Are Christians Sabbatarian?

[Red Baker]

Philippians 3:8,9​

“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”

Wonderful scriptures, the sum of the gospel of Jesus Christ, miss it here, and one has missed the truth concerning the true gospel of Jesus Christ, the only gospel that is the source of eternal life.

1) We ask you @Studyman, pray to tell me: "What is the excellency of the Knowledge of Christ"?

2) Paul said he had suffered the lost of all things, and he count them as dung...why? That he may win Christ. What does it mean to win Christ?

3) @Studyman ~ What is Paul referring to "And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,"?

4) Here the final question: "but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:” What is Paul referring to? Hint: whatever Paul is referring to, is without question is how a man obtains the righteousness of God that will give that person the right to eternal life.

I'll say no more until you have a chance to answer. You are more than welcome to ask me questions, and I will show you how you must answer, in order to conduct a reasonable and honest discussion moving forward.

 

[Red Baker]

Why does the rabble babble? Because Satan hates truth, especially about Jesus Christ. If he gets believers sidetracked with Moses and O.T. superstition, Jesus loses. Let Jesus Christ be glorified!

Reader, are you a Christian? If you are, you know the Old Testament passed away, as its name proves (Hebrews 8:3). You should know which section of the Bible is for you, and which section was for Israel. You know Leviticus was for the Levites, not the deacons in your church. You know Paul’s epistles are for Gentile Christians. In spite of what @jeremiah1five said otherwise. Therefore, it does not matter how many times circumcision, sabbath, turtledoves, wave offering, goats, blood, altar, and incense occur in the O.T., they do not apply to you today. Those were beggarly elements of a Jewish form of worship and bondage that is now 2000 years dead. Thank you, blessed God! It was know by the scriptures as the Jews' rellgion, even if they had desecrated its worship, just as the NT church as now done.

Christians follow Jesus Christ and the apostles, not Moses. The N.T. exalts Jesus the Son far above Moses the servant (John 1:17; Hebrews 3: 3-7). Christians follow the teaching and tradition of His apostles (2nd Thess. 2:15; Galatians 1:18). His apostles and prophets had the highest offices in the N.T., and they are the foundation of the N.T. church (1st Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 2:189-22; 3:17). Any contrary opinion is heresy (2nd Thess 3:6; Romans 16: 17,18; 1st John 4:6; Jude 1:3). Following John and Jesus, they changed God’s worship (John 4:20-24). Using Jewish O.T. rules for religious practice today is not Christianity; I think we can safely say, Moses, David, or Isaiah hardly had much insight about N.T. Christianity (1st Peter 1:10-12).

Paul is the final authority for New Testament worship, not Moses. Jesus Christ chose Paul to be the apostle of the Gentiles, and he and the other apostles understood his special role (Acts 9:15; 15:12; Romans 11:13; 15:15-21; Galatians 2: 2:8,9) ). Do you? Gentiles are to follow Paul in the way he followed Christ (1st Corinthians4:14-16; 11:1,2; Philippians 2:3:17). He is the pattern for proper Christian living and worship (Philippians 4:9) ). He wrote the three Pastoral Epistles of the N.T. If a practice cannot be found in Paul’s writing, it should not be followed. Paul condemned Sabbatarians and exalted the first day of the week, as the N.T. and this document clearly show.

Paul’s gospel and ordinances were directly from Jesus Christ. Paul certified that the gospel he preached was directly from the Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:11,12; Ephesians 3:1-7; 1st Corinthians11:23; 14:37). Therefore, just as the Lord had commissioned and charged the original eleven apostles, Paul taught converts to observe exactly what the Lord Jesus Christ had commanded Matthew 28:20).