DonP
Puritan Board Junior
In a previous thread I was not addressing how one keeps the day, but if one were to say they do not need to keep the 4th commandment at all.
Some misunderstood my questions, assumed I was saying there was only one right way to keep the sabbath and never interacted with the scriptures just argued their belief about what were legitimate ways to keep the 4th command.
I was trying to discuss
What do we think of those who say they do not hold in any way the 4th command and believe God dropped the 4th command and it is not reiterated in the NT it was only for OT.
So rather than seek to go back to that, I would like to address the subject that arose there. I would like to explore further what so any were adamant about on how you can keep the 4th command without keeping it as Calvin did or the Larger Catechism explains.
So this time I am distinctly not asking if one rejects the 4th command as being a rule of life for them, or part of the moral law, but I am asking
Is it Confessional to say you keep the 4th commandment and yet believe you do not have to keep the day holy as a special day, in some way distinct from all other days
I am not asking how you keep it distinct or how close to the Confession and catechism or loose. So please don't go there.
But can you say I do not have to do anything different on that day or cease from work etc. I would do on any other day. Ie. I keep the sabbath rest in Christ and that is keeping and obeying the 4th command?
Is this consistent with our Confession and understanding of scripture? Could a minister be ordained in a Confessional church with this belief?
Lets try to keep it peaceful and not assume we understand what someone else is saying. Lets ask them to clarify, and mainly just exhibit scripture to support your belief, and explain the meaning of the scripture that supports your belief if you care to participate. Not attack someone else's thought as much as prove yours from scripture.
Thanks.
Some misunderstood my questions, assumed I was saying there was only one right way to keep the sabbath and never interacted with the scriptures just argued their belief about what were legitimate ways to keep the 4th command.
I was trying to discuss
What do we think of those who say they do not hold in any way the 4th command and believe God dropped the 4th command and it is not reiterated in the NT it was only for OT.
So rather than seek to go back to that, I would like to address the subject that arose there. I would like to explore further what so any were adamant about on how you can keep the 4th command without keeping it as Calvin did or the Larger Catechism explains.
So this time I am distinctly not asking if one rejects the 4th command as being a rule of life for them, or part of the moral law, but I am asking
Is it Confessional to say you keep the 4th commandment and yet believe you do not have to keep the day holy as a special day, in some way distinct from all other days
I am not asking how you keep it distinct or how close to the Confession and catechism or loose. So please don't go there.
But can you say I do not have to do anything different on that day or cease from work etc. I would do on any other day. Ie. I keep the sabbath rest in Christ and that is keeping and obeying the 4th command?
Is this consistent with our Confession and understanding of scripture? Could a minister be ordained in a Confessional church with this belief?
Lets try to keep it peaceful and not assume we understand what someone else is saying. Lets ask them to clarify, and mainly just exhibit scripture to support your belief, and explain the meaning of the scripture that supports your belief if you care to participate. Not attack someone else's thought as much as prove yours from scripture.
Thanks.