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Sunday Is Not the Sabbath

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Not from scripture. The first Church/Apostles kept every Sabbath Acts 13:44, Acts 13:42, Acts 18:4 and warned us what would happen after their death.Acts 20:29-30
 
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What is more important?

Keeping the sabbath or believing in Our Lord Jesus Christ as Son of God and true messiah.
That's like saying "what is more important - not taking God's name in vain or believing in Jesus as Lord and Savior" -- it makes no sense.

Heb 8:6-12 informs us that Christ is the one speaking the TEN commandments where we find the Sabbath commandment.

Rejecting the Words of Christ - is not the primary way to "accept Christ"
The jews believe in the first but reject the second!
They accepted "do not take God's name in vain" but rejected Christ. And your point??
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The reason that Sunday-keeping Adventists became Seventh-day Adventists when the Seventh-day Baptists mentioned this topic to them is that opposing arguments against the Sabbath were not substantive as we can see on this thread.
 
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For Seventh Day Adventism it is their founders who set the trend as far as Saturday observance goes.
false -- again.

It was Seventh-day Baptists that made the case to Sunday-keeping Adventists and in bible studies showed that the weak argument for Sunday was exactly as it is presented on this thread, very weak. And the Bible case for not editing one of the Commandments of God was as strong as it has been shown on this thread.

I notice you too have no Bible case being made in your post.
Visions and prophecies were claimed as proofs of the doctrine.
false -- again.

in fact Ellen White was not in favor of the change - but bible studies associated with the Seventh-day Baptist contacts with Sunday-keeping Adventists were compelling.
But from the early centuries of the Christianity era Sunday has been the day that Christians observed for worship and rest.
Try finding a Bible text saying "every week-day-1" they gathered for worship, for gospel preaching the way we see it being stated for the Sabbath in places like Acts 18:4

Try finding a text saying "week-day-1" is the Sabbath for Christians in the NT
Try finding a text saying "week-day-1 is the Lord's day" in the NT

We all know that if you had one you would post it.

No wonder the Catholic "Faith Explained" document admits to the same irrefutable fact in its chapter on the Sabbath.

Even they make it very clear that editing the Commandment of God to point to week-day-1 violates "Sola scriptura" testing. It is not in the Bible.

Apostolic NT writers knew nothing about that change.
 
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Its a choice the Jews took. They chose the Sabbath over Our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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The point being, the sabbath is for the old covenant. Its what the Jews put above Jesus.

Sabbath for Christians is not like it is for the Jews. We celebrate Jesus and His resurrection.
 
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Its a choice the Jews took. They chose the Sabbath over Our Lord Jesus Christ.
No, they choose keeping their traditions over the commandments of God Matthew 15:3-9 and they added to God's commandment Deut 4:2 which we are told not to. Subtracting from the commandments is just as grievous . Deut 4:2 because no one is above God and improve on His holy works Exodus 32:16
 
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They didnt choose Jesus.
 
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For Seventh Day Adventism it is their founders who set the trend as far as Saturday observance goes. Visions and prophecies were claimed as proofs of the doctrine. But from the early centuries of the Christianity era Sunday has been the

Not from scripture. The first Church/Apostles kept every Sabbath Acts 13:44, Acts 13:42, Acts 18:4 and warned us what would happen after their death.Acts 20:29-30
Alas for you that verse 28 shows the misuse of 29-30.

"28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God,
which he bought with his own blood". Acts 20:28

That's the Apostolic Fathers Paul is talking about. Who were made overseers of the Church by the Holy Spirit, and whom you slander.
 
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He’s warning us about the false worship that will happen after they leave.
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

Jesus said false worship is keeping man’s traditions over the commandments of God
Matthew 15:9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

He says contrasting it by keeping the commandments of God quoting right from the Ten where there is no editing Deut 4:2.

Jesus warns us a lot about false worship said it’s a huge problem as we see today. Most used to honor the Ten Commandments now most churches argue against keeping Gods holy law that is eternal. Mat 5:19 Rev 11;19

When His followers asked Jesus what would be the sign of His return- His first answer is this:

Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

This is about many who will be teaching in Christ name and will deceive many, which means most.

We are warned about this, the devil deceives the whole world, which is the majority Matthew 12:9 The devil also makes war with the true worshippers who keep God’s commandments Rev 12:17 so in the end it will come down to two groups. True worshipers and false worshipers. We decide which group we end up in.

Jesus already identified false worship and that is keeping mans rules above the commandments of God quoting from the Ten Matthew 15:3-9

Rev 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

What is the antidote for not worshipping the beast and instead having true worship? The next verse tells us....

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Jesus identified the commandment of God from the unit of Ten Matthew 15:3-9, the commandments God personally wrote and God spoke and are in His heavenly Temple Rev 11:19 unedited Deut 4:2 because man is not greater than God.

It's not just about the Sabbath commandment, it’s about obeying all of His commandments as a unit. Not to be saved, but because we love Jesus and He changes us from the inside and we want to obey through faith and love. 1 John 5:3 Romans 3:31
 
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They didnt choose Jesus.
Agreed, but we can choose differently and worship Him in Truth John 4:23-24 and all of His commandments are Truth Psalms 119:151 and not to be edited Deut 4:2 and comes with a warning of doing so Pro 30:5-6
 
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The point being, the sabbath is for the old covenant. Its what the Jews
You can find the Covenant made with the Nation of Israel - the nation covenant - in Ex 20 where the "ark of the covenant" is later built and the tablets of stone that include "Do not take God's name in vain" are placed inside the ark.

Note to readers; we still have "do no take God's name in vain" as a commandment - and almost every Christian denomination on planet Earth today affirms all TEN of the TEN commandments.

The fact that Jews and Christians "do not take God's name in vain" does not mean "they put that above Jesus"

RATHER it means that they actually READ the New Covenant Jer 31:31-34 quoted verbatim in Heb 8.

31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

The NEW Covenant writes the moral law of God on the heart -- the moral law of God known to Jeremiah and his readers, the one that INCLUDES the TEN as Deut 5:22 points out "God spoke the TEN Commandments... and added no more"
Sabbath for Christians is not like it is for the Jews.
The Sabbath commandment for Christians is found in scripture.

IT is in Exodus 20 -- right after the command not to take God's name in vain.

Every Christian denomination on planet Earth quotes from Ex 20:8-11 when asked to quote the Sabbath commandment found in the Word of God - as given by God in the TEN.


We celebrate Jesus and His resurrection.
The Sabbath commandment does not mention in the resurrection in either NT or OT.

All references to the word "Sabbath" in the NT - as a weekly day of worship - are specifically talking about the 7th day - Saturday and every Christian denomination on planet Earth to day admits it.
 
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Expect those Bible details to be ignored.
 
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Expect that list to be ignored
 
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All down to interpretation my friend.

But, whats more important is that we ALL believe in Jesus. Son of God.

God bless you
 
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Putting law and writing them in our hearts is literal language but it's about God putting His Spirit in our minds and our hearts. Not physically writing anything on our hearts etc. E.g. 2 Corins 3:3..You are a letter from Christ, the results of our ministry, written not with ink, but Spirit of the living God, Not on "tablets of stones" But on tablets of human hearts...
 
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Putting law and writing them in our hearts is literal language
In any case Jer 31:31-34 makes it clear that it is God's Law that is written (no matter how you wish to redefine where or how He writes it on the person's heart). Exegesis demands that we accept the meaning of the term "My Law" in Jer 31 for the New Covenant as Jeremiah and his readers would have known the term.

Hence Deut 5:22 "He spoke these TEN... and added NO more" is helpful in understanding that instead of the ten most certainly NOT in God's commandments - it turns out - they most certainly ARE.

So then "do not take God's name in vain" remains.
amen. But the issue is the term "Law" as Jeremiah and his readers would have known it - to get the right intended meaning of the text.
 
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All down to interpretation my friend.
Exegesis demands that we accept (rather than reject or simply "ignore") the meaning of the term as intended by the writer for his readers in Jer 31:31-34 -- when we talk about the NEW Covenant.

Exegesis demands that we accept the meaning of the term "My Law" in Jer 31 for the New Covenant as Jeremiah and his readers would have known the term.
Hence Deut 5:22 "He spoke these TEN... and added NO more" is helpful in understanding that instead of the ten most certainly NOT in God's commandments - it turns out - they most certainly ARE.
So then "do not take God's name in vain" remains.
 
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So, So, is 2Corinthians 3:3 is not clear to you, how Paul used the OC law (ie 10 commandments on tablets of stones to mean the Spirit of God on human hearts)?. In the same way as temple, sacrifice, of the OT they all point to spiritual realities, ie All point to Christ.

Only Christ fulfilled "don't take God's name in vain", since he never broke any commandments.
 
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Sacrifices use animals as symbols for the sacrifice of Christ. We can all see that.
But "do not take God's name in vain" is not a "Shadow" command that needs to be deleted when Jesus dies on the cross.

This is true with all of the TEN.

2Cor 3
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people, 3 revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Points to the same "Law of God written on the heart" that we see in Rom 2:13-16 and in the New Covenant in Jer 31:31-34
Only Christ fulfilled "don't take God's name in vain"
Only He was perfect - but all mankind is still obligated not to take God's name in vain.
Wholesale rebellion against God's Word is not the goal of Christ's death on the cross.
 
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I don't know of even one NT text that says
1. We meet every week-day-1 to celebrate the resurrection
2. We met one time on week-day-1 to celebrate the resurrection
3. We meet every week-day-1 for worship in honor of the resurrection
4. We meet on week-day-1 instead of the 7th day - after the cross

So far not a single person posting against the Bible Sabbath on this thread - has found one of those texts and posted here. I guess we need to "Wait"
 
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