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Originally Posted by JohnOwen007  Quote:
Originally Posted by SemperFideles The 4th Commandment is perpetually binding. | The problem I have with this statement, is that the 4th commandment (as given at Sinai) explicitly states that the Sabbath must be on the 7th day, or Saturday. Hence, unless we're 7th-day adventists (or baptists) then we can't affirm that the 4th commandment is perpetually binding because it's undergone some sort of transformation since Christ, even for the WCF / Puritan types (who now believe the Sabbath is on Sunday).
Every blessing. |
I'm not interesting in debating this point. It's off topic. It is the Confessional view of the Scriptures that the actual day of the Sabbath was not the principle that was perpetual as much as the principle that one day in seven be consecrated. We have Apostolic testimony to the change in this in light of this fact. It is also noted by Puritans that Christ "worked" redemption on the Jewish Sabbath (was still in the grave) and rose again on the Lord's Day for our salvation.
As I said, however, this is off topic. If you're not even convinced that the Lord's Day needs to be consecrated then it's an interesting opinion but not something I'm interested in discussing in this thread.