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Puritan Board Freshman
Where do you draw the line on apostolic authority? Here's a quote from Thomas Watson from The Ten Commandments:
We know though that not all they did was good:
So, was Watson wrong? And, in what way, to what degree?
The keeping of the first day was the practice of the apostles. "˜Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them.´ Acts 20: 7; 1 Cor 16: 2. Here was both preaching and breaking of bread on this day. Augustine and Innocentius, and Isidore, make the keeping of our gospel Sabbath to be of apostolic sanction, and affirm, that by virtue of the apostles´ practice, this day is to be set apart for divine worship. What the apostles did, they did by divine authority; for they were inspired by the Holy Ghost.
We know though that not all they did was good:
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "œIf you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?" (Gal. 2:11-14, ESV)
So, was Watson wrong? And, in what way, to what degree?