02-04-2008, 11:45 AM
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I respect what your saying, though the text refers to "speaking your own words" which IMHO would refer to idle chat rather than business affairs. By implication, this would seem to mean that all our ordinary affairs (business, recreation etc) are not to be done on the Sabbath - except for works of necessity and mercy. Quote:
Originally Posted by MMasztal  I'm familiar with Is 58, and if you are referring to "pleasure" v. 3, 13, that word I interpret as business, not enjoying a recreational activity.
QUOTE=Daniel Ritchie;352928] Quote:
Originally Posted by MMasztal EX 20:8 (ESV) “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."
How is watching the Superbowl considered "work"? Unless you have Talmudic view of work (no phone calls, radio, TV, computer, cooking, etc., the Lord's day is a day for rest and worship. Now if one blows off attending services to watch the SB, that's a different story. | Those of us who hold a more Puritan/Scottish view of the Sabbath would argue that the word "work" used in the fourth commandment is only a summary statement; we contend from Isa. 58 that the Sabbath law also forbids recreation as well. | [/quote]
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