Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: davidbu@loowit.wr.tek.com (David E. Buxton) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: the Sabbath & Soul... Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 07:23:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 29 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , James.Quilty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James William Quilty) writes: > . . . > Please put this reference in context - Jesus said this more than > once in the same passage, and each time stated EXACTLY what commandments > (little 'c') they were: love God and love your neighbour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lev 19:18, for example. Love God and love your neighbor is nothing new to the NT. It is simply a summary of the purpose of the Decalogue. A surprisingly high percentage of NT (especially high in Revelation) is quoting from or referring to the OT. This is certainly true of saying "Love God and love your neighbor". For example, the question of "who is my neighbor" was a favorite question to ask a Rabbi and a favorite debate among the Rabbi, even today. The answer was often that your neighbor could only be a peer, someone like yourself, a nice decent person. But Jesus made it clear that your neighbor can even be your enemy, especially your enemy is the way Christianity puts it - and I agree. > I'm sorry, but the 'clear' statements are only 'clear' if one assumes > and believes the writings of Ellen G. White... I don't. Otherwise, they > simply aren't borne out by the facts. There are Seventh-Day-Baptists, Seventh-Day-Church-of-God, Seventh-Day-. . . . . Seems I remember a list about 20 names long in a book I glanced at in a book store. None of these churches turn to EGW for their clear answers on the Sabbath. History is clear. The change from Sabbath to Sunday came after the Apostles were in their graves. I use the Bible alone for my studies presented to s.r.c. and church history. Dave (David E. Buxton)