| 1. Both named and numbered By God Ex. 20:10. “But the seventh day is The Sabbath of the Lord Thy God.” |
1. Only numbered anywhere in the Bible. |
| 2. Called the Sabbath by God. |
2. Called the Venerable Day of the Sun by Constantine. |
| 3. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath mARK 2:28 |
3. The Pope takes credit for the authority of the 1 st day of the week. |
| 4. Instituted at Creation for Man. Gen. 2:1; Mk 2:27. |
4. Instituted by man A.D. 321. |
| 5. Instituted by God. Ge. 2:2 |
5. Instituted by Constantine. |
| 6. Was sanctified by God. |
6. Was set apart by the Pope. |
| 7. Endorsed by the Remant Church Rev. 12:17; 14:12 |
7. Endorsed by the Universal Church. |
| 8. Kept by patient saints who kept the faith of Jesus. Rev. 14:12; Eph. 4:13; Jude 3; Heb. 4:3. |
8. Kept by Babylon and her daughters. |
| 9. Approved by God’s Law. |
9. Approved by Canon law, also Civil law in most countries. |
| 10. Keeping of blessed by God, Isa. 56:2-5; 58:12-14. |
10. No blessing promised by God, Church or state. |
| 11. Sanctioned 58 times in the New Testament. |
11. Mentioned only 8 times in the New Testament and never as a day of worship. |
| 12. Jesus prophesied in A.D. 30 it would still be kept in A.D. 70, also at the time of his coming. Matt. 24:20. |
12. Daniel prophesied that a king would arise and think to change times and laws. (change of days from ending at Sundown to ending at Midnight, etc.) Daniel 7:25. |
| 13. Is a sign of obedience Exodus 31:13,14. |
13. Is a sign of disobedience 1 John 3:4. |
| 14. Jesus was resurrected on this day, Matt. 12:38-40 |
14. The women came to the sepulchre on this day, Matt. 28:1; Mk. 16:2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1 |
| 15. Is a shadow of the Millenium, II Peter 3:8; Isa. 66:22-23. |
15. Is a proof of darkness to anyone endorsing it, Isaiah 8:20. |
| 16. A good understanding have all they that do his Commandments, Psalms 111:10; Deut. 4:6 |
16. The man that wandereth out of the way of under standing shall remain in the congregation of the dead. Proverbs21:16. |
| 17. Expression of love for Keeping the commandments, John 14:15,23 |
17. Curse for hating or abhoring (doing differently than commanded) Leviticus 26:14-18. |
| 18. We should honor the Son, John 5:23 |
18. Not worship the sun, Ezek. 8:16; Deut. 4:15-19 |
| 19. If Jesus would want us to keep another day would He not have spoken of it? Hebrew 4:8 |
19. Man disagrees and keeps the day sun worshippers have kept for centuries. |
| 20. If we enter into his rest we cease from our own works as He did, Hebrews 4:10 |
20. . Man chooses his own day of rest by following tradition. Matt. 15:9. |
| 21. When we receive the new Covenant he writes His laws in our hearts and in our minds, Hebrew 10: 16; Gen 49:10; Heb.13:8 |
21. If we refuse the new covenant we say the law was nailed to the cross, etc. |
