10 reasons 4th commandment left out

10 reasons 4th commandment left out

 

(Acts 15:24)

1.      Neither God nor Christ made it a part of the new covenant. If they had it would be somewhere in the New Testament as the other 9 are.

2.      Of all the words of Jesus on earth only 4 references are made of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8; 24:20; Mark 2:27-28; Luke 6:5). He merely taught that it was lawful to do good on this day and that no day is lord of man. He did not once command any particular observance of any definite day.

3.      The old Jewish Sabbath was part of the contract between God and Israel and a token and sign of that covenant (Exodus 20:8-11; 31:13-18; Ezekiel 20:12-20). The contract was not made with men before Moses (Dt. 5:2-3), or with Gentiles and he church (Romans 2:14; Dt. 4:7-10). The Sabbath was not for them.

4.      The 4^th commandment was the only one of the ten that was a ceremonial, not a moral law. Its sole purpose was to commemorate the deliverance from Egyptian bondage when Israel had no rest (Dt. 5:15). It was only a type of future and eternal rest (Colossians 2:14-17; Hebrews 4:1-11; 10:1) It was natural for it to be left out of the new contract when the reality of rest came of which it was a shadow (Matthew 11:28-29; Colossians 2:14-17). The physical and spiritual benefits of a rest day can be realized on any other day as well as on Saturday

5.      The 4^th commandment was the only one that could degenerate into a mere form without affecting the morals of men. All others concern moral obligations of men. It is the only one of the ten that could be done away with and still leave a moral law for men.

6.      God foretold and promised He would do away with the old Jewish Sabbath (Hosea 2:11; Isaiah 1:10-15)

7.      The prophesy predicted that God would abolish the old and make a new covenant (Isaiah 42:6; 49:8; 59:21; Jeremiah 31:31-40; 32:37-44; Ezekiel 36:24-38). That this referred to the New Testament is clear in Romans 11:25-29; Hebrews8:8-12; 10:16-18; Matthew 26:28

8.      In no passage is it stated that men should keep the Jewish Sabbath to commemorate the old creation rest. It was to commemorate deliverance from Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:15). This was what they were to “remember” (Exodus 20:8)

9.      It is the only commandment that could be and has been broken without breaking a moral law, Israel marched that day (Numbers 33:3; Lev 23:5-11; Joshua 6:12-16); set up the tabernacle (Exodus 40:1, 17 with Lev 23:5-11; search Canaan (Numbers 13:25); and made war (1 Kings 20:29;2 Kings 3:9; Josh 6:12-16). David and others broke it and were blameless (Matthew 12:2-5)

10.  The New Testament permits Christians to keep any day as he Sabbath, it being one of the doubtful things not covered by commandment in the new covenant (Romans 14:1-13; Galatians 4:9-11; Colossians 2:14-17). The day early Christians observed, not by commandment but by choice, was the first day, Sunday (John 20:1, 19;20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2)