Seventh-Day Sabbath Keeping

Here is what I wrote to a young lady, who was mixed up with Seventh Day Adventists. She loaned me a book that they gave her to prove their position on commanding the observing of the seventh day sabbath. I am afraid I have forgotten the title of the book. Here is my reply, based on the layout of the book.

Dear miss, I have been looking over the book you loaned me written by the Seventh Day Adventists. Here are some initial responses to how they view the Sabbath day. I will briefly refer to their stands in the outline form as presented in their book. he parts about the !ld estament are not in "uestion# A. he Sabbath at creation $. %od rested &pg. '()* '. %od blessed &pg. '+,* -. %od sanctified &pg. '+,* .. he Sabbath at Sinai $. Sabbath and the manna pg. '+,* '. Sabbath and the law &pg. '+$ * -. Sabbath and the covenant &pg. '+'* (. he Annual Sabbaths &pg. '+'* However, concerning the !ld estament, the /ew estament scriptures say# 0If that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 1or finding fault with them, he saith, .ehold... I will make a new covenant... not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them... out of 2gypt...0 3Hebrews 4563). 0... he law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by faith. .ut after that faith is come. we are no longer under a schoolmaster0 3%alatians -5'(3'+. 7. he Sabbath and 7hrist &pg. '+-* 9hy did :esus obey the law; he scripture has this to say 0:esus the Son of %od... was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin0 3Hebrews (5$+. 0...Sin is the transgression of the law... And ye know that... in Him is no sin0 3$ :ohn -5(3

+. Did the /ew estament come into force during, or after, 7hrist<s earthly ministry; 0...7hrist... is the mediator of the new testament,... by means of death... 1or where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 1or a testament is of force after men are dead5 otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth0 3Hebrews )5$(3$6. 01or as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse5 for it is written, 7ursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them... And the law is not of faith... 7hrist hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us5 for it is written, 7ursed is every one that hangeth on a tree5 that... we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith... 9herefore then serveth the law; It was added... till the seed should come to whom the promise was made...0 3%alatians -5$,3$).

D. he Sabbath and the Apostles $. Apostles !bservance &pg. '+-* =lease note that the book does not. nor can it, "uote scripture where the apostles commanded the observing of the Sabbath. Is this an important point; 0... here rose up certain... =harisees which believed, saying, hat it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law... And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter... And they wrote... 1orasmuch as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words. subverting your souls. saying >e must be circumcised. and keep the law5 to whom we gave no such commandment5 It seemed good unto us, being assembled in one accord... to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things? hat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication5 from which if ye keep yourselves. ye shall do well...0 3Acts $ +5+3'). he apostles, when writing their explicit instructions to the new %entile 7hristians, commanded nothing about keeping the seventh day sabbath. 7ircumcision, 8ust as sabbath observance, was to be everlasting# 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 %od unto thee, and to thy seed after thee# his is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee? 2very man child among you shall be circumcised.0 3 %en $6563$,

01or circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law5 but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.0 @om '5'+ .ut we know by the /ew estament, that the circumcision was only a shadow of the /ew estament substance of baptism# 0In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of 7hrist5 .uried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of %od#0 3 7ol '5$$3$'. 01or I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 7hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are 8ustified by the law? ye are fallen from grace... 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love.0 3 %al +5-3A. 2ven though the apostles forbade the commanding of keeping the law, and being circumcised, this was written about =aul# 0... imotheus... Him would =aul have to go forth with him? and took him and circumcised him because of the :ews which were in those "uarters...0 3Acts $A5-. he reason for doing this, =aul answers himself# 01or though I be free from all, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the :ews I became as a :ew, that I might gain the :ews? to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law...0 3$ 7orinthians )5$)3',. '. hey "uote 7olossians '5$(3$4, and %alatians (5$,3$ $ &pg. '+(* Although the book does "uote the above verses teaching against the observance of Sabbaths &which say this*... 0...>ou... He "uickened together with Him... blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us... and took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross... let no man therefore 8udge you... in respect of an holiday... or of the Sabbath 9hich are a shadow of things to come...0 37olossians '5$-3$6. 0 his only would I hear of you, @eceived ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith... Having begun in the Spirit are you now made perfect in the flesh;... How turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage; >e observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain0 3%alatians -5'3-, (5)3$$. ... hey attempt to explain these scriptures away by saying "He made it clear that Christians were in no obligation to keep these yearly rest days..." =lease notice that it is only their words. not the scriptures themselves. that specifically define these verses as only pertaining to the yearly Sabbaths. >et the scripture also says 0 he ministration of death, written and engraven in stones... was to. be done away0 3' 7orinthians -56. he apostles also kept those 0yearly0 rest days &i.e. Acts $'5(, ',5$A*, but the point must

be that, the apostles themselves never commanded the keeping of any special day, the seventh3day Sabbath included, rather, they wrote 0!ne man esteemeth one day above another5 another esteemeth every day alike. Bet every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Bord? and he that regardeth not the day, to the Bord he doth not regard it0 3@omans $(5+3A. -. he Bord<s day &pg. '+(* In the book they say "...In the scripture, the only day the Lord calls His own is the seventh-day Sabbath..", as if :ohn was referring to Saturday, in @evelation $ 5$,, and thereby giving credence to their commandment of holding one day above another. .ut what does the scripture say; 0.ehold, I will send you 2li8ah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Bord0 3Calachi (5+. Does this mean we should expect %od to send us a prophet every 1riday; 01or yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Bord so cometh as a thief in the night0 3$ hessalonians +5'. 0... he day of the Bord will come as a thief in the night? in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat...0 3' =eter -5$,. If Saturday is the only 0Bord<s day0, we ought to be seeing a lot of spectacular sunsets every 1riday evening, according to the wording of the above scripturesD 2. he Ceaning of the Sabbath &pg. '++* he book says3 " he Sabbath has broad signi!icance and is !illed with deep and rich spirituality". I do not "uestion the fact that the Sabbath has significance, for the scripture says3 0... he Sabbath days... are a shadow of things to come...0 37olossians '5$A3$6. he Euestion is, does the /ew estament describe a new 0rest0 of which the !ld estament is only a shadow of; 0 o whom sware He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them that believed not;... If :esus had given them rest, then would He not afterward have spoken of another day. here remaineth therefore a rest to the people of %od. 1or he that is entered into His rest. he also hath ceased from his own works, as %od did from His. Bet us labour therefore to enter into that rest...0 3Hebrews -5$4, (543$$. 0 ake my yoke upon you, and learn of me... and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 1or my yoke is easy, and my burden light0 3Catthew $$5')3-,. 0....lessed are the dead which die in the Bord from henceforth5 >ea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours...0 3@evelation $(5$-. 0 his I say then, 9alk in the Spirit. and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh... they that are 7hrist<s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit0 3%alatians +5$A,'(3'+.

01or we which have believed do enter into rest, as He said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest...0 3Hebrews (5-. 0... his spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive...0 3:ohn 65-). 01or with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people. o whom He said, his is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest? and this is the refreshing5 yet they would not hear0 3Isaiah '45$$3$', 0Carvel not that I said unto thee, >e must be born again. he wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof... so is everyone that is born of the Spirit0 3:ohn -5634. 0In the law it is written, 9ith other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people... wherefore tongues are for a sign... to them that believe not...0 3$ 7orinthians $(5'$3''. 0...:esus... having received of the 1ather the promise of the Holy %host, He hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear0 3Acts '5--. 0...!n the %entiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy %host. 1or they heard them speak with tongues...0 3Acts $,5(+3(A. In this section of the book, they list 6 meanings of the Sabbath. his is as if to say that these meanings, in and of themselves, are evidence of the continuance of the !ld estament observance of the Sabbath day. Again, note that they still fail to give scriptural command for the observance of the Sabbath in the /ew estament. .ut can we give scripture that shows these 0meanings0 are meant to be fulfilled in the /ew estament promise of the Holy Spirit; $. =erpetual Cemorial of 7reation &pg. '++* he scripture says 0 hrough faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the 9ord of %od...0 3Hebrews $$ 5-. 0... hey... of faith... are the children of Abraham...0 3%alatians -5A36. 0...%od made promise to Abraham... And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise0 3Hebrews A5$-,$+. 0/ow to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many? but as of one, And to thy seed, which is :esus 7hrist0 3%alatians -5$A. 0 his :esus... having received the promise of the Holy %host, He hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear... he gift of the Holy %host... the promise is unto you, and... to all... as many as the Bord our %od shall call0 3Acts '5--,-43-). =lease notice that, again, the book does not "uote one verse of /ew estament scripture that commands keeping the Sabbath in memorial of the creation. '. Symbol of @edemption &pg. '++* Although Deut. +5$+ is referred to, once again, they actually "uote no scripture in this section, they state only their interpretations. 9hat do some of the scriptures say in regard to the Holy %host being a sign of redemption; 0... he Holy %host fell on &the %entiles* as on us at the beginning &i.e. Acts '5$3(*...

1orasmuch then as %od gave them the like gift as He did unto us... hen hath %od also to the %entiles granted repentance unto life0 Acts $$ 5$+3$4. 0In whom ye also after that ye heard the word of truth... after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession...0 32phesians $ 5$-3$(. -. Sign of Sanctification &pg. '++* Again, the scriptures themselves do not make the statements that this book presents as commandments3 "He who !rom the heart obeys the !ourth commandment will obey the whole law." .ut what does the scripture say in regard to sanctification and the Holy %host; 0...I should be the minister of :esus 7hrist to the %entiles... that... the %entiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy %host0 3@omans $+5$A. 0...>e are sanctified... in the name of the Bord :esus, and by the Spirit of our %od0 3$ 7orinthians A5$$. 01or by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 9hereof the Holy %host also is a witness to us5 for after that He said before, his is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Bord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them... by a new and living way...0 3Hebrews $,5$(3',. (. Sign of Boyalty &pg. '+A* Again, they give their interpretations, not directly stated scripture, for this opinion. .ut we have only to "uote scripture to declare what those who stand solely on the 9ord of %od believe, and the 0Sign of Boyalty0 that %od gives them# 0If ye love me keep my commandments. And I will pray the 1ather. and He shall give you another 7omforter, that He may abide with you forever? 2ven the Spirit of truth? whom the world cannot receive...0 3:ohn $(5$+3$6. 0And we are his witnesses of these things? and so is also the Holy %host, whom %od hath given to them that obey him.0 3 Acts +5-' +. ime of 1ellowship &pg. '+A* Again, they give their interpretations as doctrine, though the scripture says 0...And hereby we know that He abideth in us. by the Spirit which He hath given us0 3$ :ohn -5'(. 0Hereby know we that we dwell in Him. and He in us. because He hath given us of His Spirit0 3$ :ohn (5$-. 0...I will pray the 1ather, and He shall give you... he Spirit... whom the world cannot receive... He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you... At that day ye shall know that I am in my 1ather, and ye in me, and I in you0 3:ohn $(5$A3',. A. Sign of @ighteousness by 1aith &pg. '+A* In the book they write3 "... rue Sabbath keeping reveals... a sign o! righteousness by !aith."

If this 0Sabbath keeping0 is so important, why are they having such a hard time finding scripture to state their doctrine for them; @ather, the scriptures continue to speak in contradiction to their words# 01or we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision &another !. . sign of faith, @om. (5$$ * availeth anything, nor uncircumcision? but faith...0 3%alatians +5+3A. 09herefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of :esus 7hrist... /ow we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held? that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter... /ow if any man have not the Spirit of 7hrist, he is none of His. And if 7hrist be in you, the body is dead because of sin? but the Spirit is life because of righteousness0 3@omans 65(,A, 45)3 $,. 6. A Symbol of @esting in 7hrist &pg. '+6* Fnder this heading they write3 " he rest to which "od invites... is a spiritual rest... it is o! this rest that both the Sabbath and Canaan are symbols." !ur final "uestion, to be answered from the scriptures alone, is3 Does the symbolical remain when the substance appears; 09hen =eter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed... I said unto =eter before them all, If thou, being a :ew, livest after the manner of the %entiles. and not as do the :ews. why compellest thou the %entiles to live as do the :ews;... Gnowing that a man is not 8ustified by the works of the law, but by the faith of :esus 7hrist, even we have believed in :esus 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by the faith of 7hrist, and not by the works of the law5 for by the works of the law shall no flesh be 8ustified... 01or if the inheritance be of the law. it is no more of promise5 but %od gave it to Abraham by promise. 9herefore then serveth the law; It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made... 9herefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by faith. .ut after faith is come. we are no longer under a schoolmaster0 3%alatians '5$ $,$(,$A, -5$43 $),'(3'+ 0 he ministration of death, written and engraven in stones... was to. be done away0 3' 7orinthians -56. hey do continue with more examples, 8ust as the examples above, which I feel it would really be redundant to continue going over. I hope you can see the difference in how they derive doctrine, and how I have declared doctrine. heir doctrine stands almost entirely on their personal interpretations of scripture. .ut, since I have merely "uoted scripture to state my beliefs, I feel I can safely say, like the apostle, that the 0... hings that I write unto you are the commandments of the Bord0 3$ 7orinthians $(5-6. I am confident that should any professing Seventh3Day Adventists read this, their response would probably be that I have misunderstood their belief. he fact remains, that they can not "uote one scripture from the /ew estament commanding the observance of one day above another in service to the Bord, even of the Seventh3day Sabbath. And

thereby they have made the commandments of %od of none effect through adding their own traditions as laws to %od<s people.

=art wo Dear sir, hank you for your concern at the very leastD 1irst off, I didn<t think I said much of anything. hose last couple posts stand or fall on the scriptures that I "uoted, not my words. Secondly, I didn<t say anything about 0Sunday.0 he point in the scriptures is very specific that no day should be held above another. @om $(5+ !ne man esteemeth one day above another5 another esteemeth every day alike. Bet every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. A He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Bord? and he that regardeth not the day, to the Bord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Bord, for he giveth %od thanks? and he that eateth not, to the Bord he eateth not, and giveth %od thanks. 9e do not have special days where we serve %od, and the rest of the time we don<t. Heb (5$, 1or he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as %od did from his. Sabbath H rest. herefore, he that has entered into 7hrist<s sabbath, is doing 7hrist<s works, not his own# %al '5', I am crucified with 7hrist5 nevertheless I live? yet not I, but 7hrist liveth in me5 and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of %od, who loved me, and gave himself for me. As 7hrist was our example# :ohn $(5$, #the 1ather that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 9e live for %od, in the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, every day of our lives. 9e 8ust happen to gather for services on 9ednesday and Sunday for convenience sake. It wouldn<t matter if it were Conday, and 1riday. !r every dayD /ow, as to how the whole Sunday thing got started, believe me, I am not ignorant of Satan<s devices. .ut, I wonder 8ust how many pagans there are that are going to think I am worshipping a Sun3god because I happen to go to church on the first day of the week. Do you know of any heathens that you will cast a stumblingblock before if you gather with the brethren on a certain day of the week; If you want to win their souls, maybe you shouldn<t go to service on SundayD

$7o 45( 0As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is *nothing* in the world, and that there is none other %od but one... 6 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge5 for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol? and their conscience being weak is defiled. 7hristians, that should know that %od is a Spirit, and that an idol is nothing, I find to be the only one<s who are offended at this freedom that 7hrist purchased with His bloodD Is that what you are asking me3 "please stop going to church on a Sunday because then I#ll think you are worshipping idols"$ hat would be the only reason for me to change my worship days. /ot because %od commanded it, but because of weak brethren.

@om $(5$( I know, and am persuaded by the Bord :esus, that there is nothing unclean of itself5 but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. $+ .ut if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom 7hrist died. I really don<t mean to sound sarcastic, or whatever, I<m trying hard not to. .ut let<s get realD he scripture teaches idols are nothing. /othing means 8ust that3 nothing. So if they are nothing, why be afraid of them; It<s like being afraid of the boogie manD It<s not in them to do evil nor goodD :er $,5' 0 hus saith the Lord, Bearn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed... + ....e not afraid of them? for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. A 1orasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord? thou art great, and thy name is great in might.0 So why do 07hristians0 make them which are nothing into something; he problem comes when you allow yourself to cause a stumblingblock to others who think those idols are something, and mistake your liberty as setting an example for actually practicing idolatry. Book at this passage# $7o $,5'+ 09hatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no uestion for conscience sake5 'A 1or the earth is the Bord<s, and the fulness thereof. '6 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go? whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no "uestion for conscience sake. '4 !ut if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience

sake5 for the earth is the Bord<s, and the fulness thereof5 ') 7onscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other5 for why is my liberty 8udged of another man<s conscience; -, 1or if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks; -$ 9hether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of %od.0 See that3 0whatsoever is set before you eat0 It<s saying3 you don<t know if it is or isn<t sacrificed to a 0god0 so don"t worry about it# !ut3 if an unbeliever tells you it is sacrificed to a 0god0 don<t eat it. 7ouple that scripture, with this scripture# 7ol '5$A 0Bet no man therefore 8udge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days50 =aul wrote of holydays in the same breath as eating meat that was sacrificed to 0gods0. 9as =aul saying you couldn<t celebrate holidays; hen he was also telling us not to eat or drink, which he elsewhere says, $ 7or. $,5'+, we can eat asking no uestions for conscience sakeD hen he must be saying let no man 8udge you in the negative against holidays either. In other words, you can do what you want3 all things are yours, but don<t allow a brother to stumble thereby. 9ho has stumbled, or could stumble, by my going to church on a Sunday; Are you the weak brothers that this is talking about; .ut also, if you are weak, make sure you don<t 8udge your brother in his freedom, eitherD @om $(5- 0Bet not him that eateth despise him that eateth not? and let not him which eateth not 8udge him that eateth5 for %od hath received him.0 7ol '5', 9herefore if ye be dead with 7hrist from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye sub$ect to ordinances, '$ & ouch not? taste not? handle not? '' %hich all are to perish with the using?* after the commandments and doctrines of men& So I also ask you3 why; 9hy are ye sub8ect to ordinances# after the commandment and doctrines of men; he real problem here isn<t that we have weak brethren who may stumble, but we have those here who are commanding the reestablishing of the !ld estament ordinances contrary to the specific words of the apostles to the contrary'

%al '5$( .ut when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto =eter before them all, **if thou, being a (ew, livest after the manner of )entiles**, and **not as do the (ews**, why compellest thou the )entiles to live as do the (ews& $+ 9e who are :ews by nature, and not sinners of the %entiles, $A

Knowing that a man is **not** $ustified by the works of the law , but by the faith of :esus 7hrist, even we have believed in :esus 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by the faith of 7hrist, and not by the works of the law5 for by the works of the law shall no flesh be 8ustified. $6 .ut if, while we seek to be 8ustified by 7hrist, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore 7hrist the minister of sin; %od forbid. $4 *or if + build again the things which + destroyed, + make myself a transgressor# Heb 45$- +n that he saith, a new covenant, he hath made the first old# ,ow that which decayeth and wa-eth old is ready to vanish away# %al +5' .ehold, I =aul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, 7hrist shall profit you nothing. - *or + testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. ( .hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# + 1or we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. A 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love. 6 >e did run well? who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth& 4 0his persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. A council of all the apostles together was convened over this very sub8ect3 specifically to settle this very same issue, and from that meeting, they wrote commandments completely to the opposite of what is currently being postulated. I can<t even believe that we are even having this discussion when the scriptures on this are as plain as they possibly could be. here is, in fact, possibly nothing plainer in the whole .ibleD

Acts $+5$ And certain men which came down from :udaea taught the brethren, and said, 2xcept ye be circumcised after the manner of Coses, ye cannot be saved. ' 9hen therefore =aul and .arnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that =aul and .arnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to (erusalem unto the apostles and elders **about this uestion**. ( And when they were come to :erusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that %od had done with them. + !ut there rose up certain of the sect of the 1harisees which believed, saying, that it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of 2oses# A 3nd the apostles and elders came together for **to consider of this matter**# 6 And when there had been much disputing, =eter rose up, and said unto them, Cen and brethren,#.$, /ow **therefore why tempt ye )od**, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear&4'' 0hen pleased it the apostles and elders, with

the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with =aul and .arnabas? namely, :udas surnamed .arsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren5 '- And they wrote letters by them after this manner/ he apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the %entiles in Antioch and Syria and 7ilicia5 '( 1orasmuch 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 law5 to whom we gave **no** such commandment5 hose are the words addressed to this very same sub$ect from the hand3picked, confirmed with signs and wonders, Apostles of our Bord :esus 7hristD hese words I<ve 8ust "uoted here are not from me or my personal interpretations &which is to say not like those I have had to wade through here on this sub8ect defending the opposite, contra3 biblical, extra3biblically stated, positionD 9hich I would have expected better of from those who claim to want only the word of %od*. $ 7or $(5-6 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that &the Apostle* write unto you are the commandments of the Lord# /ot only are dearly beloved brethren around here simply refusing to hear, and heed, the very clearly, explicitly stated words of the Apostles, and thereby presuming to have greater understanding than the apostles themselves, but now they accuse %od of not having kept His word intact and entireD 9hich I will also address when I get the time. Cy dear friends, brethren, and otherwise, I don<t see how it could be stated any plainer in the scripture against religiously holding ! laws such as the sabbath. =lease don<t insult my intelligence, nor cause me to lose my respect for you as brothers, by adding to the word of %od in order to prove your personal pet doctrinesD 1or that &adding to %od<s word* is something that 6ome, and paganism is absolutely full ofD And that is what is most damaging of allD And doing after those works will cause you to lose out with %odD =rov -,5A 3dd thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar# :er '-5$A hus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you5 they make you vain5 0hey speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord# %od blessD Cister I &=art $* Dear 0xxxxx0, I don<t have a lot to say in response. .ut the scriptures do# Acts $+5$ And certain men which came down from :udaea taught the brethren, and said, 2xcept ye be circumcised after the manner of Coses, ye cannot be saved. ' 9hen therefore =aul and .arnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that =aul and .arnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to :erusalem unto the apostles and elders about this "uestion. - And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through =henice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the %entiles5 and they caused great 8oy unto all the brethren. ( And when they were come to :erusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they

declared all things that %od had done with them. + !ut there rose up certain of the sect of the **1harisees** which believed, saying, that it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them *to keep the law of 2oses#* A And the 3postles and elders came together for to consider of this matter# 6 And when there had been much disputing, =eter rose up, and said unto them, Cen and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago %od made choice among us, that the %entiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 4 And %od, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy %host, even as he did unto us? ) And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. $, /ow therefore why tempt ye )od, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear& Acts $+5$$ .ut we believe that through the grace of the Bord :esus 7hrist we shall be saved, even as they. $' hen all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to .arnabas and =aul, declaring what miracles and wonders %od had wrought among the %entiles by them. $- And after they had held their peace, :ames answered, saying, Cen and brethren, hearken unto me5 $( Simeon hath declared how %od at the first did visit the %entiles, to take out of them a people for his name. $+ And to this agree the words of the prophets? as it is written, $A After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down? and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up5 $6 hat the residue of men might seek after the Bord, and all the %entiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Bord, who doeth all these things. $4 Gnown unto %od are all his works from the beginning of the world. $) 9herefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the %entiles are turned to %od5 ', .ut that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. '$ 1or Coses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. '' hen pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with =aul and .arnabas? namely, :udas surnamed .arsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren5 '- And they wrote letters by them after this manner? he apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the %entiles in Antioch and Syria and 7ilicia5 '( 1orasmuch 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 law5 to whom we gave **no** such commandment5 '+ It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved .arnabas and =aul, 'A Cen that have haJarded their lives for the name of our Bord :esus 7hrist. '6 9e have sent therefore :udas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. '4 1or it seemed good to the 7oly )host, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than **these necessary things**/ ') hat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication5 from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. 1are ye well. -, So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch5 and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle5 -$ 9hich when they had read, they re8oiced for the consolation. %al +5$ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith 7hrist hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage# ' .ehold, I =aul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, 7hrist shall profit you nothing. - 1or I testify again to every man that is

circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law# ( .hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# %al +5+ 1or we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. A 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love. 6 >e did run well? who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth; 4 his persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. ) A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. ' 7or -5' >e are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men5 1orasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of 7hrist ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living %od? not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. ( And such trust have we through 7hrist to %od3ward5 + /ot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves? but our sufficiency is of %od? A 9ho also hath made us able ministers of the new testament? not of the letter, but of the spirit5 for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 6 .ut if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Coses for the glory of his countenance? which glory was to be done away5 4 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious; ) 1or if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. $, 1or even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. $$ 1or if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. $' Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech5 $- And not as Coses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished5 %al (5) .ut now, after that ye have known %od, or rather are known of %od, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage; $, >e observe days, and months, and times, and years. $$ + am afraid of you, lest + have bestowed upon you labour in vain# @om $(5+ !ne man esteemeth one day above another5 another esteemeth every day alike. Bet every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. A He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Bord? and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it# He that eateth, eateth to the Bord, for he giveth %od thanks? and he that eateth not, to the Bord he eateth not, and giveth %od thanks. 6 1or none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 4 1or whether we live, we live unto the Bord? and whether we die, we die unto the Bord5 whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Bord<s. ) 1or to this end 7hrist both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Bord both of the dead and living. $, .ut why dost thou $udge thy brother& or why dost thou set at nought thy brother& *or we shall all stand before the $udgment seat of .hrist# $$ 1or it is written, As I live, saith the Bord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to %od. $' So then every one of us shall give account of himself to %od. $- Let us not therefore $udge one another any more5 but $udge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother"s way# $( I know, and am persuaded by the Bord :esus, that there is nothing unclean of itself5 but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. $+ .ut if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom

7hrist died. Cat $)5$6 And he said unto him, 9hy callest thou me good; there is none good but one, that is, %od5 but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. $4 He saith unto him, 9hich; :esus said, hou shalt do no murder, hou shalt not commit adultery, hou shalt not steal, hou shalt not bear false witness, $) Honour thy father and thy mother5 and, hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. &/! mention of sabbath keeping hereD !nly how we should treat others.* 7ol '5$A Bet no man therefore 8udge you in meat, **or** in drink, KKorKK in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, KKorKK of the sabbath days5 $6 %hich *are* *a* **shadow** of things to come? but the body is of 7hrist. $ 7or 454 .ut meat commendeth us not to %od5 for neither, if we eat, are we the better/ neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. So why do you say3 " here is only one way to "let no man %udge you..." and that is to observe these things be!ore those who !ollow the commandments o! "od"$ 0 hese things0 includes the eating or not eating of meat3 do you 8udge those who do or don<t eat meat, also; Acts $,5$- And there came a voice to him, @ise, =eter? kill, and eat. $( .ut =eter said, /ot so, Bord? for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. $+ And the voice spake unto him again the second time, 9hat %od hath cleansed, that call not thou common. $ 7or 45) .ut take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. $, 1or if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol<s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols? $$ And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom 7hrist died; $' .ut when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against 7hrist. $- 9herefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. $ 7or )5$ Am I not an apostle; am I not free; have I not seen :esus 7hrist our Bord; are not ye my work in the Bord; )5' If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you5 for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Bord. - Cine answer to them that do examine me is this, )5( Have we not power to eat and to drink; herefore, I 8udge you not if you do or don<t keep the seventh day sabbath. :ust don<t you 8udge me for not observing one day above another# @om $(5- Bet not him that eateth despise him that eateth not? and let not him which eateth not 8udge him that eateth5 for %od hath received him. ( 9ho art thou that 8udgest another man<s servant; to his own master he standeth or falleth. >ea, he shall be holden up5 for %od is able to make him stand. 0Here are your /ew estament scriptures regarding Sabbath keeping. Catthew 7hapter +5$6 hink not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets5 I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.0

his scripture has not at all denied nor contradicted the fact that the !ld estament was the shadow, and the /ew is the substance &as the circumcision was a type of baptism, so the sabbath was a type of the rest in the Holy %host3 see last post for scriptures*. he /ew estament keeps what the !ld estament taught through similitudesD Hosea $'5$, I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. Heb 45+ 9ho serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as 2oses was admonished of %od when he was about to make the tabernacle5 for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. 0=lease note verse $)D /ow, take a look at I :ohn 7hapter +5 ' .y this we know that we love the children of %od, when we love %od, and keep his commandments.- 1or this is the love of %od, that we keep his commandments5 and his commandments are not grievous. 0 he /ew estament has plenty of commandments in itself# Acts $+5'( 1orasmuch 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*5 to whom *we* gave **no** such commandment5 '4 1or it seemed good to the 7oly )host, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than **these necessary things**? ') hat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication5 from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. 1are ye well. Acts $5' Fntil the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the 7oly )host had given commandments unto the 3postles whom he had chosen5 ' =et -5$ his second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you? in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance5 ' hat ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the 3postles of the Bord and Saviour5 0here is not one word of the 3postles, or of (esus, concerning the specific commanding of keeping the seventh day Sabbath# Cark $'5') And :esus answered him, he first of all the commandments is, Hear, ! Israel? he Bord our %od is one Bord5 -, And thou shalt love the Bord thy %od with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength5 this is the first commandment. -$ And the second is like, namely this, hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. here is none other commandment greater than these. Cat $)5$6 And he said unto him, 9hy callest thou me good; there is none good but one, that is, %od5 but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. $4 He saith unto him, 9hich; :esus said, hou shalt do no murder, hou shalt not commit adultery, hou shalt not steal, hou shalt not bear false witness, $) Honour thy father and thy mother5 and, hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. :esus specifically left out the commandment on keeping the sabbath D38. And :esus said# Cat '(5-+ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

0However, in I 7orinthians 7hapter $$, =aul says5 $ .e ye followers of me, even as I also am of 7hrist. ' /ow I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as + delivered them unto you. 9e do not have a copy of the 0ordinances0 =aul delivered to the 7orinthians, so we must as =aul instructed imothy in the second chapter of his second epistle to him50 >es we do have all the counsel of %od from the Apostle =aul.

=aul said# Acts ',5'A 9herefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. '6 1or + have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of )od. ' im -5$A All scripture is given by inspiration of %od, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness5 $6 hat the man of %od may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works# And =aul wrote# %al +5( .hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# ' 7or -5- #>e are manifestly declared to be the epistle of 7hrist ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living %od? **not in tables of stone**, but in fleshly tables of the heart. ' 7or -5A 9ho also hath made us able ministers of the new testament? not of the letter, but of the spirit5 for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 6 .ut if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Coses for the glory of his countenance? which glory was to be done away5

' 7or -5$$ 1or if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. $' Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech5 $- And not as Coses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished5 "&nd please, let#s not hear o! anyone teaching anyone else to break "od#s laws'" AmenD $ 7or $(5-6 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I &=aul* write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. -4 .ut if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. Acts $+5'( 1orasmuch 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*5 to whom *we* gave **no** such commandment5 Acts $+5'4 1or it seemed good to the 7oly )host, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than **these necessary things**/ ') hat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication5 from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. 1are ye well. %al +5( .hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# %al +5' .ehold, I =aul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, 7hrist shall profit you nothing. - 1or I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law# 0xxxxx0, I don<t mean to be insulting, but, do you sacrifice animals, and all that other stuff in the law also;

I don<t mind if you feel so moved in yourself to keep the seventh day sabbath, 0xxxxx0. hat<s between you and %od. It<s 8ust that I hope you don<t command me &or anyone else* to keep it also, or 8udge me as being not a servant of %od because I refuse keeping as commandment what isn<t specifically commanded in the /ew estament. >our servant in 7hrist :esus Cister I &=art wo* xxxxx0, I have read through your study on 09hat Saith the Scriptures concerning the Sabbath0

here are two points about .ible interpretation, that I<d like to point out to you. 1irst off, if a doctrine is built on opinions of man, and not the specifically stated word of %od, it is built on a foundation of sand, which will be destroyed# Cat 65'A And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand5 Secondly, false doctrine will always lay aside the commandments of %od, and hold the traditions of men in a higher state of authority than the "uoted word of %od# Cark 656 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.4 1or laying aside the commandment of %od, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups5 and many other such like things ye do.) And he said unto them, 1ull well ye re8ect the commandment of %od, that ye may keep your own tradition#. $- Caking the word of %od of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered5 and many such like things do ye. Some statements you made in chapter (, page (, are the 0foundation made in sand0 for your whole study# Statement ()- "* here are still parts o! the law which are in e!!ect'" Statement (+- "*It becomes necessary to e,plain what #!ul!illing# the law means. his terminology is used to describe complete and proper observance o! the law not the end or !inish o! the law." hese two statements are your whole case. hese two statements are not made anywhere in scripture, but they definitely do make several scriptural "uotes of none effectD Allow me to demonstrate# Baying aside the commandment of %od# Heb 45$- In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old# ,ow that which decayeth and wa-eth old is ready to **vanish away**. ' 7or -5- 1orasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of 7hrist ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living %od? not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 6 .ut if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious# which was to be done away5 4 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious; $$ 1or if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. >e hold the tradition of men# "* here are still parts o! the law which are in e!!ect'" Cark 65$- 2aking the word of )od of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered5 and many such like things do ye. /ow statement number L'# Baying aside the commandment of )od# %al +5$( **3ll** the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this? thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. @om $-54 #*or he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law ) 1or this, hou shalt not

commit adultery, hou shalt not kill, hou shalt not steal, hou shalt not bear false witness, hou shalt not covet? and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. $, Bove worketh no ill to his neighbour5 therefore love is the fulfilling of the law# >e hold the tradition of men# "*It becomes necessary to e,plain what #!ul!illing# the law means. his terminology is used to describe complete and proper observance o! the law not the end or !inish o! the law." Cark 65$- 2aking the word of )od of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered5 and many such like things do ye. ,ot one place in your bible study on Sabbaths do you state the fact that 0 love is the fulfilling of the law9# ,ot once'''' /or did you once "uote# %al +5'' .ut the fruit of the Spirit is love, 8oy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, '- Ceekness, temperance5 against such there is no law# %hy is that& @om $,5$ .rethren, my heart<s desire and prayer to %od for Israel is, that they might be saved. ' 1or I bear them record that they have a :eal of )od, but not according to knowledge# - *or they being ignorant of )od"s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of )od# ( for .hrist is the **end** of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. hough not "uite so foundational to your argument, I would like to address 8ust one more point from your study# Statement (-- "Lastly, observance o! the .th day Sabbath is the sign or symbol o! a perpetual covenant* o abandon this sign, is to abandon this covenant." Chapter +, page -. As I have shown above by the scriptures &Heb 45$-, and ' 7or. -5-3$$* that covenant was supposed to be abandoned, 0xxxxx0D Heb 45$- In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. /ow that which decayeth and wa-eth old is ready to vanish away# Bet us remember an even more important everlasting covenant, that has also, and that very specifically, 0vanished away0# %en $65$- He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised5 and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an **everlasting** covenant. $( And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people? he hath broken my covenant# @om (5$$ And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised5 that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised? that righteousness might be imputed unto them also5 $' And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but

who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. .ut in the /ew estament, we have a completely different story# %al +5' .ehold, I =aul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, .hrist shall profit you nothing# - *or + testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. ( .hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# + 1or we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. A 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love. 6 >e did run well? who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth& 4 0his persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you# 9-----9, this scripture is for you- 9.hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace9 and therefore, so is this)3L ;5< 0his persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you# /ow 0xxxxx0, in this post that I am replying to, you said5 "*there is a third book to the Corinthians out there somewhere which we do not have in our /ibles. In addition, 0aul visited the Corinthians personally. 1e in no way have a record o! everything the &postles preached and taught including 0aul' his is very disappointing for me to hear coming from you, 0xxxxx0. :er '5+ hus saith the Lord, 9hat ini"uity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain; Deu -,5$$ 1or this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off# So that now, you aren<t only breaking )od"s commandment not to add to his word, you are breaking your own convictionsD "&nd please, let#s not hear o! anyone teaching anyone else to break "od#s laws'" :ames (5$6 herefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. he bible doesn<t say to search outside of the scriptures for lost or forgotten doctrines, or ordinances. he .ible says# :ohn +5-) Search the scriptures? for in them ye think ye have eternal life5 and they are they which testify of me. >ou<re telling me that you<ve found doctrines, or believe there are doctrines, in addition to scriptures, but I tell you ,o, for the scriptures tell us# $ im $5- #0each no other doctrine, :esus put His whole plan into the words of the Apostles only# :ohn $65', /either pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word/

:ohn $+5$A >e have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain5 9hen we re8ect what those Apostles say, whom the Bord has sent to teach us, we aren<t re8ecting the messengers, but %od Himself# $ Sam 45A .ut the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, %ive us a king to 8udge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord# 6 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee5 for they have not re$ected thee, but they have re$ected me, that + should not reign over them. 9hen I uote the Apostles direct response to this very sub$ect, and you counter with purposes of an extra3biblical nature, or you attempt to contradict the Apostles very specific words on the sub8ect by nothing more than private interpretations, you are accusing the Apostles themselves of# a* /ot understanding what they were talking about. b* /ot communicating themselves correctly, and therefore3 c* >ou are ultimately accusing :esus 7hrist Himself of $* 7alling incapable Apostles, and '* you are accusing 7hrist of not keeping his word intact as He promised that His words would not pass awayD $ =et $5'+ .ut the word of the Bord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. /ow you say# "1hat I#m trying to say is that at one time, I thought as you did. I no longer think as you do because o! this in-depth study." And again the scriptures ask you# %al +56 8e did run well/ who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth& %al -5$ ! foolish %alatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes :esus 7hrist hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you; ' his only would I learn of you, @eceived ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith; - Are ye so foolish; having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh; ( Have ye suffered so many things in vain; if it be yet in vain. + He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith; %al +5( .hrist is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# + 1or we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. A 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love. 6 8e did run well/ who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth& >ou see, 0xxxxx0, you<re not the first one by any means to fall into this trap of reestablishing the law# $ 7or $,5$- here hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man5 Acts $+5'( 1orasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, ye must4 Keep the law5 to

whom we gave *no* *such* *commandment* 0xxxxx0, when the Apostles all gather together over a specific topic, and make a 8udgment about that specific topic, by "uoting scripture for it, and then that commandment from them gets recorded in )od"s %ord- 3cts =;5>?, and you overturn that $udgment through your interpretations only, what do you think you have accomplished; 0xxxxx03 If =eter was to be blamed for this very same reason, &compelling %entiles to keep the law* what makes you think that you can be excused from that very same blame; %al '5$$ .ut when =eter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. $' 1or before that certain came from :ames, he did eat with the )entiles5 but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. $- And the other :ews dissembled likewise with him? insomuch that .arnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. $( .ut when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto =eter before them all, if thou, being a (ew, livest after the manner of )entiles, and **not** as do the (ews, why compellest thou the )entiles to live as do the (ews& $+ 9e who are :ews by nature, and not sinners of the %entiles, $A Knowing that a man is not $ustified by the works of the law, but by the faith of :esus 7hrist, even we have believed in :esus 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by the faith of 7hrist, and not by the works of the law5 for by the works of the law shall no flesh be 8ustified. $6 .ut if, while we seek to be 8ustified by 7hrist, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore 7hrist the minister of sin; %od forbid. $4 1or if + build again the things which + destroyed, + make myself a transgressor# I<m not sure you yet understand the depths of making yourself a transgressor you have accomplished in doing this. 1or what is most disturbing about this that you have done in reinstating the law, which the Apostles specifically said they gave no such commandment, is who you are in company with in doing suchD %al +5$$ And I, brethren, if + yet preach circumcision, why do + yet suffer persecution& 0hen is the offence of the cross ceased. $' I would they were even cut off which trouble you. And that scriptural "uestion I ask you also, 0xxxxx03 If the early church kept the law, why were they persecuted by the :ews for not keeping the law; hat<s =aul<s "uestion to you3 not mineD Acts '$5'6 And when the seven days were almost ended, the :ews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, '4 7rying out, Cen of Israel, help5 his is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place5 and further brought %reeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. ' 7or $$5'- Are they ministers of 7hrist; &I speak as a fool* I am more? in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more fre"uent, in deaths oft. '( of the (ews five times received + forty stripes save one. 9hy did certain :ews bind themselves with an oath to kill =aul, if he kept their law; &0If I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution;0*

Acts '-5$' And when it was day, certain of the :ews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed =aul. $- And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. $( And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, 9e have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain =aul. $+ /ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would in"uire something more perfectly concerning him5 and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. $ h '5$( 1or ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of )od which in (udaea are in 7hrist :esus5 for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the (ews5 $+ %ho both killed the Lord (esus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us/ and they please not )od, and are contrary to all men5 he only reason any of the early church compelled anyone to keep the law, was to avoid persecutionD %al A5$' As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised? only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of 7hrist. his is the key as to why =aul circumcised imothy, or that any of the church observed the laws# Acts $A5- Him would =aul have to go forth with him? and took and circumcised him because of the :ews which were in those "uarters5 for they knew all that his father was a %reek. ( And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at :erusalem. + And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. It wasn<t that they were constrained to follow them as commandments, it was merely to gain an audience with those whom they wished to preach the gospel to... $ 7or )5$) 1or though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. ', And unto the :ews I became **as** &for appearance sake onlyD* a :ew, that I might gain the :ews? to them that are under the law, **as** under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law? '$ o them that are without law, as without law, &being not without law to %od, but under the law to 7hrist,* that I might gain them that are without law. /ow, not only have you denied all the Apostles who gave no such commandment to keep the law, but you have also $ustified them which persecuted the 3postles and (esus .hrist our Lord for not keeping the lawD Cat '-5') 9oe unto you, scribes and =harisees, hypocritesD because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, -, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. -$ %herefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. -' 1ill ye up then the measure of your fathers.-- >e serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell; -( 9herefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes5 and some of them ye shall kill and crucify? and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city5 -+ hat upon you may come all the righteous blood

shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Macharias son of .arachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. -A Nerily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. It is almost amaJing to me, for it is obviously no coincidence, that not only do you people who utterly fight for your right to keep the !ld estament laws, attempt to keep the sabbath day, but one of your other main tenets is that :esus 7hrist is not e"ual with %odD As the conversations with 0xxxxx0 and your father 0xxxxx0 are provingD :ohn +5$A And therefore did the (ews persecute (esus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. $6 .ut :esus answered them, Cy 1ather worketh hitherto, and I work. $4 herefore the :ews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that )od was his *ather, making himself **e ual** with )od# :ohn $,5-- he :ews answered him, saying, 1or a good work we stone thee not? but for blasphemy? and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself )od. :ohn 45+4 :esus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, before 3braham was, *+ 3m*# +) 0hen took they up stones to cast at him5 :ohn 45'( I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins5 for if ye believe not that + 3m, ye shall die in your sins. :ohn ',5'4 And homas answered and said unto him @not them'A, Cy Bord and my %od. ') :esus saith unto him, homas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed5 blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Should we be compelled to use the 7ebrew ,ame of 8eshua in place of the name of (esus& 9hile we are on the sub8ect of adding to the word of %od, I have read your treatise called 0@e5 the /ame0 to 0xxxxx0 Again, 0xxxxx0, you do "uite a bit of philosophiJing about what and what shouldn<t be done about the name of :esus 7hrist3 but you seem to have overlooked some important points. 1or example# !ne. In many places the .ible 8ustifies proper names being translated into the tongues of the understanding of the listeners. Cat $5'- .ehold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name 2mmanuel, which being interpreted is, %od with us. Cark $+5'' And they bring him unto the place %olgotha, which is, being interpreted, he place of a skull. :ohn $5($ He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, 9e have found the Cessias, which is, being interpreted, the 7hrist. :ohn $5(' And he brought him to :esus. And when :esus beheld him, he said, hou art Simon the son of :ona5 thou shalt be called 7ephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. he scriptures in the /ew estament do not say anywhere that it is re"uired that proper names are to be kept in the original language.

wo. :esus Himself authoriJed that the .ible should be published throughout the world, therefore different languages# Cark $-5$, And the gospel must first be published among all nations. Acts $54 #ye shall be witnesses unto me &9e are to be (esus witnesses''* both in :erusalem, and in all :udaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. hree. he .ible itself never specifically commands that the name of 0>ehoshua0 should never be interpreted or translated into the tongue of the natives. And the .ible is very specific about what is right and wrong. $ :ohn -5( 9hosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law5 for sin is the transgression of the law. ' im -5$A All scripture is given by inspiration of %od, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness5 $6 hat the man of %od may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. here simply can be no wrong &sin* where there is no commandment against it. @om 65) 1or I was alive without the law once5 but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. $, And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. $$ 1or sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. $' 9herefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and 8ust, and good. $- 9as then that which is good made death unto me; %od forbid. .ut sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good? that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 1our. All you have to do is listen to the profanity of the worldly to know the name of who it is that they despise. How many 2nglish speaking people do you hear profaning the name of >ehoshua; Are we to think they are guiltless since they havenOt pronounced the name correctly; Bev $)5$' And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy %od5 I am the Lord. 1ive. he name of :esus is not a magic formula. he key is to have faith in the name, not to use it as a magic formula, like 0abra3cadabra0, or something, which apparently, if not stated precisely, renders it ineffective. Acts -5$A And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know5 yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. :ohn $5$' .ut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of %od, even to them that believe on his name5 $ :ohn +5$- hese things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of

%od? that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of %od. $ :ohn -5'- And this is his commandment, hat we should believe on the name of his Son :esus 7hrist, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. Six. If >ehoshua is the name, and carries as much importance as you place on it, rather than :esus, or +esous, then %od<s word has been lost' 1or the /ew estament was written in the Goine %reek3 not the Hebrew. If it was not, then %od<s word was lost. And if %od<s word was lost, either He isn<t %od, or the word wasn<t His. herefore, it would be pure presumptuousness, and accusatory to %od, to say His word was lost. Isa (,54 he grass withereth, the flower fadeth5 but the word of our %od shall stand for ever. Seven. =aul was the witness of :esus< name to the %entiles# Acts )5$+ .ut the Bord said unto him, %o thy way5 for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the %entiles, and kings, and the children of Israel5 Acts $+5$( Simeon hath declared how )od at the first did visit the )entiles, to take out of them a people for his name# $+ And to this agree the words of the prophets? as it is written, $A After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down? and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up5 $6 hat the residue of men might seek after the Bord, and all the )entiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. ell me, 0xxxxx0, where are all these %entiles throughout the history of 7hristianity who have been called by the name >ehoshua; 2ight. Acts (5$, .e it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of :esus 7hrist of /aJareth, whom ye crucified, whom %od raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. $' /either is there salvation in any other5 for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved# Are we to believe now that no one has ever been saved through the name of (esus .hrist& Acts $65'' hen =aul stood in the midst of Cars< hill, and said, >e men of Athens, + perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious# And that"s the bottom line that I have to say about these doctrines I have addressed here. In the service of (esus .hrist3 the name that devils love to hateD hink about it. he Scriptures Fsed 7ol '5$- And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he "uickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses? $( !lotting 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 a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it# Acts $,5) #=eter went up upon the housetop to pray# $, #he fell into a trance, $$ And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth5 $' %herein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. $- And there came a voice to him, 6ise, 1eter/ kill, and eat# $( .ut =eter said, /ot so, Bord? for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. $+ And the voice spake unto him again the second time, %hat )od hath cleansed, that call not thou common# $A his was done thrice5 and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 7ol '5$A Let no man therefore $udge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath $6 %hich are a shadow of things to come? but the body is of 7hrist. $ 7or )5) 1or it is written in the law of Coses, hou shalt not muJJle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth )od take care for o-en& $, !r saith he it altogether for our sakes; 1or our sakes, no doubt, this is written5 Heb $,5$ *or the law having a shadow of good things to come, and *not* the very image of the things, can never# make the comers thereunto perfect# 6 hen said I, Bo, I come &in the volume of the book it is written of me,* to do thy will, O )od# 4 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein? which are offered by the law? ) hen said he, Bo, + come to do thy will, ! %od. 7e taketh *away* the first, that he may establish the second# Heb 45) *,ot* according to the covenant that + made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of 2gypt? because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Bord. $- +n that he saith, 3 new covenant, he hath made the first old# ,ow that which decayeth and wa-eth old is ready to *vanish away*# Heb 45+ %ho serve unto the e-ample and shadow of heavenly things, as Coses was admonished of %od when he was about to make the tabernacle5 for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the *pattern* showed to thee in the mount. A .ut now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises# 6 *or if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second# 4 1or finding fault with them, he saith, .ehold, the days come, saith the Bord, when + will make a new covenant4 B *,ot* according to the covenant that + made with their fathers Heb 65$4 *or there is verily a ***disannulling of the commandment*** going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. $) 1or the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did# '' .y so much was :esus made a surety of a better testament# Heb 65$' 1or the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law#

Heb $'5$4 *or ye are *not* come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, $) And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words? which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more5 '$ 3nd so terrible was the sight, that 2oses said, + e-ceedingly fear and uake 5A >> !ut ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living %od, the heavenly (erusalem, '( and to (esus the mediator of the new covenant, # '+ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. 1or 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 heaven5 'A 9hose voice then shook the earth5 but now he hath promised, saying, 8et once more + shake not the earth only, but also heaven# '6 3nd this word, 8et once more, signifieth the *removing* of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. '4 %herefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve %od acceptably with reverence and godly fear# $-5$ Bet brotherly love continue. @om $-54 !we no man any thing, but to love one another5 for he that loveth another **hath fulfilled** the law# ) 1or this, hou shalt not commit adultery, hou shalt not kill, hou shalt not steal, hou shalt not bear false witness, hou shalt not covet? and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 0hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself# $, Bove worketh no ill to his neighbour5 therefore love is the fulfilling of the law# Cat 65$' herefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them5 for this **is** the law **and** the prophets# Heb $'5( >e have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. + And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, Cy son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him5 A 1or whom the Bord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 6 If ye endure chastening, %od dealeth with you as with sons? for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not; 4 .ut if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons# ) 1urthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence5 shall we not much rather be in sub$ection unto the *ather of spirits, and live& $, 1or they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure? but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness# $$ /ow no chastening for the present seemeth to be 8oyous, but grievous5 nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. @om $-5' 9hosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of %od5 and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation# - 1or rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. 9ilt thou then not be afraid of the power; do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same5 ( 1or he is the minister of )od to thee for good. .ut if thou do that which is evil, be afraid? for he beareth not the sword in vain5 for he is the minister of )od, a revenger to e-ecute wrath upon him that doeth evil# + 9herefore ye must needs be sub8ect, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. Hosea (5A Cy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge5 because thou hast re$ected

knowledge, + will also re$ect thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me5 seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy %od, I will also forget thy children. @om $,5- 1or they being ignorant of %od<s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of %od. ( *or .hrist is the *end* of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 0 he word 0end0 in this verse is taken from Strong<s %reek L+,+A, pronounced tel<3os meaning, &to set out for a definite point or goal*? properly the point aimed at as a limit, i.e. &by implication* the conclusion of an act or state @termination Pliterally, figuratively, or indefiniteQ, result Pimmediate, ultimate or propheticQ, purpose*? specifically an impost or levy @as paidA5 33 R continual, custom, end &3ing*, finally, uttermost#0 Heb )5$+ 3nd for this cause he is the mediator of the *new* testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. $A 1or where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. $6 *or a testament is of force after men are dead5 otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. '- It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these? but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. '( 1or 7hrist is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true? but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of %od for us5 ' 7or -5- 1orasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of 7hrist ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living %od? not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart# A 9ho also hath made us able ministers of the new testament/ not of the letter, but of the spirit5 for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 6 .ut if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, # which was to be done away5 4 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious; $$ 1or if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. $' Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech5 Cark 65+ 0hen the 1harisees and scribes asked him, %hy walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders,# A He answered and said unto them, %ell hath Csaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, 0his people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me# 6 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men# < *or laying aside the commandment of )od, ye hold the tradition of men, 4B *ull well ye re$ect the commandment of )od, that ye may keep your own tradition#4 =D 2aking the word of )od of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered5 and many such like things do ye. 1or laying aside the commandment of %od# ' 7or -5- #ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of 7hrist# written not4 in tables of stone# 6 the ministration of death, written and engraven in *stones*4 was to be *done away*# $$ 1or if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Heb $'5$4 *or ye are *not* come unto the mount that might be touched,.. '' .ut ye

are come unto mount Sion# the heavenly (erusalem, '( and to (esus the mediator of the new covenant, # '+ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh# 'A 9hose voice then shook the earth5 but now he hath promised, saying, 8et once more + shake not the earth only, but also heaven# '6 3nd this word, 8et once more, signifieth the *removing* of those things that are shaken,# Acts $-5-4 .e it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins5 -) And by him all that believe are 8ustified from all things, from which ye could not be $ustified by the law of 2oses# Acts $+5+ .ut there rose up certain# =harisees# saying, hat it was needful# to command them to keep **the law of 2oses#** A And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 6 And #, =eter rose up, and said# 4 #)od, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness# ) And put **no** difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. $, /ow therefore why tempt ye )od, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear;# $- And# (ames answered, saying4 hearken unto me5 $( #%od# did visit the %entiles, to take out of them a people for his name# $) 9herefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the %entiles are turned to %od5 # ', .ut that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. '( 1orasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, 8e must be circumcised, and keep the law5 to whom we gave no such commandment5 >e hold the tradition of men# "the word "law" would have included all the traditions o! man that the 2ews had built up*" Caking the word of %od# @om $-54 #he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law# $, #therefore love is the fulfilling of the law# and# Cat 65$' herefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them5 for this is the law and the prophets# of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered5 and many such like things do ye. @om $,5( *or .hrist is the *end* @conclusion, terminationA of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. :ohn $5$6 1or the law was given by Coses, but grace and truth came by :esus 7hrist. @om (5$+ .ecause the law worketh wrath5 for where no law is, there is no transgression. $A 0herefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace? to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed? not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of 3braham? who is the father of us all, %al '5$$ .ut when =eter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. $' 1or before that certain came from :ames, he did eat with the

%entiles5 but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. $- And the other :ews dissembled likewise with him? insomuch that .arnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. $( .ut when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto =eter before them all, If thou, being a :ew, livest after the manner of %entiles, and not as do the :ews, why compellest &to necessitate? constrain* thou the %entiles to live as do the :ews; $+ 9e who are :ews by nature, and not sinners of the %entiles, $A Knowing that a man is not $ustified by the works of the law, but by the faith of (esus .hrist, even we have believed in :esus 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by the faith of 7hrist, and not by the works of the law5 for by the works of the law shall no flesh be 8ustified. $6 .ut if, while we seek to be 8ustified by 7hrist, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore 7hrist the minister of sin; %od forbid. $4 1or if + build again the things which + destroyed, + make myself a transgressor# $) 1or I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto %od. ', I am crucified with 7hrist5 nevertheless I live? yet not I, but 7hrist liveth in me5 and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of %od, who loved me, and gave himself for me. '$ I do not frustrate the grace of %od5 for if righteousness come by the law, then .hrist is dead in vain# %al -5$ ! foolish %alatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes :esus 7hrist hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you; ' 0his only would + learn of you, 6eceived ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith& - Are ye so foolish; having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh; ( Have ye suffered so many things in vain; if it be yet in vain. + He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith; A 2ven as Abraham believed %od, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 6 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of 3braham# < 3nd the scripture, foreseeing that )od would $ustify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto 3braham, saying, +n thee shall all nations be blessed# B So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful 3braham# =E *or as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse5 for it is written, .ursed is every one that continueth not in **all** things which are written in the book of the law to do them# $$ .ut that no man is $ustified by the law in the sight of )od, it is evident5 for, 0he $ust shall live by faith# $' And the law is not of faith5 but, he man that doeth them shall live in them. $7hrist hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us5 for it is written, 7ursed is every one that hangeth on a tree5 $( hat the blessing of Abraham might come on the %entiles through :esus 7hrist? that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. $+ .rethren, I speak after the manner of men? hough it be but a man<s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto# $A /ow to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many? but as of one, And to thy seed, which is 7hrist. $6 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of %od in 7hrist, **the law**, which was **four hundred and thirty years after**, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. $4 1or if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise5 but )od gave it to 3braham by promise# $) 9herefore then serveth the law; +t was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made? and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. ', /ow a mediator is not a

mediator of one, but %od is one. '$ Is the law then against the promises of %od; %od forbid5 for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. '' .ut the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of (esus .hrist might be given to them that believe. '- .ut before faith came, we were kept under the law @which ?DE years after 3braham'A, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. '( 9herefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto 7hrist, that we might be 8ustified by faith. '+ !ut after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster# %al +5$6 1or the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh5 and these are contrary the one to the other5 so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. $4 !ut if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law# '' .ut the fruit of the Spirit is love, 8oy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, '- Ceekness, temperance5 against such there is **no** law# %al +5( .hrist is become of **no** effect unto you, whosoever of you are $ustified by the law/ ye are fallen from grace# + 1or we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. A 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love. 6 >e did run well? who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth; 4 0his persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you# %al +5$$ And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution; then is the offence of the cross ceased# $' I would they were even cut off which trouble you. Cay the Bord :esus 7hrist bless you. he end.