Please look this up in your manual.
Col 2: 8-17
This issue is addressed specificly.
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:35:22 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I've been working to prepare stories to support teaching the Ten
> Commandments. However, one of them really puzzles me, "Remember the
> Sabbath
> Day and Keep it Holy". Of course, most of us, today, celebrate the
> "Lord's
> Day", Sunday, as the Christian Sabbath, usually applying some but
> not all of
> the Mosaic restrictions. I ask, if you are willing, to email me
> directly
> with answers to the following questions:
>
> (1) Do you teach the Ten Commandments?
> (2) How do you observe the Lord's Day?
>
> I will wait a few days and try to tabulate the answers, following
> with a
> general email. I will also try to avoid getting into intense
> doctrinal
> issues. I'm simply looking for wisdom, here, not wishing to impose
> my
> current views on anyone.
>
> Here is more detail about why this commandment puzzles me:
>
> There is very little unity in the Christian community about how this
>
> commandment should be observed. Several years ago, using a book
> written by
> J. Vernon McGee, I taught that, since strict observance of the
> commandment
> was not taught in the New Testament, we were free from the Old
> Testament
> restrictions. This is based on the philosophy that nothing applies
> to the
> Christian, today, that is not mentioned in the New Testament.
> However,
> recently I have come to question this philosophy. The other reason
> I taught
> this is some of Paul's writings seemed to release us from Sabbath
> obligations.
>
> However, I'm not sure that I was right, and this greatly concerns
> me. Right
> now I'm working through a really thick "put me to sleep" book by
> Carson
> called "From Sabbath to Lord's Day."
>
> Many folks who are dispensationalists and New Covenant people, agree
> with the
> idea of seeing all our obligations through the filter of the New
> Testament.
> Other folks, especially people in the reformed community, see more
> continuity
> between the Old Testament and the New Testament.
>
> As far as I can tell, Tertullian was the first to try to distinguish
> between
> Moral Law and Ceremonial Law, suggesting that all aspects of the
> moral code
> continue, while Ceremonial Law no longer applies. Based on this,
> many would
> say that we transfer to Sunday only the moral aspects of Sabbath
> observance.
>
> As an individual, I'm comfortable with the restrictions that I've
> set for my
> family for Lord's Day observance. However, when it comes to
> teaching, I
> really want to make sure that I'm right. Any contributions of
> wisdom on this
> issue would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Greg Wright
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