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1 | Keep the Sabbath Holy? | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 190884 | ||
Hi, only... Welcome to the forum! Hebrews 4 seems to be a a very good proof text on the adoption of Sunday by Christians for worship (i.e., God finished His work on the seventh day of the week, Christ finished His work on the first day of the week.) However, I'd like to quote from Chapter 22, paragraph 7 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, which states "As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by His Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto him, which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's day: and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished. (Exodus 20:8; 1 Corinthians 16:1, 2; Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10)" Be very careful about the SDA doctrines. They are rooted in the teachings of Ellen White, rather than the Scriptures alone. For example, see the following: "How repugnant to every emotion of love and mercy, and even to our sense of justice, is the doctrine that the wicked dead are tormented with fire and brimstone in an eternally burning hell. . . . And how utterly revolting is the belief that as soon as the breath leaves the body the soul of the impenitent is consigned to the flames of hell! ... the doctrine of natural immortality first borrowed from pagan philosophy, and in the darkness of the great apostasy incorporated into the Christian faith, has supplanted the truth. ... The theory of eternal torment is one of the false doctrines that constitute the wine of the abomination of Babylon. ... But those who have not, through repentance and faith, secured pardon, must receive the penalty of transgression ... covered with infamy, they sink into hopeless, eternal oblivion. . . . There will then be no lost souls to blaspheme God as they writhe in never-ending torment; no wretched beings in hell will mingle their shrieks with the songs of the saved" (Ellen White, The Great Controversy, pages 469, 470, 477, 478, 483). You will note that Ellen White doesn't use Scripture to base her assertions on. "When they came to the point in their study where they said, 'We can do nothing more,' the Spirit of the Lord would come to me, I would be taken off in vision, and a clear explanation of the passages we had been studying would be given me. ... Thus light was given that helped us to understand the Scriptures... they accepted as light direct from heaven the revelations given [to Ellen White]" --Ellen G. White Messenger to the Remnant, pages. 34, 38, 39). In Him, Doc |
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2 | Keep the Sabbath Holy? | Bible general Archive 3 | Ocelot | 190999 | ||
Just an informational note. You said, in regards to the Sabbath: "Be very careful about the SDA doctrines. They are rooted in the teachings of Ellen White..." The Adventist doctrine of The Sabbath was actually impressed upon the Adventist church, who were known as Millerites and were in fact Sunday keepers at the time, by a Seventh-day Baptist lady (not Ellen White), who's name eludes me. At that time, Ellen White was not involved in the leadership of the church. Just some information. Ocelot |
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