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Jhn 6:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

This reference is to Jesus,


McNeil Jonathan

The love of Jesus is evident in the believer that can not wait for his return to resurrect the dead and catch away the living ( In That Order) and the distance away from Godliness is measured in the the number of religions and churches and people who can't get along with each other and thus do not care for the sinner or saint... we do not belong to God if we can not love his creation as he does.

Jhn 8:42

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

Jhn 7:16

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

Jhn 20:21

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

we must recognize there are only two (2) categories: believers and unbelievers... by different names : sinners and saints; saved & unsaved; Lost and called of God or Found ( if you will); going to heaven and going to hell; Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Satan; the Christianized Jew and the Atheist.

Even the dead are separated in the place of the dead : Sheol; the grave; the bosom of Abraham or the chains and flames of fear as they await certain destruction in the darkness of sleep or torment. (death is a different subject and post forthcoming).

Forgiven is the closest to perfection we can get

Mat 18:35	So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Forgiveness and reconciliation is a purging and painful reality of taking responsibility and being willing to accept the consequence of words thoughts deeds and emotions.
being forgiven does not happen till one is caught in a lie or their past is discovered to be less than perfect or till there is a confession.

The release and relief that come from forgiving is empowering to anyone willing or wanting to not remain...the victim.

And, though it is politically incorrect to even care about the victimizer... God loves them too.

(God Hates Sin but He loved Sinners so much he gave his life for them)

They need Jesus. And forgiveness and restoration to the status of child of God. They are or were someones son, daughter, nephew, uncle, sister or mother or father.

Eze 33:11

Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Jhn 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

As Fathers day approaches I am so aware of the riffs between children and their fathers.

If I... as a Father, have done one thing right, it is... teaching my children how to forgive those who have hurt them. Really... you learn forgiveness from children; if you want to be good at it.

Parents learn to forgive children for breaking their rules, their sunglasses, writing on the walls, bringing home strays, stealing their sisters clothes and...well, you get the point. Not calling on fathers day, Not calling their grand parents enough, not doing their college paperwork... sorry, I digress.
back to forgiveness.

We also learn by watching: how children can just shake hands; or hug and make up. Then..., go back to playing like nothing ever happened. Like nothing ever happened. As if they never sinned.

We are skilled at forgiving ourselves as if we never sin. Otherwise, we would not judge others so harshly. " We":..." forgive us our trespasses 'cause we are not as bad as those who trespass against us...." LOL... HUH??!

NOT.

My four Biological daughters love each other... and many times through growing up they have hurt each other... but, they always come back to loving each other.

They are sisters: You think that is enough? No. I know sisters who do not speak and refuse to love and forgive.

They go to church: Do you think that is enough? No. I know church goers who have not spoken, will not speak, and leave their church to avoid forgiving; or even communicating via eye contact. (Yet they say they love God whom they have not seen.)
No forgiveness there.

My Daughters are God's daughters and it is their RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEAVENLY FATHER that has taught them how to Forgive. I taught them to love God more than anything. Or anyone ...even me and their mother (who now rests in peace. She awaiting the return of Jesus: to awaken her to her great rewards; she earned in this life; through the lives she touched and the abusers she forgave.

Cancer was a brutal enemy she finally tired of fighting; and God allowed her to fall into his rest; and she now await his return to pay her according as she did in this life . She blessed me to be stronger than my words can portray here and our daughters will do great things with the gift of forgiveness. It is the love of God that allows us to truly forgive...
because forgiveness is powerful and painful... its rewards are Eternal.

Everyone who desires heaven needs forgiveness but to qualify as a child of God the evidence is... giving forgiveness to others.
And...: To the degree you forgive that is the degree to which you are FORGIVEN.

Mar 11:26

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Saved/FORGIVEN: everyone wants salvation but they do not want to obey God. Love and obedience go together.




If we do not forgive..., God delivers us to tormentors.

Mat 18:34

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

UnForgiveness opens the door to the tormentors of life.

Mat 18:3

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

When we are truly converted in Christ there is the childlike quality of being able to forgive and seemingly forget .

I say seemingly forget because it is more accurately said we must "CHOOSE NOT TO KNOW"

Mic 7:18

Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.

Mic 7:19

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Mat 5:9

Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Mat 18:35

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Mat 5:9

Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR FATHERS OR GOD IS NOT YOUR FATHER .

BE LIKE YOUR FATHER.

SHAME THE DEVIL.
FORGIVE LIKE GOD. CHOOSE NOT TO KNOW. FOR ONE DAY 24 HOURS MAKE THIS FATHERS DAY POWERFUL. FORGIVE AND BE DELIVERED FROM YOUR TORMENTORS.

WRITE THE DATE DOWN AND REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE DELIVERED BY FORGIVING. RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST.

FORGIVE AND RECEIVE GODS' HEART AND BE HIS CHILD.

Mat 5:9

Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Mat 5:9

Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

MAKE YOUR FATHER THE PERFECT FATHER...GOD.


FORGIVE YOUR EARTHLY FATHER:

YOU WILL PERFECT HIM GLEANING ALL THE GOOD IN HIM UNTO YOURSELF. HE WAS ONCE A CHILD OF GOD HIMSELF AND CAN CHOOSE GOD ANYTIME AND CHANGE. BELIEVE IT. I DID.

Mat 5:9

Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Mat 5:9

Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

I now have many children for I have in-laws and step and half and in Christ brethren and the bible tells me to treat every man in roles of family so the only strangers in my life are potential children of God the choice is yours theirs mine and ours to do or not do God's will:

Forgive/Love.

Grace Vs The Law.

Grace is not Lawlessness.
Grace is the reconciliation and protection necessary to bring a sin sick soul destined to die...back to life everlasting; and purity. Grace is what was and is Necessary to bring Gods creation Back to the Perfect and pure existence God intended at creation.

Grace is God's love fleshed out in the man Jesus...God's Christ.

The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil: was the test of man's love for his creator.every moment that went by with out them touching it or eating of it's fruit was a moment in love with the creator. every moment they were in love with God they were not killing or stealing or coveting or fornicating or dishonoring the creator who made them ( their parents) the father and son they were one in the spirit of God. They were Living Souls... free... with free will. They had no neighbor to bare a false witness against so they did not bare false witness against them selves (even after they sined). Every moment that went by without them touching the tree or eating it's fruit. they were choosing God over any Idol they could have created; They were God's creation and his name was on them and they did not take that name in vain. Finally , every 7 days God would come and celebrate his creation with his son and daughter adam and eve.

All Ten Commandments rolled into loving God in every moment of thoughts pure and free of disobeying God. Adam and Eve were not Tempted by evil the thought was not in their minds to eat of the tree or touch it...until.
Lucifer. Lucifer the Law breaker, murderer

Jhn 8:44

Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it

I was always taught that Lucifer's sin was pride and it was but it was also sin worthy of the same punishment as murder. Jesus put it out there clear to me:

Mat 5:21

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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Mat 5:22

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council:but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Jesus is not doing away with the law he is showing us that law breaking begins with our thoughts as man is just now learning. Nothing "Just Happens"...we think about sins sometimes over and over before we do them. Eve was deceived in her thinking before she sinned.

Gen 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Obviously eve had seen the tree before but this time she Saw it different. In her mind she was now deceived.
While in this state (deceived) she made a bad decision: to disobey god's one commandment: don't eat of the tree.
Grace was inherent in the relationship of God with his creation but understanding that the law was about man: showing his love for God; and not God trying to hide something or just rule over man. The Law was righteous and holy.

Rom 7:12

Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

The consequences of sin were however unacceptable to God and so Justice kissed mercy and produced Grace.

Grace : the unmerited favor of God available through the second adam:

1Cr 15:45

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.

2Cr 5:17

Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Grace gives us the ability to live in this world like Christ and to Occupy till he comes.
It returns us to a clean state through Obedience:

Rom 10:9

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Mar 16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Jhn 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Jhn 4:2

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

Grace still requires obedience: obedience to what? God's Word; his law. Not written on stone but on the inward parts our hearts with our hearts we obey him.

Isa 51:7

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Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings

Who Cares if you worship on Sunday!?

You can and should worship God everyday.
But if you lie and say Saturday is not the sabbath of God you are ignorant or Evil.

Gen 2:3

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.

It is a holy day because God blessed it at creation .

all the days are amazing if you love God:

Rom 14:5

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Rev 22:11

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

I give God every day but I am careful to give him his day just because I love him

Jhn 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jhn 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jhn 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

ALL OF THEM

One on one You and God

Not only don't some so called Christians not want to live Holy but they don't want anyone else to live Holy either
Jesus is the teacher and example.
Everyone including me is a failure.
If you want to succeed you have to follow the only one who succeeded and what he taught.

walk in the grace and liberty he taught and you will be free and able to keep God's 10 commandments all the other old testament laws you can work out with fear and trembling but the 10 are not negotiable.

Phl 2:12

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

you will meet God face to face.
not with the congregation of your church.
alone.
what will be your excuse for not listening to him; not obeying him ; not trusting him...?

God's love is not in question. ours is.
we say we love god but we choose all kinds of sin over obeying him.

prison is full of men and women who say they believe in God and think they are serving him.
some are telling the truth but more are telling a lie.

Outside the prison the churches have grown to Mega churches yet we are building more prisons....
we have Mega churches and more unwed-mothers'

1Ti 4:6

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Pick a Commandment

go to this web site... : (link underlined below)
http://www.the-ten-commandments.org/romancatholic-tencommandments.html

and see the Roman catholic version of the ten commandments side by side and you will see the audacity to change God's laws written with his own finger:

Deu 9:10

And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the Assembly

http://www.the-ten-commandments.org/romancatholic-tencommandments.html


As the return of Jesus is as close as 2015, 2014, who knows 2012 ; we need to get ready and choose are we going to obey God or Man on an individual bases ...not as a church or religion; God is going to ask you if you believe him or someone else.

no one knows the day nor the hour Christ will return but we know the season and we are in it.
Righteousness is the only thing that buys us or our loved ones more time.

Grace will save us but are we really walking in grace if we look like the world... and not Jesus?

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is probably a duck.

Jos 5:6

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people [that were] men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey

"Salvation" brings us out of Egypt and makes us free to obey God not man.

pick a side

the truth is the truth.
simple: from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday is the sabbath....that is historical fact ...truth.
start there just say the words saturday is the sabbath and it is more than a day of rest.

• Jesus healed on the sabbath
  
• the disciples plucked corn
  
• David and his men ate the temple bread...
• a man was stoned to death for gathering sticks on the sabbath

Mar 3:35

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Mar 2:25

And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

serve God everyday but don't exclude his sabbath or you are not serving him . Sabbath is only sanctified and holy because God said so and Sunday is only holy cause man said so which do you think is really holy?

Mar 2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Mark 2:22

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles

Give God his day or stop saying you love him. He has made it so easy . he is not telling you to rest... but to celebrate...
not just on Sunday that can not change; like a birthday or an anniversary Just give him his day: Saturday


Isa 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

talk is cheap : if you love God find a way to Keep his commandments

Mar 3:4

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

SABBATH BREAKERS; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE FOREVER.

Num 15:40

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

It is the irreverence of the day (Saturday : the weekly sabbath of God) that offends God .
we don't even remember the day he set apart ; like a missed birthday or anniversary it hurts his heart that we don't even care to remember it to acknowledge it

Jam 4:8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded

What are we so afraid of that we will not tell the truth and stop offending God on an individual bases. I am not trying to change a whole religion Just one honest person. are you that person ? will you give god his sabbath ? Saturday from sundown Friday to sundown saturday?

Rom 6:15

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What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Rom 6:1

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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound

Psa 51:4

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.

1Pe 3:21

The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

What is Sin

Gen 2:17	But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Sin is a rebellion against God, his will ; his word; and his way.
It is a disease which was birthed in heaven amongst the angels... beginning with an angel named Lucifer.
Sin is fatal 100%; So the only true cure is : Resurrection from the dead.

Hbr 9:27

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Judgment is about deciding who gets the cure

A day of rest or Celebration? part 2

Keeping Sabbath Holy
If it really does not matter...Give God his day.

The day he asked for : Saturday.
from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

It seems like such a small thing but if you really want to fight the devil serve God.
Stop Compromising with the world and it's traditions.
and don't let any man tell you how to keep your sabbath.
no church or religion.
The attempt to keep it holy will be hard enough fighting the Devil and those who submit to him.
anyone who opposes you for telling the truth is of the devil.
anyone who is angry with you for keeping sabbath is a murderer so get away quick...seriously ...run.

Just try it: tell people it is sabbath when you choose not to do anything they think you should do from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown and they will look at you like you have 3 heads or attack you with words or even physically ...why is that ?
Seriously: Run from those people.

God taught Israel how to keep sabbath and Jesus clarified it ...let God lead you .

A day of rest or Celebration?

The sabbath is not only a day or time of rest:"
Exodus 20:8-11" Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: 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. "
end Quote.

Is God wasting words..., to just say take a day and rest?
Sabbath is a Celebration... a day of God glorifying himself, and his creation it should be more precious than Christmas and as holy as Christ's Resurrection God has kept this sabbath since the time of the beginning: Gen 2:2 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. Gen2:3 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.
Saturday if we are honest is different from every other day

• we are supposed to remember it
• keep it holy
• and know why

We barely remember it : we make excuses:

1. "well, the calender has changed. or
2. my work week starts on Monday or
3. I'm not Jewish
4. and Jesus rose on a Sunday.

When with little effort anyone and I mean almost anyone can find out the 7th day is Saturday. theologians from every religion will admit this truth . Some you will have to press but few will out right lie. So the truth is there and the first step is knowing and accepting the truth: Saturday is, was, and always, will be the day God celebrated his creation works. it will be kept even in the kingdom to come as Isaiah teaches:
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Isa 66:23

And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

So it is not just a day to rest it is God's weekly party; and who does not love to party on the week end?

We even stole that from God.
Lol.
Remember it ; Know it and don't lie to yourself or anyone else to make them feel better it is the truth deal with it.
Keep it holy is what seems hard.and I will address that in my next blog part 2.

IF You Mean what you say...hide it in your heart

In another Blog( http://wealthofcharacter.blogspot.com/ ) I commented on the Sabbath and below is that comment to this Sister I truly Believe is anointed and "Saved"; She believes Jesus is our perfect example and savior so I have faith we can continue our discussion and study together of the sabbath. the study of the sabbath is a study of the Ten commandments found in Exodus - Chapter 20 so you don't start at 4 you start at 1 the greatest commandment and the one... all the rest hang on.
(see up coming post on that.)

Beverly, I am glad you started with scripture.
So will I:
Isa 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

I cut and pasted your words from amongst all you wrote and these words are the reason and the only reason I will continue to blog and comment with anyone until I believe they are a lie:

"If I believed God, through his Word was really telling us to keep the Sabbath as the 7th day instead of the 1st day of the week, I’d have no problem in doing so. "
First you don't have to choose... you can keep both, one is your choice, and the other: what God asked us for.

Now let me also say as I have always said:" keeping the 10 commandments is not about salvation. Salvation is a free gift of Grace through Jesus Christ it is how we obtain reconciliation to god and forgiveness of sin it is the door to relationship with God."
I am not a Jew because ...,well I'm not. I was not born it and not raised it; it's more than a religion it is a heritage and life style foreign to me in many ways; so God does not see me that way; that is not our relationship (God and I ). I am not seventh day Adventist, who believe everyone going to worship on Sunday is deceived by the devil, and have the mark of the beast, and are lost when Jesus returns. I am not a Jehovah's Witness who deny the deity of Jesus/Christ; I do not belong to any cult or special sect of "Christianity". I am Just a child of God who loves his father and every day I want to show him how much. Like the woman in Luke chapter 7 who had been forgiven much and loved much. I am there. That is me. "...'; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.".

We say we love God but we do not Obey him, or trust him or reverence him (Fear and Respect him).

Jhn 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Don't you see that the people who said they loved God the most who were teaching the love of God...KILLED HIS ONLY PERFECT INNOCENT SON.
LET that sink in.

How can God trust us we suck on record (pardon my vernacular). Our history is no good our promise is a lie, our best is the worst and our righteousness a filthy rag. How is he going to know who loves him? not by our words and deeds that is for sure.
one minute we love god and want to be a virgin the next we lust and have to stop our selves from sex ..but the lust has already condemned us....

On our own we can not do it living in this world survival makes us sin over and over in our minds and bodies; but it does not have to... in our hearts.

In our hearts the truth can be hidden from the devil and the world; we can be in the world but not of the world; we can hide the truth where only God can see it and only we can change it; as an individual... not as a church, or religion. Because they each have their own rules, and we follow those to the best of our ability too: tax cheat here, bounced check there, white lie here, curse word there, Judgments here, condemnation there...Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

I say all this to be clear I am not judging, just trying to help people who say they love God and I believe they do ...; I want to help them because that is why God spared me. Like the King of Nineveh I heard the preaching of Jonah "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.". Jesus is coming soon there are no more generations this is it. we do not have 40 years I will see the return of Jesus in the clouds. 1Thes 4:16

The ten commandments is more than the law of God it is his Character. it is the seed sown in the world that truly yields the fruit of Love . Real love; God's love.
I am glad you started with scripture.
Isa 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

I cut and pasted your words from amongst all you wrote and these words are the reason and the only reason I will continue to blog and comment with anyone until I believe they are a lie:

"If I believed God, through his Word was really telling us to keep the Sabbath as the 7th day instead of the 1st day of the week, I’d have no problem in doing so. "

Now let me also say as I have always said:" keeping the 10 commandments is not about salvation. Salvation is a free gift of Grace through Jesus Christ it is how we obtain reconciliation to god and forgiveness of sin it is the door to relationship with God."
I am not a Jew because ...,well I'm not. I was not born it and not raised it; it's more than a religion it is a heritage and life style foreign to me in many ways; so God does not see me that way; that is not our relationship (God and I ). I am not seventh day Adventist, who believe everyone going to worship on Sunday is deceived by the devil, and have the mark of the beast, and are lost when Jesus returns. I am not a Jehovah's Witness who deny the deity of Jesus/Christ; I do not belong to any cult or sect of "Christianity". I am Just a child of God who loves his father and every day I want to show him how much. Like the woman in Luke chapter 7 who had been forgiven much and loved much. I am there. That is me. "...'; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.".

We say we love God but we do not Obey him, or trust him or reverence him (Fear and Respect him).

Don't you see that the people who said they loved God the most who were teaching the love of God...KILLED HIS ONLY PERFECT INNOCENT SON.
LET that sink in.

How can God trust us we suck on record (pardon my vernacular). Our history is no good our promise is a lie, our best is the worst and our righteousness a filthy rag. How is he going to know who loves him? not by our words and deeds that is for sure.
one minute we love god and want to be a virgin the next we lust and have to stop our selves from sex ..but the lust has already condemned us....

On our own we can not do it living in this world survival makes us sin over and over in our minds and bodies; but it does not have to in our hearts.

in our hearts the truth can be hidden from the devil and the world we can be in the world but not of the world we can hide the truth where only God can see it and only we can change it as an individual not as a church or religion because they each have their own rules and we follow those to the best of our ability too: tax cheat here, bounced check there, white lie here, curse word there, Judgments here, condemnation there...Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

I say all this to be clear I am not judging, just trying to help people who say they love God and I believe they do ...; I want to help them because that is why God spared me like the King of Nineveh I heard the preaching of Jonah "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.". Jesus is coming soon there are no more generations this is it. we do not have 40 years I will see the return of Jesus in the clouds. 1Thes 4:16

The ten commandments is more than the law of God it is his Character. it is the seed sown in the world that truly yields the fruit of Love . Real love; God's love.

The First commandment is what it takes to keep the other nine.
Look how God loves us and that is how he wants us to love him.

that is a love he has to create in us by trial and error. so it is strong in us so we will have the conviction of Job..."Below is the exact phrase.
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:...'" a Jewish man God had faith in who kept God's commandments. we need to have the dedication of Jesus..."Jhn 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not." (our only perfect example)

we have "Wealth of Character" if we mean what you said and study. I have faith you will keep God's Sabbath the way he said; not according to traditions of men..., again, I remind you of your words:


"If I believed God, through his Word was really telling us to keep the Sabbath as the 7th day instead of the 1st day of the week, I’d have no problem in doing so. "

study to show thy self...

The Sabbath – Has Time Been Lost?
check out the above link to start you with information not religious indoctrination ...just take the information or talk to the Jews that are messianic...

There are plenty of people out there more qualified than I who have done more research than I ; those who spent their life studying sabbath. So, I only needed to hear all sides of the debate; then I made my choice based on my love for God Not religion, or the fact my uncle , brother best friend and so many others could make a good argument. The truth was, and is, all I care about.

Then it is the relationship between God and I that needs my attention... more than anything else. I grew up in first day worship (Saul was a Jew; worship was on Saturday; but he persecuted the christians who were right about messiah; he converted after God called him to the truth) I don't intend to stop shouting and dancing and hearing from God on the first day second and all days but God asked for the 7th day so why would I refuse the God I say I love? Why would anyone ? I don't mean to be flip but, Um it's God we are talking about.

Act 26:14

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Sabbath is about love.

Serving God is about love. keeping the commandments is about loving God not salvation. Jesus died to save us What could he ask us to do that should seem like too much when you look at grace. Grace is the finished work of God our work continues till we die.

Are we going to reflect the love and courage and character of the God who gave his son to die for his enemies? or selfishly take the gift he gave and live it up till he comes to judge our works. Only the wicked have the same reward: death; the righteous have life and life more abundantly it is the more abundant life that eye has not seen and ears have not heard nor has it entered into our imagination the things God has prepared for those who love him.

1Cr 2:9

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

introduction. Sabbath

I am new to this blogging.

I usually just comment on others but it is not enough.

I am so disappointed. The so called "Christian" world is so fake. I was just as fake, but not in my heart. I know there are others, that in their heart they know. They are fake. Just following their emotions with no real guts to stand up for right...not if it goes against the traditions of the past. Not if it may mean a change that is uncomfortable but righteous. Specifically I am talking about the Sabbath. Saturday VS Sunday.

The Protestant movement fell right back in line when it came to the Sabbath. Do you think that is a coincidence?

That is going to be the sheep VS Goats; it starts with just being able to admit the truth: that Saturday is the only day God Himself Sanctified and blessed.

Gen 2:3

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.