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very good question precepts. If the Law is done away with, how do we define Sin?

Amen Eric! I agree. I am a nurse in a mental health ward. I work with people who have murdered family members, pedophiles, ect... Not a "nice" bunch of people if you know what I mean? But people who need the Lord nonetheless. And also a lot of the staff i work with are open gays and lesbians. But i find a place there for me to live out my Christian walk. Oh yea, ive been ridiculed by some of them, others are very nice and have inquired of me from time to time about the Lord. It is where i believe God has placed me to be His light in their dark world.

You are correct mizzdy. Most people go to church on Sunday to worship God, do they not? I simply stated there is nothing wrong with that or to go worship Him any day of the week. I stated that even though we are free to worship God any day of the week, the Sabbath day is still Saturday. I know that it is the day of rest. I never said it was not.

I can only say that God built the 7 day week into the order of the universe. In our Bibles, the Sabbath God instituted is called the 7th day. The Day Yeshua was resurrected from the dead is called the 1st day. We go by the Greek calender which has names for each day of the week, Where as the Jewish calender is different. But, for thousands of years the Jews have kept the 7th day Sabbath starting at sundown on Friday(our greek calender) to sundown on Saturday. In Gen we find that God rested on the 7th day and sanctified it. In Exodus 16:22 we read where on the 6th day the children of Israel gathered twice as much bread in preparation for the Sabbath day. I know that our Bibles use the terminology "the 1st day, the 6th day, the 14th day ect... instead of saying Sat, Sunday, Wed, ect.. And this must be because of Jewish reckoning of the days that make up a week. And since this has been handed down from Generation to Generation, i believe the Sabbath to be from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. I have no doubts about it. Someone else here could probably give you a much better answer for your question. Hope this helped in some way though.

Sister Lori, Bless you beloved, I too have suffered with this as also my mom and sister. I have now been off my medication for 8 years but I thank God that there was some medication to help me. Not that Our Great Physician cannot, and He has helped me sooo much Praise His name. I know that Satan likes to attack our minds but being a nurse i also know that we can suffer from chemical imbalances as well, not to mention hormonal imbalances ect... If i may, i would like to share a verse from the scriptures that has helped me a lot. It is Phillipians 4:8 Do not let that devil tell you that you are not Gods child. Rebuke him now. I will be praying for you.

"going to church on Sunday instead of Saturday is not wrong so it should not be judged" Correct! Going to Church or assembling together any day of the week is not wrong. That being said however, it is wrong to say that God changed the Sabbath day that He instituted from Saturday to Sunday. The 7th day of the week is still the Sabbath day God instituted, but we are free to worship Him everyday.

Missdy, Good Answer! I agree!!

To answer your question about the Holy Spirit, i believe its because most people follow thier denomination and the traditions brought down by those denominations. They do not necessarily Listen or Hear what the Holy Spirit has to say. They listen to what their Priest or Pastors tell them and trust what they tell them to be true. In other words, there are a lot of people who do not search out the scriptures as the Bereans did in Pauls day to see if what is being taught is truth. But i will give you an example of someone among many others who did. In Eusebius' "Ecclesiastical History", there is the record of the following letter written by an elder, Polycrates, to the Victor of the church of Rome: "We, therefore, observe the genuine day; neither adding thereto nor taking therefrom. For in Asia great lights have Fallen Asleep, which shall rise again in the day of the Messiahs appearing, in which He will come with esteem from the heavens, and will raise up all the saints; Philip, one of the 12 apostles, who sleeps in Hierapolis, and his 2 aged virgin daughters. His other daughter, also, who having lived under the influence of the Holy Spirit, now likewise rests in Ephesus; Moreover, John, who rested on the bosom of our Messiah; who also was a priest, and bore the sacerdotal plate, both a martyr and a teacher. He is buried in Ephesus; Also Polycarp of Smyrna, both elder and martyr of Eumenia, who is buried at Smyrna. Why should I mention Sagaris, elder and martyr, who rests at Laodicea? Moreover, the blessed Papirius; and Melito, the eunuch, whose walk and conversation was altogethere under the influence of the Holy Spirit, who now rests in Sardis, awaiting the episcopate from the heavens, when he shall rise from dead. ALL THESE OBSERVED THE 14th DAY OF THE PASSOVER ACCORDING TO THE WORD, deviating in NO respect, but following the rule of faith. Moreover, I, Polycrates, who am the least of all of you, according to the tradition of my relatives, some of whom i have followed. For there were 7, my relatives elders, and I am the 8th; and my relatives always observed the day when the people threw away the leaven." Here is an elder who saw the changes and wrote to another elder who was being carried away by "winds" of doctrine. Here he mentions the Feast of Unleavened bread as Paul also mentions "Let us therefore celebrate the Feasts, speaking of this same Feast. Remember how Paul wept and pleaded with the elders for years (Acts 20), knowing that these things would come after he was gone. The assemblies were turning aside to "myths". I do not think the Holy Spirit has been quite in these matters but that people do not search out what they have been taught.

Here is what The Lord your God says about taking over "pagan" holy days and practices Duet 12:3 "And you shall destroy their alters, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy THEIR NAMES (hint-Easter) from that place. Resurrection Day is known as the Day of Firstfruits. Yeshua is the firstfruit from the Dead. Lev 23:11- The Feats of Firstfruits "He(The Priest) shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath(the 1st day of the week, known as Sunday be Greek calander)the Priest shall wave it." Again, God the Fathers appointed times, Passover-the Lamb Yeshua sacrificed during this season of the Lord, Firstfruits-Yeshua raised from the dead during this season of the Lord. The Feasts of the Lord your God are His Feasts, not to be changed or taken over by man-made traditions.

Easter (es'ter) Ostara or Eastre the ancient goddess of Spring. With the beginnings of Christianity, the old gods were put aside. From then on the festival of honoring Eastre was put aside in honor of the resurrection of Christ, but was still called Eastre. As pagans were absorbed into Christianity, it was the policy to accept everything they were accustomed to celebrating also. The Catholic Cardinal John Henry Newmans book, "The Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine", published in 1878, states in chapter 8: "The rulers of the Church from early times were prepared, should the occasion arise, to adopt, to imitate, or to sanctify the existing rites and customs of the population, as well as the philosophy of the educated class. The use of temples and those dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasion with branches of trees, incense, lamps, candles, votive offerings on recovering from illness, holy water, holy days and seasons, use of calenders, processions, blessings on the fields, sacerdotal vestments, the ring in marriage, chants, the Kyrie Eleison ARE ALL OF PAGAN ORIGIN, AND SANCTIFIED BY ADOPTION INTO THE CHURCH." In order to blend pagan practices into Universal (Catholic) behavior, the Saturday Sabbath was outlawed, along with Passover and other annual "Jewish" observances which by the way, the Lord your God calls these observances (Feasts day) His Feasts (Lev23) Not Jewish Feasts. These are His set-appointed times, not for any man to change.

Martin Luther Protested the Catholic Church but He was an anti-semite. Also, When Massachusetts became a state, they would not allow Jews to live there. The Presbyterian church does not support Israel but do support the Palestenians. Some Protestant churches teach dual-covenant theology and that to me is false. and there is much more evidence that the Protestant church has not been all that gracious to the Jewish people.

Oh My Yod! I think that is so evil. I saw the famous statue of King David ,by i think it was Michael Angelo, and what struck me was that the statue was "uncircumcised. Now that might not mean much to some people, but it speaks volumes to me. Not that circumcision of the flesh means anything today, but it did it King Davids time. What do you think was meant by Michael Angelo creating such a statue? Just wondering.

I would like to comment on Jedi4Yahwehs statement about the New Covenant being for Israel and Not Many receiving it. I for one believe that Many did received it in the beginning. In Acts 21:20 James tells Paul "You see, brother, how 'Many Myriads' of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;" But as Yod pointed out, European influences crept into the original church and pushed the believing Jews aside. Just how i see it.

Ah, the Western mindset. How to "go to church" instead of "being the church". Two thirds of the world dont even have shoes, so what would you say to those poor souls? Why should we dress any different in the "church building" than we do outside that building? God is not interested in our dress, but in our relationship and heart towards Him.

Well, if its True that the FDLS "Bleeds the Beast" as they put it, then all I can say is if you tweak the beasts nose long enough they are gonna come looking for you. If they are a separatist group, then they should not depend on the government aka "The Beast" to take care of them.