davidinchrist:
There is no such thing as Sabbath day, Xmas day, Easter day, Holy day, Good day, Bad/Sad day/Etc in the New Covenant.

Sabbath day is Old Covenant which has been done away with or fulfilled in Christ:

Colossians 2:16 - 17 NLT
16 So don’t let anyone CONDEMN you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating CERTAIN Holy days or New moon Ceremonies or SABBATHS.
17 For these rules are only SHADOWS of the REALITY yet to come. And Christ himself IS THAT REALITY.

Every other Days like Xmas days and the likes are ALL Traditions of Men:

Mark 7:7-8 NLT
7 Their Worship is a farce, for they teach MAN-MADE ideas as commands from God.’
8 For you IGNORE God’s Law and Substitute your OWN TRADITION.”

However, the Sabbath is a symbol of God's REST in the New Covenant:

Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
Come unto Me, all ye that Labour and are Heavy laden, and I will give you "REST".
[29] Take my yoke upon you, and LEARN of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find "REST" unto your souls.
[30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

The Sabbath/Rest of God means Faith, Holiness, Peace, Joy AND "Security" in Eternal Life of Jesus in general, for those living to do His Will for the rest of their lives.

This Sabbath/Rest is NOT meant for One Special day or some days of the week, but ALWAYS OR EVERYDAY:

1 Thessalonians 5:16 - 18 NLT
16 ALWAYS be Joyful.
17 Never stop praying.
18 Be THANKFUL in all CIRCUMSTANCES (good or bad), for this is God’s Will for you who BELONG to Christ Jesus.

Psalm 118:24 KJV
THIS IS THE DAY which the Lord hath made; we will REJOICE and be GLAD in it.

Philippians 3:1 KJV
Finally, my Brethren, REJOICE in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is SAFE.

To have this Rest, one must live by FAITH and in Obedience to Jesus, not UNBELIEF and Disobedience like the Israelites:

Hebrews 4:1 KJV
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of Entering into His REST, any of you should seem to COME SHORT OF IT.

Hebrews 4:11 KJV
Let us labour therefore to ENTER into that REST, lest any man FALL after the SAME example of UNBELIEF.

Hebrews 4:9 KJV
There remaineth therefore a REST to the PEOPLE of God.

(See Hebrew 3:7 - 4:11 for details).

In conclusion: The Sabbath in the New covenant means a Life of holiness, peace and joy through FAITH in God: without Faith it's impossible to please God.

Therefore, we're to REJOICE and Give THANKS to God in EVERYTHING ALWAYS, NOT SOMETIMES because God makes ALL things (good or bad) to work together for good for EVERYONE living to please Him. Romans 8:28

Nevertheless, there is NO room for gloom, fear, anger, depression, worry and the likes for ALL children of God.

We need to Repent of UNBELIEF, Doubt and other Sins to enter God's Rest:

Romans 8:35,37-39 KJV
Who shall SEPARATE US from the love of Christ? SHALL tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or unclothedness, or peril, or sword?

[37] Nay, in all these things we are MORE than Conquerors through HIM that loved us.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither DEATH, nor LIFE, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come...
...shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

May Jesus Bless You.

MuttleyLaff:
bro, dont get it twisted please. All principles of YAH, the Shabbat included is eternal.

The thing is, a principle and/or law is only made redundant, is only made inactive, is only made to look powerless or appear useless, when a superior, stronger, more powerful, higher and better law is involved, engaged, operated or introduced.

davidinchrist:


Exactly right.

May Jesus Bless You.

davidinchrist:
There is no such thing as Sabbath day, Xmas day, Easter day, Holy day, Good day, Bad/Sad day/Etc in the New Covenant.

Sabbath day is Old Covenant which has been done away with or fulfilled in Christ:
Colossians 2:16 - 17 NLT
¹⁶ So don’t let anyone CONDEMN you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating CERTAIN Holy days or New moon Ceremonies or SABBATHS.
¹⁷For these rules are only SHADOWS of the REALITY yet to come. And Christ himself IS THAT REALITY.
Every other Days like Xmas days and the likes are ALL Traditions of Men:

davidinchrist:
Hmm.
Did you see Colossians 2:16-17?

davidinchrist:
Anyway, I don't argue...

davidinchrist:
However, I prefer the New Covenant life in Jesus TO that of the Law in Moses (which has been fulfilled in the Reality of Christ)

davidinchrist:
Please feel free to see this post, "IF" you so wish:
https://www.nairaland.com/5844877/still-under-law-old-covenant

davidinchrist:
"But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!"
- Matthew 5:20

davidinchrist:
May Jesus Bless You.

davidinchrist:
There is no such thing as Sabbath day, Xmas day, Easter day, Holy day, Good day, Bad/Sad day/Etc in the New Covenant.

Sabbath day is Old Covenant which has been done away with or fulfilled in Christ:

Colossians 2:16 - 17 NLT
16 So don’t let anyone CONDEMN you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating CERTAIN Holy days or New moon Ceremonies or SABBATHS.

17 For these rules are only SHADOWS of the REALITY yet to come. And Christ himself IS THAT REALITY.

Every other Days like Xmas days and the likes are ALL Traditions of Men:

Mark 7:7-8 NLT
7 Their Worship is a farce, for they teach MAN-MADE ideas as commands from God.’

8 For you IGNORE God’s Law and Substitute your OWN TRADITION.”


However, the Sabbath is a symbol of God's REST in the New Covenant:


Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
Come unto Me, all ye that Labour and are Heavy laden, and I will give you "REST".

[29] Take my yoke upon you, and LEARN of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find "REST" unto your souls.

[30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

The Sabbath/Rest of God means Faith, Holiness, Peace, Joy AND "Security" in Eternal Life of Jesus in general, for those living to do His Will for the rest of their lives.

This Sabbath/Rest is NOT meant for One Special day or some days of the week, but ALWAYS OR EVERYDAY, It's living in God's Presence:

1 Thessalonians 5:16 - 18 NLT

16 ALWAYS be Joyful. (not sometimes)

17 Never stop praying.

18 Be THANKFUL in all CIRCUMSTANCES (good or bad), for this is God’s Will for you who BELONG to Christ Jesus.

Psalm 118:24 KJV
THIS IS THE DAY which the Lord hath made; we will REJOICE and be GLAD in it.

Philippians 3:1 KJV
Finally, my Brethren, REJOICE in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is SAFE.


To have this Rest, one must live by FAITH and be in Obedience to Jesus, not in UNBELIEF and Disobedience like the Israelites:

Hebrews 4:1 KJV
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of Entering into His REST, any of you should seem to COME SHORT OF IT.

Hebrews 4:11 KJV
Let us labour therefore to ENTER into that REST, lest any man FALL after the SAME example of UNBELIEF.

Hebrews 4:9 KJV
There remaineth therefore a REST to the PEOPLE of God.

(See Hebrew 3:7 - 4:11 for details).

In conclusion: The Sabbath in the New covenant means a Life of holiness, peace and joy through FAITH in God: without Faith it's impossible to please God.

Therefore, we're to REJOICE and Give THANKS to God in EVERYTHING ALWAYS, NOT SOMETIMES because God makes ALL things (good or bad) to work together for good for EVERYONE living to please Him. Romans 8:28

Nevertheless, there is NO room for gloom, fear, anger, depression, worry and the likes for ALL children of God.

If we're not ALWAYS Rejoicing and Thankful, it's a mark that we are not in God's Rest yet, or at least not completely.

We need to Repent of our UNBELIEF, Doubt and other Sins to enter God's Rest:

Romans 8:35,37-39 KJV
Who shall SEPARATE US from the love of Christ? SHALL tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or unclothedness, or peril, or sword?

[37] Nay, in all these things we are MORE than Conquerors through HIM that loved us.

[38] For I am persuaded, that neither DEATH, nor LIFE, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come...
...shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

May Jesus Bless You.

Finallydead:
We Christians haven't really understood the place of the law and until we give it it's rightful place, the ultimate plan of God will elude us. As Muttleylaff rightly said, the statutes of God are eternal. Not a single iota of the Torah will pass away until all are fulfilled in Christ(Mt5:18). We should aim to fulfill the Sabbath now through faith in Christ. Just as Paul points out, there is a Sabbath ahead for every believer to labour to enter after their initial faith(Heb4:1, 9-11).
What is the Sabbath? It is the rest we come to where we no longer work but God does all the work in us as seen in the Lord Jesus(Jn14:10). It is experiencing this same oneness He had with the Father where EVERYTHING in our lives springs out from His work within(Jn17:21)
We labour to enter it by seeking God daily, surrendering everything to Him, growing in prayer until He perfects this work in us and we no longer do these but He does all.

Let no one be deceived, we can never enter into this rest until we have truly surrendered our entirety to God.

Muttleylaff: ... Mark 2:23-27, contextually, even shows how our Lord and Saviour of the whole wide world, Jesus Christ, explains, that God did not have the Sabbath and then man to serve this day. That, the Sabbath, actually and/or in the first place, was made to serve man and to be for his/her benefit, as well, as being. Our bodies are not concrete, cement nor wood. We need to rest, so to regain expended strength and power so to manage and/or maintain our health, well-being and wellness. The other truth of the whole Sabbath matter, is that God didnt necessarily have to rest, but He, leading by example, did. He acted in this way, to show us how to act.

Left to us, we will work round the clock, running and chasing after money until we run ourselves down, run out of steam and then unceremoniously fall to the ground and prematurely just like that drop dead. You dont lead, "thou shall not... thou shall keep my ...," by lip service, you lead by example. The "lead by example," is not the main thing, in positively influencing us, it is the only thing, lol. Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anyone, and so after the sixth day, God rested on the seventh, lol

MuttleyLaff:




Finallydead thank you for your able and knowleageable input. May God continue to bless you with more understanding

davidinchrist:
Colossians 2:16-18,20-22 KJV
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 :

[17] Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
[18] Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
[20] Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
[21] (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
[22] Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of MEN

MuttleyLaff:
"Then Jesus declared,
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
(i.e. The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people,
and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath)"
- Mark 2:27

Mark 2:23-27, contextually, even shows how our Lord and Saviour of the whole wide world, Jesus Christ, explains, that God did not have the Sabbath and then man to serve this day. That, the Sabbath, actually and/or in the first place, was made to serve man and to be for his/her benefit, as well, as being. Our bodies are not concrete, cement nor wood. We need to rest, so to regain expended strength and power so to manage and/or maintain our health, well-being and wellness. The other truth of the whole Sabbath matter, is that God didnt necessarily have to rest, but He, leading by example, did. He acted in this way, to show us how to act. Leave to us we will work round the clock, running and chasing after money until we run ourselves down, run out of steam and then unceremoniously fall to the ground and prematurely just like that drop dead. You dont lead, "thou shall not... thou shall keep my ...," by lip service, you lead by example. The "lead by example," is not the main thing, in positively influencing us, it is the only thing, lol. Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anyone, and so after the sixth day, God rested on the seventh, lol ...