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Abrogation of the Sabbath: 1) The Sabbath Commandment was not intended by God only for the Jews. 1 2) The Sabbath is to act as a perpetual sign between God and His people throughout time. 1 3) The Sabbath will be kept in Heaven and in the New Earth. 1 4) Christ kept the Sabbath. 1, 2 5) Christ's Apostles kept the Sabbath. 1, 2 6) Early Christians kept the Sabbath. 1, 2, 3 7) If Christ, His Apostles, and early Christians all kept the Sabbath, then God did not signify His intention to abrogate the Sabbath. 1 8) "The Law" in Scripture actually refers to three different laws; textual context must indicate to which is being referred. 1, 2 9) Christ did not come to "abolish" the Sabbath. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 10) The Sabbath was not "nailed to the cross". 1, 2, 3, 4 11) God's grace does not relieve a Christian of the duty to obey God's Moral Law. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 12) Sabbath-keeping is not "legalism"; it is not a denial of grace. 1, 2, 3, 4 13) The Sabbath Commandment is actually mentioned repeatedly in the New Testament. 1, 2 14) If the Sabbath was not "nailed to the cross," and if Christians still must obey God, and if Law-keeping, particularly Sabbath-keeping, is not "legalism," then God still does expect His people to obey His entire Moral Law, including the Sabbath Commandment. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 15) We know that the seventh-day Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment has been and remains Saturday. 1 --------------------------------- 16) The seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment has not been abrogated. |
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