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FINDING THE SABBATH TRUTH

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St. Luke Church of Opportunity Church switches to Saturday Sabbath services By Barbara Jolly-Deakle News Herald Correspondent Oct 30, 2019 The community is invited to participate in the new Sabbath services at St. Luke Church of Opportunity, 126 Brookside Lane, Morganton. The church switched to Saturday Sabbath services July 7 and no longer offers Sunday services, after the subject of the Sabbath came up one church night by Russell Corpening Sr., trustee chairman of the church, said Aaron Hooper, bishop of the church. “During our Wednesday night, ‘Let’s Talk Bible,’ brother Corpening asked why we did not observe the holy Sabbath,” Hooper said. “All of us come from a Christian background, and have roots in several other denominations, still were consistently taught ‘We go to church on Sunday.’ During conversations, we came to understand the most common explanation for this was (because) Jesus’ resurrection from the dead was on Sunday. We had not giv...

IS THE SABBATH ONLY MEANT FOR THE JEWS?

HOW VERSES ARE MISUNDERSTOOD BY GENTILES: GENTILES & THE SABBATH-(ZION. Gentiles and the Sabbath The question is often asked, “ I’m a gentile, do I have to keep the Sabbath? ” In the spirit of the above mentioned quote, we will pursue the topic of Gentiles and the Sabbath. Here are the main reasons given by the Church for not keeping the Sabbath on the Seventh day of the week. 1. “Let no man judge you concerning keeping of holy days, Sabbaths, new moons or festivals.” 2. Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday, the first day of the week. 3. Today, no one knows which day is the true Sabbath. 4. Early believers met together to break bread on the first day of the week. 5.  “Sunday represents the ‘eighth day’ for Christians.” 6. We are no longer under the law, for “Christ was the end of the law”. 7. Yeshua “fulfilled the law”. I will address each of these points as we proceed. The majority of the concepts against Sabbath observance by the church ...