Colossians 2:16-17: Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a **SABBATH DAY**! These are a*SHADOW** of the things that were to come; the reality, however is found **IN CHRIST**!

Posted : 1 Dec, 2019 08:54 PM

Colossians 2:16,17: Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a **SABBATH DAY**! These are a **SHADOW** of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found **IN CHRIST**!!



There are some who claim because Paul preached in Jewish Synagogues on the Sabbath in Acts 13:14, Acts 13:42 and Acts 18:4 that Christians should also keep the Sabbath Laws. However Paul was ordered by Jesus to preach to the Israelite Jews and the best way to teach a lot of Jews was in their synagogues where the Jews gathered on the Sabbath Day. The complete context in Acts 13:13-15; Acts 13:42-46 and Acts 18:2-4 below shows this very clearly!!



Acts 9:15: The Lord said to Ananias, "This man {Paul} is my chosen instrument to proclaim My name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the **PEOPLE OF ISRAEL**!"



Acts 13:13-15: From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where where John left them to return to Jerusalem. From Perga they went on to Pisiidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the **SYNAGOGUE** {Not a Church} and sat down. After reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the **SYNAGOGUE** sent word to them saying, "Brothers, if you have a word of exhortationn for the people please speak!"



Acts 13:42-46: As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the **SYNAGOGUE** {Not a Church}, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath. When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to **JUDIASM** followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on them. Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you **FIRST**. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!"



Acts 18:2-4: Because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome, Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as they were he stayed and worked with them. Every Sabbath he reasoned in the **SYNAGOGUE** {Not a Church}, trying to persuade Jews and Grreeks!



Galatians 4:9,10: How is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you want to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing **SPECIAL DAYS** and months and seasons and years. I fear for you. that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you!!



Colossians 2:16,17: Do dot let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard a special festival, a New Moon celebration or a **SABBATH DAY**! These are a **SHADOW** of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found **IN CHRIST**!!



In the New Testament **EVERY DAY** is the **LORD'S DAY** especially **TODAY**!!



Acts 2:44-46: All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to everyone who had need. **EVERY DAY** they continued to meet together!!



Hebrews 3:12,13: See to it brothers and sisters that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But **ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER **DAILY**, as long as it is called **TODAY** so that none of you may be hardened by sins deceitfulness!



The Old Testament Sabbath Laws were very strict and fatal as per:



Exodus 31:14-16: Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do **ANY WORK** on that day must be **CUT OFF** from their people... Whoever does **ANY WORK** on the Sabbath day is to be **PUT TO DEATH**!



Exodus 35:2,3; Whoever does **ANY WORK** on the Sabbath must be **PUT TO DEATH**. Do not **LIGHT A FIRE** in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.



This was possible in Israel since it is about the same latitude of warm South Carolina. But anyone in the frigid parts of the earth must freeze to death in the winter since electricity would not be invented until over 2,000 years after this commandment was given!!



Matthew 12:1-12: Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, the said to Him, "Look your disciples are doing what is **UNLAWFUL ON THE SABBATH**. Jesus answered, "Haven't you heard of what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread--which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests... If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is **LORD OF THE SABBATH**!" Going from that place, Jesus went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to being charges against Jesus, they asked Him, "IS IT LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH?" Jesus said to the, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath?" Jesus said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? Therefore it is lawful to do good {*WORK*} on the Sabbath!"



John 5:16-18: So because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute Him. In his defense Jesus said to them. "My Father is always at His work to this very day, and **I TOO AM **WORKING**!" For this reason they tried all the more to kill Him; not only was **HE BREAKING THE SABBATH**, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.



John 9:16: The Pharisees said of Jesus, "This man is not from God , for He does **NOT KEEP THE SABBATH**!"



The Sabbath is only mentioned two times after Acts 18:4 in Colossians 2;16;17 and Hebrews 4:9 which is obviously referring to our eternal rest in heaven:



Colossians 2:16,17: Do not let anyone judge you by what you **EAT** or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a **SABBATH DAY**! These are a **SHADOW** of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found **IN CHRIST**!!



Hebrews 4:8.9: If Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about **ANOTHER DAY**! There remains, then a **SABBATH REST** for thhe people of God, for anyone who enters God's Rest also rests from their own works, just as God did from His!!



There is not one Scripture that shows any Christian kept Sabbath Day Laws or is told to keep Sabbath Day Laws after the Resuurrection of our Lord and Teacher and Savior Jesus Christ!



Galatians 4:9,10: How is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you want to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing **SPECIAL DAYS** and months and seasons and years. I fear for you. that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you!!



Colossians 2:16,17: Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a **SABBATH DAY**! These are a **SHADOW** of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found **IN CHRIST**!!

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