By CGI New York | July 15, 2016 | Category The Sabbath
A Sabbath Rest “So, you’re Jewish, right?”“No…not necessarily…not really, not in the way you mean.”“But, you go to church on Saturdays.”“Well, yes…” “And you don’t eat pork.” “…No.” “And…you don’t keep Christmas or Easter.” “Right.” “So, you’re Jewish, right?” How many of us have had this conversation, or one very close to it? Or, how […]
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By CGI New York | December 12, 2015 | Category Holy Days, The Sabbath
The temporal references in the Book of Acts and Paul’s epistles demonstrate that the early New Testament church kept time according to the traditional Jewish calendar. References to the seventh-day Sabbath and some of the festivals of the Lord are scattered throughout the aforementioned documents. Noticeably absent from the New Testament are any mention of […]
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By CGI New York | December 12, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
It was a glorious day for the people of Israel. David, their king, had proved himself a courageous leader, and was now taking steps to fully revive the nation’s allegiance to God. David’s plan—to transport the all-but-forgotten ark of the covenant from the house of Abinadab to the king’s home city—was pleasing to the people, […]
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By CGI New York | December 8, 2015 | Category Holy Days, The Sabbath
Letter to Polycrates Controversy was brewing again, not a bit unusual in the Second Century, since the departure of the highly respected and last living apostle ‘Saint’ John. It was near the close of the Second Century in Ephesus, Asia Minor, an area where great men of God such as the apostles Paul and John, […]
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By CGI New York | November 2, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
So, you’ve gone through what looks like a hectic week. You’re feeling tired and not knowing what to do. However, there is no sign of you slowing down as you’ve got many other obligation outside the office to fulfil – studying for that big exam, doing the grocery shopping, or preparing yourself and the children […]
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By CGI New York | November 2, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
The fourth commandment says, “Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8). Remembering the Sabbath is easy; the tough part is how does one keep it holy?In my youth, I thought it would be great to have an appendix in the back of the Bible with two columns. One column would give what […]
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By CGI New York | October 3, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
The Fourth Commandment Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12). The first three commandments of the Decalogue forbid worshiping other gods, corrupting worship through idolatry, and abusing God’s name. As noted, the First Commandment tells us whom we are to worship, and the Second Commandment tells us how we are […]
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By CGI New York | October 2, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
I have been asked many times, “Why do you keep the Sabbath?” In the past, I would give scriptural reasons of why I keep the Sabbath, and there are a lot of scriptures to back up the Sabbath. Yet, the other day, it hit me that I do not think I ever shared how […]
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By CGI New York | September 27, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
Some Christians observe Saturday as the Sabbath, while others, the majority, observe Sunday, claiming it is the “Lord’s Day.” But does it really matter which day one keeps? Can we know for sure which day is the seventh day? Is there any evidence that the weekly cycle has continued intact throughout all these centuries? It […]
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By CGI New York | September 27, 2015 | Category The Sabbath
There can be no doubt that Christ, His disciples, and the first-century Christians kept Saturday, the seventh-day Sabbath. Yet, today, most of the Christian professing world keeps Sunday, the first day of the week, calling it the Sabbath. Who made this change, and how did it occur? No serious student of the Scriptures can deny […]
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