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Constantine changed the day of worship to Sunday? Because he was a sun worshipper?? I'm sorry, but i don't see any evidence for those positions, in fact I see the opposite:
Here you tell me that I can't reference St. Paul's writing, indeed he is a heretic for going against the Word of God? Won't that affect a ton of Bible publishers?
To suggest that one day is as good as another is to nullify G-d's commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy, notwithstanding St. Paul's theological opinions to the contrary.
Of course they did, for a while, they were Jews folowing Jewish custom and laws.
Christ and His disciples kept the seventh day as the Sabbath, not Sunday.
Here you tell me that I can't reference St. Paul's writing, indeed he is a heretic for going against the Word of God? Won't that affect a ton of Bible publishers?
What I was pointing out was that the Church, by the end of the First Century, decided not to eliminate the Sabbath, but to celebrate and observe the Lord's day on Sunday. Are you telling me that all of the Christian Church became heretical within 100 years of Christ's death? Say it ain't so, Joe.
Of course they did, for a while, they were Jews following Jewish custom and laws.
Constantine had nothing to do with it, the Sunday observance was in place well before he was born. (Your reference for Constantine's Sun religion comes from a Jewish encyclopedia?)
Originally posted by CookieMonster09
Constantine, after all, helped catapult the Christian religion from obscurity into the de facto state religion of the time.
Do you think that people who do not observe the Jewish Sabbath and instead worship on Sunday are condemned for it?
I agree completely, here you are absolutely right and Scriptural. Nice work.
It's not me to judge - G-d will do that Himself.
In, for example, the case of the Catholic Church, if one freely and knowingly commits serious sin and never repents of it they are condemned, subject to the unsearchable mercy of God.
No, I believe that they are misguided and following extra-biblical theologies. I also believe that if someone violates G-d's direct commandments, there are repercussions.
Originally posted by CookieMonster09
Do you think that people who do not observe the Jewish Sabbath and instead worship on Sunday are condemned for it?
No, I believe that they are misguided and following extra-biblical theologies. I also believe that if someone violates G-d's direct commandments, there are repercussions.
Let's take the case of a person we'll call "Me," or "I" for short. If I am exposed to and taught the principles of 7th day worship, and consciously and knowingly reject them, and never change my mind, what are the "repercussions" you speak of (again subject to the mercy of God)? If there aren't any, then why change? (I'm most interested in the first question.)
We know that Jesus did not rest on the Sabbath, nor did he follow the Old Testament Sabbath Law that Moses said was given to the Israelites by God. If we agree that Christ did not sin, we're left with a bit of a gap there, no?