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THE PREDICAMENT OF PROTESTANTS AND CHRISTIANS CALLING AND KEEPING SUNDAY AS THE ‘LORD’S DAY

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THE PREDICAMENT OF PROTESTANTS AND CHRISTIANS CALLING AND KEEPING SUNDAY AS THE ‘LORD’S DAY

Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D., Vicar of Leeds, the same thought:
‘The question is, whether God has ordered us to keep holy the first day of the week. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are UNDOUBTED ordinances of God; so we can count the chapter and verse in which we read of their being ordained of God.

‘But as to the Lord’s Day (Sunday), we are not able to refer a SINGLE passage in ALL the Scriptures of the NEW TESTAMENT in which the observance of it is enjoined of God. If we refer to TRADITION, tradition would NOT be of value to us on the point immediately under consideration.

‘The Romanist regards the tradition of the Church as of authority EQUAL to that of Scriptures. BUT WE ARE NOT ROMANISTS……But on this point there is NOT EVEN  tradition to support us…..There is NO TRADITION THAT GOD ORDAINED the first day of the week to be a Sabbath…..The change of the Sabbath to Sunday was NEVER mentioned, or, as far as I can discover, thought of by the early Christians.

‘The Sabbath, that is to say, the observance of Saturday as a day to be devoted to God’s service, to rest of body and repose of mind, was an ordinance of God. This ordinance relating to Saturday could be changed by God and by God ONLY.

‘We, as PROTESTANTS, must appeal to the BIBLE, and the Bible ONLY, to ascertain the fact that God has chafed the day—-that God has HIMSELF substituted Sunday for Saturday…..It is NO answer to this to say that the apostles SEEM to have sanctioned the assembly of Christians for public worship on the Lord’s Day, or that St. John in the Apocalypse speaks of the Lord’s Day and MAY possibly allude to the Sunday FESTIVAL. For this is one of the arguments that PROVES TOO MUCH.

‘We ourselves keep Easter Day; this is no proof that we do not keep Christmas Day, or that Easter has been substituted for Christmas. And if we have instances of the first day of the week being kept holy by the APOSTLES, we have MORE instances of their observing the Jewish Sabbath.’” —‘Lord’s Day,’ p. 94. London: 1856; quoted in ‘The Literature of the Sabbath Question,’ Robert Cox, Vol. iI, pp. 369, 370.”- Facts of Faith, Christian Edwardson, pp. 106, 107, Southern Publishing Asso. (Revised), 1943.

Note that both Easter is observed on Sunday, and December 25 was the birthday of the sun god Mi to Mithras of Ancient Rome.

Let us be faithful followers of Christ and the Bible, not the Church and churches of tradition and fables! Bless all, NMF 

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God’s reveal: it’s the System, not the People

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER SEVEN

God’s reveal: it’s the System, not the People

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

“It is more palatable to human nature to do penance than to renounce sin.”

– Ellen G. White, 4SOP 383.

Are you finding yourself somehow attracted to the bigly distractions of political theater and stunts sweeping across America?  Do you find some kind of a twisted, guilty  pleasure of watching and listening to the “sounds of war” in both sophisticated and blatant lying, accusations and denials causing confusion that appear to rule the day?

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The Council of Trent of 1562, Archbishop Del Fosso: How the Foundation of Roman Catholic Authority was Laid

The Council of Trent meeting in Santa Maria Maggiore church, Trent. (Artist unknown; painted late 17th century.)

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER SEVEN – Part 24

The Council of Trent of 1562, Archbishop Del Fosso: How the Foundation of Roman Catholic Authority was Laid

Jesus told the religious leaders of His day: “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:  . . . In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandments of God, you hold the Traditions of men . . . All too well you reject the commandments of God that you may keep your Tradition . . .  Making the word of God of no effect through your Tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.” Mark 7: 6, 7, 9, 13, N.K.J.V.

The information below is from The Great Controversy by E.G. White Plus Supplementary material by the editor of HARVESTTIME BOOKS, P. O. Box 300, Altamont, TN 37301 U.S.A. (From the editor’s “Four Major Events in History,” supplementary materials). 

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48 Steps of the ‘Great Falling Away’ of the Church During the Thyatira Stage

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER SEVEN – Part 18

*48 Steps of the ‘Great Falling Away’ of the Church During the Thyatira Stage, 538-1798 A.D.

(*From the Great Controversy version published by Harvestime Books, Box 300, Altamont TN 37301

     “Them that hold the doctrine of Balaam.” – “Little by little, at first in stealth and silence, and then more openly as it increased in strength and gained control of the minds of men, ‘the mystery of iniquity’ [1 Thess. 2: 7, 3-12] carried forward the deceptive and blasphemous work. Almost imperceptibly the customs of heathenism found their way into the Christian church. The spirit of compromise and conformity was restrained for a time by the fierce persecutions which the church endured under paganism [Smyrna stage, 100-323 A.D.]

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Historical Precedent on How Image of Beast will be Formed

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER THREE- Part XLIII

 Historical Precedent on How Image of Beast will be Formed

See Revelation 13: 11-17.  Not too long ago, in 1888, a national religious crisis unfolded  in the land of the free presaging what will be the real final national crisis that will result in the final global crisis, completely fulfilling the remaining end-times Bible prophecy. The image of the beast will first be formed followed by the enforcement of the mark of the beast. We will address this important event in more detail in the next issue. First:    

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER TWO – Part XXVI PERVERSION OF LIBERTY AND REASON – Part VII

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Photo Credit by Flickr/Miles Sabin

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March 6, 2015

Nathaniel Fajardo

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER TWO – Part XXVI

PERVERSION OF LIBERTY AND REASON – Part VII

First this: The New York Times reports that recent studies show that the percentage of Protestant Americans is in steep decline:

     “For the first times since researchers began tracking the religious identity of Americans, fewer than half said they were Protestants, a steep decline from 40 years ago when Protestant churches claimed the loyalty of more than two-thirds of the population. A new study released . . . by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that it was not just liberal mainline Protestants, like Methodists and Episcopalians, who abandoned their faith, but also more conservative evangelical and ‘born again’ Protestants.

The losses were among white Protestants, but not among black or minority Protestants, the study found, based on surveys conducted this summer. When they leave, instead of switching churches, they join the growing ranks who do not identify with any religion. Nearly one in five Americans say they are atheist, agnostic, or ‘nothing in particular.’” www.nytimes/2012/10/10/us/study-finds-that-percentage of-protestant-americans-is declining.

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