The Sabbath Day, Should You Keep or not Keep?

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Esaias

James never offered a CHOICE between "keep the law, ALL of it" on one hand and "just love everybody" on the other hand. He simply pointed out that breaking any commandment makes you a transgressor or criminal.

James was not referring to "according the Scripture in Matthew....". He was referring to Leviticus 19:18. Jesus taught "love thy neighbour" was the summary and point of the commandments. John reaffirms this approach to the Torah - if you fulfill the Torah commands IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND IN AGREEMENT WITH the scripture that says "love thy neighbor as thyself".

In other words, James is saying the same thing Jesus said. Neither were making a dichotomy between obeying God's commandments and "love", but that the commandments explain HOW to love and that love is the point and purpose of the commandments.

Including the fourth.

But you don't keep the Law though. You guys always have an excuse as to why you don't keep it in its entirety.

Look, maybe y'all could do us all a favor and just convert to Judaism. Why complicate it with all this Jesus and grace stuff, right?