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Why is the day of worship controversial?

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OK. The letter of the law is inflexible and must be fully obeyed. Any deflection from full obedience to that letter makes you guilty, of breaking the entire law and under condemnation,

in the NT "Sin is transgression of the Law" 1 John 3:4.
And under the Gospel "these things I write to you that you sin not" 1 John 2:1
And under the Gospel "IF anyone does sin we have an advocate with the Father" 1 John 2:1

However all the lost and unsaved world are "under the LAW" Romans 3:19-21 to this very day - that is how the lost "are lost" -- under the condemnation of the Law.

I guess you agree. IE Thou shalt not covet. It does not say: You may covet occasionally and if you do, that is ok, for you are only human,

True. Just as it says "you hall not take God's name in vain" Ex 20:7. It does not say "except occasionally as you feel the urge of the moment - then that is ok" or "Except if you are a born again Christian - and then taking God's name in vain is ok"

No wiggle room at all. Perfect obedience of the letter or you are guilty of breaking the Ten Commandments.

As James 2 says "break one .. you are breaking them all".

so then you are stuck with "no taking God's name in vain"... is that a problem?

Romans 8 says it is a problem for the lost in Rom 8:4-10 "they do not subject themselves to the LAW of God neither indeed CAN they" as contrasted to the saints "who KEEP the Commandments of God AND their faith in Jesus" Rev 14:12

Are you trying to say that not taking God's name in vain is obedience to the law? If so how do you deal with the fact many unregenerate people are in compliance with that the way you mean it?

Did you find a "obey one commandment and you have obeyed them all so go ahead and break the rest of them" in that post? If so - I am curious as to how you came up with it.
 
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OK. The letter of the law is inflexible and must be fully obeyed. Any deflection from full obedience to that letter makes you guilty, of breaking the entire law and under condemnation,

in the NT "Sin is transgression of the Law" 1 John 3:4.
And under the Gospel "these things I write to you that you sin not" 1 John 2:1
And under the Gospel "IF anyone does sin we have an advocate with the Father" 1 John 2:1

However all the lost and unsaved world are "under the LAW" Romans 3:19-21 to this very day - that is how the lost "are lost" -- under the condemnation of the Law.

I guess you agree. IE Thou shalt not covet. It does not say: You may covet occasionally and if you do, that is ok, for you are only human,

True. Just as it says "you hall not take God's name in vain" Ex 20:7. It does not say "except occasionally as you feel the urge of the moment - then that is ok" or "Except if you are a born again Christian - and then taking God's name in vain is ok"

No wiggle room at all. Perfect obedience of the letter or you are guilty of breaking the Ten Commandments.

As James 2 says "break one .. you are breaking them all".

so then you are stuck with "no taking God's name in vain"... is that a problem?

Romans 8 says it is a problem for the lost in Rom 8:4-10 "they do not subject themselves to the LAW of God neither indeed CAN they" as contrasted to the saints "who KEEP the Commandments of God AND their faith in Jesus" Rev 14:12

So I repeat, if you break the tenth commandment in your thoughts you break them all, as that is your belief. Therefore your thoughts can send you to hell

So I repeat the 1 John 2 section above "matters". Here it is "again".

in the NT "Sin is transgression of the Law" 1 John 3:4.
And under the Gospel "these things I write to you that you sin not" 1 John 2:1
And under the Gospel "IF anyone does sin we have an advocate with the Father" 1 John 2:1

However all the lost and unsaved world are "under the LAW" Romans 3:19-21 to this very day - that is how the lost "are lost" -- under the condemnation of the Law.

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And still "taking God's name in vain" is a sin - even for Christians ... as we all know.

How do you escape that? Are you arguing that I am the author of the texts you do not quote?
 
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Its always the same, people will continually tell you, you must obey the letter of the ten commandments in full. Break one you break them all. When you then point out to them, that includes obeying the tenth one in your mind/thoughts, they do not seem to want to give you a hearty amen, it gets ignored. One can only wonder why
 
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I do hope you are someone who fully understands what full obedience to the ten commandments entails. If not, you may not be practicing what you preach.
 
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The Apostle Paul of course did understand what full obedience to the ten commandments entailed, he was not in ignorance concerning that. Hence, he referred to those commands as the letter that kills, the ministry of death and condemnation
 
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So if we're dead to sin, what purpose does the law have? Remember we don't sin because we're dead. Why does a dead person need the law?
God's LAW (10 Commandments) always has value. It's value is the KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and EVIL; SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS *ROMANS 3:20; ROMANS 7:7; 1 JOHN 3:4; PSALMS 119:172
Not for the Christian. We're dead to sin, remember? Correct. The husband has died and so did the law of the husband. This illustrates and intends for us to understand the law has no bearing on the Christian.
ROMANS 7:4-5
[4], Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
Yes the husband died and so did his law. You quote and bold ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ. So what do you mean? The verse says nothing about ceremonial law. Who are you talking about living in the flesh? Isn't it you that demands by quoting Scripture the body of flesh has to jump through hoops to attain and maintain salvation?
[5], For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Yes you still operate in the flesh requiring it to do certain things for salvation of the soul. Why don't you understand the body of flesh returns to dust from whence it came and isn't ever redeemed? Please don't say I don't take responsibility for the actions of my body.
We are only dead to the law by not livingin the flesh. If we are living in the flesh (continuing in sin) then we are not dead to the law because through the law is the KNOWLEDGE of what SIN is *ROMANS 3:20.
So when are you going to quit requiring our flesh to function according to the law? Look at LK 16:16 and Jn 1:17 and believe them as truth.
 
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The covenant made with Israel has been set aside as Jeremiah promised and Jesus confirmed as current. The covenant Jeremiah said was set aside is - And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
 
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You know your screen must show something different from my screen. I think that anyone who can read can see what you're saying is false.

Here are my words quoted from one of my posts -
Those words appear between your comments as my original post shows. Just click on the icon after the colon for proof. The example I quoted above includes Scripture proving what I said. You continue to refuse to respond to those passages claiming I didn't post them. This isn't my interpretation -

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

neither is -

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

nor -

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. You're your not arguing from the Greek. English language rules don't follow Greek language rules. Translation conveys thought.
 
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You only prove by your posts you don't keep the famous 10 as you claim.
 
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No. At best you claim to keep opposing covenants. My Bible says -

Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Since I understand you will disagree with actual words of the text, the truth is it doesn't matter what the two masters are.
 
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It's more like you're calling me a liar.
 
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Once again I don't. I believe and practice the new covenant, while you claim to practice the old covenant. Really your claim is you practice both opposing covenants at the same time. That's impossible.
 
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You read the above verse to say -

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve the law in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. I highlighted my words in red.
 
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You're clearly requiring others to serve the law.
 
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It isn't the "spirit of the law," it's the " For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus". This is vastly different for the "spirit of the law" you talk about.
 
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Yes they promote a very unsure thing. They live in fear.
 
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Did you read my post?? Not even the 1 John 2 section? it was just a few verses at that point?
I did. Do you think your 1 Jn 2 presentation prevents sin? If so why did John say -

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

John is talking about current conditions (sins), not the past sins.
 
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Rom 3:19-21 doesn't say what you want it to say. It doesn't say the whole world is under the law. It doesn't matter how often you re-post it. Rom 8 isn't taking about the lost. What is John saying with 2:1?
However all the lost and unsaved world are "under the LAW" Romans 3:19-21 to this very day - that is how the lost "are lost" -- under the condemnation of the Law.
Not the way I read the actual passage.
 
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