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Charlie Kirk and the Sabbath

Charlie Kirk believed Sabbath-keeping could not only transform your life, but maybe even save America. He makes his case in his new book, "Stop, in the Name of God."

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It's true that when God first instituted the Sabbath in Eden, He made no mention of going to church on that day; He just set it aside for a holy purpose, which He would expand upon at a later time. (See Genesis 2:1-3.) And in Exodus, He did indeed give us more details about the specifics of that holy day in the Ten Commandments. Still, the Ten Commandments give no instruction that we are to gather together for worship on that day. They just give guidelines on what it means to keep it holy. (See Exodus 20:8-11.)

But as we move forward in Scripture, we come across an enlightening verse in Leviticus: "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. ...

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Some teach that Hebrews 4 defines the seventh-day Sabbath commandment in the Decalogue as a shadow-type law pointing forward to a spiritual rest in Christ. They view the Sabbath in the same way the Old Testament sacrifices pointed forward to Christ's atoning death on the cross. They teach that once we have found "spiritual rest" in Christ, we no longer need to observe the Sabbath day, and that keeping the seventh day is a form of bondage and an act of personal works.

It is true that the primary message of Hebrews 4 is to emphasize the believer's rest of grace. The main point in Hebrews 3:7-4:11 is ...

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It has been said that Christ, in fulfilling the moral law, actually abolished the Ten Commandments. However, let's take a look at what Jesus actually says in Matthew 5:17-19:

'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets' (v. 17). Jesus certainly did not do the very thing that He came not to do!

'I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.' According to Webster's Dictionary, 'fulfill,' when applied to a law, means 'to answer its demands by obedience.' It here means the opposite of 'destroy,' as in the following scriptures: 'And shall not uncircumcision, which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge thee, ...

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