• Mark 2:27-28
    And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath."
     
  • Genesis 2:3
    Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
     
  • Luke 4:16
    So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
     
  • Romans 8:7
    Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
     
  • Exodus 20:11
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

     
  • Matthew 5:17-19
    "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
     
  • Romans 7:12
    Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
     
For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Sabbath 'done away'


Resources

Bible Questions & Answers

Let us examine the New Testament evidence concerning the Sabbath and the notion that it was done away. In Acts 13:14-15, 42-44, Paul, while in Antioch in Pisidia, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and preached the gospel. When the Gentiles begged to hear more, they were told to return the next Sabbath, not the following …


Did God Change the Sign From the Sabbath to the Holy Spirit?

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

A common idea is that the Sabbath is the sign of the Old Covenant, but the Holy Spirit is the sign of the New. Yet the seventh day has been holy since creation.


Are the Sabbath and Holy Days Done Away?

'Ready Answer' by Earl L. Henn

For centuries, people have sought to argue that Christians are not required to observe the Sabbath and holy days. In Colossians 2:16-17, some deduce from a misunderstanding of verse 14 that the law was done away and nailed to the cross, reasoning that Paul is instructing the Colossians not to let anyone condemn them for eating …


The Fourth Commandment (Part Two): Christ's Attitude Toward the Sabbath

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Nowhere in the Bible is the Sabbath annulled by a command or example of Jesus Christ or the apostles. If we carefully and honestly study the most controversial and difficult of Paul's statements, we will see that he never used his authority to abrogate the keeping of the Sabbath either. In the gospels, the controversy is always …


Polluted Sabbath?

Sermon by Bill Onisick

Polluting and profaning God's Sabbath means to allow the distractions of the world to prevent us from calling the holy Sabbath a delight.


Sabbathkeeping (Part 3)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The biblical instructions for Sabbath keeping apply far more to the church than to the Israelites, who did not have the fullness of scriptural counsel.


So Little Respect

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

To human nature, following Christ or keeping the Sabbath is such a big obstacle that all kinds of twisted reasoning to avoid keeping God's commands.


The Signs of God (Part Two)

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Correct actions become a sign—a witness—even without any preaching, which is why God's words are symbolically bound to the hand rather than the tongue.



For more resources, please see the library topic for Sabbath 'done away'