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Ok I will stay on point..SABBATH! or maybe I won't you can be the judge... But to me sabbath is the body or church isn't it?That which we pick a day to practice.
If we do things in the church life by our natural life and strength, we are moving and acting in an organizational way. To clean the meeting hall, for instance, in our natural life according to an outward arrangement is to act in an organizational way. But if we are living in the spirit, in the organic way, contacting God in resurrection, we may have the inner feeling and leading to come to the hall to clean in resurrection by life and not by organization.
The proper way to clean the hall is to do it organically. Under the organizational way, sometimes those who are charged to clean the hall become offended. Whatever we do--whether we clean the hall, preach the gospel, take care of home meetings, or come to the meetings to function--must be altogether organic, not organizational. The way to have proper church life is to move and act in an organic way.
Just something God has put on my mind.
Not sure if this is sabbath or body of christ convo but I'm trying....smile
If we do things in the church life by our natural life and strength, we are moving and acting in an organizational way. To clean the meeting hall, for instance, in our natural life according to an outward arrangement is to act in an organizational way. But if we are living in the spirit, in the organic way, contacting God in resurrection, we may have the inner feeling and leading to come to the hall to clean in resurrection by life and not by organization.
The proper way to clean the hall is to do it organically. Under the organizational way, sometimes those who are charged to clean the hall become offended. Whatever we do--whether we clean the hall, preach the gospel, take care of home meetings, or come to the meetings to function--must be altogether organic, not organizational. The way to have proper church life is to move and act in an organic way.
Just something God has put on my mind.
Not sure if this is sabbath or body of christ convo but I'm trying....smile
Ok I will stay on point..SABBATH! or maybe I won't you can be the judge... But to me sabbath is the body or church isn't it?That which we pick a day to practice.
If we do things in the church life by our natural life and strength, we are moving and acting in an organizational way. To clean the meeting hall, for instance, in our natural life according to an outward arrangement is to act in an organizational way. But if we are living in the spirit, in the organic way, contacting God in resurrection, we may have the inner feeling and leading to come to the hall to clean in resurrection by life and not by organization.
The proper way to clean the hall is to do it organically. Under the organizational way, sometimes those who are charged to clean the hall become offended. Whatever we do--whether we clean the hall, preach the gospel, take care of home meetings, or come to the meetings to function--must be altogether organic, not organizational. The way to have proper church life is to move and act in an organic way.
Just something God has put on my mind.
Not sure if this is sabbath or body of christ convo but I'm trying....smile
If we do things in the church life by our natural life and strength, we are moving and acting in an organizational way. To clean the meeting hall, for instance, in our natural life according to an outward arrangement is to act in an organizational way. But if we are living in the spirit, in the organic way, contacting God in resurrection, we may have the inner feeling and leading to come to the hall to clean in resurrection by life and not by organization.
The proper way to clean the hall is to do it organically. Under the organizational way, sometimes those who are charged to clean the hall become offended. Whatever we do--whether we clean the hall, preach the gospel, take care of home meetings, or come to the meetings to function--must be altogether organic, not organizational. The way to have proper church life is to move and act in an organic way.
Just something God has put on my mind.
Not sure if this is sabbath or body of christ convo but I'm trying....smile
The right way to help the saints get into this practice is to bring them into an organic realization. We should teach them, that is , feed them, with some spiritual nourishment so they can be strengthened and realize they have another life, the life of resurrection.
They need to realize that they can live, walk, and have their being in this life every day and all day.
If they live such a life, they will come to the meeting and open up their mouths organically. Organically they will utter something. You will not need to teach them to say "Hallelujah." They will say "Hallelujah" organically, in the way that comes out of life, not out of arrangement or organization.
The perfecting by the gifted persons is altogether not something organizational but organic.
They need to realize that they can live, walk, and have their being in this life every day and all day.
If they live such a life, they will come to the meeting and open up their mouths organically. Organically they will utter something. You will not need to teach them to say "Hallelujah." They will say "Hallelujah" organically, in the way that comes out of life, not out of arrangement or organization.
The perfecting by the gifted persons is altogether not something organizational but organic.
Interesting point, i'm sure you are aware of several calendar changes that have taken place since the letter of law was written. The question i have asked myself recently is....... does our current calendar reflect the original sabbath ? for example could the 7th day sabbath currently be our Thursday or some totally different day (besides Friday evening until Saturday evening) under the Gregorian?
Looking deeper at this whole sabbath subject again.......Could it be that our sabbath rest is solely in Christ and through faith in Christ only and not pertaining to a certain day of the week at all? There appears to be a deeper meaning here. As we grow more in faith daily in Christ Jesus we find our rest in Him, culminating with a rest forever with Christ when our souls go back to Father. We labor through faith to enter into this rest not physical labor but spiritual labor brought about by faith. Perhaps the original 7th day sabbath was a shadow of resting more and more in Christ through the Spirit as our faith and rest in Him continues to grow daily,....... then we eventually find rest through Him and with Him forever.
Isaiah 28:12-13
12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Isaiah 28:12-13
12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
[SIZE=+2]can the blind see?
....Ecclesiastes 3:14 makes it very clear that God will never change or abolish His Ten Commandments or His Sabbath day. “I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.” How could God have possibly made it any plainer than the wording in this verse?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2]At the end of creation week God blessed, sanctified, and made holy the seventh day of the week. God never blessed, sanctified, or made holy any other day of the week, and Ecclesiastes 3:14 makes it clear that God’s seventh-day Sabbath, Saturday, will remain blessed, sanctified and holy.[/SIZE]
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There are laws that God gave us to keep us healthy and free from disease. The physics of the human body have not changed since these laws were given. The health laws are just as much a benefit for us today as they were for the ancient Israelites. Consider Exodus 15:26: “. . . If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, that I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that heals you.”[SIZE=+2]
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....Ecclesiastes 3:14 makes it very clear that God will never change or abolish His Ten Commandments or His Sabbath day. “I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.” How could God have possibly made it any plainer than the wording in this verse?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+2]At the end of creation week God blessed, sanctified, and made holy the seventh day of the week. God never blessed, sanctified, or made holy any other day of the week, and Ecclesiastes 3:14 makes it clear that God’s seventh-day Sabbath, Saturday, will remain blessed, sanctified and holy.[/SIZE]
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There are laws that God gave us to keep us healthy and free from disease. The physics of the human body have not changed since these laws were given. The health laws are just as much a benefit for us today as they were for the ancient Israelites. Consider Exodus 15:26: “. . . If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, that I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that heals you.”[SIZE=+2]
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I do have a serious question (if I may change up the tenor of this thread for a moment)
Among the legally Sabbath keeping beliefs, are there no people who work on Saturdays? I mean thousands of jobs often require their people to work on Saturday. This would seem to be a direct and deliberate violation of the practice they seem to hold as one of the primary foundations upon which their beliefs rest.
Among the legally Sabbath keeping beliefs, are there no people who work on Saturdays? I mean thousands of jobs often require their people to work on Saturday. This would seem to be a direct and deliberate violation of the practice they seem to hold as one of the primary foundations upon which their beliefs rest.
as far as what kind of work or activity, it takes((or may take//or has taken)) decades of living in yahweh's presence to find out.
as far as 'gregorian'-ists ... ignore gregor. (if i understand what the question about not understanding the understanding among those who say they understand what is not understood goes).(or ask again)
as far as 'gregorian'-ists
... ignore gregor. (if i understand what the question about not understanding the understanding among those who say they understand what is not understood goes).(or ask again)
as far as what kind of work or activity, it takes((or may take//or has taken)) decades of living in yahweh's presence to find out.
as far as 'gregorian'-ists ... ignore gregor. (if i understand what the question about not understanding the understanding among those who say they understand what is not understood goes).(or ask again)
as far as 'gregorian'-ists
... ignore gregor. (if i understand what the question about not understanding the understanding among those who say they understand what is not understood goes).(or ask again)