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In other words, orthodoxy?

Because you will not find anything specific in scripture to support the above, I would like to know on whose authority you stand on in doing away with the 4th commandment. What is it precisely that you think Sabbath keepers are attempting to gain by this dubious exchange you charge them with...

@amadeus hello John. Thank you for sharing, I do vaguely remember you doing so previously many moons ago. About chastisement. God is merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. He treats us always with love, and whatever chastisement he metes out, breaks us, but...

Hey Helen, lovely to see you still around and kicking. Hope you and family are well. God bless.

Even though the bishop of Rome may claim them as his, other churches do not come under his authority unless they voluntarily do so by submitting themselves to His doctrines and his dogma. Those churches who believe the Bible to be their only rule of faith endanger their own souls with every step...

Yes, but I covered that when I described what was to be done on the Sabbath... Christian duty to your neighbor doesn't get nullified because it's Sabbath. Quite the opposite, "it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day".

You are correct, circumcision was a very big deal. Which is why there was such controversy, debate, and furor over the NT Christians who taught that circumcision was no longer necessary as sign of relationship and commitment to the Lord. Yet the Sabbath was an institution that predated...

That's a great question... Wouldn't an archeologist love to find the ark? I am sure you realize though that those stone tablets, even the ones Moses broke, weren't the original commandments. KJV Hebrews 8:3-5 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of...

On what basis does God divide the sheep from the goats in the final harvest? When the angels come to gather the children of God from one end of the earth to the other, how do they know whose are His? On the basis of a confession of faith? Baptism? In Revelation 14 there is a distinct difference...

No-one is claiming that obedience to God's commandments saved, or saves, or justifies anyone. I have never read that on any forum anywhere. However, disobedience... That is sin... Is the reason we need saving. Shall we sin... Disobey... That grace may abound? God forbid.

No, you didn't. But to many it is, and when I asked a general question, what makes the 4th commandment so distasteful, you responded with... ... Leaving me wondering why you quoted that? In reality no... You cannot overturn a Commandment of God. But you can try, and to many peoples minds, that...

Not impressed with that translation, whatever it is. KJV Exodus 34:6-7 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and...

Are christians justified by faith only? Faith in what?

Have edited original. Thank you. Great quote. God took His holy Sabbath day very seriously, and expected Israel to do the same. It was intended as a sign of the relationship between God and His people. and in theocratic Israel, the consequences of profaning it were dire indeed. Thankfully...

Have edited original. Thank you.

Grace is the key. Does anyone suppose that any human can obey God's commandments without grace? Am I who I am without Christ? KJV Romans 8:3-4 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned...

Maybe it's because there's more for you to see than you realize,? Did Paul really suddenly stop keeping the commandments after falling off his donkey? Does 'being dead to the law' mean we are free from the condemnation of the law, and therefore free to ignore it? If you get a warning from a...

I believe in scripture, which includes every passage you have quoted. I am fully aware of what those texts are saying, and your quoting them doesn't help your cause when you presume to know my motives and mindset. Much of what you say I can agree with. Actually, I'm not sure why you quoted those...

KJV Exodus 31:15-17 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their...

No more night in the city, but the city is on the new earth...will there be night outside the city? I assume we will live outside the city, but have an apartment or some such to stay in when we come to visit and worship. KJV Isaiah 66:22-23 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I...