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Originally Posted by Aquila
Listen….
I think the anti-sabbaticals are thinking that the Sabbatarians are claiming one must keep the Sabbath to be saved. Paul emphasized throughout the Epistles that we are not justified or made righteous by the Law. Please don’t think that all Sabbatarians believe that one must keep the Sabbath to be saved. Sabbatarians believe that the born again believer keeps the moral law of God by walking in the Spirit because he or she IS saved. The writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers demonstrate this.
However, there are among us Sabbatarians who believe in shedding all the trappings of the Roman Church. We don’t have a biblical precedent for meeting on Sundays. The truth is that “biblically” the early church met on the Sabbath (as an Apostolic custom). And what a more appropriate day to worship, physically rest, and reflect upon our spiritual rest in Christ than the Sabbath? I mean, Jesus is… “Lord of the Sabbath”. Why not choose to honor Him on the Sabbath?
The FACT is this…there wasn’t an issue until the Constantine’s Edict in 321 A.D. that resulted in an empire wide anathema against those Christians who still practiced the “Apostolic” custom of meeting on the Sabbath. This is where this theological war began. This is the reason why there is contention on this issue. The Sunday Keepers are the first to historically denounce Christians who didn’t choose to meet on Sundays. The Sunday Keepers have kept this perspective until the recent Evangelical Movements in the 20th century. Only recently have Sunday Keepers far and wide begun to cry that it doesn’t matter what day we worship on . They are ringing the bell of peace and making it seem like Sabbatarians are devisive… when it was the declaration of the “veneral day of the sun” (Sunday) that opened this entire conflict up. And sadly… many Sabbatarians have DIED down through history because of it. Sunday is a day that is soaked with the blood of martyrs. It’s a day that was forced upon the church by edict. And though Christians have every right to worship on any day they choose…many are deeply convicted that Sunday be rejected on these grounds.
The Sabbatarian point is this… let’s get back to the Bible. Let’s meet as the early church did. Let’s value what they valued. Let’s shed as much of the Roman Catholic baggage as possible.
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This is it exactly.
I have never, even after this thread, heard a good argument for Sunday worship, I believe because one does not exist.
When we get right down to it most all Sunday worshipers give not any thought at all to WHY they worship on Sunday... It's just tradition... and once one has a look at why that tradition is in place it is hard to support Sunday worship in good conscience.
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