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Good morning.
We are continuing our study of the
doctrine of the Christian Sabbath.
•And this morning we will be considering the most
frequent textual objections to the doctrine.
The goal of this sermon is to answer objections.
•Specifically, I want to answer Anti-Sabbatarian
objections based on NT texts.
•You see, for all we’ve seen thus far about the Sabbath
day, there are some texts that modern Bible interpreters
claim explicitly do away with the Sabbath for Christians.
•There are three texts that are commonly appealed to:
Rom.
14:5-6, Gal.
4:9-11, and Col. 2:16-17.
•Often, modern evangelicals will quote those texts and
not even give any commentary on them because they
believe that the simplest reading of those texts
manifestly refute any concept of a Christian Sabbath.
•And, to be honest, if you isolate those three passages
from the context of the books they’re in, and also isolate
them from the context of the rest of the whole Bible, they
do seem to say that there is no Sabbath for us today.
But, brothers and sisters, we can’t do that.
•We can’t isolate and atomize the Scriptures.
•We believe in Sola Scriptura and TOTA SCRIPTURA.
•We believe Scripture alone is the infallible source of all
doctrine and practice.
And we believe that we must use
ALL OF SCRIPTURE and not just parts.
•Therefore, we cannot isolate passages.
We must read
them in their immediate context and also in the context
of the whole Bible.
•If we don’t do that, we will fall headlong into all kinds of
errors and even heresies.
This sermon is what I call a “battleground sermon.”
•The debate about the Lord’s Day as the Christian
Sabbath is often either won or lost in the minds of many
regarding the interpretation of these three NT texts.
•And so, I hope to show you this morning that none of
these three texts refute the idea of the Lord’s Day as the
Christian Sabbath.
•They do all tell us that the Jewish days of observance,
the Old Covenant days, including the seventh day
Sabbath, have passed away.
•But they do not tell us that the moral principle of
keeping one day in seven holy to the Lord has passed
away.
•And they do not teach us that there is no day for
Christians to keep as a Sabbath under the New
Covenant.
Before we begin, I must say one more thing
pastorally:
•Beware your own prejudices!
•Really listen to what is being said today.
•Don’t allow your prejudices against the Christian
Sabbath to keep you from rightly understanding the
text.
•Go into this with an open mind and heart
saying, “Whatever you have said, Lord, I will do.”
•He will certainly help you to understand.
Now, ordinarily, I would have you all stand as we
read the main text I will preach from.
•But I have no such text today.
I have three texts.
•So I will break with my ordinary custom and just go
right to prayer and then we will dive into to each of the
three portions of Scripture.
•May God bless the preaching of His Word this
morning.
(PRAY)
Our Heavenly Father,
We thank you for your Word.
It is a lamp to our feet and
a light to our path.
We want to understand what you’ve said in Scripture.
And so, we ask you to help us.
Open our hearts and minds to understand and gladly
embrace whatever you’ve said.
By the working of your Spirit, make the text shine
brightly this morning and grant us understanding and a
change of heart where we need it.
Help us to clear away any prejudices that we might
have so that we can gladly receive the pure Word of
God.
Sanctify us by your truth.
Your Word is truth.
We ask these things in Jesus’ Name and for His sake.
Amen.
1.) Let’s begin with the first and, I think, easiest text
of the three:
Romans 14:5-6
[5] One person esteems one day as better than
another, while another esteems all days alike.
Each one
should be fully convinced in his own mind.
[6] The one who observes the day, observes it in honor
of the Lord.
The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord,
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