ShieldsFamily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dearest Glenn,
I agree with Marlin�s answers which you have already read on his last couple of posts to answer Acts 20:7. How do you refute that? How also do you refute the Catholic�s own claim that THEY were they ones who changed our worship day from Sat to Sun????
I agree that we are not justified by following the law. I just want to obey because I want to! I want to go a step higher than �just getting by on as little obedience as possible because I can still be saved whatever I do�. Who's idea is that?
This is freedom: obeying out of love.
Izzy
Now wait a minute. You, dear sweet Lzzy, have not refuted Acts 20:7. You have pretty much ignored it. If you want be like the Mormons and say Acts 20:7 is an error/mistake in the Bible, that is your business. But don't say it doesn't matter to me. :-) Am I being nice enough in the face of such erroneous doctrine? :-)
It is sad that Christians put themselves back into bondage.
It was the American patriot Patrick Henry who said, "Give me liberty or give me death". He knew what it was like to live under the thumb of a tyrant. Along the way, he had the good fortune to get a small taste of liberty.
IN THE SAME SENSE, THE LAW SERVES AS A TYRANT. It shows no mercy and hates anything related to freedom. Anyone who weds himself to the law will be entangled in the chains o f bondage. WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE for the Christian believer? LIBERTY IN CHRIST.
Why?
1. Because Christ has freed the believer v1
2. Because the law is not God's way for a man to be justified. v 2-4
IF A PERSON SEEKS TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW, CHRIST CAN HAVE NO EFFECT UPON HIM -- HE IS FALLEN FROM GRACE.
3. Because the hope of righteousness is by faith. v 5-6
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Patrick Henry's words are the words of a Christian also.Laura, You are welcome to that opinion, but the Bible says the 7th day; Sabbath; Saturday. Period. Izzy, Paul says the one who esteems one day above the other is free to do so. The one who esteems all days alike is also free to do so. But for the one to condemn the other for doing so is sin, unless that person is depending on their observance as a requirement for salvation. If changing God�s commandment to whatever day you prefer doesn�t bother you, that�s up to you, Paul says she could do this and your business. But don�t say it doesn�t matter to me. Izzy Listen to Paul... Rom. 14:5-6.
5. One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that regadeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it...
Izzy and others, I have tried to say this in other posts, but I want to make sure that it is very clearly stated:
There is no Sabbath day commandment in the Church age. The Sabbath is not Saturday, nor is it Sunday. There is no where in the Church age where we are commanded to keep a Sabbath day. The sabbath is a relationship of total surrender and trust in Jesus. When a man ceases from his own works and walks in the Spirit.
Paul says it this way in Galatians 5:6. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth anything, neither uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.
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