It was mostly in response to this statement:
There is a distinction in Scripture which shows we have to be careful what is in view, the Word of God or the Covenant.
We can divorce ourselves completely from the Covenant of Law because we have been brought under the New Covenant in salvation in Christ.
That does not mean that the intent of the Law is divorced from our understanding because that is precisely what Paul is speaking about when he speaks about Gentiles performing the "works" of the Law without actually having the Law, or being in Covenantal relationship with God through that Covenant.
It was not called the Law of Christ and while we know He is the Author we also have to keep in mind that the Messiah was promised and that there is a specific time in History when God manifested in human flesh and established the New Covenant. What I feel is also important that I think many miss is the fact that the Gospel was not revealed to men in understandable fashion until the Comforter came. With this in mind we understand that while ultimately it is the Law of Christ, we do not forget that Christ gave specific commands and revealed the Law of God in a way which was not understood before.
In other words, while loving our neighbor was taught, the full understanding would be that everyone we come into contact with is our neighbor, and that we are commanded to actually love all, even as God Himself does.
And it is the establishing of the New Covenant which held promise of the eternal indwelling of God Himself through which we can in fact walk in His statutes and keep His judgments, as we now have the mind of Christ.
Perhaps a simpler way to put it is that the heart of the Old Testament Saint should not be compared to the heart we have been given, another promise of God to Israel, which for them remained promise only. We cannot impose the reception of promise before it is actually given, or in other words, it remained promised until established.
God bless.
Sabbath breaking - becomes the mark of the Beast in the future
Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by BobRyan, May 9, 2015.
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PASSOVER Feast is BOTH forward and backward pointing; backward pointing to deliverance from Egypt and forward pointing to our redemption in Christ.
SABBATH Day as well is BOTH forward and backward pointing; backward pointing to creation and forward pointing to our rest in Christ
This means your arbitrary elimination of the weekly sabbath from Colossians 2:16 is unwarranted. You are not the first Adventist to wrest with Colossians. They been at it hallucinating all unimaginable and retarded reasons to eliminate sabbath day from that verse to no avail -
All of the one-per-year annual feasts/sabbaths of Lev 23 are shadows of the future sacrifice as they are given at the start in animal-sacrifice observance.
That is not true of the Sabbath which we find in Gen 2:1-3 and Exodus 16.
Sabbath points backward - and is celebrated in rest and in corporate worship as we see even in Is 66:23 for all eternity - all mankind continues with that commandment - long after the cross.
A point of continuation for God's moral law - so obvious that even the majority of pro-Sunday scholarship accepts it.
calling everyone ignorant, liars, stupid etc -- may work great on the playground or sandbox but this is not that venue.
in Christ,
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Interesting distinction that these guys notice between "moral law" vs ceremonial and civil law.
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Hebrews 4:9-10 (KJV)
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief
Isaiah 66:23 (KJV)
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another,
and from one sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Will we also be observing the New Moon feasts in eternity?
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Romans 14:5-6 (ESV)
5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
What honest man can reading this concludes that the contrast here is between those keeping ALL Jewish holy days and those keeping some of these days and not keeping the rest EXCLUDING the weekly sabbath?
There is NOTHING remotely pointing to that here yet BobRyan throws it around as the truth. What prompts men to spin such blatant yarns? Indoctrination. Once you are baptized by swearing to submit to the authority of Ellen White, you are reduced to this. -
hint: Which is why they are quoted --
I am showing the case where on certain points - BOTH sides agree.
As has been pointed out to you a few dozen times.
You circle back with nonsense of the form "yes but TWO sides are not just ONE side, you are quoting from the opposing side and showing a point where they agree" as IF I had said "let me quote just ONE side and show how objective it is to do so". The whole point was to quote pro-SUNDAY sources.
Why you insist on circling back to that nonsensical point -- I will never know. I have yet to see you defend such nonsense.
The other nonsensical point that is argued is that if opposing sides do not agree on every point in the universe - then they do not agree on any point.
But as vooks and chowmah demonstrated for you - that is simply not true as well.
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It's these guys...
Christ.
Paul.
John.
The writer of Hebrews.
Peter.
Matthew.
Mark.
Luke.
Jude.
This was the norm in Christ's day for an appeal to authority:
Matthew 23:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
23 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
The writer of Hebrews makes it clear that the Covenant of Law was not at fault, but that men had the fault. Thus it was necessary that a New Covenant be established. It was promised, and given.
There is nothing in the New Testament where we are commanded to observe the Sabbath.
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I mean to say divorce moral law, ceremonial law and moral law from each other. Most believe that we have thrown away 2 of 3. You are under the law or you are not. We of course are not.
Thanks for catching my misstatement. I will go back and fix it.
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There...the OP denies the New Covenant altogether, lol.
I think this issue is a result of extremism, which is a danger for both sides. Both legalism and antinomianism are to be avoided.
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A Muslim says: "I believe in Jesus too."
The quotes are the same Bob. But they mean about the same as the quotes from Moody and you.
How much do Muslims and you have in common with Jesus?
How much does Moody and the SDA have in common with the Sabbath?
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Romans 14:5(KJV)
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
The contrast is between esteeming a day above others and esteeming EVERY DAY alike.
It is self evident to all but the terminally brainwashed that esteeming EVERY DAY alike is indifference to days as a Gentile was wont to and NOT esteeming some of the Jewish holy days.
Why would anybody esteem some Jewish days while ignoring others?
And if this is not enough look at verse 6
Romans 14:6
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
The contrast is between one regarding a day and one not regarding it, and NOT as you fantasize one regarding some Jewish days as opposed to all Jewish holy days.
BobRyan regards sabbath to the Lord
Vooks regards not the sabbath to the Lord
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I thought Herby Armstrong was dead. When did he change his name to Ryan? when he was 110?
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Bible students beware - when the mere quote of Bible texts are sufficient cause to give rise to strong objection to them and unchristian ad hominem.
By their fruits you shall know them.
Paul says the chapter is about making stuff up and not judging based on wild things "made up" -- man-made tradition.
Some have argued that there is no way that things could have been "made up by man" when it comes to eating, drinking, sabbaths etc -- that in fact only scripture, the Word of God, is being condemned in Col 2 -- and not the man-made practice of "making stuff up".
But they ignore the fact that in Mark 2 we already have gospel proof of 'making stuff up being condemned by Christ" as it relates to Sabbath observance.
In Mark 7 we have "making stuff up being condemned by Christ" as it related so eating and drinking and things given to the church - dedicated to God.
[FONT="]Mark 7[/FONT]
[FONT="]7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8 For laying aside the commandment of God,ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.[/FONT]
[FONT="]9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.[/FONT]
[FONT="]10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:[/FONT]
[FONT="]11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.[/FONT]
[FONT="]12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;[/FONT]
[FONT="]13 Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.[/FONT]
[FONT="]That is a case of Christ demonstrating the way that the magisterium is hammered "sola scriptura" in the cases where it's traditions and "doctrines of men" are at odds with scripture.
[FONT="][FONT="]all of th[FONT="]ese examples of 'makin[FONT="]g stuff [FONT="]up' are condemned whether they be before the cross as in Mark 2 and Mark 7 or after the cross as in Col 2.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
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in Christ,
Bob -
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Don't let it bother you. Stick with doctrinal discussion and the Lord will put the pieces together for us.
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If the OP is not consistent with the new covenant as you stated in your post - then there has to be some Bible discussion of it that shows that idea to be true.
I would argue for example that Christ's teaching in Mark 7 is not in contradiction to the New Covenant but in harmony with it.
in Christ,
Bob
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