Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Sanctified means to set a part as being something special. God said the sabbath is a day of rest. It's a day to just lay back and exhale from all your labor you did in the past six days. When God sanctifies something it is made holy and good for us. Jesus said in John 17:16, 17 we are separated unto God as Gods word is truth and good for us as we are no longer of this world. 2 Peter 3:18 tells us to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ as He is our Lord and Savior, but vs. 17 says to beware not to be led away with the error of the wicked as we need to stay stedfast in the knowledge of the Lord.
Acts 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
No one could be justified by the old covenant laws as for one thing they had no saving provisions within them that brought anyone to faith. The old covenant brought condemnation with it as no one could seem to follow all the laws seeing that many lost their first love (God). This is why Gods grace brought us into a better new covenant of love through Christ who redeemed us from the curse of the law, Matthew 22:37-40; Galatians 3:10-15, as Christ came to fulfill that of the Temple rituals and sacrifices, Matthew 5:17, 18. We are still under the moral laws as we are commanded to walk in love within them.
The existing moral laws (commandments) for all of us to still follow as in prayers and blessings, love and brotherhood. The poor and unfortunate, treatment of the Gentiles, Marriage, divorce and family. Forbidden sexual relations, business practices, employees and servants. Vows, oaths, swearing, Court and Judicial procedures. Injuries and damages, property and property rights, criminal laws. Prophecy, idolatry and all its practices as the moral laws (commandments) keep us in line with the will of God.
We need to present ourselves a vessel of honor that God delights in as we allow the light of Christ shine in us and through us. This is a testimony of Gods grace and mercy as it is not ourselves that do any good thing, but Gods Spirit working in us and through us as we surrender our will to that of Gods will to be done.
Sanctified means to set a part as being something special. God said the sabbath is a day of rest. It's a day to just lay back and exhale from all your labor you did in the past six days. When God sanctifies something it is made holy and good for us. Jesus said in John 17:16, 17 we are separated unto God as Gods word is truth and good for us as we are no longer of this world. 2 Peter 3:18 tells us to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ as He is our Lord and Savior, but vs. 17 says to beware not to be led away with the error of the wicked as we need to stay stedfast in the knowledge of the Lord.
Acts 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
No one could be justified by the old covenant laws as for one thing they had no saving provisions within them that brought anyone to faith. The old covenant brought condemnation with it as no one could seem to follow all the laws seeing that many lost their first love (God). This is why Gods grace brought us into a better new covenant of love through Christ who redeemed us from the curse of the law, Matthew 22:37-40; Galatians 3:10-15, as Christ came to fulfill that of the Temple rituals and sacrifices, Matthew 5:17, 18. We are still under the moral laws as we are commanded to walk in love within them.
The existing moral laws (commandments) for all of us to still follow as in prayers and blessings, love and brotherhood. The poor and unfortunate, treatment of the Gentiles, Marriage, divorce and family. Forbidden sexual relations, business practices, employees and servants. Vows, oaths, swearing, Court and Judicial procedures. Injuries and damages, property and property rights, criminal laws. Prophecy, idolatry and all its practices as the moral laws (commandments) keep us in line with the will of God.
We need to present ourselves a vessel of honor that God delights in as we allow the light of Christ shine in us and through us. This is a testimony of Gods grace and mercy as it is not ourselves that do any good thing, but Gods Spirit working in us and through us as we surrender our will to that of Gods will to be done.
