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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

About Sabbath

Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.
Matthew 5:18 For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.
Mark 2:27 And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath;
Romans 14:5 One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike. Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
Romans 14:6 He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord.
Luke 16:16 "The law and the prophets were until John; ....
Galatians 3:24 So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian;

About unclean foods
Matthew 15:10 And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:
Matthew 15:11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."
Mark 7:14 And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand:
Mark 7:15 there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him."
Mark 7:18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,
Mark 7:19 since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

The warning
Romans 14:2 One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables.
Romans 14:3 Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him.
Romans 14:6 ... He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Timothy I 4:4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;
Timothy I 4:5 for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
Romans 14:10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;
Romans 14:13 Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
Romans 14:14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.
Romans 14:15 If your brother is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.

Conclusion
Romans 14:16 So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;
Romans 14:19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Romans 14:20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats;
Romans 14:21 it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Romans 14:22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God; happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves.

For myself guidance
Colossians 2:16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath.
Colossians 2:17 These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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