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To: XeniaSt
You have been misled, daily we use the blood of the Lamb of G-d to cover our sins. shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

Wrong, the blood of the Lamb wipes our sins away, it does not just cover them like the animal skins that the Lord gave Adam and Eve to cover their nakedness. It is true that every lamb, bull, and dove, oxen or any other animal ever sacrificed by God's people from Adam to the last passover lamb slain before Christ was crucified, just covered up mans sin.

However, when God became man, He lived a perfect existence and as the perfect man He died for our sins as the perfect Lamb. His blood was spilled and sprinkled upon the mercy seat of heaven and washed away our sins, so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. You need to know that Christ died to forgive the sins, not cover them up.

Along with dieing for the sins of those who accept Him as their Lord and Savior, He also died to fulfill the Law that no man could. By fulfilling the Law, we are not bound by it. Read all of Paul's letters, you will see that Paul lays to rest the nonsense of what you believe.

What you also need need to understand is that the observance of Sunday rather than Saturday does not violate God’s Commandments at all! The Sabbath command in the Old Testament never specified a “Saturday” observance; rather, it was simply a command that we should observe a cycle of six days of work and then rest for one day. So obviously, the intent of the Sabbath command is kept when we rest on Saturday or on Sunday, it really doesn’t matter.

Not only that, but there is also some evidence that Sunday worship was practiced in the New Testament Church. As an example, in Acts we read about an evening meeting of the church on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7) . And Paul instructed the Corinthians to take up a collection on the first day of the week (1 Cor. 16:2) . When John says in Revelation that he was “in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10) , he appears to be referring to a day of the week set aside for the Lord, and not the traditional, Jewish Sabbath day.

In fact, in none of these passages is Sunday worship commanded. Christians are no more required to make Sunday their day of rest than they are to make Saturday their day of rest. However, of course, they are perfectly free to do so. In fact, to criticize Sunday observance and then to separate from the rest of the church over something like this, is both legalistic and divisive.

You need to quit focusing on the letter of the Law because all that was a shadow of things to come, but Christ is the substance of what was expected and looked forward to. So when Christ came he did away with the Law.
33 posted on 05/18/2009 1:49:39 PM PDT by Freepmanchew ( <:)))>< Proverbs 30:7-9)
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To: Freepmanchew
XS> You have been misled, daily we use the blood of the Lamb of G-d to cover our sins.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

Wrong, the blood of the Lamb wipes our sins away, it does not just cover them like the animal skins that the Lord gave Adam and Eve to cover their nakedness. It is true that every lamb, bull, and dove, oxen or any other animal ever sacrificed by God's people from Adam to the last passover lamb slain before Christ was crucified, just covered up mans sin.

However, when God became man, He lived a perfect existence and as the perfect man He died for our sins as the perfect Lamb. His blood was spilled and sprinkled upon the mercy seat of heaven and washed away our sins, so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. You need to know that Christ died to forgive the sins, not cover them up.

Along with dieing for the sins of those who accept Him as their Lord and Savior, He also died to fulfill the Law that no man could. By fulfilling the Law, we are not bound by it. Read all of Paul's letters, you will see that Paul lays to rest the nonsense of what you believe.

What you also need need to understand is that the observance of Sunday rather than Saturday does not violate God’s Commandments at all! The Sabbath command in the Old Testament never specified a “Saturday” observance; rather, it was simply a command that we should observe a cycle of six days of work and then rest for one day. So obviously, the intent of the Sabbath command is kept when we rest on Saturday or on Sunday, it really doesn’t matter.

Not only that, but there is also some evidence that Sunday worship was practiced in the New Testament Church. As an example, in Acts we read about an evening meeting of the church on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7) . And Paul instructed the Corinthians to take up a collection on the first day of the week (1 Cor. 16:2) . When John says in Revelation that he was “in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10) , he appears to be referring to a day of the week set aside for the Lord, and not the traditional, Jewish Sabbath day.

In fact, in none of these passages is Sunday worship commanded. Christians are no more required to make Sunday their day of rest than they are to make Saturday their day of rest. However, of course, they are perfectly free to do so. In fact, to criticize Sunday observance and then to separate from the rest of the church over something like this, is both legalistic and divisive.

You need to quit focusing on the letter of the Law because all that was a shadow of things to come, but Christ is the substance of what was expected and looked forward to. So when Christ came he did away with the Law.

Lots of assertions are made.

However no scriptural support.

Acts 20:7 The first day of the week begins at sundown Saturday evening;
the Oneg (meal after Shabbat) begins then.

1 Cor 16:2 see above

Rev 1:10 What day does YHvH(the L-rd) define as His day ?

So when Christ came he did away with the Law.

Does that mean you practice lawlessness ?

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
34 posted on 05/18/2009 4:30:25 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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