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NASB | Exodus 20:8 ¶ "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:8 ¶ "Remember the Sabbath (seventh) day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God). |
Subject: Sunday Sabbath or not? |
Bible Note: Dear Seth, You're right... I was condensing a lot of stuff we've gotten on the forum over the years. When I raised my kids, I always insisted that they knew the difference between can, will, and ought. Nowadays people do regularly practice a distinction. Phrases like "must still" has all the built in presuppositions that simply do not compute. The "must" thing has all the problems of legalism. The "still" thing has all the problems of antinomianism and dispensationalism. Christendom has long considered the sabbath one of the gifts to His people. Imagine! One day in seven is entirely about Him! Why aren't we asking, "Wow! May I have more time than that, Lord?" Then He assures me that I will have eternity in precisely that way! A congregation comes together under specific Christian distinctives. Those distinctives are not a matter of segregation but of unity. We delight in knowing what we believe, why we believe it, and coming together to worship in that truth in the completed work of our Lord Jesus Christ. These distinctives are the ones around which we form a congregation. If you agree, come and join us! If you do not agree, find another church with distinctives with which you are comfortable. There is no judging (common vernacular not Biblical vernacular) about it. Shabbos means celebration. If glory has people who do not delight in coming together with believers to worship, they are going to be a pretty bored lot of folks. Creation is about God, not man. Redemption is about God, not man. Glory is about God, not man. If folks are asking how much must I do, how much may I neglect, how much belongs to me, how much must I believe -- then they have human religion. God gave to believers extravagantly, our most extravagant response to Him, always tiny in our eyes (Luke 7:36-49). Real of love of Christ is never satisfied with anything less than all. He has given us all that we need or will ever imagine. I cannot increase His love of me a molecule, nor can I decrease His love of me a molecule. It isn't about that. It is about adoration of our Lord God. In Him, Doc |