Was the Sabbath Really Changed?

Was the sabbath really changed to Sunday, or is it everyday. Let's examine what the scripture actually says.

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[ZQProLang]

Why? Colossians 2:16-17. Paul said do not let anyone judge you {Gentile Christians} regarding the food you eat {forbidden by the food law} and not observing any sabbaths {including 7th day). These are a mere shadow. They are meaningless because the reality beongs to Christ. Christ "canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross."

[DoorPostMinistries]

Christ did not cancel any law. Read Mat 5:17-19 Paul is addressing new Christians with Gentile background that were not familiar with the Torah/law. He told them not to let people judge them now that they were observing God's law. James gives new Gentile believers a starting point. No blood, kosher kill, no fornication. Why the kosher instructions to new believers??? Do you obey these new testament laws?? They would learn the rest as they observed the sabbath which was still kept in every city.

[DoorPostMinistries]

Paul did not teach anyone to abandon the law. Those were rumors that he put to rest by taking a Nazarite vow in Acts 15. Those rumors still persist today and sadly many Christians still believe them. Pau speaking: Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Law not voided as taught. In fact Paul establishes it. So Jesus says he came not to destroy the law and Paul teaches the law is not voided. Why is the exact opposite taught? Jude 1:3

[ZQProLang]

..the law. Verse 25 says, "But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.”

The Scripture is clear. Gentile Christians are not required to observe any sabbath days.

[DoorPostMinistries]

@ZQProLang You are taking this out of context. In Acts 21 you are reading a retelling of the event that took place in Acts 15.

Act 15:20 But that we write unto them....

Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

If we continue reading we see it was expected the new believers to observe the sabbath. Not even a point of discussion. All believers observed the sabbath.

[DoorPostMinistries]

@ZQProLang Also, since you brought it up, do you observe the instructions that James gave to all new Gentile believers in verse 25. The 1st 4 things they should observe now that they have come into the faith. Or has Jesus set you free from this? But wait, this is many years after the cross and James is telling Gentile believers to follow Moses/Torah and study it each sabbath. I guess James didn't get the memo that Jesus cancelled the Torah. Or it's still valid and should be studied and followed.

[elskid206]

@ZQProLang There is only ONE faith. How can there be TWO "right ways". YHVH told HIS PEOPLE to observe the Shabbat for all generation. Then He sends He Son, who ONLY did what He saw or heard from His Father, to invent a NEW way? Not a chance. You are believing the lies programed into you. Break free, my friend. Trust Scripture, not a seminary, or a Ph.d, or some pastor.

[ZQProLang]

Romans 2:29 says, "But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God."

You call this RUMORS? Paul said physical circumsion is nothing. circumcision which is of the heart, by the Spirit, is pleasing to God. Circumcision is a shadow of a new heart/person, born of the Spirit.

[ZQProLang]

@DoorPostMinistries Clearly Paul teached, "But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter." (Romans 7:6) Gal. 2:16, Paul preached, "a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. put our faith in Christ Jesus ... justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified."

[ZQProLang]

@DoorPostMinistries Rumors? You should study Paul's letters. When James and the elders confronted Paul, Paul never denied it. The letter they wrote to the Gentile Christians show that the Gentile believers are not obligated to keep Jewish customs. The advice the gave Paul was to take a vow, to show that Paul "also walk orderly, keeping the Law", which he should as a Jew.