Saturday or Sunday. Which Is the Sabbath?
By David Pack
By David Pack
Sabbath by resting on that day. We have read that He does not change. By meeting on this day, those who have God’s Spirit (Rom. 8:9, 14; Acts 2:38; 5:32) fellowship directly with Christ and the Father.
Worshipping in Truth
The Bible teaches, “Your Word is truth” (John 17:17). We have seen that the truth of God’s Word—the Bible—is that the Sabbath was made holy. While the world teaches that religion is a “personal thing” and “each person must act as they see fit, according to their own conscience,” God has never stated this is an acceptable way to worship Him. Here is what He tells you: “You worship you know not what: We know what we worship: For salvation is of the Jews…God is a Spirit: And they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:22, 24). It is impossible to worship the true God of creation on the wrong day. That is the TRUTH! Only the seventh day reflects the truth that it is the identifying sign between God and all who worship Him in spirit. Several verses show that Christ is alive, inside the Spirit-led person. This is how one worships God “in Spirit”—the Holy Spirit. Notice what Paul told the Philippians: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in christ jesus” (2:5). Here is what he told the Colossians: “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is christ in you, the hope of glory” (1:27). This is what He told the Galatians: “I am crucified with Christ: Nevertheless I live; yet not I, but christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (2:20). Christ kept the Sabbath. His “mind” in us will always keep the Sabbath. He has not changed! He would NEVER keep a pagan day in or through you! Jesus was a Jew. We have seen that Jews at least tacitly accept the Sabbath. But many people denigrate God’s day with the contemptuous, derisive cliché of “that Jewish Sabbath.” They seem to almost spit out these words. I have heard the bigotry and scorn in their voices. Romans 8:7 explains why so many deceivers today speak with such contempt and scorn for God’s wonderful Sabbath. We just read that “salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22). Now notice what Paul wrote: “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew,
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Worshipping in Truth
The Bible teaches, “Your Word is truth” (John 17:17). We have seen that the truth of God’s Word—the Bible—is that the Sabbath was made holy. While the world teaches that religion is a “personal thing” and “each person must act as they see fit, according to their own conscience,” God has never stated this is an acceptable way to worship Him. Here is what He tells you: “You worship you know not what: We know what we worship: For salvation is of the Jews…God is a Spirit: And they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:22, 24). It is impossible to worship the true God of creation on the wrong day. That is the TRUTH! Only the seventh day reflects the truth that it is the identifying sign between God and all who worship Him in spirit. Several verses show that Christ is alive, inside the Spirit-led person. This is how one worships God “in Spirit”—the Holy Spirit. Notice what Paul told the Philippians: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in christ jesus” (2:5). Here is what he told the Colossians: “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is christ in you, the hope of glory” (1:27). This is what He told the Galatians: “I am crucified with Christ: Nevertheless I live; yet not I, but christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (2:20). Christ kept the Sabbath. His “mind” in us will always keep the Sabbath. He has not changed! He would NEVER keep a pagan day in or through you! Jesus was a Jew. We have seen that Jews at least tacitly accept the Sabbath. But many people denigrate God’s day with the contemptuous, derisive cliché of “that Jewish Sabbath.” They seem to almost spit out these words. I have heard the bigotry and scorn in their voices. Romans 8:7 explains why so many deceivers today speak with such contempt and scorn for God’s wonderful Sabbath. We just read that “salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22). Now notice what Paul wrote: “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew,
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