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Are Christians Obligated to Observe the 7th day

Sabbath Today?

A Theological Debate Tony Costa, Reformed Baptist &

Angelo Austria, Seventh-Day Adventist

www.freewebs.com/tonycosta


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Definition of Terms

The Sabbath is the proper name in Scripture for the 7th day of the week

It corresponds to our Saturday

The question is not what day is the Sabbath, but whether under the New Covenant Christians are obligated to keep it

Thesis: Sabbath keeping is not obligatory for Christians in the New Covenant


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Genesis 2:2-3 (ESV)

“And on the seventh day God finished his

work that he had done, and he rested on

the seventh day from all his work that he

had done. So God blessed the seventh

day and made it holy, because on it God

rested from all his work that he had done

in creation.”


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Exodus 16:23, 25-26

“[Moses] said to them, „This is what the

LORD has commanded: „Tomorrow is a day

of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the

LORD; bake what you will bake and boil

what you will boil, and all that is left over lay

aside to be kept till the morning.‟ Moses

said, „Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to

the LORD; today you will not find it in the

field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the

seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will

be none”.


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Nehemiah 9:13-14

"You came down on Mount Sinai; you

spoke to them from heaven. You gave

them regulations and laws that are just

and right, and decrees and commands

that are good. You made known to

them your holy Sabbath and gave them

commands, decrees and laws through

your servant Moses.”


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Deuteronomy 5:2-3

“The LORD our God made a covenant

with us at Horeb [Mt. Sinai]. It was not

with our fathers that the LORD made

this covenant, But with us, with all of

us who are alive here today.”


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Sabbath: “a sign” between God and Israel

(Exodus 31:13)

“You are to speak to the people of Israel

and say, 'Above all you shall keep my

Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me

and you throughout your generations, that

you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify

you.”


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Matthew 11:28-30

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy

laden, and I will give you rest. Take my

yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am

gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find

rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy,

and my burden is light.”


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Colossians 2:16-17

“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. These are a shadow of the

things to come, but the substance

belongs to Christ.”


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Romans 14:4-6

“Who are you to pass judgment on the

servant of another? It is before his own

master that he stands or falls. And he will be

upheld, for the Lord is able to make him

stand. One person esteems one day as

better than another, while another

esteems all days alike. Each one should

be fully convinced in his own mind. The

one who observes the day, observes it in

honor of the Lord.”


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Sabbath not Obligatory for Christians

Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:28-29) ruled that while Gentiles should observe certain rules the command to keep the Sabbath is not mentioned.

9 out of the 10 Commandments are repeated and enforced in the New Testament except the fourth commandment to observe the Sabbath.

In Mark 7:21-22 13 sins are listed. Jesus did not mention breaking the Sabbath among them.


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Sabbath not Obligatory for Christians

In Romans 1:29-32 20 sins are listed and not one of them is Sabbath breaking.

In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 10 sins are listed and Sabbath breaking is not one of them.

In Galatians 5:19-21 a list of 15 sins are given and Sabbath breaking is not among them.

In 2 Timothy 3:1-4 there's a list of 18 sins, but not once is Sabbath breaking mentioned.

Revelation 21:8; 22:15 a total of 13 sins are mentioned and again Sabbath breaking is not mentioned among them.


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Christians Under a New Law:

The Law of Christ

“To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order

to win Jews. To those under the law I

became as one under the law (though not

being myself under the law) that I might win

Those under the law. To those outside the

law I became as one outside the law (not

being outside the law of God but under the

law of Christ) that I might win those outside

the law.” (1 Corinthians 9:20-21)


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Christians Under a New Law:

The Law of Christ

• “Bear one another‟s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)

• “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:2)

• James 1:25; 2:12 refers to the law of Christ as “the law of liberty”

• Isaiah 42:4 prophesies that when the Messiah comes the Gentiles (“the coastlands”) will wait “for his law”.


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Have you entered into God’s rest

(Hebrews 3:7-4:11)?

The rest of God is not a day, it is a state that we enter into through Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is God‟s true Sabbath.

The Sabbath pointed to Christ as a shadow, He is the reality of what the Sabbath stood for.

God has set a certain day for his people to enter into His “rest” and that day is…“Today” (Heb 3:13; 4:7).


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Are Christians Obligated to Observe the 7th day

Sabbath Today?

A Theological Debate Tony Costa, Reformed Baptist &

Angelo Austria, Seventh-Day Adventist

www.freewebs.com/tonycosta

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