March 02 | Present Truth

Is the Sabbath a daily Christian walk, while Sunday is the day to go to church?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers, Sabbath, Sabbath Q&A July 8, 2014

Point: The Christian observes the first day of the week in a different way than the Jews kept the Sabbath in the Old Testament. The first day of the week, called, “The Lord’s Day,” is a day when saints fellowship together in obedience to ...Read More

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Shouldn’t Christians observe Sunday because that is the day Christ was resurrected?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers, Sabbath, Sabbath Q&A July 8, 2014

Point: Some people place too much emphasis on the seventh day of the week, stating that God blessed it and made it holy and commanded us observe it as a memorial to creation. Is the significance of creation more valuable than redemption that we ...Read More

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What about the Ten Commandments and killing?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Law, Law, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers July 6, 2014

Point: If the Ten Commandments are still binding today they need to be observed in the same way. One of the commandments given is “Thou shalt not kill.” But the Israelites went to war with their enemies. Answer: The Ten Commandments are still binding, ...Read More

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Should Christians be obligated to keep the Ten Commandments or only the New Testament writings?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Law, Law, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers July 6, 2014

Point: As Christians, we do not have any other gods or graven images, not because the Ten Commandments forbid it, but because the whole concept of false gods is condemned in the New Testament. We do not take the name of the Lord in ...Read More

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Can we find the basis for anything we believe in the Old Testament?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Q&A, Newsletters, Questions and Answers July 6, 2014

Point: We should not find our basis for anything we believe or practice in the Old Testament. Answer: I think you would have had a very difficult time trying to convince the writers of the New Testament of this theory. Quite contrarily, there are ...Read More

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Does 2 Corinthians 3 say the Ten Commandments are abolished?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Law, Law, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers July 3, 2014

Point: In 2 Corinthians chapter 3 there is a very clear passage directly referring to the Ten Commandments. Paul refers to them as “the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones.” He is saying that while this ministration of death is glorious, the ...Read More

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Doesn’t history show us that the first day is the Christian Sabbath?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers, Sabbath, Sabbath Q&A July 3, 2014

Point: Some may ask the question, “Since the Sabbath of the Old Testament is a type of the rest found in Christ, why do so many people put an emphasis on Sunday any more than any other day of the week?” The record left ...Read More

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Isn’t every day of our Christian walk a Sabbath day with Christ?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers, Sabbath, Sabbath Q&A June 18, 2014

Point 4: Only through Christ can we really experience, enjoy, and keep the Sabbath as originally intended by God. The Sabbath, from the point of view of the New Covenant, is no longer signified only by a single day in a week. Now, every ...Read More

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Does Colossians 2:17 say that the weekly Sabbath is a shadow?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Law, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers, Sabbath, Sabbath Q&A June 13, 2014

Question: Does Colossians 2:17 say that the weekly Sabbath is a shadow of things to come? Answer: I am glad you pointed out that the sabbath days are “a shadow of things to come.” Notice this verse in context: “Beware lest any man spoil you through ...Read More

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What about Hebrews 7:12 that tells us the law was changed?

admin 2002, Authors, Bible Study, Law, Law, Lynnford Beachy, March 02, Newsletters, Questions and Answers June 13, 2014

Point: Hebrews 7:12 tells us that “the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change in the law.” Today we live in the New Testament under the law of Christ; not in the Old Testament under the law of Moses. Answer: Notice ...Read More

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