The Lord’s Sabbath

1986

Tom Forbes

            The following material contains more than five hundred references to scripture and should be read with the King James bible in hand.  This letter faithfully examines the arguments used against the fourth commandment and briefly reviews the truth of the process through which the first day of the week replaced the seventh.  The rejection of the Lord’s sabbath is not a new thing, as it is written, “there is no new thing under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9).

Underlying the religious hostility against the sabbath day is the unconverted man’s natural loathing of having to fake obedience to an unseen God, providing sharp contrast between real servants of Christ who separate from the world (2^nd Corinthians 6:17) and world-pleasing phonies (Galatians 1:10) who quite naturally dismiss as “cults” (Acts 28:22) all Christians not participating in the denominational circus (1^st Corinthians 1:10-13).  Religious “professionals,” of course, deeply resent the kind of absolute belief in the bible (John 17:8,14) that makes them irrelevant (Matthew 15:14); although the great bulk of modern “Christianity” effeminately follows such compromised men (Psalm 118:8), leaving a landscape littered with apostate incorporated tax-exempt “church” franchises variously expressing their contempt of God’s word by collecting tithes while entertaining themselves in faking “tongues,” “going back to the Greek,” and waving the federal flag (Hebrews 11:16). Continue Reading »

It wasn’t the easy life, because, like the people say: “No news is good news” (and any news is better than the truth).

The Lord Sends Prophets For His Purpose

Amos 3:6-8 “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”

Jeremiah 7:23-28 “Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. . . .”

35:15 “I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.” Continue Reading »

LINEAGE:

Human & Male (Son of man)

Genesis 3:15 “. . . her seed . . . shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Matthew 8:20 “. . . the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”

John 13:31 “. . . Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.”

Acts 7:54-56 “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”

(Shem, not Canaan, Ham or Japheth)

Genesis 9:24-27 “And Noah . . . said, Cursed be Canaan. . . . And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. . . .”

(Abraham)

Genesis 22:15-18 “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. . . .” Continue Reading »

[You can’t have everything and do everything; so you have priorities, whether you considered it or not. If you don’t think about the consequences of your priorities, you will be trading stupidly.

You only have so much:

(1) Time (What do you do with your time?)

(2) Money (What do you do with your money?)

(3) Strength (What do you do with your strength?)

priority, n.; pl. priorities, 1. the state of being prior, or of preceding something else; precedence in time, order, importance, etc.

(We are looking at “precedence in . . . importance” in this bible study.)

[This word is not in the bible, but the concept is:]

Proverbs 23:23 “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” Continue Reading »

The Lord, himself, is become the high priest.

Acts 23:4-5 “Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest. . . .”

[Paul definitely does not consider that this imposter is “the high priest” at all.]

Hebrews 2:17 “Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God. . . .”

3:1 “Wherefore . . . consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. . . .”

4:14 “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.” Continue Reading »

Similar Words Used in the Bible

Preaching (27), Preach (50), Preached (61), Teach (109), Teachest (8), Teacheth (16), Teaching (25), Edify (3) Edifieth (3), Edifying (8), Exhort (16), Exhortation (10), Exhorted (3), Exhorting (4), Rebuke (46), Convince (2), Convinced (4), Speak (492), Speakest (17), Speaketh (73), Speaking (63), Feed, etc. (The verb “share” is not in the bible one time in any form.)

2nd Corinthians 4:13 “. . . I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. . . .”

John 3:34 “For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God. . . .” Continue Reading »

Proverbs 11:21 “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.”

16:5 “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”

Jeremiah 10:2 “Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen. . . . For the customs of the people are vain. . . .”

Lifting Hands

Psalm 28:2 “Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.”

(1st Kings 6:16 “And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.” [Definition] Continue Reading »

Job 21:15 “What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?”

(a question asked by evil men)

You Can Run but You Can’t Hide From Him

Hebrews 4:13-16 “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. . . . Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy. . . .” (while you still may)

Psalm 2:12 “Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.” Continue Reading »

Jeremiah 2:32 “Can a maid forget her ornaments . . . ? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.”

Isaiah 12:4-5 “. . . declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.”

62:6 “. . . ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence . . . till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”

63:7 “I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord . . . according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us. . . .”

Exodus 15:1-2 [an example by Moses and the children of Israel] Continue Reading »

Proverbs 19:1 “Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”

v. 22 “The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.”

Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Luke 6:20 “And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.”

1st Timothy 6:4-6 “He is . . . destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.”

Proverbs 11:4 “Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.” Continue Reading »