- Exodus 20:8 "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy."
- Exodus 31:15 "Whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death."
- Numbers 15:32,36 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. . . . And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses."
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- Isaiah 1:13 "The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity."
- John 5:16 "And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day."
- Colossians 2:16 "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."
So should Christians keep the sabbath?
< STRONG We are not supposed to work on the sabbath, but doing a good or important deed isn't wrong. (Biblical)
Regarding John 5:16, Jesus wasn't "working" like any other ordinary day of work. He performed a miracle. This is not something that is common. Thus, His action is taken out of context.
Joh 5:15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
Also, in Matthew, Jesus says this to defense of what He did:
Mat 12:11 He said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?
Mat 12:12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
>> What about Colossians 2:16?
Colossians 2:16 "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."
< This is probably taken out of context.
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