| Author | Message | ||
| 8thday Registered user Username: 8thday Post Number: 1470 Registered: 11-2007  |
My computer is crashed, so I have to borrow my son's for awhile. I don't have time to read and stay caught up here, but I did want to share this. One of my SDA facebook friends up this quote on his status from DA. Copied and pasted, so there may be some mistakes - as it was typed out by the other person. "The Sabbath calls our thoughts to nature and brings us into communion with the creator. I n the songs of the bird, the sighing of the trees, and the music, of the sea, we still may hear his voice who talked with Adam in Eden in the cool of the day" DA p. 255. My comment: I appreciate that Sabbath is a restful blessing which I think is a wonderful thing to do if you choose. But the Word teaches that we are brought into communion with our Creator through the Holy Spirit. I hear Him through His Spirit every day. Can the Sabbath be given the credit for the work of the Holy Spirit in our communion with God and in our sealing? (Eph 4:30) Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:2316 ... | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 7898 Registered: 3-2004  |
How can a day of the week do that?? It is a lifeless thing known only by it's name. Now the Spirit is another subject altogether. Diana L | ||
| Psalm107v2 Registered user Username: Psalm107v2 Post Number: 570 Registered: 10-2008  |
8th day your assessment is spot on. My next youtube question will be based on this. Wow I remember that growing up we had all our Sabbath rituals and Jesus was "especially present" and "invited in a special way" but this says the SABBATH CONNECTS US to God | ||
| Indy4now Registered user Username: Indy4now Post Number: 759 Registered: 2-2008  |
Wow... Sabbath=God. This reminds me of what my friend posted on my note on FB. She said that since the 10C's were a reflection of God's character, that to reject the Sabbbath was to reject God. She basically said the same thing that your friend quoted, that the "Sabbath" is synonymous to "God." Yet, in the same breath, she wrote that the Sabbath doesn't save you, God does. Does that make any sense? Sondra, how did your friend respond to your comment? FB is such a great place for truth... I'm praying he has lots of EGW fans as friends!! vivian | ||
| Nowisee Registered user Username: Nowisee Post Number: 265 Registered: 5-2009 |
Wonderful response, 8thday! | ||
| River Registered user Username: River Post Number: 5959 Registered: 9-2006  |
Get that computer fixed Sondra! Can'tcha see I waitin?  River | ||
| 8thday Registered user Username: 8thday Post Number: 1472 Registered: 11-2007 |
Still fightin to use my teenage son's who is RPG addicted. sigh. NO ONE responded to my question. They all just kept praising the statement, and the Sabbath. I have still not seen one SDA praise or thank Jesus on their facebook statuses. IF they have anything at all to say that is remotely spiritual.. it's usually about the Sabbath. That's why I hate it. Don't care if they love their Sabbath, it just puts Jesus somewhere in the background. Sondra | ||
| River Registered user Username: River Post Number: 5962 Registered: 9-2006 |
Thats because their sabbath and egw is their God, haven,t you figure that out? What do they gotta do? Hit you upside the head with a notebook? | ||
| River Registered user Username: River Post Number: 5963 Registered: 9-2006 |
I guess you can tell i'm on the warpath this morning. Uma hoowha ha. (circling and beating drum with big fire built) | ||
| River Registered user Username: River Post Number: 5964 Registered: 9-2006 |
Got my full headdress on! | ||
| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 2348 Registered: 8-2004  |
I love your new picture River! That puppy looks downright cute, and would probably suit a headdress just fine (till he could get his teeth into it good - then bye bye headdress). | ||
| Bb Registered user Username: Bb Post Number: 630 Registered: 7-2004 |
Vivian, actually the Sabbath DOES equal God, the Son, Jesus! When He came he was the fulfillment of the Sabbath, He is our rest. I think to hold on to the "day" is to reject THE ONE who came to fulfill the old covenant law. And Sondra, that is very perceptive to see that quote for what it is! I probably would not have given it another thought, especially when I was adventist. But it really looks like the Sabbath is their Holy Spirit. They believe in God and in Jesus' death on the cross, but I don't think they have ever really figured out the Holy Spirit, except that it is your "conscience". Not the comforter or helper or God living in us, just the one who corrects you if you stray from egw's writings. | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 1871 Registered: 4-2000  |
To insist that any shadow (legal Sabbath included) pointing to the Cross must still be observed is to deny the reality of Christ. A very serious, salvific matter, indeed. With the inherent mandates of extra sacrificing and the shewbread requirements, the weekly Sabbath cannot be observed without the Levitical system being fully in place. The same holds true for the tithing codes of the Old Covenant. In awe of the freeness of His grace, Dennis Fischer | ||
| Indy4now Registered user Username: Indy4now Post Number: 762 Registered: 2-2008 |
Bb... I guess I should have specified and written Sabbath "day"! They equate the physical "day" to God. They will never be able to understand how Jesus is their Sabbath rest because of the IJ. :-( thx for picking that up! vivian | ||
| Bb Registered user Username: Bb Post Number: 632 Registered: 7-2004 |
Vivian, I know you understand that, I was just expounding on what you were saying |
