Sabbath

It's true that when God first instituted the Sabbath in Eden, He made no mention of going to church on that day; He just set it aside for a holy purpose, which He would expand upon at a later time. (See Genesis 2:1-3.) And in Exodus, He did indeed give us more details about the specifics of that holy day in the Ten Commandments. Still, the Ten Commandments give no instruction that we are to gather together for worship on that day. They just give guidelines on what it means to keep it holy. (See Exodus 20:8-11.)

But as we move forward in Scripture, we come across an enlightening verse in Leviticus: "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. ...

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It has been said that Christ, in fulfilling the moral law, actually abolished the Ten Commandments. However, let's take a look at what Jesus actually says in Matthew 5:17-19:

1. 'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets' (v. 17). Jesus certainly did not do the very thing that He came not to do!


2. 'I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.' According to Webster's Dictionary, 'fulfill,' when applied to a law, means 'to answer its demands by obedience.' It here means the opposite of 'destroy,' as in the following scriptures: 'And shall not uncircumcision, which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge thee, ...
   
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