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Written by: Friday, December 23, 2011 8:52 PM
How the world needs joy! How the world needs Jesus! Christians, who are supposed to be the shining light of the world, are engaged this week in keeping a pagan festival that is the most depressing time of the year, in spite of all the claims of Christmas joy. Such "joy" is misguided and does not compare with the joy we share with Jesus when we keep as we are doing now, His holy Sabbath day.
In His presence is "fullness of joy" (Ps. 16:11). But Jesus has not poured His presence into any day but the Sabbath. If we want to connect with His love and joy, we must meet Him on this day, not another. When we miss it, we miss the anointing of the "oil of joy" or "oil of gladness" (Isa. 61:3).
It is said of Jesus, "You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore, God [the Father], Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above your fellows" (Ps. 45:7).
Do you want to be anointed with oil of joy above your fellow Christians who blindly follow the crowd without asking questions and keep Sunday, Christmas, and all the pagan holidays falsely baptized Christian? One of the surest ways is to open the Bible and read like a little child, ready to be taught and corrected, reading some simple verses: Exodus 20:8; Gen. 2:2-3; Mark 2:27-28; Hebrews 4:9-11, and alas! Matthew 24:20, where Jesus prophesies that the Sabbath day will be as much in force as the seasons. Jesus says in Genesis 8:22 that while this Earth remains, and the last time we checked it was still there, summer and winter shall not cease. Well, winter is still here, and so is the Sabbath. It is an eternal, perpetual covenant between God and HIs people (Ex. 31:13-16). Israel represents the believers, the people of God. In the First Testament, few were led by the Holy Spirit. Under the New Covenant, we all have the Holy Spirit in our hearts, and the law of love is supposed to be written on our hearts (Jeremiah 31; Hebrews 8). If it is written on our hearts, it will also be our practice.
If you have never met Jesus in HIs day of joy, now would be a good time to start. Christians need His joy to withstand the end-time onslaught of Satan, and they need His joy in His days (Neh. 8:10) to be true believers, the "Israel of God" (Gal. 6:16).
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Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Is the most joyous day for Jesus is when we accept him? I do not see that it has anything to dowith the Sabbath stuff?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy!
Is the most joyous day for Jesus is when we accept him? I do not see that it has anything to dowith the Sabbath stuff?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Robert have you noticed that you have two sites next to each other with the same blog.
Robert have you noticed that you have two sites next to each other with the same blog.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Marsha,The day we accepted Jesus into our life is an extremely important day and a day we should celebrate. Regarding "the Sabbath stuff," consider this: let's say you have met the man of your dreams. You get married to him, but then you stop dating him, spending time in those romantic rendezvous that draw you closer together. What if he says, "Darling, I work six days a week, but I have Saturday free to be with you all day, to totally concentrate on you. It's a weekly time when I have no more long hours, except long hours with you to enjoy each other, talk, fellowship, share." And you say, I have all my time free, but I don't like the idea of Saturday, so I don't think so." Marsha, that's what the Christian world has done. They have accepted Jesus, but on the day He chooses to fellowship with them and share His love and joy with them, they choose another day that He is not in. He only pours Himself for His bride into one day, and if you miss that date, you miss Him and the intimacy He wants with you."The Sabbath stuff" is a doorway to intimacy with Jesus. What good is accepting Him if you don't know Him? He will have to say to some in a few years: "I don't know you. You can't be with Me in My marriage feast." Sounds like the Sabbath is mighty important since it is that day that allows us to truly get to know the real Jesus and enter into the marriage feast.
Marsha,The day we accepted Jesus into our life is an extremely important day and a day we should celebrate. Regarding "the Sabbath stuff," consider this: let's say you have met the man of your dreams. You get married to him, but then you stop dating him, spending time in those romantic rendezvous that draw you closer together. What if he says, "Darling, I work six days a week, but I have Saturday free to be with you all day, to totally concentrate on you. It's a weekly time when I have no more long hours, except long hours with you to enjoy each other, talk, fellowship, share." And you say, I have all my time free, but I don't like the idea of Saturday, so I don't think so." Marsha, that's what the Christian world has done. They have accepted Jesus, but on the day He chooses to fellowship with them and share His love and joy with them, they choose another day that He is not in. He only pours Himself for His bride into one day, and if you miss that date, you miss Him and the intimacy He wants with you."The Sabbath stuff" is a doorway to intimacy with Jesus. What good is accepting Him if you don't know Him? He will have to say to some in a few years: "I don't know you. You can't be with Me in My marriage feast." Sounds like the Sabbath is mighty important since it is that day that allows us to truly get to know the real Jesus and enter into the marriage feast.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Norm,Thank you! We just corrected that. We've clicked before and had nothing show up, but this is the first time we clicked and had two identical posts show up. We do a lot of things on the computer we don't mean to do. Thanks for noticing.
Norm,Thank you! We just corrected that. We've clicked before and had nothing show up, but this is the first time we clicked and had two identical posts show up. We do a lot of things on the computer we don't mean to do. Thanks for noticing.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Do we not get intimate with Jesus every time we pray in his name? And he not in our heart at all times?
Do we not get intimate with Jesus every time we pray in his name? And he not in our heart at all times?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Marsha,Do you want a handshake or a kiss? Yes, Jesus is in our hearts at all times and we do draw near to Him in prayer. However, He says if we truly love Him we will keep His commandments (John 14:15) and the Sabbath commandment is a test commandment many have failed to pass. The Sabbath is the only doorway left open to full intimacy with Jesus once the gateway to the throne was closed when Adam sinned.
Marsha,Do you want a handshake or a kiss? Yes, Jesus is in our hearts at all times and we do draw near to Him in prayer. However, He says if we truly love Him we will keep His commandments (John 14:15) and the Sabbath commandment is a test commandment many have failed to pass. The Sabbath is the only doorway left open to full intimacy with Jesus once the gateway to the throne was closed when Adam sinned.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! My pastor said that the doorway was closed when Jesus declared that the Sabbath was ended in Matt 24=20. So how do you open a door that Jesus shut and said not man may open?
My pastor said that the doorway was closed when Jesus declared that the Sabbath was ended in Matt 24=20. So how do you open a door that Jesus shut and said not man may open?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Marsha,What inverted reasoning allows pastors to make such outlandish statements that contradict the entire Bible teaching on the Sabbath? Do you believe your pastor or the Word of God, which is clear on the matter? Did you read what we wrote about Matthew 24:20 here and in our other blogs. Google it and you may find our other blogs. This verse is strong proof the Sabbath is still to be observed in this end time. Pray your flight not be on Sabbath solidifies and confirms what the whole Bible has taught, that the Sabbath is a day of rest and flight from persecution is not an ideal way to spend it since that is not restful. That's why Jesus said to pray that it not happen or in winter when traveling would be difficult. These strange interpretations are private interpretations God forbids, and they are absurd. we have learned than many pastors are warlocks planted by Satan to block the truth, especially the Sabbath truth. Why would Jesus abolish one of the Ten Commandments? Murder is still murder, adultery still adultery, taking God's name in vain is still prohibited, so who got rid of the fourth? God never did, but Satan has deceived your pastor and the entire Christian world into believing a lie. Will you choose to worship your pastor and the father of lies, or Jesus?
Marsha,What inverted reasoning allows pastors to make such outlandish statements that contradict the entire Bible teaching on the Sabbath? Do you believe your pastor or the Word of God, which is clear on the matter? Did you read what we wrote about Matthew 24:20 here and in our other blogs. Google it and you may find our other blogs. This verse is strong proof the Sabbath is still to be observed in this end time. Pray your flight not be on Sabbath solidifies and confirms what the whole Bible has taught, that the Sabbath is a day of rest and flight from persecution is not an ideal way to spend it since that is not restful. That's why Jesus said to pray that it not happen or in winter when traveling would be difficult. These strange interpretations are private interpretations God forbids, and they are absurd. we have learned than many pastors are warlocks planted by Satan to block the truth, especially the Sabbath truth. Why would Jesus abolish one of the Ten Commandments? Murder is still murder, adultery still adultery, taking God's name in vain is still prohibited, so who got rid of the fourth? God never did, but Satan has deceived your pastor and the entire Christian world into believing a lie. Will you choose to worship your pastor and the father of lies, or Jesus?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Does Jesus get joy only in the Sabbath. With everyone praising him on Sunday surely He would enjoy that also.
Does Jesus get joy only in the Sabbath. With everyone praising him on Sunday surely He would enjoy that also.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! My pastor says that you arre all wrong about the sabbath being forever because the word of God says that He makes everything new, and he has new mercies for us every morning which we walk in when we keep Sunday.
My pastor says that you arre all wrong about the sabbath being forever because the word of God says that He makes everything new, and he has new mercies for us every morning which we walk in when we keep Sunday.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Ella and Marsha,Jesus is patient with His people who have been deceive about the Sabbath and keep Sunday. He receives and delights in their praises any day since He loves them and meets them where they are. Pastors, on the other hand, because they are teachers will incur stricter judgment. Many of them know that the Sabbath is the only day the Bible commands, but they deliberately lie. Some of them are warlocks who don't know Jesus more than a horse. God does make everything new in us, but He does not change. The Sabbath is an important covenant. Breaking a covenant requires the death of one or both parties. God cannot die. He has made the Sabbath an eternal covenant He cannot and will not break. The assertions of some pastors about the Sabbath are nonsensical and have nothing to do with the Bible except for twisting a few verses to their own and others' destruction. Will you be destroyed?
Ella and Marsha,Jesus is patient with His people who have been deceive about the Sabbath and keep Sunday. He receives and delights in their praises any day since He loves them and meets them where they are. Pastors, on the other hand, because they are teachers will incur stricter judgment. Many of them know that the Sabbath is the only day the Bible commands, but they deliberately lie. Some of them are warlocks who don't know Jesus more than a horse. God does make everything new in us, but He does not change. The Sabbath is an important covenant. Breaking a covenant requires the death of one or both parties. God cannot die. He has made the Sabbath an eternal covenant He cannot and will not break. The assertions of some pastors about the Sabbath are nonsensical and have nothing to do with the Bible except for twisting a few verses to their own and others' destruction. Will you be destroyed?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! My Pastor said that if you realy desirer to keep the Sabbath, that you can keep it in you mind. And still go to church on Sunday. Does this match God`s wordÉ
My Pastor said that if you realy desirer to keep the Sabbath, that you can keep it in you mind. And still go to church on Sunday. Does this match God`s wordÉ
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Ella,No. Leviticus 23 calls the Sabbath a day of "holy convocation." That means it is the day to go to church, not on Sunday. Do you keep the other commandments only in your mind? Do you think good thoughts about your parents but do nothing to bless them and honor them? Do you simply think in your mind that you have no gods before the Eternal God, but you put money ahead of God in practice? Blessed are those who think about the commandments, or blessed are those who do them? Faith without works is dead. And your pastor's reasoning is also dead.
Ella,No. Leviticus 23 calls the Sabbath a day of "holy convocation." That means it is the day to go to church, not on Sunday. Do you keep the other commandments only in your mind? Do you think good thoughts about your parents but do nothing to bless them and honor them? Do you simply think in your mind that you have no gods before the Eternal God, but you put money ahead of God in practice? Blessed are those who think about the commandments, or blessed are those who do them? Faith without works is dead. And your pastor's reasoning is also dead.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Does the day of Jesus joy not mean that we are bringing joy to Him by our praise and worship. Therefore it would not matter what day one chooses.
Does the day of Jesus joy not mean that we are bringing joy to Him by our praise and worship. Therefore it would not matter what day one chooses.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Barb,We bring joy to Jesus whenever we praise Him, yes. However, His greatest joy comes from seeing us obeying by praising Him corporately at the commanded time.
Barb,We bring joy to Jesus whenever we praise Him, yes. However, His greatest joy comes from seeing us obeying by praising Him corporately at the commanded time.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Just becuase pastors see things differently than you do, does not mean their assersions are stupid. It could mean they do not have all the evidence that you may or may not have. Things could just be confused because it comes from a dead language.
Just becuase pastors see things differently than you do, does not mean their assersions are stupid. It could mean they do not have all the evidence that you may or may not have. Things could just be confused because it comes from a dead language.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! I have heard this phrase before "oil of joy" that I read in you blog, but I do not know what this is or how it give joy?
I have heard this phrase before "oil of joy" that I read in you blog, but I do not know what this is or how it give joy?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Doallan,The oil of joy mentioned in the Bible is symbolic of the Holy Spirit who is compared to oil. Part of the fruit of the Spirit is joy (Gal. 5:22).
Doallan,The oil of joy mentioned in the Bible is symbolic of the Holy Spirit who is compared to oil. Part of the fruit of the Spirit is joy (Gal. 5:22).
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Why did Jesus not restate the 4th commandment if He still wanted us to keep in answering questions about entering into life?
Why did Jesus not restate the 4th commandment if He still wanted us to keep in answering questions about entering into life?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Marvin,You will notice in Matthew 19:18 that Jesus did not only omit the fourth commandment in His list, but also all the first four, including those against idolatry and taking God's name in vain. Does that mean we can now worship idols and cease to love God, since the first four teach us how to love God and the last six how to love our fellowman? Obviously not. And it should also be obvious that Jesus omitted the first four for a reason. The person who asked Him the question was a self-righteous person who prided Himself on keeping the commandments of loving God more than perfectly in his own eyes. He was for sure a strict Sabbath keeper. His problem was that he wanted to keep all his money for himself and did not want to share it, showing his love for others. Jesus discerned his problem and gave a specific answer for him. The Jesus that gave the law on Sinai and who does not change and cannot change HIs Sabbath covenant was not saying the Sabbath or the laws against idolatry were abolished, and anyone who would conclude that does not know the Bible and who Jesus is.
Marvin,You will notice in Matthew 19:18 that Jesus did not only omit the fourth commandment in His list, but also all the first four, including those against idolatry and taking God's name in vain. Does that mean we can now worship idols and cease to love God, since the first four teach us how to love God and the last six how to love our fellowman? Obviously not. And it should also be obvious that Jesus omitted the first four for a reason. The person who asked Him the question was a self-righteous person who prided Himself on keeping the commandments of loving God more than perfectly in his own eyes. He was for sure a strict Sabbath keeper. His problem was that he wanted to keep all his money for himself and did not want to share it, showing his love for others. Jesus discerned his problem and gave a specific answer for him. The Jesus that gave the law on Sinai and who does not change and cannot change HIs Sabbath covenant was not saying the Sabbath or the laws against idolatry were abolished, and anyone who would conclude that does not know the Bible and who Jesus is.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Do you have scriptures that prove Jesus was the Eternal God who spoke to the Israelites and gave the law?
Do you have scriptures that prove Jesus was the Eternal God who spoke to the Israelites and gave the law?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Is the Sabbath not just an optional day now that we no longer keep Gods calendar?
Is the Sabbath not just an optional day now that we no longer keep Gods calendar?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Darnell,Jesus – God of the “Old” TestamentYahweh or Yahovah (the Eternal) refers to every member of the Godhead. This Hebrew YHVH, however, is used almost exclusively in the Hebrew Scriptures to mean the One who became Jesus. Compare the following pairs of verses with each other (Isa. 8:13 and I Pet. 2:7; Isa. 48:12 and Rev. 22:13; Ps. 23:1 and John 10:11; Isa. 43:1 and Mat. 1:21; Isa. 40:3 and Mat. 3:3.) Jesus was the spiritual Rock who was Israel’s Rearguard (I Cor. 10:4; Deut. 32:4). The clincher is John 1:1-18. Jesus was the Word who created all things by His spoken words (Gen. 1:3, 26; Heb. 1:2; Col. 1:16) and who spoke to men in the period from Adam to the birth of Jesus as a human. He later became flesh. He declared that no one had ever seen or heard the Father whom He came to reveal (John 1:18; 5:37; 6:46; 14:7; 17:25-26), and yet men did see and hear Yahweh as a human (Gen. 3:8-9; 18:1-3; Gen. 32:24-28; Josh. 5:13-14; Judges 2:1-5; 6:11-24; 13:3, 21-22;) and in glorified form from the back (Ex. 3:1-6; 33:18-23). The Father will only come down to live on the earth when it has been purified from all sin (Rev. 21:4, I Cor. 15:24). God’s intimate ones in the period recorded by the Hebrew Scriptures knew of the Father (Dan. 7:13; Ps. 2; Prov. 30:4). David refers to the Father (“the Eternal”) who tells David’s Adonai or Divine Master to sit at His right hand (Ps. 110:1; Mat. 22:44). The Eternal who was on the earth at that moment (Jesus) and the Eternal in heaven (the Father) are even contrasted in Gen. 19:24. And the Trinity is revealed in the Hebrew section of God’s Instruction Book (Gen. 1:26, Isa. 48:16). In John 8:52-59, Jesus tells his critics they did not know the Father, and they picked up stones to kill Him when He said, “… before Abraham was born, I am.”
Darnell,Jesus – God of the “Old” TestamentYahweh or Yahovah (the Eternal) refers to every member of the Godhead. This Hebrew YHVH, however, is used almost exclusively in the Hebrew Scriptures to mean the One who became Jesus. Compare the following pairs of verses with each other (Isa. 8:13 and I Pet. 2:7; Isa. 48:12 and Rev. 22:13; Ps. 23:1 and John 10:11; Isa. 43:1 and Mat. 1:21; Isa. 40:3 and Mat. 3:3.) Jesus was the spiritual Rock who was Israel’s Rearguard (I Cor. 10:4; Deut. 32:4). The clincher is John 1:1-18. Jesus was the Word who created all things by His spoken words (Gen. 1:3, 26; Heb. 1:2; Col. 1:16) and who spoke to men in the period from Adam to the birth of Jesus as a human. He later became flesh. He declared that no one had ever seen or heard the Father whom He came to reveal (John 1:18; 5:37; 6:46; 14:7; 17:25-26), and yet men did see and hear Yahweh as a human (Gen. 3:8-9; 18:1-3; Gen. 32:24-28; Josh. 5:13-14; Judges 2:1-5; 6:11-24; 13:3, 21-22;) and in glorified form from the back (Ex. 3:1-6; 33:18-23). The Father will only come down to live on the earth when it has been purified from all sin (Rev. 21:4, I Cor. 15:24). God’s intimate ones in the period recorded by the Hebrew Scriptures knew of the Father (Dan. 7:13; Ps. 2; Prov. 30:4). David refers to the Father (“the Eternal”) who tells David’s Adonai or Divine Master to sit at His right hand (Ps. 110:1; Mat. 22:44). The Eternal who was on the earth at that moment (Jesus) and the Eternal in heaven (the Father) are even contrasted in Gen. 19:24. And the Trinity is revealed in the Hebrew section of God’s Instruction Book (Gen. 1:26, Isa. 48:16). In John 8:52-59, Jesus tells his critics they did not know the Father, and they picked up stones to kill Him when He said, “… before Abraham was born, I am.”
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Vern,Who says we don't keep God's calendar. We must know His calendar to obey His Word in Leviticus 23, so the church does determine the days we are to keep, even if we still live our lives by the present calendar. Our life is nevertheless centered around Jesus and His days.
Vern,Who says we don't keep God's calendar. We must know His calendar to obey His Word in Leviticus 23, so the church does determine the days we are to keep, even if we still live our lives by the present calendar. Our life is nevertheless centered around Jesus and His days.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! What is a Sabbath blessing? Does a Sabbath blessing produce the joy or is that something special the Jesus does?
What is a Sabbath blessing? Does a Sabbath blessing produce the joy or is that something special the Jesus does?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Earl,The Sabbath blessing is multiple and is described in our book Bible Code Broken. It does both enable us to show our joy in Jesus in the blessed rest from a week that can sometimes be weary as well as infill us with new joy. There is much that Jesus does in a special way for those who obey by resting in Him on HIs day.
Earl,The Sabbath blessing is multiple and is described in our book Bible Code Broken. It does both enable us to show our joy in Jesus in the blessed rest from a week that can sometimes be weary as well as infill us with new joy. There is much that Jesus does in a special way for those who obey by resting in Him on HIs day.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! If Jesus has so much involvement with the Sabbath, than why is he not more involved with thing today?
If Jesus has so much involvement with the Sabbath, than why is he not more involved with thing today?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Boyd,The reason is that people, including Christians, don't really want Jesus to be involved with things in their life. He cannot change free will.
Boyd,The reason is that people, including Christians, don't really want Jesus to be involved with things in their life. He cannot change free will.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Is the Sabbath one of those yokes or burdens that Jesus wants us to bare? And cannot we just keep Sunday as a source of all joy?
Is the Sabbath one of those yokes or burdens that Jesus wants us to bare? And cannot we just keep Sunday as a source of all joy?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Arvella,Au contraire. The Sabbath is the day to come to Jesus to give HIm our burdens (Mat. 11:28-31). Sunday is not God's day of rest or corporate worship, so we don't meet Jesus as we do on the Sabbath, which is His day of joy, not Sunday. You have not biblical basis for what you are saying. Why not read the Bible rather than listening to Sunday keeping pastors?
Arvella,Au contraire. The Sabbath is the day to come to Jesus to give HIm our burdens (Mat. 11:28-31). Sunday is not God's day of rest or corporate worship, so we don't meet Jesus as we do on the Sabbath, which is His day of joy, not Sunday. You have not biblical basis for what you are saying. Why not read the Bible rather than listening to Sunday keeping pastors?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! What is a care and what is a burden from the bibical point of view? Do cares create fears?
What is a care and what is a burden from the bibical point of view? Do cares create fears?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Blessing,Whatever bothers you is a care, and any thing that weighs you down is a burden. Cares do create fears.
Blessing,Whatever bothers you is a care, and any thing that weighs you down is a burden. Cares do create fears.
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Then how do you go about laying down a care, or burden, or concern? If a care creates fear, would that not be like sin that you are giving Jesus?
Then how do you go about laying down a care, or burden, or concern? If a care creates fear, would that not be like sin that you are giving Jesus?
Re: Jesus' Day of Joy! Blessing,Confess the sin to your Father, and then lay it down on the new moon if it is a long-term thing. We give all that you mentioned in your comment to Jesus, sins and fears included. Read our site material on the new moon and look forward to the ebook coming soon.
Blessing,Confess the sin to your Father, and then lay it down on the new moon if it is a long-term thing. We give all that you mentioned in your comment to Jesus, sins and fears included. Read our site material on the new moon and look forward to the ebook coming soon.
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