Excuse me for butting in but doesn't "the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath", refer to the Jews and not us Gentiles.
Romans 2 speaks about judging others, observing the life of an unbeliever and judging them are 2 different things. God does the judging we do the proclaiming of the Gospel. The gospel is highly offensive to all non believers.
So, by your post here, you seem to be admitting you have never read or you never understood ROMANS 2.
I have read Romans 2 and I fully understand it. It tells me that I don't need to keep the law because Jesus kept it and fulfilled it on my behalf.
Do you have access to ROMANS 2 ? If so, would you DARE post the verse(s) that say directly WHO is JUSTIFIED and who is NOT JUSTIFIED ?
It doesn't matter what Romans 2 says, Jesus trumps Paul every time if you think he's preaching another gospel. Jesus said, those who believe in Him shall be saved. He didn't say, those who keep the law perfectly shall be saved.
Hi Brother .. i used to be a baptist ..I remember when we had a "revival" Each night we studied a different " cult" ..For example , one night Jehovah's Witness , the next night , SDA , and so forth ...The problem with this type of thinking is that it will only lead to pride . Paul's advice was " You who compare yourselves amongst yourselves are not wise . " We would have been much better off seeing where WE were falling short of the glory of God ..this would have possibly worked repentance and growth in our pilgrimage/following of Christ our Lord . And unfortunately , most groups do this ...The orthodox Jews think they have it right ..the JW's think they have it right ..the Amish think they have it right and Baptist think they have it right ..Theology taught through any seminary by design will only "pass" those who hold to "their" doctrines -theology ....seek wisdom which is from above ..do truth though it be different than tradition . Many congregations , because of financial concerns , play to a receptive audience of like minded believers . This is no different in many ways than the world and their tv stations . The scriptures say that iron sharpens iron . Grace ,peace and mercy in the authority(name) of Jesus Christ .
The same Jesus said, only God is good. If we are no good how can a no good person do good.
Our pastor wasn't judging those who worship in the SDA Church, he was pointing out some crucial errors in it's teaching.
The disciples of Christ established the Church, they decided to set aside Sunday as the lords day. Since Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath, you would think Christ would have corrected them if He had a problem with Sunday worship.
That's taking it too far, we saw what Jesus thought about those who take it too far. When He asked them what they would do if a Donkey fell into a ditch.
The Moral Law written in stone was not part of the Mosaic Law written on Parchment. The Law of Moses was fulfilled in Christ but the Moral Law written on stone will stand forever and ever. Keeping the Sabbath has been since the beginning and will also be kept in the New heavens and the New earth. Nowhere in the New Testament under grace does it say the Moral Law( that includes the Keeping of the Sabbath day) is Fulfilled, neither was it Prophesied that it would be.So we can keep the rules we like about the Sabbath but ignore the rules we don't like? Sounds like what man likes to do
As I and others have said already, none of the Sabbath rules were for Christians and we aren't supposed to be keeping any of the old law nor the Sabbath since it's been fulfilled but if someone is going to keep it, they need to keep it all not just the easy parts else they make a mockery of it.
