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Do I have to celebrate Roshashona and Yum Kipur (might've spelled that wrong lol)
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<blockquote data-quote="Greg J." data-source="post: 70236100" data-attributes="member: 385249"><p><em>Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are <strong>observing special days</strong> and months and seasons and years!</em> (bold mine, Galatians 4:8-10, 1984 NIV)</p><p></p><p>You don't <em>have</em> to do anything. What that sentence means can be interpreted different ways. Everyone has different ideas about the word <em>have</em> or <em>should</em> in this context.</p><p></p><p>Usually when someone asks, "do I have to ...," they are signaling an understanding of salvation that needs some work. The context in which it makes more sense is when one wants to do something to please God, not because it is required, but because it is an optional offering that a person thinks would be a nice offering that would please God. But it is your heart that is doing the pleasing, not whatever action take. (i.e., God doesn't need you to keep a holiday).</p><p></p><p>My skimpy understanding of Rosh Hashanah is that it is a day of rest, and Yom Kippur is a day of repentance and forgiveness by God. It appears that you could treat Rosh Hashanah like you would treat a Sabbath day (which, in Christ, does not mean you can't work). It appears that celebrating Yom Kippur as a day to seek God's forgiveness could be OK or could be very bad. It should not be a day where someone seeks <em>overall</em> forgivenness from sin. In Christ, that sin is already paid for. However it could be OK for it to be a day to remember, perhaps self-examine, and be thankful that while we have a sinful nature in this life, our sins are forgiven through Jesus' death. But that's not a Judaism/Yom Kippur thing, that's the sacrament of communion for Christians.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg J., post: 70236100, member: 385249"] [I]Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are [B]observing special days[/B] and months and seasons and years![/I] (bold mine, Galatians 4:8-10, 1984 NIV) You don't [I]have[/I] to do anything. What that sentence means can be interpreted different ways. Everyone has different ideas about the word [I]have[/I] or [I]should[/I] in this context. Usually when someone asks, "do I have to ...," they are signaling an understanding of salvation that needs some work. The context in which it makes more sense is when one wants to do something to please God, not because it is required, but because it is an optional offering that a person thinks would be a nice offering that would please God. But it is your heart that is doing the pleasing, not whatever action take. (i.e., God doesn't need you to keep a holiday). My skimpy understanding of Rosh Hashanah is that it is a day of rest, and Yom Kippur is a day of repentance and forgiveness by God. It appears that you could treat Rosh Hashanah like you would treat a Sabbath day (which, in Christ, does not mean you can't work). It appears that celebrating Yom Kippur as a day to seek God's forgiveness could be OK or could be very bad. It should not be a day where someone seeks [I]overall[/I] forgivenness from sin. In Christ, that sin is already paid for. However it could be OK for it to be a day to remember, perhaps self-examine, and be thankful that while we have a sinful nature in this life, our sins are forgiven through Jesus' death. But that's not a Judaism/Yom Kippur thing, that's the sacrament of communion for Christians. [/QUOTE]
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