I would like to know what the difference is for those who do not believe that the Sabbath, given only to Israel, is binding on Christians and Sabbath "keepers" that only give it lip service and don't really keep it. How about SDAs who claim to keep the commandments of God and desecrate the commandment not to kill by ignoring it and abort living babies. Does the observance of the Sabbath cover your sin for not keeping the sixth commandment?
It's not grammatically clear, but you seem to be saying that since no one keeps the Sabbath perfectly they are somehow guilty of hypocrisy. To this I would say yes, that Adventists, like all Christians, are guilty of a great many things including hypocrisy, and that even as an Adventist, I was taught that all our righteousness was as filthy rags and that even our most shining moments, actuated by the Holy Ghost, Himself, were still tainted with selfish motives and had to be completely replaced with the record of Christ's perfect righteousness in the book of life.
Then you pose the question that faulty Sabbath "keeping" might somehow atone for the abortions performed in Adventist hospitals. Having once been a member of the church for over thirty years, I never ran into a single person who held such a position, including myself. I did, however, encounter many downtrodden souls who felt a deep sense of grief and guilt and even outrage over the practice of abortions taking place in the denominational healthcare system.
While you are at it why not include that there are no commands in the 10 commandments about loving others or loving God.
Because I was responding to a specific claim. I wasn't intending to address every eventuality of objecting to commandment-keeping at the time. Also, I see no reason to include something with which I do not agree at all.
If we keep the Royal Law of Love we will not take the name of God in vain.
This is not self-evident to new converts who might be accustomed to carelessness in speech. The Holy Spirit does not normally convict of sin which has not been pointed out as such. This is obvious by observing the growth in new Christians.
The fact is the 10 commandments left out almost all of the "Thou shalt nots" as how to treat our fellow man.
They are a foundational part of a whole (Scripture) which goes into more detail. It does not follow that we must throw out the baby with the bathwater.
The book of the Law which was just as important as the 10 somehow have been excused by those who tell us the law has yet to be fulfilled. The jot and tittle part of Jesus words have been totally ignored by the ten commandment keepers who set aside the laws in the Book.
The New Testament is filled with instruction that the Theocracy (especially including the typical sacrificial system) that was ancient Israel is no longer in place. Thus the laws specifically pertaining to it must also have become null and void.
Laws dealing with morality are forever and for all mankind. Laws dealing with ritualism were only for the ones they were given to. Sabbath was one of the ritual laws given only to Israel and ended with the ratifying of the new covenant with the Blood of our Savior.
I am not aware of any conclusive, comprehensive scriptural evidence for the position stated here, as a whole. Certainly, the first sentence by itself is without a doubt true. The addition of the remaining ones constructs a false conclusion.
