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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord
There is no directive, either in the words of Jesus, or in the words of Paul, or any other NT writer on exactly which days of the Lord should be kept, is there? I haven't found them.
What I have found is that no day should be set apart as better or less than another, but that every day should be worthy of giving the Lord our best.
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Under the dictates of the Law the Sabbath (7th Day) was consecrated as holy unto the Lord ("Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" -
Exodus 20:8), for it was symbolic of the 7th day when the LORD God rested "from all his work which he had made" (
Genesis 2:2).
However, with the institution of the "New Covenant," and the giving of the Spirit to His saints, we are told that "This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing" (see
Isaiah 28:11-12).
I am persuaded to believe that it was because of Isaiah's prophetic words that Paul the apostle was prompted to pen the words of
Galatians 4:9-11, wherein he questioned why these saints (as well as every saint today) were desirous of returning to the former practice of "observing days," such as the Sabbath, expressing his fear that all of his labor in assisting them to become Christians had been expended in vain should they continue to do so.
Therefore, because of these things, as well as the admonitions contained in
Hebrews 4:1-11 regarding the "rest" which God gives to those to whom He has given to possess the Spirit, then, for me, I do not, nor will I ever again, as I did prior to my conversion from the beggarly elements of the world, esteem one day above another, for every day is to be construed as being holy unto the Lord.
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