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1 | Stae violation of worshhip, what to do? | Bible general Archive 1 | CHEBANNE | 60555 | ||
I once again thank Chris for his comments. My fundamental problem in such debates is that some people do not really know how they should consider the biblical text - factual, literal or what? Let us say Hebrews 4 is about entering into GOD's rest, spiritually, and that there is nowhere that it could be any other day than a Sabbath!- as indeed Chris agrees that it is about the spiritual representation of the Sabbath. If there is a Divine injuction for the observance of another day, I am afraid it would not be from the Bible! If we therefore use one standard for approving the authenticity and verity of the Bible text, let us not engage in justification of a historical disobedience of GOD's law. In the final analysis of things, that go beyond human means and wisdom, let GOD be right and all of us be wrong. And the Bible makes GOD right by what GOD says, and not what man rationalizes. It is therefore not just a simple question of the choice of deciding when to worship and how to go about that, but whether or not the Bible says so! Otherwise we will end up creating our own god out of our personal choices and conveniences. I may wish to report that what had prompted my initial question has been resolved - the school administration which insisted on denying the students the right to worship GOD on the Sabbath lost at the court of law, and the students returned to school to claim their right to study and to observe unhindered GOD's Law according to their conscience! |
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2 | Stae violation of worshhip, what to do? | Bible general Archive 1 | CHEBANNE | 58318 | ||
I have read Kalos' response to my question and am very gratefulfor his effort. However, I do not feel that he has done justice to the question of violation of God's moral law and the oppression of faithful Christians who uphold the Divine Commandments. The examples he gives about slaves observing the Sunday when they came together in the evening so that they complied with the Roman law is a fair one. But let me say that the choice of gathering on a Sunday was for man's convenience under the Roman rule, and does not make that a Divine Law. In Hebrews 4 Pauls still reminds Christians that the Sabbath remains binding, and he kept it, as well as all the disciples. Yes, we must respect our rulers, but as long as they provide for us guarantees of our religious freedoms. It is wrong to intellectualize and problematize the question of obedience. Yes, Paul and Jesus said people should obey governors, but that is an advice under God's Grace. We do not need to know how God will deal with them, but He allows them to rule us. | ||||||