The modern Christian churches of any denomination depend on this very verse to defend their cause of not keeping the Sabbath Day, Passover and any other law of God.
Some people even accuse Church of God to be law-keepers and not followers of Christ because we keep these laws of God. However, such people show themselves to be in error, not knowing the scriptures, (Matt. 22:29)
This is not the ONLY verse in the New Testament relating to the law.
James 1:22 "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
I'll bet you never saw this verse before. According to Galatians, if we keep the law we'll be under a curse. However, according to James, if we keep the law we'll be blessed in all that we do. What's a Christian to do?!
We must know every verse of scripture before we can judge just one. What law leads to a curse, which one leads to blessing?
John. 1:17 "For the law was given through Moses;
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."Most of us have heard of Moses' law, which is the Jewish law. Have you ever heard of this one:
1 Cor. 9:20 "To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.
Did you know there is a law of Christ? When we compare the law of the Old Testament to the law of the New Testament, they are quite different.
Sabbath
Num. 28:9-10 - O/T Sabbath included lamb sacrifice
Luke 4:16-17 - N/T Sabbath done with reading the scriptures
Passover
Exo. 12:5-11 - O/T Passover kept with lamb and regulations
Luke 22:13-20 - N/T Passover kept with bread and wine (Jesus' flesh and blood)
There many, many more laws of Moses that have been changed (not abolished) bu Jesus Christ. this includes the 7 feasts of God, circumcision, the veil, ans many more. However, for the sake of time I will name a couple.
But think about it, if Jesus were keeping all of these things because He was Jewish, why was He baptized? Why didn't slaughter a lamb for the Sabbath and the Passover?
And if "Christians" nowadays no longer need to keep the law, why do they go to church on sunday? Why go at all if the law is done away with?
Some claim to keep the bread and wine because Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of me." How can this be referring to Communion if Communion didn't exist until AD 325?
Obviously, someone is in error and a boatload of people are following this mistake. So yes, Church of God World Mission Society does keep the law of God, but not to be mistaken with Moses' law. Actually, it is Christ's law. And only the church having the true 2nd Coming Christ would know that. This is why we believe Christ Ahnsahnghong. He has restored the laws of God just as He established them 2000 years ago at His 1st coming, (Jesus).
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