god if with
christ you died to the elemental spirits
of the world why
as if you were still alive in the world
do you submit to regulations
do not handle
do not taste
do not touch
referring to the things that all perish
as they are used according to human
precepts and teachings now for you who
are so religious judging other people on
these old testament laws listen to this
verse 23 these have indeed an appearance
of wisdom in promoting self-made
religion asceticism and severity to the
body but they are of no value in
stopping the indulgence of the flesh
i'll say it again these things are a
shadow of the things to come but the
substance is jesus christ
it all points to him
it's all about jesus
he is the truth the way and the life
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he is the lord of the sabbath
he gives us eternal rest
he is the only sacrifice for sin he is
the only one he is the eternal high
priest there is a change in the law the
old covenant
is a shadow of the new
hebrews 7 12 says for when there is a
change in the priesthood there is
necessarily a change in the law as well
and verse 22 says this makes jesus the
guarantor of a better covenant
so is it wrong if you worship god on the
sabbath
no
of course not
if you're a reborn christian you have
the spirit in you you are under the law
of the spirit
and you love god you want to worship him
every day is not just a saturday or
sunday thing it's an everyday thing now
christ is your life and you are under
the law of the spirit hebrews 4 7 says
again he appoints a certain day
today
saying through david so long afterward
in the words already quoted today if you
hear his voice do not harden your hearts
now if you do want to worship it because
you feel
that you need to worship the old
testament law then you need to worship
all of it over 600 612
then you can't eat bacon you can't get
tattoos you can't cut your beard or the
side of your hair here and you should
also go and be circumcised
it's silly this happened in the new
testament as well when there were
certain jews there that judged other
people from other cultures
and say they told them they have to go
and be circumcised and follow all the
laws
this is what paul said to them galatians
5 for freedom christ has set us free
stand firm therefore and do not submit
again to a yoke of slavery
look i paul say to you that if you
accept circumcision christ will be of no
advantage to you i testify again to
every man who accepts circumcision that
he is obligated to keep the whole law
you are severed from christ you who
would be justified by the law you have
fallen away from grace
for through the spirit by faith we
ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of
righteousness for in christ jesus
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
counts for anything but only faith
working through
love
you were running well
who hindered you from obeying the truth
this persuasion is not from him who
calls you
a little leaven leavens the whole lump i
have confidence in the lord that you
will take no other view and the one who
is troubling you will bear the penalty
whoever he is but if i brothers still
preach circumcision why am i still being
persecuted
in that case the offence of the cross
has been removed i wish those who
unsettle you would emasculate themselves
you see how serious paul is about this
verse 13 for you are called to freedom
brothers
only do not use your freedom as an
opportunity for the flesh
but through love
serve one another for the whole law is
fulfilled in one word you shall love
your neighbor as yourself but if you
bite and devour one another watch out
that you are not consumed by one another
please listen to me very carefully you
have been set free
of the old law of sin and death if you
are a real reborn christian do not go
back to it
again do not go back to slavery again
jesus set you free through
faith
you are under the new covenant the new
law of the holy spirit galatians 3 verse
23 says now before faith came we were
held captive under the law imprisoned
until the coming faith would be revealed
so then the law was our guardian until
christ came in order that we might be
justified by faith but now that faith
has come
we are no longer under a guardian for in
christ jesus you are all sons of god
through
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now please don't go back under the old
law of sin and death anymore don't
be a slave
you have been set free in christ jesus
and you have your eternal rest in him if
you are indeed a reborn christian
now i can go on and on about this but
that's enough for now
if you still struggle to understand the
difference between the old law and the
new then please watch this video here
and i'll see you there and remember
god loves you and i love you too bye
take my life and let it be
contemplated
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to thee