The Sabbath Repudiated.
The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away
with; it is iniquity. (Is. 1 : 13.)
One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day
alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. (Rom. 14 : 5.)
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of
a holy day, or of the new moon; or of the Sabbath days. (Col. 2 : 16.)
The Sabbath Instituted because God Rested the Seventh Day.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. (Ex. 20 : 11.)
The Sabbath Instituted for a Very Different Reason.
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and
by a stretched-out arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to
keep the Sabbath day. (Deut. 5 : 15.)
No Work to be Done on the Sabbath under Penalty of Death.
Whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put
to death. (Ex. 31 : 15.)
They found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day.... And
all the congregation brought him without the camp and stoned him with
stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses. (Num. 15 : 32, 36.)
Jesus Broke the Sabbath and Justified the Act.
Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him because
he had done these things on the Sabbath day. (John 5 : 16.)
At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn; and his
disciples were a hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and
to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it they said unto him, Behold,
thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath
day. But he said unto them, ... Have ye not read in the law, how that
on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath,
and are blameless? (Mat. 12 : 1, 2, 3, 5.)
Baptism Commanded.
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (Mat. 28 : 19.)
Baptism Not Commanded.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel.... I thank
God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius. (1 Cor. 1 :
17, 14.)
Every Kind of Animal Allowed for Food.