sle@ihldt.UUCP (Sandi Engelhorn) (12/11/84)
I think it is more important that we do set aside a day of worship rather than what day we set aside. When God created I don't really believe it happened in seven days as we know days. Time to God is totally different from what we have. His time is eternal. So I think that His seventh day was only something for us to grasp and know that we should have a day of rest. Sandi Engelhorn AT&T Bell Labs
jah@philabs.UUCP (Julie Harazduk) (12/12/84)
I agree that the original sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at sundown on Saturday night. For Jews who accept Jesus as the messiah, the sabbath is often still at this time. For Gentiles it is important to know that there is a day devoted to rest and communion with God. Jesus was not always so concerned with the letter of the Law but the faith and the heart that goes into keeping the Law. As Paul says in his letter to the Romans: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto them- selves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. We keep God's law out of respect, devotion and because we know He means well for us. Julie Harazduk ihnp4!philabs!jah
das@ucla-cs.UUCP (12/19/84)
A few of the answers to the Sabbath question raise a related question:
What Scriptural sources relieve Christians of the obligation of following
the Law of the Old Testament? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus very
clearly states that Mosaic Law still applies (Matt. 5:17-20). I'm not
well-versed enough that I know where this requirement is lifted. I'd
prefer to see a passage where Jesus himself is speaking, since he'd know
what he was talking about better than anyone else.
-- David Smallberg, das@ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das