Comments on: Why Sunday and not the Sabbath? http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:46:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pastor Eugene Curry http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-172 Pastor Eugene Curry Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:28:41 +0000 http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-172 The Book of Proverbs states, "All a man's ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart" (21:2). As such, we needn't worry that the Lord will misunderstand our actions for in His omniscience He looks beyond the actions themselves to the motivations behind them and perceives those motivations clearly. On top of this, the Bible itself states that the Resurrection was something of the ultimate proof of Christ's identity. As the Apostle Paul wrote concerning Jesus in his letter to the Romans, "...through the Spirit of holiness [He] was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead" (1:4). But in any event, even with what appears above, I don't quite understand the connection you have drawn between Sunday observance and relatively weak faith. Perhaps an illustration would help: I celebrate my daughter's birthday (not her date of conception) but that doesn't mean that I didn't believe she existed in some form for several months in her mother's womb prior to her birth. Likewise, while Christians celebrate Jesus' triumph over the grave every Sunday, that doesn't necessarily imply that everything that came before that moment is ignored; we do celebrate Christmas too. The Book of Proverbs states, “All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart” (21:2). As such, we needn’t worry that the Lord will misunderstand our actions for in His omniscience He looks beyond the actions themselves to the motivations behind them and perceives those motivations clearly. On top of this, the Bible itself states that the Resurrection was something of the ultimate proof of Christ’s identity. As the Apostle Paul wrote concerning Jesus in his letter to the Romans, “…through the Spirit of holiness [He] was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead” (1:4).

But in any event, even with what appears above, I don’t quite understand the connection you have drawn between Sunday observance and relatively weak faith. Perhaps an illustration would help: I celebrate my daughter’s birthday (not her date of conception) but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t believe she existed in some form for several months in her mother’s womb prior to her birth. Likewise, while Christians celebrate Jesus’ triumph over the grave every Sunday, that doesn’t necessarily imply that everything that came before that moment is ignored; we do celebrate Christmas too.

]]> By: Bob Mercer http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-171 Bob Mercer Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:44:16 +0000 http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-171 Changing the Christian day of worship from Saturday to Sunday causes me some question. Are we as Christians who worship on Sunday saying we did not believe in the Messiah until he arose from the dead. This has a ring of "Doubting Thomas" Christianity to it. I don't believe Hashem is going to discard any of us because of the day of worship. But I would hate for God to think that I didn't believe in Him until he rose from the dead. In essence that is what we are saying. Changing the Christian day of worship from Saturday to Sunday causes me some question. Are we as Christians who worship on Sunday saying we did not believe in the Messiah until he arose from the dead. This has a ring of “Doubting Thomas” Christianity to it. I don’t believe Hashem is going to discard any of us because of the day of worship. But I would hate for God to think that I didn’t believe in Him until he rose from the dead. In essence that is what we are saying.

]]> By: Pastor Eugene Curry http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-122 Pastor Eugene Curry Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:27:29 +0000 http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-122 I'd say that, since the underlying values of the Old Testament law ought to still guide Christians (a respect for human life, a respect for personal property, etc) even though the specific statues do not, no Christian ought to work compulsively or slavishly without some regular period of rest. If specific Christians choose to rest specifically on Sunday, that is, of course, their choice. I’d say that, since the underlying values of the Old Testament law ought to still guide Christians (a respect for human life, a respect for personal property, etc) even though the specific statues do not, no Christian ought to work compulsively or slavishly without some regular period of rest. If specific Christians choose to rest specifically on Sunday, that is, of course, their choice.

]]> By: Gianne http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-100 Gianne Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:41:29 +0000 http://www.fbcgh.net/wordpress/archives/7#comment-100 Would you say then that Christians should rest on Sunday (though they would not be subject to judgement if a need arises as Jesus explained)? Would you say then that Christians should rest on Sunday (though they would not be subject to judgement if a need arises as Jesus explained)?

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