The lord’s day or the sabbath – which [updated may 2016]

THE LORD’S DAY OR THE SABBATH – WHICH?
“ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ”
“I was In The Spirit On The Lord’s Day”
Revelation 1: 10
An Exposition
by
Bro. Max D. Andrew

THE LORD’S DAY OR THE
SABBATH – WHICH?
“ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ
ἡμέρᾳ”
“I was In The Spirit On The Lord’s Day”
Revelation 1: 10
An Exposition
by
Bro. Max D. Andrew

SABBATH – WHICH?
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

SABBATH – WHICH?
PART A: THE LORD’S DAY OR THE SABBATH – WHICH?
INTRODUCTION
A. THE EARLY CHURCH AND APOSTOLIC EXAMPLE
B. THE VOICE OF HISTORY AND THE TESTIMONIALS OF EARLY
CHURCH WITNESSES
C. EMPEROR CONSTANTINE AND THE NICEAN COUNCIL OF 325
D. EXPOSITION: THE OLD COVENANT VS. THE NEW COVENANT
E. CONCLUSIONS

SABBATH – WHICH?
 PART B: APPENDIX: Study of Texts
in the Old Testament containing
statements such as the following:
 ‘perpetual statute’, ’your generations’,
’forever’, ’everlasting’, ’always’,
‘continually’, ‘morning and evening’, ’day
and night’.

SABBATH – WHICH?
A: Law of God/Law of Moses only to Israelites/Jews –
Exodus 20:28, 31:18, Psalm 147:19-20, Rom, 2:14
B: Old Covenant Reviewed - Exodus 20:27-29
C: Sabbath a Sign - Ezek 20:10-12 (KJV)
D: Statements - perpetual statute’, ’throughout your
generations’, ’forever’, ‘everlasting’, ‘always’, ‘continually’,
‘morning and evening’, ’day and night’.

SABBATH – WHICH?
D1: Circumcision - Genesis 17: 1-14 (KJV)
D2: The Laws Regarding the Priestly Service - the shew bread, olive oil
lamp, breastplate of judgment, linen breeches, priest’s office, lambs burnt
offering, burning of incense, blood of the sin offering, anointing oil, Sabbaths
(no lighting of fire), and the priesthood were all said to be forever. Exodus
Ch. 25:30 - Ch. 40:15
D3: This is the Law of Offerings – of the burnt offering, of the meat
offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the
consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings and the non-
drinking of alcohol, atonement of the soul, no sacrifice to devils, burning of
lamps, Sabbath, etc. These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which
the LORD made between Him and the Children of Israel in Mount Sinai by
the hand of Moses. Leviticus Ch. 3:12 – Ch. 27:34

SABBATH – WHICH?
D4: Feasts of Trumpets - Numbers Ch. 10:8
D5: Statutes and judgments - keep …his statutes … commandments, …
that it may go well with thee, … and that thou mayest prolong thy days
upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. Deuteronomy
Ch. 4:5 – Ch. 29:1
D6: Sabbaths (weekly), New Moons (monthly), Set Feasts (annual)
– “Blotting out the Handwriting of Ordinances…Took it out of the
way, nailing it to his cross” - Let no man therefore judge you in meat,
or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the
Sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of
Christ." II Chronicles Ch. 31:3, Colossians 2:14-16, II Corinthians 3:7-11,
14
D7: Only the Israelites/Jews were his chosen people, no other
race or nation was given the law or the covenant - Exodus 20:28,
31:18, Psalm 147:19-20, Amos Ch. 3:1-2; Rom 2:14

SABBATH – WHICH?
CONCLUSIONS
PART C: APPENDIX: Some Heresies of the Apostate Roman Catholic Church
BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES

SABBATH – WHICH?
INTRODUCTION:
 Do the Scriptures establish beyond a reasonable
doubt that the Christian day of worship after the
resurrection of the Lord was and is the First Day
of the Week?
Did the death and resurrection of Christ have no
effect on the Jewish Sabbath, which was held on
the seventh day?
Did the early church meet to pray, sing, break
bread, give of their means, preach, etc. on the
first day of the week?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Firstly, one needs to make a distinction between
the First or Old Covenant and the Second or
New Covenant (Gal.4:21-31).
 Secondly, one needs to understand that the
seventh-day Sabbath was given only to the Jews
(Nehemiah 9:13-14) along with 612 other laws
and were collectively referred to as the ‘Law of
the Lord’ or the ‘Law of God’ or the ‘Law of
Moses’. These three terms were used
interchangeably.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Then He said, “Behold, I have come to do your
will, O God.” He takes away the first that he may
establish the second. (Heb. 10:9).
 A religious belief and or practice is/can be made
authoritative in three ways according to the
scriptures: 1. direct command from God or the
Scriptures, 2. apostolic example from the
Scriptures, 3. necessary inference

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Scriptures sanction the practice of First Day
worship in cases 2 and 3 and indirectly in the
case of 1.

SABBATH – WHICH?
A: THE EARLY CHURCH AND APOSTOLIC
EXAMPLE:
 The Apostles by their practice and precepts
marked that day as a day for meeting together
to break bread, for teaching and instruction,
for laying up offerings, for occupation in
thought and prayer. This day was always
known to be the day of resurrection and
therefore was chosen.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Yahshua, the Messiah – Our Lord and master
arose on the First Day of the Week (Mk.16: 9;
Acts 2:1ff; 20:7; I Cor. 16:1-2; Heb.10: 25;
Rev.1:10). These passages indicate that there is
indirect scriptural authority, and also by
apostolic example and practice they met on
that day and therefore, it is binding, divine,
authoritative, a commandment and a law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The question as to when did the apostles and
the early church meet and the frequency of
those regular meetings are given in Acts 20:7
“…Upon the First Day of the Week when the
apostles came together to break bread….”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Almost 20 to 30 years later, the Christians in
Galatia (Modern day Turkey) and Corinth
(Greece) were commanded to lay up offerings
on that same day of the common assembly –
‘…On the First Day of each week….’
(I Cor. 16:1-2).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This testifies to the fact that the early church,
even in the first century, met regularly on that
day, as was now the common custom.
 Furthermore, the church was no longer Jewish,
as some judaizers mistakenly wanted the
Gentiles to keep the Sabbath, be circumcised
and to keep the Law of Moses.
 The Apostle Paul opposed these teachings.

SABBATH – WHICH?
B: THE VOICE OF HISTORY AND THE TESTIMONIALS
OF EARLY CHURCH WITNESSES
 We are now going to give evidence from AD 90
to AD 300, that is, the first three hundred
years of early church history. This evidence is
well documented and archived and can be
independently verified as to whether the early
Christians met on that common day of
assembly, the First Day of the week, or not.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 It is the belief in some quarters that some
vestiges or remnants of the Old Testament
were still being kept such as the Sabbath,
circumcision and the Levitical dietary laws
among others. These things are done
away in Christ and are now obsolete
(Hebrews 8:13; II Cor. 3:7-11; 2 Col.
2:14-17).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 1. AD 90-100: Clement of Rome – Bishop
or Elder of the assembly located in the city
of the same name: - He makes mention of
First Day worship in conjunction with I
Cor. 11:23ff.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 2. AD 107: Ignatius – A pupil of the
Apostles whose writings were commended
by Polycarp, a disciple and friend of
St.John’s says: “And after the observance
of the Sabbath, let every friend of Christ
keep the Lord’s day as a festival, the
resurrection day, the queen and chief of
all days……

SABBATH – WHICH?
 …….those who were concerned with old
things have come to newness of
confidence, no longer keeping Sabbaths,
but living according to the Lord’s day, on
which our life as risen again through Him
depends.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 3. AD 100: Epistle of St. Barnabas: -
“Wherefore also we keep the 8th day with
joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus
rose from the dead.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 4. AD 140: Pliny the Minor (Roman
Historian) to Trajan (Roman Emperor): -
“…they were accustomed to meet together
on a stated day….”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 5. AD 140: Justin Martyr: - “…on the day
called Sunday, is an assembly of all who
live either in the cities or in the rural
districts and the memoirs of the Apostles
and the writings of the Prophets are
read….”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The reasons he gave are as follows: - “….
Because it is the first day in which God
dispelled the darkness…and because Jesus
Christ our saviour rose from the dead
upon it…therefore, it remains the first and
chief of days….”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 For some time Jewish Christians continued
to keep both the Sabbath and Sunday, but
according to Justin Martyr such believers
were to be accommodated as weak
brothers.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 He says in his Dialogue with Trypho,
chapter 47: “But, if some, through
weakmindedness, wish to observe such
institutions as were given by Moses, along
with their hope in Christ, yet choose to
live with the Christians and the faithful,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 as I said before, not inducing them either
to be circumcised, like themselves, or to
keep the Sabbath, or to observe any other
such ceremonies, then I hold that we
ought to join ourselves to such, and
associate with them in all things as
kinsmen and brethren.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 6. AD 180: Bardesanes, The heretic: - In
his book entitled “Fate” or the “Laws of
the Countries” addressed to Emperor
Marcus Aurelius Antonius: – “…what then
shall we say respecting the new race of
ourselves who are Christians, whom in
every country and every region the
messiah established at his coming;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 for lo! Whatever we be, all of us are called
by one name of the messiah, Christians;
and upon one day, which is the first of the
week, we assemble ourselves together,
and on the appointed day we abstain from
food…”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 7. The Apostolic Institutions (Second
Century): “On the day of the resurrection
of the Lord, that is, the Lord’s day,
assemble yourselves together without fail,
giving thanks to God and praising Him for
those mercies God has bestowed upon
you through Christ.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 8. AD 170: Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth:-
To the Church at Rome, he wrote a long
sermon or treatise on the Lord’s day being
the First Day of the week. “Today we kept
the Lord’s day holy in which we read your
letter.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9. AD 175: Melito, Bishop of Sardis: - He
wrote a sermon or treatise on “the Lord’s
Day” being The First day of the week.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 10. AD 160-200: Irenaeus (Irenius?), Bishop
of Lyons: - He asserts that the Sabbath has
been abolished and thus giving evidence to
the first day as the Lord’s Day. To Victor,
Bishop of Rome, he wrote “…the mystery of
the Lord’s resurrection may not be celebrated
on any other day than the Lord's Day and on
this alone should we observe the breaking of
the paschal feast….”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 11. AD (174): Clement of Alexandria,
Bishop or Elder in the city of the same
name:- He presents evidence of the First
day as the Lord’s Day. “The old 7th day
has become nothing more than a working
day.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 12. AD 200: Tertullian: - He says the First
day is Sunday. He speaks of it as a day of
joy and asserts that it is wrong to fast
upon it, or to pray kneeling during its
duration, even business is to be put off,
lest we give place to the Devil.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In his book Apologeticus: “In the same
way if we devote Sunday to rejoicing,
from a far different reason than sun-
worship, we have some resemblance to
some of you ‘The Jews,’ who devote the
day of Saturn [Saturday] to ease and
luxury,”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In another of his works he says: “he who
argues for Sabbath keeping and
circumcision must show that Adam and
Abel and the just of old times observed
these things…. We observe the day of the
Lord’s resurrection laying aside our worldly
business.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 13. AD 185-255: Origen: - He contends that
the Lord’s Day is the First day of the week. It
is one of the marks of the perfect Christian
to keep this day. He wrote, “John the Baptist
was born to make ready a people for the
Lord, a people fit for Him at the end of the
Covenant now grown old, which is the end of
the Sabbath.” He further says, “It is one of
the marks of a perfect Christian to keep the
Lord’s Day.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 14. AD 210: Menucius: - This Elder wrote,
“…Christians came together to a
repast…on a solemn day….”. He connects
this solemn day to the First day.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 15. AD 253: Cyprian to his colleagues: In
a letter he writes, “…points to the Lord’s
Day, which is at once the First and the
Eighth…..”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 16. AD 270: Commodian, circa. : - In a
letter he makes mention of the Lord’s Day
being the First day.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 17. AD 300: Victorianus: - He contrasts the
Lord’s Day with the parasceve and the
Sabbath. He says, “On the Lord’s day we go
forth to our bread with the giving of thanks.
Lest we should appear to observe any
Sabbath with the Jews, which Christ Himself,
the Lord of the Sabbath in his body
abolished” (On the Creation of the World,
section 14).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 18. AD 306: Peter, Bishop of Alexandria: -
He says, “…But the Lord’s day we
celebrate as the day of joy because on it
He rose again.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 19. AD 324 Eusibius of the Ebionites: - He
says, “They also observe the Sabbath and
other discipline of the Jews just like them,
but on the other hand, they also celebrate
the Lord’s Day very much like us”.
Ecclesiastes History, pages 112f.).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 These are the evidences from the principal
writings of the first two centuries after the
death of St. John. The Lord’s Day is
connected to His day of resurrection and
so First Day worship is of scriptural
Christianity.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 It was never confounded or, confused with
the Sabbath (7th day) but is different from
it. Sabbath is on the seventh day. It was
given to the Jews and practiced by them
together with their Gentile converts
(proselytes).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The new race of Christians had a new day:
The Lord’s day – the First day of the
week! It is not an institution like the
Jewish Sabbath, but a day of joy. It was a
day of meeting together for the breaking
of bread, prayers, teaching and offering.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Colossians 2:16 says, “Let no man
therefore judge you in regard to food or
drink or in respect to a festival, or a new
moon or a Sabbath day”.
 V.17. “Which things are a mere shadow of
what is to come, but the substance is of
Christ”.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Here, the Apostle Paul makes it
abundantly clear that festivals (yearly),
new moons (monthly) and the Sabbath
day (weekly) were but shadows. They had
no real substance, which can only be
found in Christ Jesus.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Lord’s Day therefore, is a purely
Christian institution, sanctioned by
apostolic example and practice and
mentioned in apostolic writings and the
writings of the early church bishops,
elders and others, friends and foe alike.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 It does not matter what the enemies of
the Gospel may say. “Let God be true and
every man a liar”.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 C. THEN WHAT OF CONSTANTINE AND
THE NICEAN COUNCIL OF 325?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 For four years before the ecumenical
Council of Nicea held in AD 325 it (the
Lord’s Day as the First day of the week)
was already recognized by Emperor
Constantine in his celebrated edict as the
“Venerable day of the Sun” in 321.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 He therefore decreed that Sunday be
made a public holiday on humanitarian
grounds. Before this, Christians went to
work like everyone else. It was simply a
day of worship, not rest. This is a great
indisputable fact.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 He, that is, Constantine gave his stamp of
approval or made Law that which was
already general practice for more than 300
years, even before Constantine himself
was born! You see, for centuries the early
Christians met on the first day of the week
in every corner of the empire.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Sabbatarians often quote the claims of the
Roman Catholic Church (RCC) that she
“changed times and Laws”, meaning that
the RCC changed the Sabbath to Sunday.
This is totally false.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Even when the Council of Nicea
recognized the Lord’s Day as the First day
of the week, the RCC did not yet exist!
 The RCC has claimed many things over
the centuries. Most of these claims are
false and not supported by the scriptures.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Here are some of the claims of the RCC
that most Sabbatarians never mention or
quote at all:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 1. That the Holy Roman Catholic Church
is the one and only true Church of Christ
 2. That all other churches descended
from it
 3. That Mary is the Mother of God
(Council of Ephesus AD 431)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 4. That Mary remained a virgin after the
birth of Jesus Christ (AD 1854)
 5. That Mary bore no other children
 6. That Mary is not in her grave but
ascended to heaven (AD 1950)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 7. That Mary can make intercession for us
sinners, hence prayers to her
 8. That the Popes, Cardinals, Archbishops,
Bishops and Priests are successors of
Peter the first Pope

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9. That the celibacy rule is scriptural -
ordained by God
 10.That mid-way between heaven and hell
is Purgatory
 11.That the Pope is infallible when he
speaks as the Vicar of Christ on Earth

SABBATH – WHICH?
 12.That infants are subjects for Baptism
(Sprinkling and not Immersion)
 13.That Popes, Cardinals, Archbishops,
Bishops and Priests have power to forgive
sins as Christ did

SABBATH – WHICH?
 14.That a Child of God for doctrine must
believe in the Scriptures and RCC tradition
 15.That in the Mass, Transubstantiation
takes place, etc.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Therefore, the Sabbath rest of the seventh
day was a day given to Israel only – but
never given to the Gentiles “which hath
NOT the Law” (Rom.2: 14; Psalm 147:19-
20).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Sabbath and other provisions in the
Old (abolished) Testament (Covenant)
between God and the ancient nation-state
of Israel were shadows or types of things
to come but now we have the substance
which is in Christ the Lord (Colossians
2:14-17).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 D. EXPOSITION:
 Can one show a TEXT that states, WHEN,
WHERE, and BY WHOM the weekly
Sabbath was ABOLISHED.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "Abolish" means "to do away with wholly;
to annul; to make void; as to abolish a law
or custom, taxes, or folly." (Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Before I give the text showing WHEN,
WHERE, and BY WHOM abolished, let
us first notice WHEN, WHERE, and BY
WHOM the Sabbath was GIVEN. Study
the following texts:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Exodus 3l:13 (17), "Speak thou (Moses)
also unto the children of Israel, saying,
Verily my Sabbaths shall ye keep: for it is
a sign between me and your generations;
that ye may know that I am the Lord that
doth sanctify you."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Deuteronomy 5:15, "And remember that
thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord thy God brought thee
out thence through a mighty hand and by
a stretched out arm: therefore, the Lord
thy God commanded thee to keep the
Sabbath day."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Nehemiah 9:l3-l4, "Thou (God) camest
down also upon Mount Sinai, and spakest
with them from heaven, and gavest them
right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments: and madest
known unto them thy holy Sabbath . . . by
the hand of Moses thy servant."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Sabbath was GIVEN:
 WHEN -- After the children of Israel were
delivered from Egyptian bondage, they
came unto Mount Sinai where God gave
them the law (Exodus 20) in which He
MADE KNOWN unto them the holy
Sabbath.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In Exodus 16, as they came unto the
wilderness of Sin, it is evident that they
had not previously observed a Sabbath
because Moses had to explain, "Tomorrow
is the rest of the holy Sabbath." The next
day he instructed, "Today is a Sabbath
unto the Lord." There is no record of the
Sabbath being MADE KNOWN unto any
people before this time!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 WHERE -- "Thou camest down also upon
MOUNT SINAI . . . and madest known
unto them thy holy Sabbath."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 BY WHOM -- "THOU (God) . . . madest
known unto them thy holy Sabbath . . . by
the hand of Moses thy servant."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Let us also ask TO WHOM and WHY:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 TO WHOM -- "Verily my Sabbaths shall ye
(children of Israel) keep: for it is a sign
between me and your generations." "It is
a sign between ME and the CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 WHY -- "It is a SIGN between me and
your generations; THAT YE MAY KNOW
THAT I AM THE LORD THAT DOTH
SANCTIFY YOU."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now we shall see what happened to the
law given to the children of Israel on
Mount Sinai, graven in stones, by which
God MADE KNOWN His holy Sabbath.
What happened to the law happened to all
of its parts, including every part --
including the Sabbath!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Here Is The Text:
 2 Corinthians 3:7-11, 14,"If the ministration
of death, WRITTEN and ENGRAVEN IN
STONES, was glorious, so that the children of
Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of
Moses for the glory of his countenance; which
glory was to be done away: how shall
not the ministration of the spirit be rather
glorious?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 For if the ministration of condemnation be
glory, much more doth the ministration of
righteousness exceed in glory. For even that
which was made glorious had no glory in
this respect by reason of the glory that
excelleth. For if that which IS DONE
AWAY was glorious, much more that which
remaineth is glorious . . .

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Their minds were blinded: for until this
day remaineth the same veil untaken
away in reading of the Old Testament;
which veil IS DONE AWAY IN
CHRIST."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 When any law is done away, all of its parts
vanish with it of necessity. For any part of
the previous law to be of power it must be
re-enacted into the new law. It cannot
remain by reason of the old! The Sabbath
was "done away" in the law that MADE
IT KNOWN.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The honesty and the integrity of the
Sabbatarians are now at stake. Let's not have
them say that the words "Sabbath," "when,"
"where," "by whom," and "abolished" are not
in the text and excuse themselves of their
obligation. They did not ask for a text using
the words, but that "states" (To set; settle; fix.
To set forth in detail or in gross; to narrate.
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) those points.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In the event they cannot see the points,
let us examine the text and see what it
"sets forth."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 ABOLISHED -- The text uses the
expressions "done away" speaking of the
whole law of which the Sabbath is a part.
So if "done away" in whole, "done
away" in part -- out goes the Sabbath!
The text quoted next will "settle" this
point even more firmly.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 BY WHOM -- "Done away in CHRIST."
 WHEN -- The expression "IN CHRIST" begs
the time. Paul shows this to be his death
in Hebrews 8:7; 9:16-17. Thus he speaks in
Colossians 2:14-16, "nailed to the cross."
That is when!
 2 Corinthians 3:7-14 "states" WHEN,
WHERE, and BY WHOM the Sabbath was
ABOLISHED!

SABBATH – WHICH?
Here is additional Proof!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Colossians 2:14-16,"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; and having spoiled
principalities and powers, he made shew
of them openly, triumphing over them
in it.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Let no man therefore judge you in
meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holy day, or of the new moon, or of the
Sabbath days: which are a shadow of
things to come; but the body is of
Christ."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The text mentions "Sabbath" and "nailed
to his cross," satisfying the inquiries of
 WHEN -- The time of "his cross," AD 33.
 WHERE --"his cross" was just out of
Jerusalem.
 BY WHOM -- "his" is Christ (verse 11 and
17).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Notice that the Sabbath has not only
been "nailed to his cross," but "let no
man therefore judge you in respect of
an holy day"!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The issue before us is not whether God ever
gave a Sabbath, which is the seventh
day, for on this we agree.
 The issue is, to whom did God make it
known and when. Or, more aptly, is the
Seventh-day Sabbath enjoined on
Christians in this present dispensation?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 They claim that the Sabbath was made at
CREATION. They quote Genesis 2:2-3.
Moses said, as the accepted author of
Genesis, "And God blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified it: because in it He
had rested from all His work which God
created and made."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 There is no indication however that it
was ever made known before Mount
Sinai. Certainly, Sabbath keeping was
enjoined upon the Israelites while they
were traveling toward Sinai! It was not
given or sanctified before!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In their attempt to show that the Sabbath
was given at creation, they quote Romans
4:15, "Where no law is, there is no
transgression." This to them "proves" that
the Sabbath was given at creation, though
there is no mention of either creation or
the Sabbath!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 They assume the very thing they set out to
prove. They reason that "law" refers to the
ten commandments. If so, it "worketh
wrath" (verse 15) and "faith is made
void" (verse 14).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 ). Further, Paul says that Christ has
"abolished in his flesh the enmity, even
the law of commandments!" (Eph. 2:15)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 If every transgression means that the Ten
Commandments have been broken, as
they are forced to affirm, which of the ten
did Adam and Eve break? The men of
Israel in 1 Sam. 14:33?
 All of their arguments are based on a number
of assumptions.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 They can answer their own arguments by
answering the following question: Does God
have any commandments besides the
ten?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Adventists and others assume that the
"law of God" and the "law of Moses" were
two different laws.
 The Bible teaches: That they are one and
the same law, and uses the expressions
interchangeably.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "This Ezra went up from Babylon. And he
was a ready scribe in the LAW OF MOSES .
. . Ezra the priest, a scribe of the LAW OF
GOD." (Ezra 7:6, 12) The expressions are
also used interchangeably in Nehemiah
8:1, 8, and again in Luke 2:22, 23.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Adventists, like other Sabbatarians
assume that Moses gave the Law of
Moses, not God.
 The Bible teaches that God gave the Law
of Moses. "This Ezra went up from Babylon.
And he was a ready scribe in the LAW OF
MOSES which the LORD GOD OF ISRAEL
HAD GIVEN." (Ezra 7:6).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Adventists like other Sabbatarians
assume: That God alone gave the law of
God.
 The Bible teaches that Moses gave the law
of God. "And when they brought out the
money that was brought into the house of the
Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the
LAW OF THE LORD GIVEN BY MOSES." (2
Chron. 34:14)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This all proves that the Adventists like
other Sabbatarians are wrong in teaching
that the ''law of God" and the ''law of
Moses'' are two separate laws. There
was only one law. What Moses gave
was by God's authority.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This law (including the Sabbath) we have
already shown was done away: WHEN,
WHERE, and BY WHOM.
 The Public Should Know:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 1. That the Adventists and others do
not keep the Sabbath. Keeping the
Sabbath requires the following:
 1. Doing no work. (Ex. 20:9-10)
 2. No baking or boiling. (Ex. 16:23)
 3. Bearing no burden. (Jer. 17:21-22)
 4. Offering two lambs. (Num. 28:9-10)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 If they argue that these things were
abolished because they are not in the Ten
Commandments, why then do they refuse
to eat pork? There is no prohibition against
eating pork in the Ten Commandments.
The doctrine of abstaining from meat today
is of the devil. (1 Tim. 4:1-4).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Four hundred and thirty years (430)
before the law was given at Mount Sinai,
God made the promise to Abraham, "In
thee shall all nations be blessed . . . He
saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but
as of one, And to thy seed, which is
Christ." (Gal. 3:8, 16).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 At Sinai God made a covenant with the children
of Israel, even the law. It was in this law that
the Sabbath was given or made known: "Thou
camest down also upon Mount Sinai, and
spakest with them from heaven, and gavest
them right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments: and madest
known unto them thy holy Sabbath . . . by the
hand of Moses thy servant." (Neh. 9:13-14).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 But this law "cannot disannul, that it
should make the promise of none
effect. For if inheritance be of the
law, it is no more of promise: but God
gave it to Abraham by promise.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was
added because of transgressions, till the
seed should come to whom the promise
was made;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 . . . But before faith came, we were kept
under the law, shut up unto the faith
which should afterwards be revealed.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster
to bring us unto Christ, that we might be
justified by faith. But after that faith is
come, we are no longer under a
schoolmaster." (Gal. 3:17-25).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This history is too plain to be misunderstood
even with expert help of Adventist and other
teachers. The law was "added . . . till"
Christ should come. Before he came, they
"were kept under the law," but now that
he "is come," we are no longer under
the law!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This law, written and engraven in stones is
abolished according to Paul in 2 Corinthians 3.
In Col. 2:14 he says that Christ took it out of
the way, nailing it to his cross." Rom. 6: 14
and Gal. 5:18, we "are not under the law."
Rom. 7:4, "ye also are become dead to the
law." Rom. 7:6, "we are delivered from the
law." Rom. 10:4, "Christ is the end of the
law." Eph. 2:15 “..having abolished the law…”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The old law is done away; therefore, it
could not be the new or in the new in
whole or in part. Sabbatarians are prone
to think that if any principles of Old
Testament law are contained in the New
Testament they are there by virtue of Old
Testament authority. But not so!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 When a new law is given, it may or may
not contain some of the principles of the
former law. Just because some of the
first's principles are adopted into the
second, it does not obligate the legislature
to place all of the first into the second, nor
does it obligate those under the new law
to keep the first law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Let me illustrate. This country at one time
was under the law of England. When we
broke relationship with that country we
severed responsibility to her law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 When our lawmakers drafted a new law,
they placed some of the good principles of
the English law in it. But this did not
obligate them to adopt the entire English
law, nor did it obligate the freed people to
continue observance of the old law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 When a law is abolished, it is abolished!
If any principle of the old law is to be in
the new, it must be adopted therein.
This, of course, must be so stated in the
new law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Sabbatarians think that if any principles of
the law of England are in the laws of the
Dominica, all of the English law must be
kept unless they are "SPECIFICALLY
POINTED OUT" in the laws of the
Dominica. This is their argument with
reference to the new covenant and the
old. Absurd!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Sabbatarians need to understand what a
testament is. Testament means "will" and
"covenant." (Thayer's Greek-English
Lexicon, on diathaka, "testament".)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "For where a testament is, there must also
of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is of force after men are
dead, otherwise it is of no strength at all
while the testator liveth." (Heb. 9:16-17)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Hence, the testament of Christ, or the
New Testament, is the law that went
forth after his death.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 For a law to be binding on Christians
under the new covenant, the law must
be found in the new will. Nothing is in
a will unless so stated. So with a
covenant. One may not add to the
things mentioned and only the things
mentioned are binding.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "Brethren, I speak after the manner of
men though it be but a man's covenant,
yet if it be confirmed, no man
disannulleth, or addeth thereto." (Gal.
3:15) Hence, if Sabbatarians would have
Christians under the new covenant keep
the Sabbath they must find the new
testament command.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Where in the will of Christ is a Christian
commanded to keep the Sabbath? "And
hereby we do know that we know him, if
we keep his commandments. He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments is a liar, and the truth is
not in him." (1 John 2:3-4)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "Therefore we ought to give the more
earnest heed to the things which we
have heard, lest at any time we should
let them slip.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 For if the word spoken by angels was
steadfast, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just recompense
of reward; how shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation: which at
the first began to be spoken by the Lord,
and was confirmed unto us by them that
heard him." (Heb. 2:1-3).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The will of Christ which was at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord was
confirmed by them that heard him.
Therefore, under the new covenant we
live according to His word as confirmed by
the apostles. (John 14: 26, 16:13)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 If the Sabbath is to be observed today,
we must find it commanded in the New
Testament, not before it first began to be
given. If the Sabbath is taught without
such commandment the teacher
transgresses the New Testament! Such
a teacher has not God or Christ, and is a liar
(John 9, 1 John 3:4).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Further, the apostle Paul wrote, "But
though we, or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel unto you than
that which we have preached unto you, let
him be accursed. As we said before, so
say I now again, If any man preach any
other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed." (Gal. 1:8-
9)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 My disputant must show us in the
gospel that Paul preached the
command to keep the Sabbath or, in
the language of Paul, "let him be
accursed."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 We are not under the law but under
the new covenant! (Heb. 8:6-13) It is
not enough to find the Sabbath given in
the law which has been done away. Let
us have the Sabbatarians give the text
commanding a Christian to keep the
Sabbath.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Col. 2:14-16 seems to bother Sabbatarians.
No wonder. Here we have a command that
SPECIFICALLY POINTS OUT that the
Sabbath along with the holyday and feasts
be not observed.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "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; and having
spoiled principalities and powers,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 he made shew of them openly, triumphing
over them in it. Let no man therefore
judge you in meat, or in drink, in
respect of an holyday, or of the new
moon, or of the Sabbath days: which
are a shadow of things to come; but the
body is of Christ."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The law having been abolished, "nailed to
his cross," let no man judge you of the
Sabbath (which, after all, is a part of that
law which has been abolished: therefore).
In 1 Chronicles 23:30-31, 2 Chronicles
2:4, 18:13, 31:3, Neh. 10:33, we have set
forth the feasts as kept by the Jews.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In these references we have the services
specified as morning and evening (being
the daily service), in the Sabbath (being
the weekly service), the new moon (being
the monthly service), the solemn or set
feast (being the annual service as outlined
in Leviticus 23). The Jews observed feasts
daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now notice Col. 2:16: "Let no man judge
you in meat or drink (daily), or in respect
of an holy day (yearly), or of the new
moon (monthly), or of the Sabbath days
(weekly)." Hence, the weekly Sabbath is
SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 These are a shadow of things to come,
therefore Sabbatarians reason that the
weekly Sabbath could not be included as it
was a memorial pointing back to creation.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 They then lead us to believe that the
Sabbath is a memorial for us, but they miss
the boat. We have shown before, that the
Sabbath with all the law was given to the
Jews: "Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: it is
a sign between me and you throughout your
generations ... It is a sign between me and
the children of Israel." (Ex. 31:13, 17)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Remember that the law (Sabbath included)
was "added . . . till" Christ came.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 All these things were a shadow and
must continue in force till the body, Christ
should come. Paul therefore says, "the body
is of Christ." Evidently there was some
effort being made to bind the disciples at
Colosse under the law, forcing them to be
circumcised and submit to the law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Paul corrects this false teaching, saying
that the law was ''nailed to the
cross.'' The Christ had come and the
law had served its purpose. Therefore,
let no man judge you in the law which is a
shadow of things to come, even Christ.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 . "Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of man, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ: for in him
dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead
bodily. And ye are complete in him," et
cetera. (Read verses 6-17) Also consider
Hebrews 4:3-11.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Bible clearly teaches that the fourth
commandment of the Decalogue --
viz., 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
it holy' -- is NOT binding on Christians
under the new covenant.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In apostolic times, some disciples were of
Judaistic tendency, as Sabbatarians are, and
desired to be "under the law." This matter
came to the attention of the apostles and
brethren and was discussed. Peter said,
"Now therefore why tempt ye God, to
put a yoke upon the neck of the
disciples, which neither our fathers nor
we were able to bear?"

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The brethren concluded, "Forasmuch as we
have heard, that certain which went out
from us have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law: to whom
we gave no such commandment." (Acts
15:10, 24)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The law was a law of bondage. (Gal.
4:24) The law was nailed to the cross:
therefore, we are freed from
bondage. Col. 2:14). Now notice: "Stand
fast therefore in the liberty wherewith
Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of
bondage." (Gal. 5:1)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Those that were under the law were judged
by the law of bondage. (Rom. 2:12) But
we are not judged by the law of bondage,
it having been nailed to the cross, but by
the words of Christ, the law of
liberty. (John 12:48, James 2:12)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Adventists and other Sabbatarians ask the
question: "Are we free to commit crime
since the cross?" Of course not!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now get it: For if the words spoken by
angels was steadfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a
just recompense of reward; how shall we
escape if we neglect so great salvation;
which at the first began to be spoken
by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us
by them that heard him. (Heb. 2:1-3)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The law has served its purpose. (Gal.
3:17-25) Christ has come, given us the
words of life, died upon the cross, and
fulfilled the law. Now we are directed
in all our worship by the New
Testament. (Heb. 8:6-13)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Sabbatarians cannot understand how that
a law given amid heaven's thunder and
smoke" could be done away or how a
better law with better promises could
be given. Hear the Word of God:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 For we are not come unto the mount
that might be touched, and that burned with
fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and
tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and
the voice of words; which voice they that
heard entreated that the word should not be
spoken to them any more:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 (For they could not endure that which was
commanded, and if so much as a beast
touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or
thrust through with a dart: and so terrible
was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly
fear and quake:)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 but ye are come unto mount Sion, and
unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels, to the
general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven,
and to God the Judge of all,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
and to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling,
that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 See that ye refuse not him that
speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much more
shall not we escape, if we turn away from
him that speaketh from heaven. (Heb.
12:18-25. Compare Isa. 2:3)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "So WHERE is the 'new law' given . . .?" In
the new covenant: that was revealed to
and reported by the apostles as written
and practiced in the New Testament. (1
Pet. 1:12, John 16:13, Eph. 3:3, Jude 3)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Adventists and others would have the Old
Testament, given 1500 years before, the
"will" of Christ. Please, notice Hebrews 2:
"which at the first began to be spoken
by the Lord." The will of Christ was at the
first spoken, and after his death went into
effect being "confirmed unto us by them
that heard him." (1 Pet. 1:12, Luke
24:48)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Again I will ask where is the New
Testament command for a Christian to
keep the Sabbath?" Find it anywhere in the
will of Christ. It is not there -- "Oh, but it is
in the Old Testament." We are not
under the OLD.

 Where is the command in the
NEW? It is not there -- the Adventist
church is not there, other man-made
churches are not there either--
Adventist doctrine is not there, nor
other man-made doctrines!
SABBATH – WHICH?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Some Sabbatarians say, "Christ's will was
confirmed and went into effect at the
time of his death. To add anything to it
later would be forgery of the basest
sort." We ask, Are the writings of the
apostles a part of the New
Testament? Are they guilty of forgery? Do
they speak the truth?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Let us examine the facts of Acts 20:7
again. They accuse us of ‘‘Sabbath-breaking''
but how can one "break" an observance
nowhere commanded? While on the
subject, how is one supposed to ''keep'' the
Sabbath, today?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Sabbatarians refer to Genesis 2. "If there
had been no law there could have been no
sin." So, they assume that there must
have been ten in the
beginning. Every time law is
mentioned, except where it says it is
"done away," they assume it means
the Ten Commandments.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Tell us Sabbatarians, the stated command
that Adam broke whereby he should
die. (Gen. 2:16-17) And answer this, If
man breaks any stated command of
God other than the Decalogue (the
Ten Laws), is he guilty, or only if he
breaks the ten?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now we pass to the Sabbath and the
Gentiles. We made the argument that
whatever the law says, it says to them
that are under the law. The law was
given to the children of Israel and not
to the Gentiles. (1 Kings 8:21, Rom.
2:14)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Therefore, the Gentiles as such are not
bound to the law or to observe the
Sabbath. They ignore this, and advance
Isa. 56:2-7 in the affirmative.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Let them tell us why the Gentiles are
called "strangers" and they will answer
their own argument. "Strangers" to
what? Those that embraced the Mosaic
covenant, that is, became proselytes, of
course were obligated to keep the law
they were under.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Where is the command for a Gentile as
such to keep the Sabbath? As for Acts
13, 17, and 18 being examples of Gentiles
observing the Sabbath in the New
Testament, "Sabbatarians, have you
ever preached on Sunday? Did this
make you and your audience 'Sunday-
keepers'?''

SABBATH – WHICH?
 They try to establish "two laws" at Sinai:
a "moral law" which they also call the
"law of God," and a "ceremonial law"
which they also call "handwriting of
ordinances."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 They make a distinction that God does not
make. They speak of the "Law of God"
in contrast to the "Ceremonial Law"
which they (Adventists) sometimes call the
"Law of Moses." But notice. The Bible
teaches that they are one and the
same law, and uses the expressions
interchangeably.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This Ezra went up from Babylon. And he
was a ready scribe in the LAW OF
MOSES . . . Ezra the priest, a scribe of
the LAW OF GOD. (Ezra 7:6, 12)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The Bible teaches that God gave the Law
of Moses, and that Moses gave the Law
of God, that is, the whole law given by
Moses was by God's authority.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 This Ezra went up from Babylon. And he
was a ready scribe in the LAW OF
MOSES which the LORD GOD OF
ISRAEL HAD GIVEN. (Ezra 7:6)
 Hilkiah the priest found a book of the
LAW OF THE LORD GIVEN BY MOSES.
(2 Chron. 34:14)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Their assumption that "two" or "three"
laws were given at Sinai is a vain attempt to
make a distinction where God doesn’t. The
apostle Paul states in Gal. 4 that there was
only “ONE covenant" from Sinai, the
Law. They claim there were "three."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now look who is adding confusion -- let
the Adventists clear it up for us. We said
that Adventists teach that "two" laws
were given at Sinai. Then they clear
this up and say, not two, but THREE! It
is not a bit confusing to see that when
Paul said ONE at Sinai, he meant THREE!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 We want them to clear this up for
us. Where do they read of "two, or
THREE" laws at Sinai? We read
nothing of a ''moral law,'' and nothing of a
''ceremonial law"; yet, these expressions
are a large part of the Adventist
vocabulary.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Moses spoke only of "the law"; the
prophets spoke only of "the law"; the Lord
spoke only of "the law"; Paul spoke only of
"the law"; "the law" is found fifty-one
times in the book of Romans, twenty-nine
times in the book of Galatians, but "the
laws" not once in the entire Bible!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Just to assume will not be sufficient in
this discussion, but ''if any man speak, let
him speak as the oracles of God." (1
Pet. 4:11)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In the New Testament we have ''preach
the gospel'' fifty times, "preach Christ"
twenty-three times, "preach the word"
seventeen times, "preach the kingdom"
eight times, but "preach the law" or
"preach the Sabbath" not once!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Adventists are constantly preaching
the Sabbath, while Paul in all his epistles
mentions it but once, Col. 2:16, and then
condemns it! How much did "the law"
contain?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Law. . . . When the word is used with
the article, and without any words of
limitation, it refers . . . nine cases out
of ten to the Mosaic Law, or the
Pentateuch. (Smith’s Bible Dictionary).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Take a few examples: 1 Cor. 14:34:
Women ''are commanded to be under
obedience, as also sayeth the
law." Where does it say it? Genesis
3:16. So Genesis is in the law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Again, Rom. 7:7: ''The law had said,
Thou shalt not covet." This refers to
Exodus 20:17. So Exodus is in the law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Again, Matt. 12:5: ''Have ye not read in
the law, how that on the Sabbath days
the priests in the temple profane the
Sabbath, and are blameless?" Where is
this found? In Numbers 28:9. So
Numbers is in the law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Again, Matt. 22:36: "Master, which is the
great commandment in the law?" Jesus
quotes from Deuteronomy 6:5 and
Leviticus 19:18. So Deuteronomy and
Leviticus are in the law. Hence, the
law equals the five books of Moses,
or the Pentateuch.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 We are not under the law. (Rom. 6:14
and Gal. 5:18) "Christ is become of no
effect unto you, whosoever of you are
justified by the law; ye are fallen from
grace." One cannot keep a part of the
law without becoming "a debtor to do the
whole law." (Gal. 5:1-4)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In their attempt to establish the Sabbath
in the beginning, they run headlong into
Nehemiah 9:l3-l4. "Thou camest down
also upon Mount Sinai . . . and madest
known unto them thy holy Sabbath."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In their desperation, they present Ezek.
20:5 to offset Neh. 9: "and made myself
known unto them in the land of Egypt."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 So, they ask, "Does that mean that before
he made Himself known to the Hebrews in
the land of Egypt God had no existence?"
No, for we read that "In the beginning
God." (Gen. 1:1).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now for a parallel, they must find the
scripture that the ''Sabbath was in the
beginning,'' but they can't because Jesus
said that man was made and later the
Sabbath. (Mark 2:27) We have shown
conclusively when. So, they have no
parallel. They are guilty of "begging'' the
question they attempt to ''prove.''

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now, will they tell us whether or not the
Sabbath was ''known'' to the ''children of
Israel'' before Sinai, before it was
"made known" in the covenant written
on tables of stone which covenant was
not made before? (Neh. 9:13-14, Deut.
5: 2-22).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The truth remains that the Sabbath was
given for a sign between God and Israel.
(Ex. 31:13, 17) It was not made known
before Sinai. If so, to whom? Book,
chapter and verse? If the proposition that
Christians are to keep the Sabbath is
truth, then we ought to find it in the
gospel.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Now, where in the gospel that Paul
preached is the command for a Christian
to keep the Sabbath? Nowhere. Then,
what about those that teach it? They teach
not the truth and are condemned, per
Galatians 1.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Where do the Adventists get this doctrine that
is nowhere preached in the "gospel"? From
their "prophet," Ellen G. White. When?
 After "the faith" was delivered once for
all. (Rom.14:23).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Adventist doctrine, therefore, is not of the
faith, truth, or gospel, but is a doctrine
that was delivered too late, and,
therefore, by a false prophet. "Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many
false prophets are gone out into the
world." (1 John 4:l)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 We have shown that we "are not under
the law," "become dead to the law,"
"delivered from the law," and that
"Christ is the end of the law." (Rom.
6:14, Gal. 5:18, Rom. 7:4, 6, 10:4, Eph.
2:15). Notice that this says "the law."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Adventists attempt to make the
''agreement'' and ''the law" two distinct
things. They claim that we are delivered
from the "agreement" but not from "the
law." So notice now that we are delivered
from "the law." Which shall we believe,
Adventism or the Bible?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 In the New Testament there is neither
teaching nor example for Christians to
keep the Sabbath. Rather we find that the
disciples worshipped (not as a Sabbath)
on the first day of the week (Acts 2:42;
20:7).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 What is the greatest commandment in
the law? Jesus said, ''Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the
first and great commandment.'' This
commandment of the law is found in
Deuteronomy 6:5. "And the second is like
unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.'' This reference is to Leviticus 19:18.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The greatest commandments of the
law are not even in the Decalogue
(Ten Laws). ''On these two
commandments hang all the law and
the prophets.'' (Matthew 22:37-40)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 All the law hangs on the greatest
commandments which are found,
according to the Adventists, in what
they call the "ceremonial law" that
was done away.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Therefore Col. 2:14, "nailed to the cross" --
"all the law" as of Matthew 2:40! "Therefore
let no man pass judgment on you in
questions of . . . a Sabbath." (Col. 2:16)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 2 Cor. 3 refers to the Ten
Commandments given at Sinai. Verse
11 proves that it "is done away." With
the old law, the old covenant, done away,
where is the command for Christians
to keep the Sabbath under the new
covenant? There isn’t any!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 It was Hosea 2:11 who foretold that the
Sabbath would be done away or cease:
 "I will also cause all her mirth to
cease; her feast days, her new moons,
and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn
feasts."

SABBATH – WHICH?
 There is no doubt that all holy days given
to the Jews have ceased. There is a
change in the law -- the first, containing
these ordinances, was nailed to the cross.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 The law was a shadow of things to
come. The law was our schoolmaster to
bring us to Christ. When Christ came the
schoolmaster had served its purpose,
hence, we are no longer under the
law. Now we walk in Christ (Heb. 2:2-
3), the body, and not in the shadow.

SABBATH – WHICH?
E. CONCLUSIONS:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 1. That the Jewish Sabbath was a sign
between God and the children of Israel
(Exodus 31:17, Neh. 9:13-14). It was never
given to the world or the Gentiles
(Rom.2: 14).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 2. That the OT is dead, abolished, finished
and has been replaced by the NT (II Cor.
3:6-14; Col.2: 14). Whatsoever the Law saith
was for those under the law (Rom. 3:19).
The Jews had the law. The Law said for
them to keep the Sabbath. It said things only
to those under the Law.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 3.That the Gentiles did not have the Law.
Therefore, the Law said nowhere for
Gentiles to keep the Law or the Sabbath.
‘Faith is made void if righteousness is of
the Law’ (Rom.4: 13-14).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 4. God says the promise is not by the Law
(Psalms 119:72; Rom.3: 21-22). The
righteousness of God is revealed in the
Gospel (Rom. 1:17) which is “…The Law of
Faith….” (Rom.3:27; 2:17). Before faith came
the Jews were under the Law (Gal.3:23).
“…None justified by the Law….”
(Rom.3:20). The Law is not of faith
(Gal.3:11-12; 2:16).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 5. There is not a command in “the
faith” – the Gospel - for any man to
keep the Sabbath!

SABBATH – WHICH?
 6. On the contrary, the apostolic example
for the meeting of the common
assembly was on the First day of the
week. This has been well established by
the scriptures (Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:1-2;
Heb. 10:25).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 7. We have offered the testimonies of
witnesses covering the first 300 years
of early Christianity and their verdict is
the same – that the Christians met for
prayer, singing, teaching, offerings and
the Lord’s Supper on the first day of
the week.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 8. "Christ is become of no effect unto you,
whosoever of you are justified by the law;
ye are fallen from grace." (Galatians 5:4)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9. Considering first, Galatians three, we
have here the definite time when the
law was given and when it was taken
out of the way.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 "And I say, that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law,
which was four hundred and thirty years
after the promise was made to Abraham
"was added because of transgressions till
the seed should come to whom the promise
was made." (verses 17, 19)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 10.This conclusion is drawn by Nehemiah
9:13-14, "Thou camest down also
upon Mount Sinai, and spakest with
them from heaven, and gavest them
right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments: and
madest known unto them thy holy
Sabbath.''

SABBATH – WHICH?
 11. 2 Corinthians 3:7-11, 14 is the text
that satisfies that the Law is abolished.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 There is, therefore, no commandment by
God, for the Gentiles or anyone to keep the
Sabbath in this dispensation of the Law of
Grace. (Law of Liberty)

SABBATH – WHICH?
First Preached
by
Bro. Max Andrew in 1978
Roseau Church of Christ
© 2007, 2011, 2016 New Revised Edition

SABBATH – WHICH?
 APPENDIX A:
 Study of Texts in the Old Testament
which contains statements such as the
following:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 “…and this shall be for you a perpetual
statute………………………
 throughout your generations……….
 In your generations…………………..
 forever…………………………
 everlasting………………………
 always……………………………
 continually………………………
 morning and evening…………………
 day and night………………………...”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 A. The Law of God/Law of Moses given
to the Israelites/Jews
 There were 613 laws given to the Children
of Israel on Mt. Sinai (Horeb) by God thru
Moses his servant. Among these were the 10
commandments written on 2 tablets of
stone and referred to as the Covenant
(Exodus 20:28 and 31:18).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 B. The Covenant Reviewed
 Exodus 20:27-29:
 v27: Then the Lord said to Moses, “write
these words, for according to the tenor of
these words I have made a covenant
with you and with Israel.”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 V28: So he was there with the Lord 40
days and 40 nights; he neither ate bread
nor drank water. And He wrote on the
tablets the words of the covenant,
the 10 commandments (See also
Exodus 31:18).

SABBATH – WHICH?
 V29: Now it was so, When Moses came
down from Mount Sinai (and the two
tablets of the Testimony were in
Moses’ hand when he came down from
the mountain), that Moses did not know
that the skin of his face shone while he
talked with him.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 C. Sabbath a Sign
 Ezek 20:10-12 (KJV)
 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out
of the land of Egypt, and brought them into
the wilderness.
 11 And I gave them my statutes, and
shewed them my judgments, which if a man
do, he shall even live in them.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths,
to be a sign between me and them, that they
might know that I am the LORD that
sanctify them.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 D. “…and this shall be for you a
perpetual statute/throughout your
generations/forever/everlasting/always
/continually/day and night….”

SABBATH – WHICH?
 D1. Genesis 17: 1-14 (KJV) =
Circumcision
 1 And when Abram was ninety years old
and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram,
and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect. And
I will make my covenant between me and
thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked
with him, saying,
 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with
thee, and thou shalt be a father of many
nations.
 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called
Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a
father of many nations have I made thee.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful,
and I will make nations of thee, and kings
shall come out of thee.
 7 And I will establish my covenant between
me and thee and thy seed after thee in
their generations for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to
thy seed after thee.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 30 And thou shalt set upon the table
shewbread before me always. Ex 25:30
(KJV)
 20 And thou shalt command the children of
Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to
burn always.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation
without the veil, which is before the
testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order
it from evening to morning before the
LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto
their generations on the behalf of the
children of Israel. Ex 27:20-21 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the
children of Israel in the breastplate of
judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in
unto the holy place, for a memorial before
the LORD continually.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of
judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and
they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he
goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall
bear the judgment of the children of Israel
upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Ex 28:29-30 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 42 And thou shalt make them linen
breeches to cover their nakedness; from
the loins even unto the thighs they shall
reach: 43 And they shall be upon Aaron,
and upon his sons, when they come in
unto the tabernacle of the congregation,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 or when they come near unto the altar to
minister in the holy place; that they bear
not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute
forever unto him and his seed after
him. Ex 28:42-43 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles,
Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets
on them: and the priest's office shall be
theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou
shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Ex
29:9 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer
upon the altar; two lambs of the first year
day by day continually. 39 The one
lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and
the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Ex 29:38-39 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 42 This shall be a continual burnt
offering throughout your generations
at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation before the LORD: where I will
meet you, to speak there unto thee. Ex
29:42 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at
even, he shall burn incense upon it,
perpetual incense before the LORD
throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall
offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt
sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye
pour drink offering thereon.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 10 And Aaron shall make atonement
upon the horns of it once in a year
with the blood of the sin offering of
atonements: once in the year shall he
make atonement upon it throughout
your generations: it is most holy unto
the LORD. Ex 30:8-10 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 21 So they shall wash their hands and
their feet, that they die not: and it shall be
a statute for ever to them, even to him
and to his seed throughout their
generations. Ex 30:21 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, this shall be an holy
anointing oil unto me throughout your
generations. Ex 30:31 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 13 Speak thou also unto the children of
Israel, saying, verily my Sabbaths ye shall
keep: for it is a sign between me and you
throughout your generations; that ye may
know that I am the LORD that doth
sanctify you. Ex 31:13 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 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
the LORD made heaven and earth, and on
the seventh day he rested, and was
refreshed. Ex 31:15-17 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the
seventh day there shall be to you an holy
day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD:
whosoever doeth work therein shall
be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no
fire throughout your habitations upon
the Sabbath day. Ex 35:2-3 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou
didst anoint their father, that they may
minister unto me in the priest's office: for
their anointing shall surely be an
everlasting priesthood throughout
their generations. Ex 40:15 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 D3. Leviticus ch. 3:12 – Ch. 27:34 =
 This is the law of the burnt offering, of
the meat offering, and of the sin
offering, and of the trespass offering,
and of the consecrations, and of the
sacrifice of the peace offerings and the
non-drinking of alcohol, atonement of
the soul,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 no sacrifice to devils, burning of lamps,
Sabbath, etc.
 These are the statutes and judgments and
laws, which the LORD made between
him and the children of Israel in
Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 12 And if his offering be a goat, then he
shall offer it before the LORD. 13 And he
shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and
kill it before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall
sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar
round about.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering,
even an offering made by fire unto the
LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards,
and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that
is upon them, which is by the flanks, and
the caul above the liver, with the kidneys,
it shall he take away.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 16 And the priest shall burn them upon
the altar: it is the food of the offering
made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat
is the LORD’s. 17 It shall be a perpetual
statute for your generations
throughout all your dwellings, that
ye eat neither fat nor blood. Lev 3:12-
17 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be
burning in it; it shall not be put out: and
the priest shall burn wood on it every
morning, and lay the burnt offering in
order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the
fat of the peace offerings. 13 The fire shall
ever be burning upon the altar; it shall
never go out. Lev 6:12-13 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 18 All the males among the children
of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a
statute forever in your generations
concerning the offerings of the LORD made
by fire: every one that toucheth them shall
be holy. 19 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his
sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD
in the day when he is anointed; the tenth
part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat
offering perpetual, half of it in the
morning, and half thereof at night.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and
when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in:
and the baken pieces of the meat offering
shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto
the LORD. 22 And the priest of his sons
that is anointed in his stead shall offer it:
it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it
shall be wholly burnt. Lev 6:18-22 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 34 For the wave breast and the heave
shoulder have I taken of the children of
Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace
offerings, and have given them unto Aaron
the priest and unto his sons by a statute
for ever from among the children of Israel

SABBATH – WHICH?
 35 This is the portion of the anointing of
Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons,
out of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire, in the day when he presented them
to minister unto the LORD in the priest's
office;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 36 Which the LORD commanded to be given
them of the children of Israel, in the day that
he anointed them, by a statute for ever
throughout their generations.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of
the meat offering, and of the sin offering,
and of the trespass offering, and of the
consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the
peace offerings;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses
in mount Sinai, in the day that he
commanded the children of Israel to
offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the
wilderness of Sinai. Lev 7:34-38 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink,
thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go
into the tabernacle of the congregation,
lest ye die: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations:
Lev 10:9 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 15 The heave shoulder and the wave
breast shall they bring with the offerings
made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a
wave offering before the LORD; and it
shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by
a statute forever; as the LORD hath
commanded. Lev 10:15 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 29 And this shall be a statute for ever
unto you: that in the seventh month, on
the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict
your souls, and do no work at all, whether
it be one of your own country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among you:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 30 For on that day shall the priest make
an atonement for you, to cleanse
you, that ye may be clean from all
your sins before the LORD. 31 It shall be
a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall
afflict your souls, by a statute for
ever.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint,
and whom he shall consecrate to minister
in the priest's office in his father's stead,
shall make the atonement, and shall put
on the linen clothes, even the holy
garments:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 33 And he shall make an atonement for the
holy sanctuary, and he shall make an
atonement for the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar, and he shall
make an atonement for the priests, and for
all the people of the congregation.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 34 And this shall be an everlasting
statute unto you, to make an atonement
for the children of Israel for all their sins
once a year. And he did as the LORD
commanded Moses. Lev 16:29-34 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 7 And they shall no more offer their
sacrifices unto devils, after whom they
have gone a whoring. This shall be a
statute forever unto them
throughout their generations. Lev
17:7 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor
parched corn, nor green ears, until the
selfsame day that ye have brought an
offering unto your God: it shall be a
statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings. Lev
23:14 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame
day, that it may be an holy convocation
unto you: ye shall do no servile work
therein: it shall be a statute forever in
all your dwellings throughout your
generations. Lev 23:21 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the
LORD seven days in the year. It shall
be a statute forever in your
generations: ye shall celebrate it in the
seventh month. Lev 23:41 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 2. Command the children of Israel, that they
bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the
light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
3. Without the vail of the testimony, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron
order it from the evening unto the morning
before the LORD continually: it shall be a
statute forever in your generations.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure
candlestick before the LORD continually.
Lev 24:2-4 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order
before the LORD continually, being taken
from the children of Israel by an
everlasting covenant.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons';
and they shall eat it in the holy place: for
it is most holy unto him of the offerings of
the LORD made by fire by a perpetual
statute. Lev 24:8-9 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 46 These are the statutes and judgments
and laws, which the LORD made between
him and the children of Israel in Mount
Sinai by the hand of Moses. Lev 26:46
(KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 34 These are the commandments,
which the LORD commanded Moses
for the children of Israel in Mount
Sinai. Lev 27:33-34 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Numbers ch. 10:8
=
 Feasts of trumpets

SABBATH – WHICH?
 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall
blow with the trumpets; and they shall
be to you for an ordinance for ever
throughout your generations. Num
10:8 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 D5. Deuteronomy ch. 4:5 – Ch. 29:1
 Statutes and judgments that ye should
do so in the land whither ye go to
possess it. Keep therefore and do them;
what nation is there so great, that hath
statutes and judgments so righteous as
all this law, which I set before you this day.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes,
and his commandments, which I
command thee this day, that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children
after thee, and that thou mayest
prolong thy days upon the earth, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee, forever.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 These are the words of the covenant,
which the LORD commanded Moses to
make with the children of Israel in the
land of Moab, beside the covenant
which he made with them in Horeb.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes
and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should
do so in the land whither ye go to
possess it.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this
is your wisdom and your understanding in
the sight of the nations, which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, Surely this
great nation is a wise and understanding
people.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 7 For what nation is there so great, who
hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our
God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8 And what nation is there so great, that
hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set
before you this day?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy
soul diligently, lest thou forget the things
which thine eyes have seen, and lest they
depart from thy heart all the days of thy
life: but teach them thy sons, and thy
sons' sons;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest
before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when
the LORD said unto me, Gather me the
people together, and I will make them
hear my words, that they may learn to
fear me all the days that they shall live
upon the earth, and that they may teach
their children.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 11 And ye came near and stood under the
mountain; and the mountain burned
with fire unto the midst of heaven,
with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of
the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of
the words, but saw no similitude; only ye
heard a voice.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 13 And he declared unto you his
covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even Ten Commandments;
and he wrote them upon two tables
of stone.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 14 And the LORD commanded me at that
time to teach you statutes and judgments,
that ye might do them in the land whither
ye go over to possess it.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto
yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
similitude on the day that the LORD spake
unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the
fire:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make
you a graven image, the similitude of any
figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on
the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl
that flieth in the air,

SABBATH – WHICH?
 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth
on the ground, the likeness of any fish
that is in the waters beneath the earth:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto
heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and
the moon, and the stars, even all the host
of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship
them, and serve them, which the LORD thy
God hath divided unto all nations under
the whole heaven.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 20 But the LORD hath taken you, and
brought you forth out of the iron furnace,
even out of Egypt, to be unto him a
people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with
me for your sakes, and sware that I
should not go over Jordan, and that I
should not go in unto that good land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 22 But I must die in this land, I must not
go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and
possess that good land.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye
forget the covenant of the LORD your God,
which he made with you, and make you a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing,
which the LORD thy God hath forbidden
thee.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming
fire, even a jealous God. 25 When thou
shalt beget children, and children's
children, and ye shall have remained long
in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
and make a graven image, or the likeness
of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight
of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to
anger:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 26 I call heaven and earth to witness
against you this day, that ye shall soon
utterly perish from off the land whereunto
ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall
not prolong your days upon it, but shall
utterly be destroyed.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among
the nations, and ye shall be left few in
number among the heathen, whither the
LORD shall lead you.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the
work of men's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor
smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt
seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find
him, if thou seek him with all thy heart
and with all thy soul.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all
these things are come upon thee, even in
the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD
thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his
voice;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful
God;) he will not forsake thee, neither
destroy thee, nor forget the covenant
of thy fathers which he sware unto
them.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 32 For ask now of the days that are past,
which were before thee, since the day that
God created man upon the earth, and ask
from the one side of heaven unto the
other, whether there hath been any such
thing as this great thing is, or hath been
heard like it?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as
thou hast heard, and live?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take
him a nation from the midst of another
nation, by temptations, by signs, and by
wonders, and by war, and by a mighty
hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by
great terrors, according to all that the
LORD your God did for you in Egypt before
your eyes?

SABBATH – WHICH?
 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou
mightest know that the LORD he is God;
there is none else beside him.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear
his voice, that he might instruct thee: and
upon earth he shewed thee his great fire;
and thou heardest his words out of the
midst of the fire.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 37 And because he loved thy fathers,
therefore he chose their seed after them,
and brought thee out in his sight with his
mighty power out of Egypt;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 38 To drive out nations from before
thee greater and mightier than thou art,
to bring thee in, to give thee their land
for an inheritance, as it is this day.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 39 Know therefore this day, and consider
it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in
heaven above, and upon the earth
beneath: there is none else.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his
statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day, that
it may go well with thee, and with
thy children after thee, and that thou
mayest prolong thy days upon the
earth, which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, forever. Deut 4:5-40 (KJV)

SABBATH – WHICH?
 1 These are the words of the covenant,
which the LORD commanded Moses to
make with the children of Israel in the
land of Moab, beside the covenant which
he made with them in Horeb.

SABBATH – WHICH?
 2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and
said unto them, Ye have seen all that the
LORD did before your eyes in the land of
Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his
servants, and unto all his land;

SABBATH – WHICH?
 3 The great temptations which thine eyes
have seen, the signs, and those great
miracles:

SABBATH – WHICH?
 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an
heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and
ears to hear, unto this day.

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