Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

WHAT ABOUT SUNDAY?
forward to the One who would come and restore that
relationship with the Father. Every week the Children of
Israel would physically rest to remind them of, and to point
forward to these truths. But once Jesus came and restored
that relationship with God and sent His Holy Spirit to live in
us and to provide that continual rest relationship, we do not
need to keep the day any more. It is ok to do so as long as no
judgment is attached to keeping it. But it is not required. In
the Old Covenant the Seal of God was the Sabbath, in the
New, it is the Holy Spirit. Do you get the connection? Now
we are not asked to remember Sabbath, but to remember
Jesus. “In remembrance of Me,” said Jesus.
I continued to pray in earnest about these things. Paula
and I made this a subject of great soul searching and
continued research. The whole study hit me so hard that I
would wake up in the middle of the night and call out to
God. “Lord, please do not let me be deceived. I want to be
your faithful follower.” I would go to the church very early
in the morning during those months of intense study and
prayer. Upstairs in the sanctuary of the church, I would sit
down and play the piano and sing praises to the Lord. I
privately called this my “Upper Room.” It was the place I
met God every day long before daylight and before anyone
was around. There I would pour out all my fears and
struggles to Jesus. Often I would weep and cry out from the
very depths of my being. At times I would cry with deep
sobs. There is no way to describe the anguish I felt. At times
the fears of my youth were so intense that I would literally
feel panic. What if I was wrong? What about all the dear
people in the church. What if I led them astray and would be
responsible for their being lost because I took a wrong turn. I
experienced a sense of torture and agony during those days.
Every time, after much prayer and wrestling with God,
the Scriptures would come to my mind with even greater
clarity. I would claim Luke 11:11-13 over and over, day after
day. Jesus says when we ask for the Holy Spirit, He will
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