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D.L. Moody insists that the Sabbath begins in Eden.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS text by D. L. Moody
Moody says this in that sermon
"The Sabbath was binding in Eden, and it has been in force ever since. The fourth commandment begins with the word remember, showing that the Sabbath already existed when God wrote this law on the tables of stone at Sinai. How can men claim that this one commandment has been done away with when they will admit that the other nine are still binding?
I believe that the Sabbath question today is a vital one for the whole country. It is the burning question of the present time. If you give up the Sabbath the church goes; if you give up the church the home goes; and if the home goes the nation goes. That is the direction in which we are traveling.
The church of God is losing its power on account of so many people giving up the Sabbath, and using it to promote selfishness."
Both the "Baptist Confession of Faith" - sectn 19 and the "Westminster Confession of Faith" sectn 19 affirm the same point about the TEN Commandments as the moral law of God that is given in Eden.
The lack of depth in the accusations made in the post is reflected somewhat by this statement "Most Christian advocates of Sabbath observance are influenced by Ellen White" - as if all Christians who are not at war against God's 4th commandment -- take their doctrine from Ellen White when it comes to God's Sabbath Commandment.
That is such an extreme statement it is hard to overstate the level of its exaggeration.
Here is yet another way we can know that the claim made by Bob Ryan in post #82, that the Ten Commandments were given to Adam and Eve in Eden, is wrong. The Bible says it's wrong, and that statement is practically in the Ten Commandments.
2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.
Deuteronomy 5:2-3 NIV
Deuteronomy Chapter Five goes on to give the Ten Commandments, for the second time in the Bible. The Bible itself flatly denies that the Ten Commandments were ever given before they were given at Sinai, or Horeb, as it is called here. Since Adam and Eve are the ancestors of everyone, they are the ancestors of Abraham, Jacob and Moses. Deuteronomy tells us that the Commandments weren't given to the ancestors of Moses, so they were not given to Adam and Eve, either in the Garden of Eden or later.
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