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What did Jesus HIMSELF teach us that we must do in order to receive eternal life in the world to come?
One day a young man came up to Jesus and asked him a very specific direct question saying, “What MUST I DO to receive ETERNAL LIFE? And here are the Words of Jesus ONLY in answering this man's question of what we MUST DO in order to receive eternal life in the world to come.
Please read Matthew 19:16-21.
“And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I DO, that I may have eternal life?
17. And he said unto him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but IF you will enter into life, KEEP the commandments.
18. He said unto him, WHICH? (Please notice that Jesus was asked TWO questions: the first question was what must I DO in order to receive eternal life in the world to come, and Jesus answered, If you want to receive eternal life in the world to come, then you MUST KEEP the COMMANDMENTS. And then Jesus was point blank asked the very SPECIFIC question of WHICH commandments must I KEEP in order to receive eternal life in the world to come and) Jesus said #1. You shall do no murder, #2. You shall not commit adultery, #3. You shall not steal, #4. You shall not bear false witness,
19. #5. (You shall) Honor your father and your mother: and, #6. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (So then, according to Jesus Words ONLY, Jesus HIMSELF clearly and plainly teaches us FOUR commandments that are shall NOT DO commandments and TWO commandments that are SHALL DO commandments that we MUST keep in order to receive eternal life in the world to come.)
20. The young man said unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what LACK I yet? (Jesus saw his PRIDE and arrogance BOASTING in this young man and in his OWN self-righteousness. Jesus already told him what he MUST DO in order to receive eternal life in the world to come, which were SIX commandments that are not grievous to bear, and please notice that all six of these MUST DO commandments were all MORAL commandments. But this young man wanted to prove that he was BETTER than everyone else. So he mocked Jesus, saying surely there must be more than just these six MORAL commandments, I mean surely master, I must be required do more than just keep these six MORAL commandments to be worthy to receive eternal life? And here is what Jesus answered)
21. Jesus said unto him, If you will be PERFECT, go and sell that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.”
In other words, if you want MORE than just eternal life in the world to come, like that is not good enough for you, and you want to be PERFECT, then go and SELL ALL that you have and give it all away to the poor, so you can follow Jesus in full-time ministry, and then you will have treasure in heaven.
Now this young man went away sad THINKING that he had to or that he MUST sell everything he had and give it all away to the poor and follow Jesus in full-time ministry in order to inherit eternal life. But this is NOT what Jesus is saying.
What Jesus was saying is that if you want to EARN eternal life, then you MUST be PERFECT even as your Father in heaven is perfect, which is IMPOSSIBLE with MEN, but NOT with God, when we do things God's WAY, which is to keep the NEW covenant.
Jesus was the only one, who EARNED the RIGHT to be given eternal life by keeping ALL the law of God to the LETTER and even above and beyond what the law required. Even the disciples misunderstood what Jesus was saying and asked him WHO than CAN be saved? And here is the answer Jesus gave.
Matthew 19:22-30.
“But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. (This was MORE than he was able to bear. He was thinking I cannot do this, so now I am in fear that I will not receive eternal life)
23. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (It is not the riches that keep rich people out of heaven, but rather it is their LOVE for riches and their PRIDE that keeps them from following Jesus with a pure heart, to do whatever he asks them to do WITH the riches of this world that keeps them out of heaven)
25. When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, WHO then can be SAVED?
26. But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With MEN this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. (Jesus is saying that God is about to do a NEW THING in the earth and this NEW THING will make it IMPOSSIBLE for mankind to SAVE THEMSELVES by doing good works in their own strength. Yahweh is tired of the pride and BOASTING like this young man, who you just heard wanting to know what MORE he needed to do to prove he was worthy to receive eternal life. So from now on, it will be IMPOSSIBLE for MAN to save himself by keeping all the laws of God given to Moses. BUT do not be discouraged, because WITH God it is not only possible to be saved, but he is going to make it so much EASIER. Jesus is saying I spoke the TRUTH to this young man, saying that all he MUST DO was to keep those SIX MORAL commandments, which are NOT grievous at all to bear. I would never lie to anyone.)
27. Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed you; what shall we have therefore? (It seem like they heard the word TREASURE in heaven and they wanted to know WHAT they would receive for giving everything up to follow Jesus in full-time ministry.)
28. And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That you which have followed ME, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Now we will not sit specifically on those twelve thrones, but we all will rule and reign with Jesus during the SEVENTH 1000 year long day of the Lord in which Jesus will rule FOR Yahweh, while Almighty God the Father RESTS IN the SEVENTH DAY.)
29. And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit everlasting life.
30. But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.”
My point is that Jesus is NOT a LIAR, and he was asked point blank the very SPECIFIC question of WHICH COMMANDMENTS MUST be KEPT in order to receive ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come and Jesus listed SIX and ONLY SIX commandments, which were all MORAL commandments. Go back and read it again. Read ALL the gospels and you will not find ANYWHERE that Jesus HIMSELF taught us to keep the FOURTH commandment.
Yes, Jesus himself did indeed keep the Sabbath day as was his CUSTOM from childhood all the way up to his FIRST sermon right after his baptism. Jesus was born UNDER the OLD covenant and being a JEW, Jesus did keep the Sabbath day as the Jews up to the time God commissioned him to begin his MINISTRY. From that time on Jesus taught the SPIRIT of why the Sabbath was given to Israel for THEM to keep throughout THEIR generations.
Please read Luke 4:14-21.
“And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom WAS, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. (Before this time it WAS the custom of Jesus to keep the Sabbath as the Jews, for Jesus was a Jew, and like all Jews, it was their custom to read the scriptures in the synagogue. But THIS Sabbath was DIFFERENT because this was the day that Jesus BEGAN his ministry that the Father had just commissioned or sent him to accomplish. Jesus was slowly revealing that he was the CHRIST, the ANOINTED one of God prophesied to come.)
17. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias (or Isaiah). And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon ME because he has ANOINTED ME to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent ME to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21. And he BEGAN to say unto them, This day is this scripture FULFILLED in your ears.”
The Jews were searching the scriptures THINKING that they would find eternal life in the LAW and in the prophets, but Jesus said to them that the scriptures spoke of HIM.
Please read John 5:33-47.
“You sent unto John, and he bares witness unto the truth. (Or when you heard John the Baptist preaching repentance you sent some to hear what he had to say and report back to you. Indeed John does bear witness of the truth that God is calling men to repentance, and I tell you that one greater than John is with you.)
34. But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I SAY (Or the words that I TEACH are so), that you might be SAVED.
35. He (John) was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36. But I have GREATER witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me.
37. And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his shape.
38. And you have NOT his word abiding in you: for (Or BECAUSE) whom he has sent, him you believe NOT. (Jesus is saying how he KNOWS that the word of God does NOT ABIDE in people. Jesus is saying it is NOT about how many verses you can quote or how many commandments you keep, but rather it is, do YOU KNOW that all the law and the prophets speak of JESUS?)
39. SEARCH the scriptures; for IN them (The scriptures, the law, and the prophets) you THINK you have ETERNAL LIFE: and they (The scriptures, the law and the prophets) are they which testify of ME.
40. And you will not come to ME, that you might have LIFE.
41. I receive not honor from men.
42. But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.
43. I am come in my Father's NAME (Or I have come in Yahweh's NAME. The NAME of Jesus or Yeshua means the salvation of Yahweh), and you receive me not: if another (Prophecy of Muhammad) shall come in his own name, him you will receive. (You see, not all Israel is Israel. There were two seed lines; one of Jacob and one of Ishmael. Jesus perceived that these Jews were the seed of Ishmael and their descendants would follow Muhammad to form a new religion called Islam.)
44. How can you believe, which receive honor one of another (Men comparing themselves with by judging each other's works and boasting in their own good works esteeming themselves better than others), and seek not the honor that comes from God only?
45. Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom YOU TRUST.
46. For HAD you believed Moses (or had you TRULY believed the prophecies of Moses and the shadows he wrote in the law, which point to ME, then), you would have believed ME: for he WROTE of ME. (See Deuteronomy 18:15-19. “The LORD your God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto HIM you shall hearken; 16. According to all that you desire of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire anymore, that I die not. 17. And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.”)
47. But if you believe NOT his writings (That PROPHESY of ME), how shall you believe MY WORDS?”
Jesus had another conversation in the next chapter of the gospel of John with the Jews, which finally got their attention, at least enough for them to ask him, WHAT WORKS must we do to work the WORKS OF God?
Please read John 6:27-29.
“Labor (Or WORK) not for the meat which perishes, but (Rather WORK) for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him has God the Father sealed.
28. Then said they unto him, WHAT shall we DO, that we might WORK the WORKS OF God?
29. Jesus answered and said unto them, THIS IS THE WORK OF God, that you BELIEVE ON HIM whom he has sent.”
Then we read in Matthew 17:4-9 where Peter wanted to build three tabernacles: one for Jesus, one for Elijah, and one for Moses and WHILE Peter was yet speaking these words Yahweh spoke from heaven saying THIS is MY BELOVED SON in whom I am well pleased, HEAR YOU HIM. I mean have you already forgotten what he has been teaching you that the prophets Elijah and Moses WROTE of HIM?
Matthew 17:4-9.
“Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for YOU, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5. While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is MY beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; HEAR YOU HIM.
6. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were sore afraid.
7. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus ONLY .
9. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, UNTIL the Son of man be risen again from the dead.”
To ME this is like Almighty God saying to Peter, the Jews, and to us to NOT build shrines to Moses and those in the OLD Testament and to place our eyes on his SON Jesus ONLY. Yahweh wants us to keep our eyes on Jesus and on the NEW covenant and the teaching in the NEW Testament. STAY in the NEW Testament. OBEY the teachings in the NEW Testament under the NEW covenant to keep all the MORAL commandments and you WILL receive eternal life in the world to come.
Jesus knew that he and his disciples were still UNDER the OLD covenant and it was necessary for him to suffer and die and be raised again before the NEW covenant began. So Jesus was saying just a little longer and the NEW covenant will be established in my shed blood and no other covenant will be needed. All the other covenants from Adam to Moses point to ME. The kingdom of God was at hand and very near, even at the door, but had not yet fully come during the DAYS of the MINISTRY of Jesus before the cross.
And after the cloud lifted they saw Jesus ONLY. This teaches us that we are to follow and obey the words and teachings of Jesus ONLY, which ARE the words written in the NEW Testament under the NEW covenant.
In other words, the ENTIRE NEW Testament ARE the words, teachings, instructions, directions, and COMMANDMENTS of the NEW COVENANT. Everything that Yahweh HIMSELF wants or desires us to KEEP from the OLD covenant is WRITTEN IN the NEW covenant. And if it is NOT written IN the NEW covenant IN the NEW Testament, then Almighty God, Yahweh himself, does NOT want us to keep it.
And there is NO teaching, instruction, direction or commandment for us, as Christian, under the NEW covenant, written IN the NEW Testament to keep ANY day of the WEEK as a day of rest. But there are teachings in the NEW Testament that clearly teach us that the Jews, who become Christians, are no longer obligated to keep the yearly feast days, the monthly new moon festivals, NOR the WEEKLY Sabbaths NOR any dietary laws. And thus proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that NO Gentile Christian is required to live as the Jews under the OLD covenant.
Please read these words of Jesus ONLY first to show that it was Jesus himself through the Holy Spirit, who taught his apostles these NEW THINGS after his ascension, that they could NOT BEAR or receive, until they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and then we will cover the highly controversial passage of scripture found in Colossians 2:8-17.
But first please read John 16:12-13.
“I have YET MANY THINGS to say unto you, BUT you can NOT BEAR them NOW.
13. Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of TRUTH, is come, HE will guide you into ALL TRUTH: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15. All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.”
In other words, Jesus was still yet TEACHING his apostles and disciples AFTER his ascension into heaven. They were NOT YET ABLE to BEAR all that Jesus had needed to teach them BEFORE they received the Holy Spirit.
You see dear child of God, the Jews were the first to receive the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, which bore witness to them, giving them BOLDNESS that God was WITH them, dwelling IN them. Then later, when God began saving GENTILES, they KNEW that it was God himself saving them through the preaching of the gospel only and their FAITH in the gospel of truth, because they received the same Holy Spirit and spoke in other tongues the same as they had received the Holy Spirit and spoke in other tongues.
This is one of the NEW THINGS Jesus had yet to teach them BUT knew that they could not or would NOT have believed Jesus BEFORE they received to Holy Spirit. Even then they questioned it for a bit.
Now let us read Colossians 2:8-17.
“BEWARE lest any man spoils you through philosophy and VAIN DECEIT, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and NOT after Christ.
9. For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10. And you ARE COMPLETE IN him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11. IN whom ALSO you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the FAITH of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead.
13. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14. BLOTTING OUT the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it OUT OF the way, NAILING it to his cross;
15. And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16. Let no man, THEREFORE (When you see the words wherefore and therefore find out WHY they are there FOR. The word, therefore, means let no man judge you for that very reason of Jesus blotting out and taking out of the way the ORDINANCES of the LAW, so do NOT allow them to) judge you in #1. MEAT, or in drink, or in #2. respect of a holy day (Any of the yearly feast day Sabbaths), or #3. of the new moon (Or in any of the new moon monthly festivals), or #4. of the Sabbath days:(NOR do not let them judge you for NOT keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath days)
17. Which are a SHADOW of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”
Now some Saturday seventh day of the week Sabbath keeping Christians try and REASON AWAY these verses CLAIMING that Sabbath days in verse 16 is not speaking of the weekly Sabbath days, but if you search the word of God like a good Berean, then you will see that Paul listed these things exactly like they are listed in the OLD Testament and NO one denies that it is referring to the WEEKLY Sabbaths in the Old Testament. Please read the study “ARGUMENTS FOR THE SABBATH!”
The word “Sabbath” is found 50 times in the four gospels, which I list below. You can look the context up for yourself to see that NOT ONE SINGLE time did Jesus teach US, as Christians, to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews.
Jesus was given the PERFECT place in which to TEACH us to keep the Sabbath day, like the Jews, if he wanted us to keep the Sabbath as a DAY of the WEEK to rest.
And at the same time, if so be, that Jesus wanted us to keep the Sabbath as the Jews, then he failed miserably to do so, when he was point blank asked the very SPECIFIC question of WHICH commandments we MUST KEEP in order to receive ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come, and Jesus did NOT even mention the FOURTH commandment of keeping the Sabbath to rest on the seventh DAY of the WEEK as the Jews under the OLD covenant.
But I myself do NOT believe Jesus failed miserably and he told us EXACTLY WHICH SIX commandments that we must keep if we want to receive eternal life in the world to come. Jesus wants us to keep the SPIRIT of the MORAL law and thus gave us ONLY the MORAL law, as MUST KEEP commandments, in order to receive eternal life in the world to come. Jesus even made the MORAL law stricter under the NEW covenant.
Please read Matthew 19:16-19 again before we cover all the verses with the word "Sabbath" in them contained in the four gospels, so you can see for yourself that Jesus himself never once TAUGHT us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews under the OLD covenant.
Matthew 19:16-19.
“And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I DO, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but IF you will enter into life, KEEP the commandments.
18. He said unto him, WHICH? (Please notice that Jesus was asked TWO questions: the first question was what must I DO in order to receive eternal life in the world to come, and Jesus answered, If you want to receive eternal life in the world to come, then you MUST KEEP the COMMANDMENTS. And then Jesus was point blank asked the very SPECIFIC question of WHICH commandments must I KEEP in order to receive eternal life in the world to come and) Jesus said #1. You shall do no murder, #2. You shall not commit adultery, #3. You shall not steal, #4. You shall not bear false witness, (FOUR shall not do commandments)
19. #5. (You shall) Honor your father and your mother: and, #6. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
And after the four shall not do commandments Jesus gives us TWO shall do commandments making SIX total MUST DO commandments in order to receive eternal life in the world to come. And again please notice that they are all MORAL commandments, which Jesus actually makes STRICTER by keeping the SPIRIT of the law, which is walking in LOVE. In other words, under the NEW Covenant, we must not simply keep these six moral commandments, but we must LIKE keeping them by not complaining that we HAVE to keep them. We must keep them with joy and not grudgingly with a bad attitude.
Here is the list of all 45 verses that have the word “Sabbath” in them contained in the four gospels.
Matthew 12:1.
“At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.”
The disciples are found working on or BREAKING the Sabbath day by picking corn. Definitely does NOT teach us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews under the Old Covenant.
Matthew 12:2.
“But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day.”
The disciples are accused of BREAKING the Sabbath day by the Jews. Now, this could be INTERPRETED as the JEWS teaching us to keep the Sabbath day, but Jesus himself is teaching us to NOT keep the Sabbath day as the Jews under the Old Covenant.
Matthew 12:5.
“Or have you not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?”
Jesus is DEFENDING his disciples for WORKING on the Sabbath as being found blameless for working on the Sabbath day. Again Jesus is not teaching us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews under the Old Covenant.
Matthew 12:8.
“For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.”
This verse has indeed been INTERPRETED to mean that Jesus is teaching us to keep the Sabbath days as the Jews under the OLD covenant. But in TRUTH, Jesus is teaching us that Almighty God has made him both Lord and Christ. Most Christians already know that one meaning of the word Christ means Savior. And most Christians already believe that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. But some Christians fail to understand that the weekly Sabbath was a SHADOW pointing to the great and notable DAY of the Lord which is 1000 year long. Jesus will rule and reign FOR Yahweh the Father DURING that 1000 year long SABABTH DAY of Yahweh’s REST as the “Lord of the Sabbath”. Jesus is NOT saying that he is the Lord of the WEEKLY Sabbath. The Jews that he is speaking to do not even believe that he is the Christ. Please read “JESUS IS LORD OF THE SABBATH!” for the true meaning of this verse when it is correctly interpreted in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of God as opposed to reading INTO this verse one's OWN personal interpretation.
Matthew 12:10.
“And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? that they might accuse him.”
Jews are wanting to accuse Jesus for any reason. They knew about Jesus healing peo[le where ever he went. So they asked Jesus a question in order to trap him for working on the Sabbath day. So again, this verse does not teach us to keep the Sabbath day.
Matthew 12:11.
“And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?”
In this verse, we see Jesus DEFENDING doing good and things need to be done on the Sabbath day. Now, some INTERPRET these types of verses as Jesus teaching us a NEW WAY to keep the Sabbath day because they CLAIM that the Jews PERVERTED the true way to keep the Sabbath. Again, this is one's OWN personal interpretation being read INTO these verses of Jesus WORKING on the Sabbath day to do GOOD for others by healing them on the Sabbath day.
Matthew 12:12.
“How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.”
Again, Jesus DEFENDS doing good and things needed to be done on the Sabbath day. Same as above. Keep in mind that Jesus is NOT teaching a NEW WAY to keep the weekly Sabbath. The Jews were trying to TRAP Jesus is any way that they could. They were jealous of his fame and how many people sought him out to hear his teaching. The Jews knew that they themselves WORKED on the weekly Sabbath to do good things that needed to be done. But their line of reasoning was that there are six other days to heal the sick and to THEM it was not needful for Jesus to heal the sick on the Sabbath day. Keep in mind that Jesus was only OBEYING whatever Almighty God HIMSELF told him to do.
Matthew 24:20.
“But pray you that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:”
Now, this verse is one of a few other verses that are used to try and prove that ALL Christians will keep the Sabbath day in the FUTURE. So, therefore, they conclude that ALL Christians MUST keep the Sabbath day NOW, lest they SIN and lose their reward of eternal life in the world to come. Please read the study “SABBATH KEEPING IN THE FUTURE?!”
Matthew 28:1.
“In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.”
This verse teaches us that Jesus rose again after the weekly Sabbath day had already ended and it was right before dawn on the first day of the week, but there is nothing about KEEPING the Sabbath as the Jews under the Law of Moses.
Mark 1:21.
“And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.”
Same as Matthew 4:17 and Luke 4:16 the beginning or the ministry of Jesus, when things BEGAN to START changing and the kingdom of God was AT HAND. This was the start of the transition from the OLD covenant to the NEW covenant.
Mark 2:23.
“And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.”
Same as Matthew 12:1 and Luke 6:1 where the disciples of Jesus were working on the Sabbath day because they were hungry. Please understand that many of these fifty times that the word Sabbath is found in the New Testament are REPEATS of the same event being repeated in the other two Gospels. That is why I say, SAME AS another verse.
Mark 2:24.
“And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?”
Same as Matthew 12:2 and Luke 6:2 where the Jews accused the disciples of Jesus WORKING on the Sabbath day.
Mark 2:27.
“And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath:”
Notice that the word “day” is not in the text, which teaches us that Jesus is not speaking of a day of the WEEK. But rather, Jesus is speaking of the yet future 1000 year long seventh day of Yahweh's REST while Jesus rules and reigns as the Lord of the SABBATH of Yahweh's rest and we rest from all our works. Again, the weekly Sabbath day was a SHADOW point to Jesus as our TRUE REST. Please read the study “IS JESUS OUR TRUE SABBATH REST?” The weekly Sabbath day is also a SHADOW pointing to YAHWEH’S 1000 year long Sabbath Day.
Mark 2:28.
“Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.”
Same as Matthew 12:8 and Luke 6:5. Again please read “JESUS IS LORD OF THE SABBATH!” for the true meaning of these verses.
Mark 3:2.
“And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him.”
Again, the Jews wanted to accuse Jesus of WORKING on the Sabbath day The Jews were looking for ANY excuse to accuse Jesus because they were jealous of all his followers. So again, this verse does not teach us that Jesus taught us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews.
Mark 3:4.
“And he said unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.”
Again, Jesus DEFENDS working on the Sabbath days when that work is doing GOOD for others. Still no sound Biblical evidence of Jesus actually teaching us to keep the Sabbath day, as the Jews under the Old covenant.
Mark 6:2.
“And when the Sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence has this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?”
Jesus knew that his God and Father commissioned him to teach and preach that the kingdom of God was at hand. Jesus taught in parables in other to slowly reveal that he was the Christ, the anointed one prophesied to come. And again, we know that Jesus kept the Sabbath because he was born under the law. But in none of these verses do we see that Jesus is TEACHING us, as Gentile Christians, to KEEP the fourth commandment.
Keep in mind that IF SO BE that Jesus taught us, as Christians, to keep the weekly Sabbath then he would have INCLUDED that commandment when the young man SPECIFICALLY asked Jesus WHICH COMMANDMENTS must he keep in order to receive eternal life in the world to come. Jesus only listed the MORAL commandments as being the ONLY commandments that must be kept in order to receive eternal life in the world to come.
Mark 15:42.
“And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,”
Again, no teaching of Jesus for us to keep the Sabbath as the Jews in this verse either.
Mark 16:1.
“And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.”
Again, still yet no teaching of Jesus for us to keep the Sabbath as the Jews.
Luke 4:16.
“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”
BEFORE the MINISTRY of Jesus it was indeed his custom to faithfully keep the weekly Sabbath day as the Jews seeing that Jesus was a Jew born under the law of Moses. But from that point on, Jesus went into the synagogues with the purpose to preach and teach that the kingdom of God was AT HAND and to reveal that he was the CHRIST, the ANOINTED of God, who was prophesied to come in the law and the prophets.
Luke 4:31.
“And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath days.”
What better day of the week upon which to teach the Jews seeing that they would all be gathered together in one place on the Sabbath day. But still, we do not see that Jesus taught them or us to KEEP the Sabbath day as the Jews under the OLD covenant.
Luke 6:1.
“And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.”
Same as Matthew 12:1 and Mark 2:23 where the disciples of Jesus were WORKING on the Sabbath day. Now ask yourself WHY the disciples were WORKING on the weekly Sabbath day by picking corn when the KNEW that the Law of Moses said that they could be stoned to death for picking up sticks to prepare a fire to eat? To me, Jesus was teaching them in secret that the laws contained in ordinances were SHADOWS pointing to him as being the Messiah and that God was bringing in a NEW COVENANT. Please read the study “THE SABBATH REST IS A SIGN!”
Luke 6:2.
“And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do you that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?”
This time the Jews accuse Jesus of breaking the Sabbath for not rebuking his disciples for WORKING on the Sabbath day. See also Matthew 12:1 and Mark 2:23 of this SAME account.
Luke 6:5.
“And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.”
Same as Matthew 12:8 and Mark 2:28. Again, please read “JESUS IN THE LORD OF THE SABBATH!” for the true meaning of these verses.
Luke 6:6.
“And it came to pass also on another Sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.”
Again, Jesus WORKING on the Sabbath day going about doing GOOD and HEALING all who were oppressed of the devil, being LEAD by the Spirit of Almighty God the Father to WORK on the Sabbath.
Luke 6:7.
“And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the Sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.”
Again, no evidence of Jesus teaching the Jews or US, as Gentile Christians, to KEEP the seventh day of the week as a day of rest as the Jews.
Luke 6:9.
“Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?”
Again, Jesus is defending WORK on the Sabbath to do GOOD, but still, no evidence of Jesus teaching the Jews or US to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews.
Luke 13:10.
“And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.”
The context shows that Jesus was teaching to do GOOD for others on the Sabbath. The ministry of Jesus was a time of TRANSITION from the OLD covenant of keeping the LETTER of the law to the NEW covenant of keeping the SPIRIT of the law. But if one takes this verse OUT of context and twist this verse to try and prove that Jesus is teaching us to keep the Sabbath then it could be INTERPRETED that Jesus was keeping the Sabbath day.
But clearly, that would be one forcing their own personal interpretation on this verse because we are not specifically told WHAT Jesus taught IN this one verse. But other verses clearly teach us that Jesus taught the Jews that the kingdom of God was AT HAND. Also, I want to remind you that when a woman was caught in adultery the Jews were commanded to stone her under the Law of Moses. BUT Jesus SAVED that woman by writing the secrets sins of her accusers in the dirt. Jesus knew that the Scriptures spoke of him as being the Messiah who was come to SAVE the world and NOT CONDEMN the world. Jesus knew that God was doing a NEW THING in the earth and that a NEW COVENANT was ready to be established.
Luke 13:14.
“And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”
Have you ever wondered WHY Jesus always seemed to WORK on the Sabbath day to heal the sick, doing good for others, when he could have just as easily done this WORK on the other six days of the week? To me, the answer is very obvious. Jesus knew that he was the Messiah who was PROPHESIED to come. Jesus understood that the weekly Sabbath was given to the Jews as a SIGN pointing to him as the Savior of the world. Please read the study “THE SABBATH REST IS A SIGN!”
Luke 13:15.
“The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?”
Again, Jesus DEFENDS his WORKING on the Sabbath day of doing GOOD for others. Some work is NEEDED to be done every single day of the year. Your JOB may demand that you WORK on Saturday or Sunday or BOTH Saturday AND Sunday. Good news! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is GOOD NEWS, which under the NEW covenant there is NO such commandment of Yahweh to keep ANY day of the week as a day of OBLIGATION lest you sin. So if your job requires you to work weekends, then work without the guilt of sinning. Please read the studies listed at the end of this study to become fully persuaded in your own mind and heart that WE ARE KEEPING the fourth commandment by our FAITH in Jesus as our SABBATH REST. “IS JESUS OUR SABBATH REST?”
Luke 13:16.
“And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”
Again, Jesus is DEFENDING working to do GOOD for others on the Sabbath day. And providing for your family is a GOOD work dear child of God. The TRUTH will set you FREE from legalism to keep the LETTER of the law.
Luke 14:1.
“And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day, that they watched him.”
Jesus had quite a reputation for WORKING specifically on the Sabbath day and Jews everywhere were watching him. The Jews were keeping their eyes on him to see if he would obey their threats to stop healing people on the Sabbath day when there are six other days of the week he could heal people.
Luke 14:3.
“And Jesus answering spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?”
Again, Jesus is DEFENDING working on the Sabbath day to do good for others. To me, it is obvious that Almighty God the Father is intentionally bringing these sick people to be healed by Jesus SPECIFICALLY ON the Sabbath day to show the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. What better day for Jesus to WORK to get the attention of the Jews that Jesus is the Lord that was prophesied to come?
Luke 14:5.
“And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
Again, we find NO teaching where Jesus taught neither the Jews nor us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews. In fact, nearly everyone on these verses shows us that Jesus did NOT KEEP the weekly Sabbath day. We can see in Luke chapter 4 that at the very beginning of his ministry Jesus BEGAN to teach the Jews in the Synagogues that he is the Christ that was prophesied to come. So yes, Jesus went into the synagogue on the weekly Sabbath day to TEACH, but what he taught the Jews was that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God. NONE of the verses in the entire New Testament teach us that we are to keep the weekly Sabbath day.
Luke 23:54.
“And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.”
Now again, neither does this verse or any other verse in the entire New Testament teach us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews.
Luke 23:56.
“ And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments, and RESTED the Sabbath day according to the commandment.”
Again, these were all JEWS born UNDER the law of the OLD covenant and the NEW covenant had not yet been confirmed or established fully by the shed blood of Jesus. For you see, Jesus had not yet ascended to his Father after he was raised from the dead. Jesus ascended to the Father right after talking to Mary Magdalene saying touch me NOT for I have NOT yet ascended to my God and your God, to my Father and your Father.
We know that Jesus was NOT speaking of his ascension forty days later because after telling Mary to NOT touch him, that same evening and the next day he told his disciples TO TOUCH him to see that he was NOT a spirit and that he had a BODY of flesh and bone. But this body was a NEW IMMORTAL body. Jesus ascended into heaven and the Father gave the Son of man the divine nature of IMMORTALITY, even as the Father has always had in himself. See the study “WHEN DID JESUS BECOME GOD'S ETERNAL SON?”
John 5:9.
“And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the Sabbath.”
Still, we see no sound Biblical teaching of Jesus for us to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews. All we have is the INTERPRETATION by some Christians that Jesus is teaching us to keep the Sabbath.
John 5:10.
“The Jews, therefore, said unto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
We read in the context of this verse that Jesus TOLD this man, whom he healed, to WORK on the Sabbath day, to carry his bed.
John 5:16.
“And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.”
Over and over we see Jesus WORKING on the Sabbath day. These are all clues teaching us that a TRANSITION is taking place from the OLD covenant to the NEW covenant. Jesus was teaching the Jews that he himself was the FULFILLMENT of the Sabbath rest for them to CEASE from their own works of keeping the LETTER of the law and to begin keeping the SPIRIT of the law. This was the reason of WHY the law was given. The law was added UNTIL the SEED would come. Jesus is that SEED. Jesus IS our Sabbath rest to become Yahweh's workmanship and NOT our OWN workmanship.
John 5:18.
“Therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”
In the context here, we see Jesus defending himself saying that he is only OBEYING Yahweh the Father and that it is Almighty God Yahweh himself who is the one WORKING on the Sabbath to heal these people. It is like Jesus is saying to us that if we accuse or condemn other for WORKING on the Sabbath day as being SINNERS, then we are saying that Almighty God the Father HIMSELF is a SINNER because Yahweh himself WORKED ON the Sabbath day.
John 7:22.
“Moses, therefore, gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and you on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.”
Just like the Jews made the seventh day of the week to be an IDOL unto them, so do some Christians. In other words, we can see the same thing in some church denominations today who worship Saturday, the seventh day of the week as the Jews, placing a DAY of the week above their fellow man. Jesus did not come to teach us the CORRECT way to keep a DAY of the WEEK. He came to BE OUR Sabbath REST, so that we can enter into HIS rest, to CEASE from our OWN works of legalistic self-righteousness and BOASTING in ourselves as being better than others. It is hard for me to understand HOW some Christians have trouble seeing that we are under a NEW COVENANT and that we set free for the BONDAGE of the law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES. Acts 15:24 clearly teaches us that the disciples of Jesus or the entire church gave NO SUCH COMMANDMENT to keep the Law of Moses. Please read Acts 15:24 to refresh your memory. “Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, You must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave NO SUCH COMMANDMENT:”
John 7:23.
“If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are you angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?
Again, Jesus is NOT teaching the Jews nor us to keep the Sabbath day. The seventh day of the week Sabbath keeping Christians like to boast how many TIMES the word Sabbath is mentioned in the New Testament to TRY and prove that the KEEPING of the seventh day of the week was TAUGHT in the New Testament. But as you have seen, not one single verse found in the New Testament has proven that Jesus clearly and plainly taught us to keep any day of the week as a day of rest.
John 9:14.
“And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.”
Jesus is again WORKING on the Sabbath day doing good works of helping others. The early first-century church said let us be SURE to WORK on the Sabbath day and NOT keep the Sabbath day as the JEWS. I have a list of 40 plus quotes from early church writers in the study “SUNDAY WORSHIP VERSUS SABBATH KEEPING!” Here are quotes #2 and #3 from that list of early church writings, which was well before Constantine SUPPOSEDLY changed the Sabbath rest to Sunday:
#2. 100 AD BARNABAS:
"We keep the eighth day [Sunday] with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead" (The Epistle of Barnabas, 100 AD 15:6-8).
#3. 100 AD BARNABAS:
“Moreover God says to the Jews, 'Your new moons and Sabbaths I cannot endure.' You see how he says, 'The present Sabbaths are not acceptable to me, but the Sabbath which I have made in which, when I have rested [heaven: Heb 4] from all things, I will make the beginning of the eighth day which is the beginning of another world.' Wherefore we Christians keep the eighth day for joy, on which also Jesus arose from the dead and when he appeared ascended into heaven. (15:8f, The Epistle of Barnabas, 100 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, pg. 147)
John 9:16.
“Therefore, said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keeps not the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.”
Again, Jesus is being accused of breaking the Sabbath. So again, this verse nor any other verse in the four gospels or the entire New Testament teach us that Jesus taught us to keep the Sabbath day or any day of the week as a day of rest. The day Jesus BEGAN his MINISTRY he WORKED on the Sabbath day doing GOOD for others. Before Jesus BEGAN his ministry it is safe to assume that Jesus, being a Jew born UNDER the OLD covenant, did indeed keep the Sabbath day as was the CUSTOM of his parents and all other Jews.
But that does not prove that Jesus TAUGHT us as Christians to keep the Sabbath day as the Jews under the OLD covenant. And it is NOT sound Biblical teaching to demand that since Jesus kept the Sabbath, then that proves that we must keep the Sabbath as the Jews under the OLD covenant. The weekly Sabbath day was given to the Jews as a SIGN pointing to Jesus as their REDEEMER. It is a SHADOW point to Jesus as our TRUE REST. Please read the study “THE SABBATH REST IS A SIGN!”
So again, every true born again believer IS INDEED KEEPING the TRUE SABBATH REST by their FAITH in Jesus, who suffered and died for their sin. Please read the study “IS JESUS OUR SABBATH REST?”
John 19:31.
“The Jews, therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.”
So then, we can see that ALL through the four gospels we only find TWO passages of scripture, which some INTERPRET to mean that Jesus was CLEARLY teaching us to KEEP the Sabbath day as the Jews did under the OLD covenant. And thus, to THEM, according to their own personal INTERPRETATION, we MUST keep Saturday, the SEVENTH day of the week as a day of rest. And, according to the Law of Moses, we must keep the SEVENTH day of the week AS the Jews from Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset lest we SIN. But AGAIN, Acts 15:24 clearly and plainly teaches us that the Apostle of Jesus gave NO SUCH COMMANDMENT for us to keep the Law of Moses. And Paul explains that we are NOT to keep the Law of Moses contained in ORDINANCES which are the ceremonial laws INCLUDING the weekly Sabbath.
As you may have noticed, I highlight those verses in yellow so you could plainly see that I do NOT hide any verses from you, my readers and seekers of the truth of the WHOLE word of God, as your church denomination hides them from you.
I cover both of these verses in depth in the studies called “JESUS IS LORD OF THE SABBATH!” and “KEEPING THE SABBATH IN THE FUTURE?”, which also covers all the other verses in the Old Testament that prophesy of the children of Israel keeping the Sabbath, throughout THEIR generations, during the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
May God bless you richly as you continue to read ALL the studies that I gave links to throughout this study concerning this subject on Sabbath TRUTH.
This study was just the TIP of the iceberg of exposing the ERRORS of interpretation made by the Saturday seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping churches, and the Sunday first day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians.
All of the studies listed below can be sent to a brother or sister caught up in the Hebrew Roots Movement or a Sabbath-keeping church by sending them this one link **Dd-0. What Is the TRUE SABBATH?**
Also read Dd-20. Did the EARLY Church KEEP the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY?
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
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