BarneyFife
Well-Known Member
OK, so one cannot believe what some sabbatarians concerning what they believe.
Should this apply to you as well? Or, do you have the official scoop from the sabbatarians?
I can't speak for everyone who keeps the Sabbath.
OK, so yon on hand you say Saturday sabbath is not required for salvation.
No, I don't say that. I say that commandment-keeping cannot secure salvation.
I don't try to devise interpretations of what Scripture makes plain.
It is necessary to resolve paradoxes in deep Bible study.
If one passage seems to contradict another, an understanding has to be arrived at the will allow for both to be correct.
Christianity today strongly encourages drive-thru, fast food-type study.
Then, on the other hand you imply Jesus has commanded Saturday sabbath even though this cannot be proven from any of Jesus' teachings of in any of His teachings thru His Apostles.
He commanded it at Sinai. And He is at liberty to decline to chew His cabbage twice if He so desires.
You may infer whatever you like. What I seem to imply is of no consequence.
Since you are claiming Saturday sabbath is a moral duty to God, aren't you implying that after one gets born again, if they don't keep their Saturday sabbath "duty" (meaning requirement) they are no long in right standing with the Lord?
Again, infer; imply. I can't help what you think.
I make mistakes just like everyone else, but I try very hard to say what I mean, and mean what I say.
You seem to be riding the fence... can't you just say one way or the other?
Your questions keep changing.
I'm not trying to figure out what I can get away with and yet be saved.
What I believe is clear in my mind, but I can't anticipate what your next formulation of a question to justify breaking the 4th commandment will be.
Under the Law of Moses when Saturday sabbath was originally given to the Jews.. it was NOT lawful to do ANY work on the Sabbath at all.
The situation under the Jewish Theocracy was different than today. All-or-nothing thinking will never result in a clear understanding of that.
Since Jesus is telling us it is now lawful to work on the Sabbath, this tells us something had change.
He is not telling us that is now lawful to work on the Sabbath.
What changed is what has always changed—man—not God.
The types and symbols of the Jewish religion (which include none of the Ten Commandments) are no longer necessary to be observed now that the antitype of Christ has been revealed.
But they are still profitable for doctrine, instruction in righteousness, etc.
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