We need to be holy all seven days
We need to be “holy” all seven days and NOT just on the seventh day! Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
That is correct! Neither the Bible nor we say that we are to be holy on the Sabbath day. Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
1 Peter 1: 16 “Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. ” Peter is quoting an OT passages. Leviticus 19: 2 “Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. ” Though the Sabbath has to do with holiness, God called His people to be holy all the time, even in the OT. Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
ALL the days of the week WE are called to be HOLY— “Be ye holy” (1 Peter 1: 16) It’s only when we obey God fully —by obeying ALL His commandments— by His grace, we become holy. Numbers 15: 40 “That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. ” Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
The call to holiness on the Sabbath is DIFFERENT to the call to holiness on the rest of the days. Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
Exodus 20: 8 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ” Deuteronomy 5: 12 “Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. ” Exodus 31: 14 “Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you” We are called to be holy all 7 days of the week, BUT on the 7 th day Sabbath we are called to keep the DAY holy! Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
So being holy all seven days and keeping holy the seventh DAY are two different things! Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
If the book of the law is the first five books of Moses, that was nailed to the cross, then the book of the law contains the 10 Commandments twice written (Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5), which means the 10 Commandments are nailed as well! Answer from clearbibleanswers. org
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