Kurieuo wrote: ...which the 10 deal with specifically. 1-4 deal with loving God. 5-10 deal with each other.
It simply baffles me how (no disrespect) a person of this belief can make such a statement holding up what Christ said on one hand, then on the other tossing aside that which (as K writes above and I hold as truth) is built on a base of two.
Just to put in my own two cents. In reading Mattew: 22, I read:
[34] But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
[35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
[36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[38] This is the first and great commandment.
[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Jesus clearly states that the two greatest commandments (Love God with all thy heart and your neighbour as thyself) is the foundation of 'All the Law and the Prophets'. He's not just talking about the ten commandments, but the entire law given to Moses and the prophets. Yes, the ten commandments are divided in sections that deal with love for God and love for each other, but Jesus doesn't say that these two commandments are the foundation of the ten. The entire law was designed to honor God and each other.
Anyway, as the Pharisees ask Him what the most important commandment is in the law, Jesus gives the above two commandments because they are the foundation of the law. If keeping sabbath or any law of all the laws give to Moses was more important than another for salvation, Jesus certainly would have mentioned that here.
Exodus: 31
[13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
[14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
[16] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
[17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
God Himself states in verse 16 that the sabbath is a convenant between Him and the people of Israel. Not all the people on earth, but 'the children of Israel'.
Something similar happens in Matthew 10:
[5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
[6] But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The disciples are sent to bring the gospel to the lost children of Israel. The people He had taught so far, were all Jews, accustomed to the law and the sabbath. What did the people all over the world at that point knew about Gods law and the sabbath? Zip, nakkes, nada, nothing.
Mark: 16
14] Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
[15] And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
[16] He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Finally, the disciples are ordered to spread the gospel to the world and to baptize people (in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, as said in Mattew 28 :
[19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Acts: 13
[36] For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
[37] But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
[38] Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
[39] And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
[40] Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
[41] Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
[42] And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
Paul started preaching the good news but was still among Jews (vs 42) and was requested to return next sabbath (because Jews of course kept the sabbath) but see wat Paul says in vs 39, all who believe in Jesus are free of guilt, something you could not accomplish by the law of Moses.
Acts 15 deals with how new Jewish-christians demanded that new not-Jewish christians should uphold the law of Moses and how Paul rebuts this in vs. 28
[28] For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
[29] That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
If you read through Acts, it becomes clear that Paul preaches the gospel on the sabbaths because this was the day he could reach the most people, because they all gathered at the synagoges. In Acts 20 you find the first mention of sunday gatherings with the new christians.
[7] And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Romans 7 deals with the law
1] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
[2] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
[3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
[4] Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
[5] For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
[6] But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
We are dead for the law. If someone holds a claim on you (the devil holds a claim on us using the laws against us) you have to pay back (we would have to pay with our very souls because of our sins), but, if you die, you are no longer able to pay that clame. So, because in Jesus we are dead to the law, the devil/satan, lost his claim on us.
Romans 10
3] For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
[4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
[5] For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
[6] But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
[7] Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
[8] But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
There are so many examples. Point is, the disciples spread out to bring the Good News, Jesus died for our sins and in Him we are saved. If keeping sabbath on Saturday was that much of a dealbreaker, they would have addressed that in their gospels. But what do they preach instead? Jesus died for us, believe in Him, he is the only way to salvation, not abiding the law.
So, I don't believe we will be judged for which day we use to celebrate God. I'm appalled that some people claim that worship of God on sundays is the Mark of the Beast. I think it's to each their own. If you feel comfortable worshipping God on sabbath (saturday), please do. If you feel more comfortable worshipping God on sundays, please do!
