The Bondage of the Sabbath Day

The Bondage of the Sabbath Day It is folly for a Christian to try to live under a law or laws which no longer exist. This situation is like stopping at a corner after the stop sign has been removed. You can stop, but you don’t have to. This is similar to Christians who adhere to keeping the Sabbath. Tradition must not blind us and keep us unaware of changes which occur as the Word of God progresses from one age to the next. The laws of the Sabbath were given to Israel and, therefore, apply to Israel. Since these laws were never given to the Church, their interpretation cannot be for it. The Sabbath laws were applied to and for Israel and as such were never altered, changed or transferred to any other period. The Scriptures clearly state that we as born-again sons of God are not under law, but grace. Romans 7:4: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by [on account of] the body of Christ. . . . How could the law possibly have power over us when the law is dead? People trying to live under a law which does not pertain to them is not new in the Christian age. Paul had such in the church at Galatia. Galatians 4:31: So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Galatians 4:9-11: But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements [including the law], whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Romans 14:5, 6: One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike . Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it . He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth