Christians - How do we prove we love God?

In 1 John 3:4 the Bible states that sin is disobedience to the law.





Jesus said '; If you love me, keep my commandments';.





The 4th Commandment is to Keep the Sabbath day holy.





How are we loving God if we not only do not Keep the Sabbath day Holy but observe a different day other than what God said?





Do you think there is a specific reason why God COMMANDED a certain day to be set apart?





Does it matter if we disobey (refer back to the top sentence)?





Here is another scripture to help with your answer


Matthew 15:9 Jesus said:


';But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.';





Did you know that it was the Catholic Church that changed the Sabbath from Saturday (the last day of the week) to SUNday (the first day of the week) at the council of Nicea in 325AD?























Christians - How do we prove we love God?
This was a covenantal sign between the Jews and God in under the Old Covenant, not between believers and God in the New. The Jews have determined that there are actually 613 Commandments in the Pentateuch alone, so you'll have to tell me if we should refrain from wearing poly-Cotton blends, turning on our stove on the sabbath, eating a cheeseburger or any of the other things that were under the Old Covenant as if they are still binding. Remember too, that the time of Christ was the time of transition from Old to New and Jesus lived under the Mosaic Law which He Himself instituted prior to the incarnation. So the Sabbath is not binding upon us as a moral feature of God's law, nor is it evidence that we love Him. In fact, it may be quite the opposite since we are saying that we are still observant under the Old Covenant, minus about 90% of the other rules and regulations. Colossians 2:17-18 tells us that sabbath keeping was a shadow of the reality to come which was Christ. He came. The New Covenant people began worshipping together on the resurrection Day, the Lord's Day, and it has been our practice ever since. But even that we do not do as some sort of New Testament Sabbath law. We could worship on Thursday if that would be the best time for our congregation, and we would be fully in Christ's love.Christians - How do we prove we love God?
By believing everything Jerry Falwell says without question. That should do it.
By never questioning anything about your beliefs and never insisting on any evidence to support religious claims.
What Must We Do to Be SAVED?





A MAN once asked Jesus: ';Lord, are those who are being saved few?'; How did Jesus reply? Did he say: 'Just accept me as your Lord and Savior, and you will be saved'? No! Jesus said: ';Exert yourselves vigorously to get in through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to get in but will not be able.';鈥擫uke 13:23, 24.





Did Jesus fail to answer the man's question? No, the man did not ask how hard it would be to be saved; he asked if the number would be few. So Jesus merely indicated that fewer people than one might expect would exert themselves vigorously to receive this marvelous blessing.





'That's not what I was told,' some readers may protest. These may quote John 3:16, which says: ';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.'; (King James Version) However, we reply: 'What, then, must we believe? That Jesus actually lived? Of course. That he is the Son of God? By all means! And since the Bible calls Jesus ';Teacher'; and ';Lord,'; must we not also believe what he taught, obey him, and follow him?'鈥擩ohn 13:13; Matthew 16:16.





Following Jesus





Ah, here the problem arises! Many people who have been told that they are ';saved'; seem to have little intention of either following or obeying Jesus. In fact, a Protestant clergyman wrote: ';Of course, our faith in Christ should continue. But the claim that it absolutely must, or necessarily does, has no support at all in the Bible.';





On the contrary, the Bible lists immoral practices that are common among some people who think that they are ';saved.'; Regarding one who continued in such ways, it instructed Christians: ';Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.'; Surely God would not want wicked people contaminating his Christian congregation!鈥? Corinthians 5:11-13.





What does it mean, then, to follow Jesus, and how can we do that? Well, what did Jesus do? Was he immoral? a fornicator? a drunkard? a liar? Was he dishonest in business? Of course not! 'But,' you may ask, 'do I have to clean all those things out of my life?' For the answer, consider Ephesians 4:17 through 5:5. It does not say that God will accept us no matter what we do. Instead, it tells us to be different from the worldly nations who have ';come to be past all moral sense, . . . but you did not learn the Christ to be so . . . Put away the old personality which conforms to your former course of conduct . . . Let the stealer steal no more . . . Let fornication and uncleanness of every sort or greediness not even be mentioned among you, just as it befits holy people . . . For you know this, recognizing it for yourselves, that no fornicator or unclean person or greedy person鈥攚hich means being an idolater鈥攈as any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.';





Are we following Jesus if we do not at least try to live in harmony with his example? Do we not have to work on making our lives more Christlike? That vital question is rarely, if ever, considered by people who say, as one religious tract does: ';Come to Christ now鈥攋ust as you are.';





One of Jesus' disciples warned that ungodly men were ';turning the undeserved kindness of our God into an excuse for loose conduct and proving false to our only Owner and Lord, Jesus Christ.'; (Jude 4) How might we, in fact, turn God's mercy ';into an excuse for loose conduct';? We could do so by assuming that Christ's sacrifice covers deliberate sins that we intend to keep on committing rather than sins of human imperfection that we are trying to put behind us. Surely we would not want to agree with one of America's best-known evangelists, who said that you do not have to ';clean up, give up, or turn around.';鈥擟ontrast Acts 17:30; Romans 3:25; James 5:19, 20.





Belief Prompts Action





Many people have been told that ';believing on Jesus'; is a single act and that our faith does not have to be strong enough to prompt obedience. But the Bible disagrees. Jesus did not say that people who begin the Christian course are saved. Instead, he said: ';He that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.'; (Matthew 10:22) The Bible likens our Christian course to a race, with salvation being the prize at its end. And it urges: ';Run in such a way that you may attain it.';鈥? Corinthians 9:24.





Thus, ';accepting Christ'; involves far more than just accepting the blessings that Jesus' superlative sacrifice offers. Obedience is required. The apostle Peter says that judgment starts ';with the house of God,'; and adds: ';Now if it starts first with us, what will the end be of those who are not obedient to the good news of God?'; (1 Peter 4:17) So we must do more than simply hear and believe. The Bible says that we must ';become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving [ourselves] with false reasoning.';鈥擩ames 1:22.





Jesus' Own Messages





The Bible book of Revelation contains messages from Jesus, transmitted through John to seven e
Leviticus 19:18 ';You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.'; (NRS)





Matthew 5:43-44 ';Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you'; (KJV)





Matthew 25:40 ';Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.';
By obeying what He says.
have a major hissy until they fix it go for a throw down! Ha jk, just do the best you can with the american soiciety and love the lord with all your heart.
here is a good link to the LDS point of view.





http://www.fairlds.org/Bible/Celebrating鈥?/a>





As I see it, Christ was pretty focused on eliminating outward observances and helping people internalize the purposes of the observances in the first place. A lot like the jews sacrificed animals, but now we celebrate the sacrifice of Christ. A physical practice gives way to a spiritual one.


The sabbath was a relationship between the israelite nation and God. We benefit from the principle of setting apart a day a week to worship and grow close to God, but the actual day is meaningless.
Hear, Obey %26amp; Teach the Commandments of Eloah %26amp; Messiah Y'shua.


All Ten Words/Commandments are Wisdom to All who follow the


Master, even Y'shua Ha Moschiach.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.








As YHVH says in His Torah, the commandments are not too difficult or burdensome for His people to keep:





Deu 30:11 ';For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.


Deu 30:12 ';It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?'


Deu 30:13 ';Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?'


Deu 30:14 ';But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it. (NASB)








And for the Christians reading the NT it is the word of faith Paul was preaching, the Torah. See Deuteronomy 30:14 above and from the book of Romans Paul's quote below:





Rom 10:8 But what does it say? ';THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART';-- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, (NASB)
I prove my love by honoring the true Sabbath. I observe all the Holy Days according to the Bible and I don't celebrate the pagan holidays (Xmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentines Day) anymore. I confess my sins to Jesus and I study the Bible as much as I can. As soon as I learned of the change that the Nicea Council made, I went back to honoring the correct Sabbath. These Christians don't realize that this vain worship is unacceptable to God.