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Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 17:43:38 GMT -5
REASON'S FOR THE LORD'S DAY
"1. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdelene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre." Matt. 28.
"1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them." Luke 24.
"25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." Heb. 10.
"1. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. "2. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." I Cor. 16.
"7. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto themm, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight." Acts. 20
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Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 17:44:00 GMT -5
In Acts 2:1-5 we find that the HOLY SPIRIT fell upon the Apostles, and the Christian Church was organized. Therefore, the following events took place on the first day of the week:
1. JESUS arose from the dead. 2. The descent of the HOLY SPIRIT. 3. The establishment of the Church. 4. The disciples met to break bread. 5. The early Christians met to take the collection.
With all these events crowded into the resurrection day, how could it become less than the great commemorative day of the Church?
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Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 17:44:26 GMT -5
This first day of the week is the LORD's day, not a Sabbath day. It is a day to be celebrated, not to be kept. A day of service, not a day of idleness. A day when we labor for the LORD, nor for ourselves. Secular work should give place to sacred work. By common consent this day has been called the LORD's day. This is true in every period of the history of the Church.
1. In 747 A.D. an English council said: "It is ordered that the LORD's day be celebrated with due veneration." 2. In 400 Augustine said: "The day known as the LORD's day is the first day of the week." 3. Eusebius, the father of history, in 324 calls the first day of the week LORD's day. 4. In 306. the Bishop of Alexandria wrote: "We celebrate the LORD's day as a day of joy for on it He arose." 5. Cyprian, 250, says the first day of the week is the LORD's day. 6. Justin Martyr, 140, says: "Sunday is the day on which we hold our common assembly -- the day on which JESUS arose from the dead. 7. John, 96, while on the isle of Patmos, said: "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Rev. 1:10.
Take notice. In all history the LORD's day never refers to the seventh day or Sabbath. The Bible, no divine writer, nor any writer, for the first three centuries, ever applied the word Sabbath to Sunday or first day. The Sabbath was and is Saturday or seventh day. To talk about a Sabbath service on Sunday is as contradictory as to speak of holding a Wednesday prayer-meeting on Thursday. They are two distinct days. It is false to say that the Catholics changed the day; that Constantine made a law changing the Sabbath to the first day. Constantine simply made a state law, as all states have now, demanding the cessation of secular work on Sunday; nothing more. The LORD's day was the common name for the first day of the week, before Constantine was born. A Sunday-school is not a Sabbath-school. The LORD's day is a sacred day. We should celebrate it as a day of joy. Do not spend it either in idleness, business or social calling. Give it to the LORD's service. A boy saw seven sweet pears on a tree, and said to the farmer: "Can I have one of those pears?" The good farmer gave him six of the seven. The boy ran away without even a "thank you," and ate the six pears; then slipped back into the yard and stole the last pear. He was a mean boy, and no meaner than the Christian who steals the LORD's day by visiting and pleasure-seeking.
Colossians 2:3-17 tells us that the Sabbath was nailed to the Cross. Whan a Roman law was repealed, they ran a nail through it, hence it was a dead law, just as when a conductor punches a ticket, it is valueless. The Advents say the word Sabbath does not refer to the seventh day, but to feasts. Sabbaton is the form used in Col. 1:16. The fourth commandments says: "Keep the Sabbath," and uses the same form." See Deut. 5:12.
Acts 13:14 says: "Went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day." Here the same form Sabbaton is used. This form, genitive plural, is often used for the seventh day, the Sabbath. The word Sabbath occurs sixty times in the New Testament. All admit that fifty-nine times reference is made to the Sabbath. It is foolish to make the exception in this one case.
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Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 17:44:54 GMT -5
That the Sabbath and the Ten Commandments, as a code of laws are not binding upon us is the common verdict of the Bible scholars of all ages. Here them:
1. Justin Martyr: "The law made on Horeb is old and belongs to the Jews. The Ten Commandments are abrogated." A.D. 140. 2. Tertullian, 200 A.D. "The Ten Commandments do not apply to Christians, but to Jews. 3. Eusebius, 324. "We do not observe the Sabbath because such things do not belong to Christians. We meet on the LORD's day; not the Sabbath." 4. John Bunyan: "The old Sabbath is done away. The Sabbath has gone to the grave with the Old Testament." 5. John Milton: "The Sabbath was given to those whom GOD brought out of Egypt, and does not refer to Christians." 6. Martin Luther: "The Ten Commandments do not apply to Christians but only to the Jews. In the New Testament Moses comes to an end and his laws lose their force. 7. Philip Schaff, the greatest of Presbyterians, says: "The Jewish Christians ceased to observe the Sabbath after the destruction of Jerusalem." 8. Dr. Lee, a Methodist, says, in referring to Col. 2: "The Apostle refers to the seventh day Sabbath, and gives us to understand we are not bound to observe it." 9. Chancellor Everest, of Illinois University: "The Christian Church of the early centuries had no Sabbath. They commemorated the LORD's day. 10. Dr. Gill, a Baptist scholar of eminence, says: "The decalogue (Ten Commandments) is done away." Dr. Dobbs, another Baptist, quotes Gill as correct. 11. Calvin taught the same. 12. Dr. Lorimer, the greatest among Baptists, stated that we were not under the Jewish code. 13. Prof. M.D. Canright, an ordained Baptist preacher, says: "The abolition of the Siniatic Covenant carries with it the abolition of the Sabbath, so that there is no trace of it this side of the grave of our LORD." Again he says: "The Ten Commandments and the whole Jewish law are abolished, and the Sabbath is not binding upon Christians." Again he says: "The following devout men held that the Ten Commandmetns were abolished: Luther, Calvin, Milton, Baxter, Bunyan, Doddridge, Watts, Judson and Locke." Add to these Martyr, Tertullian, Schaff, Beecher, Campbell and Dr. Gill; and we have good company when we affirm that we are not under the Ten Commandments, but under CHRIST.
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Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 17:45:19 GMT -5
In the New Testament the duty to keep the Sabbath is never mentioned. The Apostles wrote twenty-one letters. Many of these letters were written to Gentiles who knew not the law. They never told any one to keep the Sabbath. They mention the Sabbath but once, and that was to show that it was done away, nailed to the Cross. We commemorate the first day of the week as an expression of love. Love is the fulfillment of the law. If we were commanded to celebrate the LORD's day, the beauty and sweetness of the day would be destroyed. We do not need a command to celebrate the Fourth of July. It represents the birthday of the nation. If your father were to command you to celebrate his birthday, there could be no joy in complying with the command. If we love the LORD we will celebrate His resurrection day.
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Post by TarueBeliever on Mar 12, 2004 18:12:10 GMT -5
What you say!
Scott
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Post by Traffic Demon on Mar 12, 2004 18:20:03 GMT -5
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Post by Nicodemus on Mar 12, 2004 21:14:21 GMT -5
Forgot to mention, this is prepared for you, Beth.
Should give you all the Scripture you need. Book - chapter and verse.
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Post by RealistState on Mar 13, 2004 23:33:37 GMT -5
I don't think my friend genesda is going to like what you wrote...
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Post by stevec on Mar 14, 2004 1:43:34 GMT -5
Who brought the popcorn?
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Post by LucasTheAngel on Mar 14, 2004 1:53:42 GMT -5
Forgot to mention, this is prepared for you, Beth. Should give you all the Scripture you need. Book - chapter and verse. Here's the book I recommend you put together for this thread.
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Post by babysis on Mar 14, 2004 3:03:30 GMT -5
Lucas!!!! Where've ya been! I've missed you. Have you been over to the Christian messageboard. ie "Greg's" board. A TON of us are there.
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Post by RodP on Mar 14, 2004 10:31:33 GMT -5
I don't think my friend genesda is going to like what you wrote... He has been MIA the last few days.
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Post by genesda on Mar 15, 2004 6:11:22 GMT -5
From the days of our SAVIOUR prophets have proclaimed the second advent of CHRIST. Ann Lee, Swedenborg, William Miller, Ellen While and others have set times when the LORD would come. What time/date did E. White say Jesus would return? [/color] Seventh-Day Adventists originated in the movement of William Miller, who was born 1781 in pkmtyolmachusetts. Actually, SDA was born after the "Great Disapointment" of 1844. [/color] In 1833, in Low Hampton, N.Y., he began to preach that the end of the world was at hand. He set the date October 10, 1843. Thousands turned to this cry of warning and in ten years perhaps one hundred thousand people became Adventists. The craze swept from Maine to Ohio. Adventists in 1843 did not sow the seed for the coming year. There were no Adventists in 1843. [/color] Why sow wheat if the end of the world is here? They kept their children out of school. On that eventful night the devotees of Miller put on their ascension robes and gazed into the heavens, waiting for the coming of the LORD, but midnight came and disappointment filled their hearts. Miller admitted the defeat, but became a "time-setter" again. He proclaimed that the second coming was 1844. He had erred in calculation, he told his followers. Another year they waited and watched, preached and sang. Their arguments were unanswerable. They knew they were right. With chart and Bible they went forth to convince the unbeliever and encourage the saint. But Miller met one opponent that put him to flight. Old remorseless Time marched past 1844 and demolished the follies of Adventism. First, Miller not was a SDA. His followers were Millerites. Miller was wrong about the event that took place in 1844, not the time of the prophecy, that was correct. The Millerites actually put actions behind their belief, in contrast to many churches today. [/color] Two humiliating defeats should have made him cautious, but again he prophesied that 1945 would be the time for the second coming. This was too much for his deluded followers, and Millerism went to pieces. Out of the fragments Seventh-Day Adventism was constructed. The SDA church was formed long before 1945 and Wm. Miller was not part of it. [/color] Mrs. Ellen G. White became the prophetess. She was born in Maine, 1827. In 1840, at the age of thirteen, she heard Miller lecture on Adventism. She became a *time-setter and went forth to prepare the people for the coming of the LORD. She set the time for 1843, 1844 and 1845. This is false. [/color]
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Post by genesda on Mar 15, 2004 6:13:05 GMT -5
In Acts 2:1-5 we find that the HOLY SPIRIT fell upon the Apostles, and the Christian Church was organized. Therefore, the following events took place on the first day of the week: 1. JESUS arose from the dead. 2. The descent of the HOLY SPIRIT. 3. The establishment of the Church. 4. The disciples met to break bread. 5. The early Christians met to take the collection. With all these events crowded into the resurrection day, how could it become less than the great commemorative day of the Church? Because we have no WORD FROM GOD on the subject, which doesn't seem to bother you at all. You've fallen victim to "Cain's sacrifice". [/color]
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