19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
So if we are Jehovah's and Jehoshua's then we will depart from unrighteousness. The opposite of righteousness is sin. What is the biblical definition of sin?
1 John 3:4 (KJV)
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Many in Christendom teach that the law is not for today failing to make a distinction between man made commandments and ordinances that were against us and the actual law written by the very fingers of Jehovah.
Colossians 2:14 (KJV)
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;
Many use this scripture to teach others that we are no longer under the law of God. Ask yourself this though, were the 10 commanments against us or for us? Pulpit preachers teach that the 10 commandments were against us especially the Sabbath. What does the Bible say though? Let's take a look:
Deuteronomy 6:24 (ASV)
24 And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.
Psalm 19:7 (ASV)
7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
There you go! The law is for our good and it is perfect. It restores the soul making us wise. Those who teach that the law of Jehovah is a bondage is a liar and the truth is not in him. The law was given to protect us and preserve us and it restores us. The Calvinists and easy grace teachers say that it is not necessary to keep God's 10 Commandments, so they (teachers against the law of Jehovah) if unrepentant, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. The above scripture in Deuteronomy clearly says that the law if Jehovah is not against us so then what ordinances is Paul talking about that were against us? Let's look again at Colossians 2:
Colossians 2:20-22 (KJV)
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
See right here, it is the commandments and doctrines of men that are against us and that we are not to keep. The question then becomes, are the 10 commandments from man or Jehovah? Let's again look at scripture:
Exodus 31:12-18 (ASV)
12 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Verse 18 destroys in one fell swoop that the 10 commandments were against us as a bondage and that they are mans commandments. False teachers have lied to you brethren. The 10 Commandments are directly from the finger of Jehovah and they are blessing to us. And like it or not, the Sabbath (Seventh day) is a part of those commandments.
In fact, Jehovah tells us to remember the Sabbath day as Holy knowing that perverse men would come along and replace the Sabbath with the alleged "Lord's day" Sunday and also do away with the 4th commandment altogether.
Notice in verse 13 of this passage in Exodus that Jehovah says that Sabbath keeping will be a sign between him and Israel throughout their generations which is a perpetual covenant as stated in verse 16 (Isaiah 66:22-23). With the arrival of the Messiah Jehoshua and the opening up of the gospel to the gentiles (The grafting in). The Israel of God is now the Church made up of Jews and Gentiles. It's not that the Church replaces Israel but rather Israel is now opened up for Gentiles as well, being that the prerequisite for entrance is faith in the Messiah Jehoshua. The Jews that reject Messiah are at least temporarily excluded from being part of Israel until they accept Jehoshua as their Saviour. This sign between Jehovah and His people are likened to a seal of ownership and their Sabbath keeping will be one of the ways they identify themselves as His (Jehovah's).
Teachers from the pulpits that promote the transgression of Jehovah's law and call the 4th commandment of keeping the sabbath a bondage ignore this passage in Isaiah:
Isaiah 58:13-14 (ASV)
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
This above passage again destroys the false teaching that Sabbath keeping is a bondage as the passage above clearly says the opposite. Who are you going to believe? Pulpit preachers and you tube preachers or the Word of God?
You might say though, that Jesus changed the law. What does the Bible say about that? Let's take a look in Malachi and Hebrews:
Malachi 3:6-7 (ASV)
6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
Clearly Jehovah doesn't change and neither does His law (the 10 commandments-Moral law). How about His Son Jehoshua? Does he change? Remember that Jehoshua is also God as part of the Two person Godhead along with His Father Jehovah. Let's now take a look at Hebrews:
Hebrews 13:8 (KJV)
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Like Father like Son, neither of them change and in fact when Jehoshua was doing His earthly ministry, he stated without question that He came to speak His Father's (Jehovah's) word's not His own. (I know this a tough pill for many, in Christendom to swallow but the Word of God is true and every man a liar).
John 12:49-50 (KJV)
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Jesus never abolished or did away with His Father's law (The 10 commandments including the Sabbath). Let's look at scripture for proof:
Matthew 5:17-19 (ASV)
17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Let me ask you this, has heaven and earth passsed away? Absolutely not! So the law (10 Commandments) still applies for us today. Jesus even says that those who teach others to break the least of the commandments will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. Today, this would apply to much of Christendom's Pastor's, teacher's and Theologians.
Pulpit preachers and their followers will say the commandments are burdensome especially the 4th commandment of Sabbath keeping. Again, we must go to the word of God for the truth and not man's opinion:
1 John 5:1-3 (KJV)
5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Again, per verse 3, those who teach that the commandments (the decalogue) are a bondage are found to be liars according to God's word. And guess what? The 4th commandment to keep the Sabbath day as Holy is part of Jehovah's commandments. Another tough pill to swallow here for the Calvinists, easy grace teachers and others who teach the that Jehovah's law is done away with, is that loving God and keeping His commandments are one and the same according to verse 2. There is no separation here between loving Jehovah and His Son Jehoshua and keeping His commandments. It even states that by keeping the commandments we love God's children who are the brethren (brother's and sisters) in Jehoshua Messiah. See, we are part of the God Family and to be apart of this Family we must keep the commandments of Jehovah. We are the children of this Family with the Father (Jehovah) and the Son (Jehoshua) as the heads of it with the Father as being in Most High position of authority and His Son being given rulership over everything else and also ruling with His Father as both sit on thrones. Notice in the book, of Revelation that only Jehovah and Jehoshua sit on thrones, The Holy Spirit doesn't. Both the Father Jehovah and The Son Jehoshua Messiah are God beings in the Two person Godhead both being equal in nature but im position the Father has authority. This is similar to a Husband and wife where they are both equal but the Husband has headship. Don't believe me? Well at least believe scripture!
1 Corinthians 15:24-28 (KJV)
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Jesus Christ will subject Himself under the Father's (Jehovah) authority. No Trinitarian has able to refute this scripture as they usually spiritualize it away just like their mother, the Roman Catholic Church and the Athanasius/Augustinian platonic philosphers of Christendom.
1 Corinthians 11:1-3 (KJV)
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
I ask, who is the head of Christ according to the apostle Paul? Verse 3 destroys the teaching of the Trinity in one fell swoop as Paul clearly says that Jehovah God is the head of His Son Jesus Christ. This will be another scripture Trinitarian's mangle however I would rather believe the word of Paul the Apostle and the Word of God over any man any day.
The end time last days Congregation will keep the commandments (Decalogue) per the Word of God. Notice in the below two passages in Revelation it says that the Saints keep the commandments of God and the faith and testimony of Jesus. These are three separate but linked signs of the remnant Congregation of the last days. The commandments (Decalogue of Jehovah) clearly being separate from the faith of Jesus (His earthly ministry, death on the stake, 3 literal days and literal nights buried in the grave, bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of the Father), the testimony of Jesus (spirit of prophecy, old testament prophets, Jesus prophetic words in the gospels, other prophetic words in the new testament and also any prophets since the bible was written such as Ellen G. White). These are 3 distinct signs that the last days remnant Congregation will have but they are linked together as well.
Revelation 12:17 (KJV)
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14:12 (KJV)
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 19:10 (KJV)
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Finally, another rebuke to those pulpit preachers and their followers that lie and say that keeping the commandments of Jehovah (the 10 commandments including the Sabbath) is a bondage.
Revelation 22:14 (KJV)
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:14 (KJV)
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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