Are Christians still supposed to keep the Sabbath, nowadays?
As a Christian myself, it's an argument that I wish would be put to rest already.
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SW-User
I guess it's still debated because there's no part of the New Testament that specifically says "don't keep the Sabbath anymore" (among other parts of the Law). There are just passages in Paul's letters that render some of the old laws unnecessary (like circumcision) and Jesus repudiating the Pharisees' reliance on the Law (see Matthew 12 for Jesus telling the people that they can do certain things on the Sabbath that were forbidden under the Law), but it's not as clearly spelled out as people want it to be.
latinbutterfly · F
@SW-User Exactly. Jesus fulfilled the Law, so we are no longer under it but are still supposed to follow it.
SW-User
Galatians 3:10-14
For all who are of works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the Law, to do them.” Now, that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “the righteous one will live by faith.” However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, “The person who performs them will live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
For all who are of works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the Law, to do them.” Now, that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “the righteous one will live by faith.” However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, “The person who performs them will live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
