FOUR QUESTIONS TO ASK SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
By Dr. James. A McBean D.Th., MCC
Copyright © 2008 Library of Congress
Washington.D.C.20559
A sabbath keeper, truly believe with every drops of blood that run through their veins, that by going to church on a Saturday, and sit down in their air condition building that is enough to save their souls.
Are you more save than other people, just by going to church and a Saturday?
What make you think that you alone has whole truth and nothing but the truth?
What will you tell Jesus?
Can you find one verse in the New Testament that say (Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy)
Acts 15:24-30 (KJV)Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: [25] It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, [26] Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. [27] We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. [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. [30] So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
THE NEW TESTAMENT GIVES BELIVERS THE CHOICE OF WORSHIPING ON ANY DAY THEY CHOOSE.
Romans 14:5 (KJV) One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
JESUS WAS NO SABBATH KEEPER, WE SEE HERE HE BROKEN IT.
John 5:18 (KJV) Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
You might ask, so if Jesus never keeps the Sabbath, what was he doing in the temple? He went there because he could find the Jews there in multitude.
THE JEWS NEVER KEEP ANY SABBATH OR ANY PART OF THE LAW.
John 7:19 (KJV) Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? John 7:20 (KJV) The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
Acts 7:53-54 (KJV) Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. [54] When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
The Jews In The Time Of The Fathers Never Keep The Law
Neh 9:34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
Therefore, if the people never keep the law. How did they got saved? They get saved by grace.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Law of Commandments Abolished
Ephes. 2:15 (KJV) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Ephes. 2:15 (Living Bible) By his death he ended the angry resentment between us, caused by the Jewish laws that favored the Jews and excluded the Gentiles, for he died to annul that whole system of Jewish laws. Then he took the two groups that had been opposed to each other and made them parts of himself; thus he fused us together to become one new person, and at last there was peace.
Greek: katargeo ), make of no effect (Romans 3:3; Romans 4:14; Galatians 3:17; Galatians 5:4); come and bring to naught (1 Cor. 1:28; 1 Cor. 2:6); done away (1 Cor. 13:10; 2 Cor. 3:7,11,14); fail (1 Cor. 13:8); cease (Galatians 6:11); vanish away (1 Cor. 13:8); make void (Romans 3:31); cumber (Luke 13:7); deliver (Romans 7:6); loose (Romans 7:2); put away (1 Cor. 13:11); put down (1 Cor. 15:24); destroy (Romans 6:6; 1 Cor. 6:13; 1 Cor. 15:26; 2 Thes. 2:8; Hebrews 2:14); and abolish (2 Cor. 3:13; Ephes. 2:15; 2 Tim. 1:10).
It is clear from these passages that whatever is abolished is completely null and void. What is it here that is abolished? It is the law of commandments in decrees, or the law of dogmatic commandments. The word for ordinances is dogma ), translated "decree" (Luke 2:1; Acts 16:4; Acts 17:7) and "ordinance" (Ephes. 2:15; Col. 2:14). The law was made to expose sin (Romans 3:19-20; Romans 7:13; Galatians 3:19-25) and to keep the Jews a distinct people until Christ came. After that it was no longer needed.
[his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances] This means by His death the law was abolished (Ephes. 2:14-15; Col. 2:14-17; 2 Cor. 3:6-15).
[to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace] This was the purpose of doing away with the law that brought enmity and made the middle wall of partition between Jews and Gentiles. God planned to make of both classes one new man—the church—so making peace between all men (Ephes. 3:6; 1 Cor. 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Col. 3:11).
SABBATHS KEEPERS ARE FALLEN FROM GRACE.
Galatians 5:4 (KJV) Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:4 (Living Bible) Christ is useless to you if you are counting on clearing your debt to God by keeping those laws; you are lost from God's grace.
THIS RIGHTOUSNESS IS APART FROM THE LAW.
Romans 3:21-22 (NKJV)But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all
Eph 2:8-10 (NKJV)For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Ephes. 2:15 (KJV) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
10 Ten Reasons Fourth Commandment Left Out
1. Neither God nor Christ made it a part of the new covenant. If they had it would be somewhere in the New Testament as the other nine are.
2. Of all the words of Jesus on earth only four references are made of the sabbath (Matthew 12:8; Matthew 24:20; Mark 2:27-28; Luke 6:5). He merely taught that it was lawful to do good on this day and that no day is lord of man. He did not once command any particular observance of any definite day.
3. The old Jews sabbath was part of the contract between God and Israel and a token and sign of that covenant (Exodus 20:8-11; Exodus 31:13-18; Ezekiel 20:12-20). The contract was not made with men before Moses (Deut. 5:2-3), or with Gentiles and the church (Romans 2:14; Deut. 4:7-10). The sabbath was not for them.
4. The fourth commandment was the only one of the ten that was a ceremonial, not a moral law. Its sole purpose was to commemorate the deliverance from Egyptian bondage when Israel had no rest (Deut. 5:15). It was only a type of future and eternal rest (Col. 2:14-17; Hebrews 4:1-11; Hebrews 10:1). It was natural for it to be left out of the new contract when the reality of rest came of which it was a shadow (Matthew 11:28-29; Col. 2:14-17). The physical and spiritual benefits of a rest day can be realized on any other day as well as on Saturday.
5. The fourth commandment was the only one that could degenerate into a mere form without affecting the morals of men. All others concern moral obligations of men. It is the only one of the ten that could be done away with and still leave a moral law for men God foretold and promised He would do away with the old Jewish sabbath (Hosea 2:11; Isaiah 1:10-15).
7. The prophets predicted that God would abolish the old and make a new covenant (Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 59:21; Jeremiah 31:13-40; Jeremiah 32:37-44; Ezekiel 36:24-38). That is referred to in the New Testament is clear in Romans 11:25-29; Hebrews 8:8-12; Hebrews 10:16-18; Matthew 26:28.
8. In no passage is it stated that men should keep the Jewish sabbath to commemorate the old creation rest. It was to commemorate deliverance from Egypt (Deut. 5:15). This was what they were to "remember" (Exodus 20:8).
9. It is the only commandment that could be and has been broken without breaking a moral law. Israel marched on that day (Numbers 33:3; Leviticus 23:5-11; Joshua 6:12-16); set up the tabernacle (Exodus 40:1,17 with Leviticus 23:5-11); searched Canaan (Numbers 13:25); and made war (1 Kings 20:29; 2 Kings 3:9; Joshua 6:12-16). David and others broke it and were blameless (Matthew 12:2-5).
10. The New Testament permits Christians to keep any day as the sabbath, it being one of the doubtful things not covered by commandment in the new covenant (Romans 14:1-13; Galatians 4:9-11; Col. 2:14-17). The day early Christians observed—not by commandment but by choice—was the first day, Sunday (John 20:1,19; John 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2). See note, §Acts 20:7. c [we gave no such commandment] We did not send the men that came to Antioch to disturb you (Acts 15:1).
SOMETIME ONLY JESUS CAN HELP US
Acts 4:12 (KJV)Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Romans 5:6 (KJV) For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:7 (KJV) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. Romans 5:8 (KJV) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:9 (KJV) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Romans 5:10 (KJV) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Romans 5:11 (KJV) And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Matthew 6:33-AV But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Isaiah 55:6-AV Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Isaiah 55:7-AV Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
The Bearer’s Of The “Mind Sword”
