Please
Excuse Me Dad, My Brother Needs Me...
Compiled By Brother L.
Harrell
Someone said Jesus broke the
Sabbath. Additionally they said that the reason He broke it was
because He did away with the [Lord’s] Day. (It has been said that
since it was a new administration, He was going by the parameters of
the new administration).
Even if the Sabbath was instituted
by the Law (Genesis 2:3 makes known the time set aside is not exclusive
to the Law), Jesus was not under
authority to do away
with the Sabbath. (That would not be in order, which the Son of
Man followed). Jesus was not yet glorified. As our
kinsman, the Son of Man had to observe the Law.
1
Corinthians 14:40 Let all
things be done decently and in order.
To say He set an example of
doing away with the Sabbath by breaking it is false because Jesus as
the Son of Man had no authority to do so. (Of course what is
false and what is true is only of concern with those that care what is
false or true). Many Santa Claus and Easter Bunny worshipers
don’t truly care about what is false or true. (They only care in
words but not deeds).
Jesus was excused from honoring
His Father on the Sabbath because He was about His Father’s business,
which is to honor His Father. When one is walking about
ministering to thousands of people that want your attention 24/7, one
likely will find themselves spending time ministering instead of
performing preparation for the Sabbath. Then you will find
yourself needing food that you did not have time to prepare.
The servant is not greater than
His master. If men today are at times overtaxed due to
ministering to the world, so was the Master.
John
13:16 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he
that sent him.
Profanation of the Sabbath is waived by acts of mercy.
Through mercy, the sanctity of the Day is carried out.
James
2:13 (NLT) For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been
merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy
toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
Jesus being the Lord of the
Sabbath knew what the Sabbath was about. Who is going to tell the
Lord of the Sabbath how to keep the Sabbath in truth and in
spirit? He is the author of the Day! Jesus being full of
the
Spirit of God knows what excuses Him and what does not.
Need a law [in writing] to keep
the Sabbath [in
the New Testament]? Why?
The Law places liability to the account
of the lawless that don't heed the Spirit. The
Law is for the lawless. Those that strive for peace don't need a
written command to honor the Mighty King. If love is in your
heart, the need to
tithe, give generous offerings and honoring one's obligations does not
have
to be mandated by the letter. If the Law is written in your
heart, why do you seek it in writing? If you need to be told to
honor your father / Father, you are already in the wrong spirit.
(We should not be immoral or amoral if His Spirit has been given
Lordship in our lives).
1 Timothy
1:8-10 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it
lawfully; Knowing this, that the
law is not made for a righteous man,
but for the lawless and
disobedient, for the ungodly and for
sinners,
for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of
mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile
themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured
persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound
doctrine;
II Timothy 3:16 (Weymouth New
Testament) Every Scripture
is inspired by God and is
useful
for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for
instruction
in right doing;
Not only does the Spirit lead us into
truth, but we have been given the
Law as a guide. The Law teaches us to make a difference between
holy
and unholy. The Seventh Day Sabbath is without question
holy.
Separate it from your own unholy lustful deeds, and keep the Day
dedicated to the Creator and His desires.
If a believer is full of the Holy Spirit, heeding His voice, why would
there be need to have it written on stone or paper that we need to
assemble on a consecrated day instead of a day dedicated to God’s
adversary (Baal / a sun god)? Again, we should have learned
from the Law to separate holy from unholy.
God created the first day, and the enemy can't make that day unholy [on
the day's own account]. However, the ritual of assembling on the
first day, [purportedly] substituting the Sabbath, which is without
question in honor of Baalim, is unholy. (The ritual is an act of
rebellion... False substitution is rebellion). The first
day of the week
is pure, for the Lord created it, but the unholy memorial to other gods
and false gospel accompanying that contemptuous ritual is not.
No true prophet of God
will prophetically
declare that the first day of the week is the Lord's Holy Day.
Ask any prophet to prophetically
state whether the Seventh Day is the Lord's Holy Day or not. If
they
convey that the Lord spoke the answer, mark them by their Words.
Sunday is not the Sabbath of the New Testament.
revised: 01/01/05
http://seventhdayapostolic.org/ChooseLORD/