The Sabbath Day, Should You Keep or not Keep?

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which was established by an UNCHANGING God, and affirmed by Paul himself. He is using a rabbinic Hebraism here. Messiah frees us from the bondage of sin, and this delivers us from the PENALTY of The Law against us. It does NOT free us from the obligation of obedience.

Incorrect. But that is not to say there is no obedience required in any manner! The Spirit that leads us will lead us to righteous living. It causes us to do the same things law tried to get people to do morally and spiritually, NOT THE FLESHLY ORDINANCES OF THE Law though. 1 Cor 9 and Gal 5 say as much:

1 Corinthians 9:21 KJV To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

Galatians 5:16-18 KJV This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (17) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (18) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

So while the Spirit delivers us from the law's life of works, at the same time it does not lead us to fulfill the lusts of the flesh. And there is no law against the things the Spirit leads us to do. It just so happens that the righteousness of the law is simply the same thing the Spirit successfully causes us to live.

That's why he then said this:

Galatians 5:22-23 KJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

To be continued. Gotta run. Thanks for the great and civil and non-mocking chat! Rare around here.