Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: the Sabbath Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 07:28:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 45 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article rvp@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Rey Paulo) writes: >In article tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake [That's me!]) writes: >>Tradition: For almost 2000 years now Christians have been celebrating >>the Sabbath on Sunday. They must have had some good reason to, should >>we just ignore it? > >What is the good reason? We celebrate Jesus' resurrection on Easter Sunday of course. And each Sunday we once again celebrate his resurrection. One possiblity from scripture: John 20:19-29 First we have the appearance of Jesus to the 11 (minus Thomas.) Thomas of course says he won't believe that Jesus has risen unless he sees for himself. One week later, (apparantly Sunday again) all of the disciples including Thomas have gathered again, and Jesus appears again. As I read it, 1: The disciples were gathering one week after Easter (on Sunday?) 2: Jesus appears to them both times (apparantly on Sunday). I am not trying to say that you *must* keep the Sabath on Sunday. Your keeping of the traditional Sabbath you do to the glory of God. Many other Christians have kept the Sabbath on Sunday, and through their observance they have sought to glorify God. I simply cannot fathom God denying the many saints who have chosen to observe the Sabbath on Sunday. This just does not seem consistant with the loving father revealed by Jesus, and the apostles. Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton >>quadrilateral, but for me, with my upbringing, it seems that Sunday is >>cool. > >That which is forbidden, oftentimes is cool. Please pardon my use of slang. What I had intended was that the observance of the Sabbath on Sunday is acceptable.