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Sorry for the hijack, Salvation. They keep pulling

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Colossians 2: 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

Context is crucial. How would pagans from Colossea know about a Sabbath if Paul had not taught them? Perhaps, just perhaps, Paul taught them to keep the Sabbath and then they got grief from their pagan neighbors? At any rate, 2:20 goes on to reference the elements of the world. Who worshipped elements of the world?

Regarding Romans, is this verse in your Bible as well?

Rom 3:31 Do we then make the Law void through faith? Let it not be! But we establish the Law.

Paul is teaching the believers in chapter 14 not to fall into salvation through works. One can keep 52 Sabbaths a year as well as the Levitical Holy Days but if they do it with a carnal mind trying to earn salvation, they will fail. Paul is motivating the believers to let Christ work in them. The Law saves no one, but the saved keep the Law.

Yes, the believers came together to eat on the first day of the week. Convocating on any day of the week does not break the 4th Commandment. Not keeping the Sabbath Holy, or making up your own Sabbath, is sin. Please also don't neglect the verses that show the believers in Acts keeping the Sabbath.

Act 13:14 But going through from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and sat down.

Act 13:27 For those living in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this One, and the voices of the Prophets being read throughout every sabbath, condemning Him, they fulfilled the Scriptures.

Act 13:42 And the Jews having gone out of the synagogue, the nations begged that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

Act 13:44 And on the coming sabbath day almost all the city came together to hear the Word of God.

Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue on every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

Thank you. Now we're having a conversation.

This isn't a hijack as far as I'm concerned. It goes to the literal or figurative interpretation of the Bible as is the topic of the thread.

Perhaps, just perhaps, Paul taught them to keep the Sabbath...

The Colossians weren't just pagans. Everywhere Paul went he addressed first Jew, then gentile. Context is indeed crucial. That also applies to your citation from Acts regarding the Sabbath. Paul was in the synagogue every Sabbath preaching to the Jews. This doesn't mean necessarily that he considered keeping the Sabbath as paramount... it could simply be that that was where he could speak to the Jews.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not out to disagree with you. We agree far more than we disagree. Paul brought the Law with him (God's Law, not Deuteronomy). How he taught it, we don't know. Did he tell the gentiles to observe the Sabbath day of rest or encourage them to meet on Sunday? I rely on the teaching authority of the Church to settle the matter. Considering that nearly all of Christendom celebrates on the same day, I would say we have this in common.