I've been putting things up on this web-log as I
discover them or as convenient (often I post several things at once), while making a
strong effort to post at least one item every day. I think now I'll try putting some
item on religion up every Sunday. Contrary to the
Westminster
Confession,
Christians are not obligated to keep a holy day like the Sabbath.
Indeed, that smacks of judaizing-- imposing the ceremonial obligations of Judaism in
the way condemned in the New Testament. The first relevant passage I found is
Galatians 2:14-16:
14. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the
gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the
manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as
do the Jews?
15. We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of
Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the
faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no
flesh be justified.
So it is OK to work and play on Sunday. But it is nonetheless useful to mark one day a
week as special. [ permalink,
http://php.indiana.edu/~erasmuse/w/03.10.19c.htm ]
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