Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark%sdcc6@ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Millenium? Message-ID: Date: 3 Jan 91 09:22:04 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 37 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article math1h3@jetson.uh.edu writes: ..... +(and this may be the seventh-day variety) has to do with the observance +of the law. The book cited above makes the claim that the church moved +the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday, contrary to God's express +command. What I believe is that we observe no Sabbath at all, for the This 'observance' of the law comes under the commmand of '..if you love me, you will keep my commandments..." Of course the next question is "Which commandments?". Since there are many commandments in the bible it would seem that one could pick an choose which ones. >Sabbath is part of the old covenant. Paul told us in no uncertain terms Well is it? Is 'thou shall not commit adultery' part of the old covanent? Well, that seems to very well supported in all accepted Christian varients. Of course some activities are reiterated as being 'sinful' in the New Testement. However by their absence are other laws which are not specifically related to temple worship 'old covanent' and hence not applicable? -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu [Those who accept only some of the Law generally make distinctions between a permanent "moral" Law and specific signs and ceremonies intended to be part of the covenant with the Jews. Generally they would consider adultery to be part of the moral Law, and so still accept that commandment. This is obviously a subjective distinction, but surely you can see that worshipping on a particular day seems rather more like having specific festivals such as Passover and Booths, rather than as a basic moral principle? Since it's hard to be clear about the exact dividing line between "moral" and "ceremonial" law, it seems appropriate to cite Paul's advice in Rom 14:4 that those who regard one day as special and those who do not should respect each other's choices. --clh]