Q-A: Should Christians uphold the Sabbath?
Q-A: Should Christians uphold the Sabbath? This question has been asked in the past, and as a spin-off from the content in this video regarding what 'Law' means in the Grace Dispensation , I thought I'd add it to the Q&A section of this site. In Exodus 20:8-11 , the bible defines the Sabbath law, that it was an absolutely required ordinance to keep. As a matter of fact, it carried the death penalty for anyone who broke this law. In Numbers 15:32-36 we encounter someone picking up sticks on the Sabbath and even this simple or mundane task incurred the fateful sentence. This law (as with all the other Mosaic laws) would remain in force throughout the Old Testament, into the Gospels, and even into Acts. It was only suspended after the Jerusalem Council Meeting in Acts 15 where Paul's grace gospel became the only valid gospel from that time on. Paul emphatically taught in Romans 6:14 that we are not under the law, but under grace, so this Sabbath law, as