No, you choose not to obey Gods Commandment. I understand that it is easier not to do that. It makes going along with the world a lot easier instead of being peculiar. Jesus kept the Sabbath, His Disciples kept the Sabbath and it will kept in Heaven.
Bob, do you “remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day” (Dt. 5.15)? With respect, I doubt you do. If you don’t, you’re not keeping the commandments as they were given regarding the sabbath.
Jesus was under the Law of Moses. Are you? His disciples were also under the Law of Moses. Are you? Christians were dead to the law (Rom. 7.4), and Jew who became Christians were discharged from it (Rom. 7.6). Gentile Christians were never under it.
Thanks for reading and considering
We disagree. I believe you are putting new wine into old wineskins. I’ll also point out that most sworn sabbatarians don’t come close keeping the Hebrew sabbath. That being said, I won’t argue over any of it because when I was first confronted with the idea that believers are not subject to the Ten Commandments I found it repugnant and wanted to argue. The word antinomian immediately came to mind. But then I grew silent because Proverbs 18:13 also came to mind. I realized that just because it went against what I’d been taught didn’t mean it was wrong, so I decided to at least study how other believers had arrived at that conclusion.
So instead of me trying to explain why I believe as I do I would point you to both a short video and a free e-book called The Essential Sabbath. I’ll link them below. There are many other resources out there on this, but I spent some time with Pastor Gay when he was in preaching in the States last year (and he’s coming back later this year), so I’m am familiar with his free material.
http://www.davidhjgay.com/mobi-books-downloads/
Soli Deo Gloria