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Seventh-Day Sabbath KeepingHere 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... notaccording 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 byfaith. 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


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+.

Did the /ew estament come into force during, or after, 7hrist


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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 puttingoff 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, noruncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love.0 3 %al +5-3.

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 $5-.

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 thatare 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 ordinancesthat 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 ofthings to come...0 37olossians '5$-3$6.

0his 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 restdays..."

=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

0he 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 $'5(, '5$*, but the point must


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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+3.

-. he Bord


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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 Hesaid, 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 itlisteth, 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 shedforth 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 themspeak with tongues...0 3Acts $5(+3(.

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 scripturalcommand 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 0hrough 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 -536.

0...%od made promise to Abraham... And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtainedthe promise0 3Hebrews 5$-,$+.

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$.

0his :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 thissection, 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(*...


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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 $+5$.

0...>e are sanctified... in the name of the Bord :esus, and by the Spirit of our %od0 3$

7orinthians 5$$.

01or by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 9hereof theHoly %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. '+*

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 hathgiven to them that obey him.0 3 Acts +5-'

+. ime of 1ellowship &pg. '+*

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 cannotreceive... 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$3'.

. Sign of @ighteousness by 1aith &pg. '+*

In the book they write3

"...rue Sabbath keeping reveals... a sign o! righteousness by !aith."


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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+3.

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? thatwe 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(,, 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 beblamed... 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 oftransgressions, 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$ $,$(,$, -5$43$),'(3'+

0he 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 theyderive 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 tostate 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, thatthey 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


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thereby they have made the commandments of %od of none effect through adding their

own traditions as laws to %od


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$7o 45( 0As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrificeunto 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 withconscience of the idol unto this hour eat it asa thing offered unto an idol? and their

conscience being weakis defiled.

7hristians, that should knowthat %od is a Spirit, and that an idol is nothing, I find to bethe only one


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sake5 for the earth is the Bord


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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 be8ustified. $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 thatwhich decayeth and waeth 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 manthat 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 thehope of righteousness by faith. 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 sameissue, and from that meeting, they wrote commandments completelyto the opposite of what is currently being postulated. I can


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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 andbrethren 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$ectfrom the hand3picked,

confirmed with signs and wonders, Apostles of our Bord :esus 7hrist hese words I


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declared all things that %od had done with them. + !ut there rose up certainof the sect

of the **1harisees**which believed, saying, that it was needful to circumcise them,

andto command them *to keep the law of 2oses#* And the 3postlesand elderscame 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 theword 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 besaved, 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, Cenand 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 theprophets? as it is written, $ 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 troublenot 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 preachhim, 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 thebrethren5 '- And they wrote letters by them after this manner? he apostles and eldersand 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, ' Cen that have haJarded their lives for the name of our Bord :esus7hrist. '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 nogreater burden than **these necessary things**/ ') hat ye abstain from meats

offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication5 fromwhich 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 theconsolation.

%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 becircumcised, 7hrist shall profit you nothing. - 1or I testify again to every man that is


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circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law# ( .hrist is become of no effectunto 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. 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 thewhole 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 sufficiencyis of %od? 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 couldnot 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 ofrighteousness 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 suchhope, 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. He that regardeth the day, regardethit 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, wedie unto the Bord5 whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Bord


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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 here !nly how we should treat others.*

7ol '5$ Bet no man therefore 8udge you in meat, **or**in drink, KKorKK in respect ofan 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"$0hese things0 includes the eating or noteating of meat3 do you 8udge those who do ordon


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his scripture has not at alldenied 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 similitudes

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 wasadmonishedof %od when he was about to make the tabernacle5 for, See, saith he, that

thou make all things according to the patternshowed to thee in the mount.

0=lease note verse $) /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 isthe 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 havetroubled you with words, **subverting your souls**, saying, ye *must* be

circumcised, and *keep the law*5 to whom *we* gave **no** such commandment5'41or it seemed good to the 7oly )host, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burdenthan **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 keepyourselves, 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 3postleswhom 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 wordswhich were

spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the 3postles of theBord 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 allthy 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 untohim, 9hich; :esus said, hou shalt do no murder, hou shalt not commit adultery, houshalt not steal, hou shalt not bear false witness, $) Honour thy father and thy mother5

and, hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

:esus specificallyleft out the commandment on keeping the sabbath D38. And :esussaid#

Cat '(5-+ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.


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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 the0ordinances0 =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' 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$ All scripture is given by inspiration of %od, and is profitable for doctrine, forreproof, 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 thelaw/ 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 -5 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 ministrationof death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israelcould not stedfastly behold the face of Coses for the glory of his countenance? which

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' 7or -5$$ 1or if that which is done awaywas 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 Israelcould 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'"

Amen

$ 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 ifany 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* becircumcised, 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 dothe whole law#

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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. $ Boveworketh no ill to his neighbour5 therefore love is the fulfilling of the law#

>e hold the tradition of men#

"*It becomes necessary to eplain 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 yehave delivered5and 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&

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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 manthat is circumcised, that he is a debtor to dothe 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. 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth anything, 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 himthat calleth you#

99, 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 including0aul'

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 commandmentwhich I command thee this day, it is not hidden

from thee, neither is it far off#

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:ohn $+5$ >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 arenou are ultimately accusing :esus 7hrist Himself of $* 7alling incapable Apostles, and

'* you are accusing 7hrist of not keeping his word intactas He promised that His wordswould not pass away

$ =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 thehearing 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 thelaw/ ye are fallen from grace#+ 1or we through the Spirit wait for the hope ofrighteousness by faith. 1or in :esus 7hrist neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision? but faith which worketh by love. 6 8e did run well/ who did hinderyou that ye should not obey the truth&

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whom we gave *no* *such* *commandment*

0xxxxx0, when the Apostles all gather together over a specific topic, and make a8udgment 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 overturnthat $udgmentthrough 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 themwhich 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 =eterbefore 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 whoare :ews by nature, and not sinners of the %entiles, $ Knowing that a man is not

$ustified by the works of the law, but by the faith of :esus 7hrist, even we have believedin :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 ministerof sin; %od forbid. $4 1or if + build again the things which + destroyed, + make myself

a transgressor#

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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 theycame 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, asthough 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 (udaeaare in 7hrist :esus5 for ye also have sufferedlike 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 onlyreason any of the early church compelledanyone to keep the law, was to avoid

persecution

%al 5$' As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be

circumcised? only lest they should suffer persecutionfor the cross of 7hrist.his is the key as to why =aul circumcised imothy, or that any of the church observedthe laws#

Acts $5- 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.

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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. - 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 note"ual with%od As the conversations with 0xxxxx0 and your father 0xxxxx0 are proving

:ohn +5$ And therefore did the (ews persecute (esus, and sought to slay him, becausehe 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, becausehe not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that )od was his ather, making

himself **eual** 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 stonesto 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 andmy%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 aboutwhat and what shouldn


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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$ 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 beunto 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 mightappear 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 nameof 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 namecorrectly;

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 useit as a magic formula, like 0abra3cadabra0, or something, which apparently, if not stated

precisely, renders it ineffective.

Acts -5$ And his name through faith in his namehath made this man strong, whom yesee 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 nameof the Son of


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%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 %ode men of Athens, +

perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious#

And that"sthe 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 hate 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 thehandwritingof ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out


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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 beastsof 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#$ his was done thrice5 and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

7ol '5$ Let no man therefore $udge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect ofan

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 oxthat treadeth out the corn. Doth )od take care for oen&$ !r saith he it altogether for

our sakes; 1or our sakes, no doubt, this is written5Heb $5$ 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 thouwouldest 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 mayestablish 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 theycontinued 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

waeth old is ready to *vanish away*#

Heb 45+ %ho serve unto the eample and shadow of heavenly things,as Coses wasadmonished 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. 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

fathersHeb 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, butthe bringing in of a better hopedid# '' y so much was :esus made a surety of abetter testament#

Heb 65$' 1or the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of

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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 wordshould not be spoken to them any more5 '$ 3nd so terrible was the sight, that 2osessaid, + eceedingly fear and uake 5A >> !ut ye are come unto mount Sion,and unto

the city of the living %od, the heavenly (erusalem,'( and to (esusthe mediator of thenew 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 ' 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 notkill, 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 haveforgotten 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 1or

whom the Bord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 6 If yeendure chastening, %od dealeth with you as with sons? for what son is he whom the fatherchasteneth not; 4 ut if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, thenare 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 neverthelessafterward 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 togood works, but to the evil. 9ilt thou then not be afraid of the power; do that which isgood, and thou shalt have praise of the same5( 1or he is the minister of )odto theefor 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 eecute wrath upon him that doeth

evil#+ 9herefore ye must needs be sub8ect, not only for wrath, but also for consciencesake.

Hosea (5 Cy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge5 because thou hast re$ected


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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.

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are come unto mount Sion# the heavenly (erusalem,'( and to (esusthe mediator of

the new covenant,# '+ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh# ' 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 thingsthat are shaken,#

Acts $-5-4 e it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man ispreached 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#** 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 hearkenunto me5 $( #%od#did visit the %entiles, to take out of them a people for his name# $) 9herefore my

sentence is, thatwe 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 fromfornication, 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 yoursouls, 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 hadbuilt up*"

Caking the word of %od#

@om $-54 #he that loveth another hath fulfilledthe 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 forrighteousness 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.

$ 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


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%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 Isaw 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, $ 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 theworks 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 mightlive 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. + Hetherefore 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; 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 offaith 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 Abrahammight 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

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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 givento them that believe. '- ut

before faith came, we were kept under the law @which ?E years after 3braham'A,

shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. '( 9herefore the law wasour schoolmasterto 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 theseare contrary the one to the other5 so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. $4 !ut ifye 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 ofrighteousness by faith. 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 troubleyou.

Cay the Bord :esus 7hrist bless you. he end.

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