Sometimes in the Bible "Judged" means "judged and condemned"
And sometimes it means "evaluated"
disparaging remarks may be entertaining but they do not serve as a funny sort of "substitute" for Bible details when confronted with Bible texts that do not fit preference.
Bob, if you feel my comments were disparaging towards you I apologize. That was not my intent and I'm sorry you took it that way. I do realize my sense of humor gets me in trouble at times.
You see, I know we have a loving and forgiving heavenly father. At least forgiveness for those who repent and seek His guidance and then follow it. If someone wishes to keep the Saturday sabbath that is fine, just don't consider it a sin not to. Paul dealt with that and so did Jesus.
If someone wants to drink a little alcohol, coffee, soda, have a steak to pork chops, don't consider it a sin because you choose to abstain. To this day I can't stand the smell or taste of a vegetarian burger.
You really don't need to post bible verse, we all know any preacher can pick and choose verses to support whatever message he wishes to convey.
Tell me why God waited fifteen hundred years to deal with the Saturday keeping, that in itself doesn't make sense.
The SDA started during the second great awakening in the early 1800s. That was basically started by the Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterians. However Edson, Bates, and Andrews believed that Ellen White's dreams were actual prophecy based on Rev 12:12 and 19:10.
The idea that the SDA link the Saturday keeping to the Jewish law really is immaterial because the Adventist theology doesn't line up with Jewish theology at all other than the Saturday issue.
Sadly many main stream denominations and non-denominational theologians look at the SDA in the same light as Mormons, and Jehovah Witness. They view them as cults. Now I do not share that belief, and I still have the utmost respect for my Adventist brothers and sisters even if they don't like me.
Bob, do you know how hard it is to walk away from something your entire family believes and then rejects you for your decision? It took four years at Loma Linda along with threats of expulsion because I asked the tough questions that most SDA will not deal with to enlighten me.