Did Paul keep the sabbath?

[xmydreamsfadex]

something i was emailed:
Whether anyone likes it or not the Bible is a book that is written by Jews, to Jews, about a Jewish Messiah. Gentiles have been blessed to be grafted into the household of faith, but it is a Jewish household. Paul tells us clearly that he has never offended in any of the Torah (Acts 25:8) and was even instructed by James to fulfill the vow of a Nazarite to show that he had not turned against the Torah (Acts 21:20-24) which means he kept the Sabbath.

 

[drafdog]

Saul of Tarsus was educated as a Rabbi. He studied under Gamaliel (Acts 5:34). Of course he observed Shabbas. So did Jesus for that matter.

Matthew

 

[xmydreamsfadex]

so why don’t we keep the sabbath?

 

[blackrobe]

so why don’t we keep the sabbath?

We do. We keep the Sabbath of the New Covenant. One of the first issues of belief and practice for the early Church was whether one had to observe the Mosaic Law to be Christian. You can read in Acts how the question was defined, debated, and settled by the Apostles. Short answer: Christ’s death and resurrection not only breached the impenetrable barrier between us and heaven, it abolished the distinction between Jew and Gentile.

The Sabbath of the Old Covenant was for the Jews; the Sabbath of the New Covenant is for everyone.

JSA

 

[SDA2RC]

so why don’t we keep the sabbath?

Same reason we dont take Nazerite Vows and eat only clean meats. Christians were not told as a group to observe the Sabbath, but we were instructed by the leadership of the Church, ordained of God, that we are to observe Sunday as the New Covenant celebration of the Resurrection of Christ, thus transferring some of the ceremonial aspects of the Sabbath to Sunday.

Hope that helps

 

[mgy100]

We do. We keep the Sabbath of the New Covenant. One of the first issues of belief and practice for the early Church was whether one had to observe the Mosaic Law to be Christian. You can read in Acts how the question was defined, debated, and settled by the Apostles. Short answer: Christ’s death and resurrection not only breached the impenetrable barrier between us and heaven, it abolished the distinction between Jew and Gentile.

The Sabbath of the Old Covenant was for the Jews; the Sabbath of the New Covenant is for everyone.

JSA

The Sabbath was Saturday (Sabado in spanish). Sunday (domingo in spanish) has been called the 8th day. As Christians we are not called to keep the Sabbath as Christ fulfilled the old covenant and is the new covenant. People do not realize that Sunday is NOT the sabbath because English doesn’t use words to describe it (Saturday, Saturn’s day… etc…). Whereas many other languages perfectly demonstrate this, like my example with the spanish above.
Now that doesn’t mean we aren’t supposed to not go to church.
It merely means we do not have to go to temple/synagoge on Saturday/Sabbath.
Also, when Christ said, where 2 or 3 are gathered in my name…
He was referring to the fact that on the Sabbath Jewish services to this day can not start until ten men are present. Hence, we do not have to keep the sabbath and the laws of the old covenant (my example was a neat one just to show you how Jesus spoke to the Jews to demonstrate that the old covenant was fulfilled).
Now before you go tossing me through a concrete wall, in no way shape or form am I saying we are not required to attend Sunday Church. Sunday just happens NOT TO BE the Sabbath! In Spanish is is the Day of the Lord, it is the day of Christ, it is the 8th day, it is the day we come to worship our Messiah.

 

[wjp984]

although I take a liberal perspective on whether one should be able to work or go out places where people have to work on Sunday, if what you are saying is true does this mean that for those who beleive in observing the Sabbath as a day of rest that they should not be working on Saturday but then can go to church and work as they want to on Sunday.

 

[mgy100]

Those that observe the Sabbath are Jews. On Sunday we are to reserve the day for the Lord. Hence, the spanish word for Sunday, Domingo, day of the Lord. This would mean restraining yourself from tasks that would take you away from celebrating the Lord’s day. Remember every Sunday is a little Pascha! Sunday should be a day for relaxation, prayer, spending time with family, church etc…
Of course there are nurses, doctors, etc… that have to work on Sundays, but we should avoid un-necessary activities.

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

Did Paul worship Jesus on the Lord’s Day?

I seem to remember reading somewhere that early christians worshipped everyday before sunrise, but I am not sure what time period that was.

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

Also, is you are dealing with a saturday only person, read Romans 14

 

[Michael_Howard]

exadventist.com/Home/Sabbath/tabid/53/Default.aspx

This is a great article by ex-SDA and really dogs into this issue

 

[Bishopite]

something i was emailed:
Whether anyone likes it or not the Bible is a book that is written by Jews, to Jews, about a Jewish Messiah. Gentiles have been blessed to be grafted into the household of faith, but it is a Jewish household. Paul tells us clearly that he has never offended in any of the Torah (Acts 25:8) and was even instructed by James to fulfill the vow of a Nazarite to show that he had not turned against the Torah (Acts 21:20-24) which means he kept the Sabbath.

Indeed, the earliest converts to Christianity were Jews as were the Apostles and of course Paul. These early Christians were considered to be a sect of Judaism as early as 50 A.D. History attests to a fire in Rome around the year 64, Emperor Nero blamed these early Christians who were known as a Jewish sect and this “sect” worshiped on Sunday (the resurrection day) distinct from the Jewish Sabbath of Saturday. When the Apostle John says he was in the Spirit on “the Lords day” (Rev 1:10) which was the eighth day he is speaking of Sunday.

The further we move along in history the more evidence we have from the early Christian writings of them worshiping on Sunday.
Remember Jesus gave the Apostles authority as His own (cf. Luke 10:16). When the Apostles began worshiping on Sunday and passed that Tradition down through the early Church, that these early Christians converts were known as a Jewish “sect” is circumstantial evidence as they did things different than the Jews, i.e., worship on Sunday. As I said prior, when we look to the next generation of Christians and the next after, we clearly see in their writings that worshiping on Sunday had been passed down as coming from the Apostles. Again, even if Jesus didn’t directly institute Sunday worship as the Bible doesn’t say He did, He still gave the Apostles His authority in matters of Church authority and doctrine and we can see in history how the early Church follow what they had been passed down to them.

 

[Bishopite]

something i was emailed:
Whether anyone likes it or not the Bible is a book that is written by Jews, to Jews, about a Jewish Messiah. Gentiles have been blessed to be grafted into the household of faith, but it is a Jewish household. Paul tells us clearly that he has never offended in any of the Torah (Acts 25:8) and was even instructed by James to fulfill the vow of a Nazarite to show that he had not turned against the Torah (Acts 21:20-24) which means he kept the Sabbath.

It sounds like your friend thinks we are supposed to keep the law of Torah? We are NOT bound by the law of Torah.
Christians are NOT bound by the Torah and aren’t bound by the cerimonial aspects of the Ten Commandments which are part of the Mosaic Law; in Christ Jesus, we are saved apart from the Mosaic Law, through a Covenant of grace, not law. So, as a matter of law, or the law of Torah, we are not bound to the Ten Commandments. If we were bound by them as a matter of law, then the punishments associated with them as a matter of law would be applicable to us (e.g. if you commit adultery, you get stoned to death). So, we are clearly not bound by the Ten Commandments as a matter of law.
HOWEVER, we ARE bound to the righteousness BEHIND the Ten Commandments, which is manifested in the Person of Jesus Christ. For Christ is the Word of God and the perfection of the Law. So, if we are in a Covenant with Christ, then we are bound, not only to keep the righteousness of the Ten Commandments, but to surpass what is demanded (as a matter of mere law) in the Ten Commandments. Go read Matt 5. There, Jesus says, “You have heard it said of old, ‘Thou shall not kill’ …But I say to you, whoever calls his brother ‘raqa’ (that is, ‘fool!’)” has broken this commandment. He also says, "You have heard it said of old, ‘Thou shall not commit adultery,’ " but if we look at a woman lustfully, we have already committed adultery with her in our hearts. Jesus calls us to go beyond the mere requirements of the Law (the Ten Commandments), and to be perfect even as He is perfect Mt 5:48. For, under the law, it was (technically) okay to beat a man within an inch of his life, just as long as you don’t actually kill him. It was also okay to lust over your friend’s teenaged daugter, just as long as you don’t actually cheat on your wife and sleep with her. This is how the Pharisees saw it. They were pure legalists. They held God to the bare letter of what His Law said, and so tried to “get around” the spirit of the Law as much as they could. But, Christ calls His disciples to a greater commitment --to a true and living Covenant. And so, we are not bound by the legal dimension of the Ten Commandments. Rather, we are bound by their righteousness --that is, to live righteously, because we are in a relationship with Christ, and in a Covenant of grace with Him.

Jesus said in John 13:34-35
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
We fulfill the Ten Commandments when we love through His grace as Jesus loved us.

“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food or drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are only a shadow [Greek: *skia] of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. (Col. 2:16–17)”

 

[jdjack]

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