TEN COMMANDMENTS - THE BATTLE RAGES ON
By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.
The battle over the
display of the Ten
Commandments on
government buildings
has gone to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Christians are
greatly concerned
over this battle?
Many Christians have
a sign in their yard
saying, “I Believe
In The Ten
Commandments”. Yet
there is one of the
commandments which
needs some
clarification. That
is the fourth one,
“Remember the
Sabbath by keeping
it holy... no work
is permitted on
it... .” Exodus
20:8-11 Now the
Christian can not
keep this one.
Paul, the inspired
apostle, did not
command or try to
enforce Sabbath
keeping. While his
epistles have much
to say about the
passing away of the
old covenant and the
ushering in of the
new covenant, he
does not refer to
Sabbath keeping as a
part of the new
covenant.
Actually, he seemed
to be "afraid" of
those who were
trying to revert to
the law. "Ye observe
days, and months,
and times, and
years. I am afraid
of you, lest I have
bestowed upon you
labor in vain.
(Galatians
4:10,11)".
The writers of early
church history are
agreed that
Christians met on
Sunday to worship.
Justin Martyr
(A.D.145) said, "But
Sunday is the day,
because it is the
first day of the
week and Jesus our
Savior on the same
day rose from the
dead." Iraneus
(A.D.160) wrote,
"The mystery of the
Lord's resurrection
may not be
celebrated on any
other day than the
Lord's Day and on
this day alone
should we observe
the breaking of the
Paschal feast."
These men and scores
of others say that
the early church
worshipped on
Sunday. Since the
apostles were
inspired men, we are
correct in following
their precedent.
Clement of
Alexandria (A.D.194)
said that the Jewish
Sabbath was "nothing
more than a working
day."
Christians contend
that Sunday is to be
used for; worship
first of all, a day
of rest, a family
day - a day apart
from one’s normal
day of activities.
Yet many have
forgotten it is a
day of worship and
have used it for
everything else
(sports, shopping,
business as usual,
etc.). Christians
may not have a
legalistic code to
live by, but may we
never forget God.
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