ok, i see i have three responses to my challenge to produce one verse in the NT stating anyone was instructed to keep the 7th day sabbath or indeed did keep the 7th day sabbath AFTER Jesus rose from the dead. for ease, i will deal with all three responses.
all three failed my challenge, of course i knew they would ahead of time since the NT does not contain any such verses.
but the verses provided actually prove my case.
iscool points to col 2:14-18, where Paul instructs Not to let anyone judge you on the sabbath. WHY? because 2:14 the law was nailed to the cross. if we are supposed to keep the 7th day sabbath, people should pass judgement on us if we aren’t keeping it, but Paul says this is not to be done.
delchiante points to Acts 17:2 where it states Paul went to the synagogue as was his custom. WHY was it his custom? to worship? to keep the 7th day sabbath? to rest according to the commandment? NO, NO, NO! Paul went there to work, to proclaim Jesus Christ as Messiah to the unbelieving Jews!
Paul did not keep the sabbath, since to do so would mean his faith in Jesus would be of no help and he would be obligated to keep the WHOLE LAW.
finally, editor-surveyor points to the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15 which is the clearest example of WHY CHRISTIANS DON’T KEEP THE 7TH DAY SABBATH IN THE BIBLE. even back then the party of Pharisees rose up and said “ it is necessary to circumcise them and to CHARGE THEM TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES” Acts 15:5.
did everyone get that? the question put to the Council was not just about whether the Gentile converts needed to be circumcised, but whether THEY HAD TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES!
what was part of the law of Moses? The commandment to keep the 7th day sabbath was included in the law of Moses. and what did the Council decide? No, the law of Moses did not have to be followed! WHY? Because Christians are obligated to follow THE LAW OF CHRIST, NOT THE LAW OF MOSES.
so the newly converted pagan gentiles, who would have no idea what it means to keep the 7th day sabbath, ARE NEVER INSTRUCTED IN THE NT TO KEEP THE 7TH DAY SABBATH. NEVER!
of course, Church History bears this out as the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church has always worshipped on the first day of the week, and never observed the sabbath. Jesus is our Sabbath, Christians rest in Him every day.
Paul has a grave warning to the current Pharisees, looking to be justified by keeping the law of Moses:
Galatians 5:4 “you are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law, you have fallen away from grace”
let him who has an ear hear.
Your challenge was dishonest.
Even though it has been proven conclusively that all of Yeshua’s followers Kept all of his commandments diligently for several centuries after his resurrection, you hide your head in the sand obstinately.
There is no NT scripture that in any way disagrees with the keeping of Sabbaths and feasts. No, not one. The one that the pretenders like to point to in Colossians is exactly the opposite. The Colossians were all Israelites, and kept the Sabbaths and feasts completely.
Rev 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Joshua.
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.