Christians working on Sundays

[Cerealman]

This has nothing to do with me being in high school.

[Sparko]

Time for a nap

[Scrawly]

There is only one God, 'though we all may understand him differently, which is not to say equally well, but no one understands him perfectly.

Yes but anyone who say denies the divinity of Christ has not merely understood God differently, but rather has not understood God at all.

[Cow Poke]

There is only one God, 'though we all may understand him differently, which is not to say equally well, but no one understands him perfectly.

There is only one Christ who clearly says there is but ONE WAY to get to God, and that is through Christ.

[Scrawly]

Yeah, I don't care if meat might have been offered to idols; I'm not going to ask. I am thinking primarily about Acts 15:20, but I also keep in mind Paul's admonitions in 1 Corinthians.

Right, I think its safe to assume Paul's description of the weaker brethren was essentially in regards to Jewish believers who were not yet familiar with the status of OT regulations under the New Covenant. Looking back from the standpoint of progressive revelation in the letters of Paul Acts 15:20 can therefore be understood as to advise the Gentiles that they ought not cause the weaker brethren to stumble over issues that they know really have no significance in Christ and therefore maintain fellowship. This was the time and blossoming of God's church where Jew and Gentile were coming together in Christ so the commands in Acts 15:20 should be looked at in that light.

[KingsGambit]

Sabbath was made for man, and not the other way around. It is wise advice to take a day of rest per week if at all possible. This does not have to be Sunday, even. (I work two jobs, one of which schedules me every Sunday, so Sunday is out for me.) Many pastors try to follow this principle, and may choose Monday as their day of rest, for example. There is strong practical wisdom in what God initially revealed with the Sabbath teaching, but Jesus is giving us more leeway in how to apply this to our own lives.

[Scrawly]

Sabbath was made for man, and not the other way around. It is wise advice to take a day of rest per week if at all possible. This does not have to be Sunday, even. (I work two jobs, one of which schedules me every Sunday, so Sunday is out for me.) Many pastors try to follow this principle, and may choose Monday as their day of rest, for example. There is strong practical wisdom in what God initially revealed with the Sabbath teaching, but Jesus is giving us more leeway in how to apply this to our own lives.

One man considers one or some days holy (the weaker brethren?), another man considers all days alike (the stronger/mature brethren?). I think common sense dictates that we must rest. No one is capable of working around the clock without resting ever. I fail to see the place of the Sabbath in the life of a Christian if it just comes down to "its wise to take a rest at some point".

[KingsGambit]

One man considers one or some days holy (the weaker brethren?), another man considers all days alike (the stronger/mature brethren?). I think common sense dictates that we must rest. No one is capable of working around the clock without resting ever. I fail to see the place of the Sabbath in the life of a Christian if it just comes down to "its wise to take a rest at some point".

It was probably a radical notion at the time, though. What seems common sense to us in our leisured society may not have been universally so.

[Darth Executor]

6 pages and I don't think anyone mentioned the Sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's Day (Sunday) are not the same.

[Truthseeker]

6 pages and I don't think anyone mentioned the Sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's Day (Sunday) are not the same.

Aha! Here is evidence Darth E never reads my posts.


Well, Sundays as holy days or rest days or both wasn't a custom right from the start of the Church (after the crucifixion), right? It's still not clear how it became a custom to the point that we used to have blue laws. Well, not "used to": Wikipedia says that some states still limit hunting on Sundays http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_la..._United_States
for one thing.

Elmer Fudd v. Bugs Bunny may not have occurred in a Sunday, I guess.

[Cow Poke]

By the way, I just thought I'd mention that the Sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's Day (Sunday) are not the same.

[Catholicity]

When I worked as an on call clinician, I didn't have a choice about either Saturday or Sunday. When you're scheduled you go in. If you want to go to church, you'd better hope the clients go to church or the home is having a service. Otherwise your stuck because shift can be 12 plus hours. However I worked the hours to provide for my daughter. I think God understands single parents. That said, I could've never been an Orthodox Jew.

[One Bad Pig]

Right, I think its safe to assume Paul's description of the weaker brethren was essentially in regards to Jewish believers who were not yet familiar with the status of OT regulations under the New Covenant.

I disagree that Paul was referring to Jewish believers.

Looking back from the standpoint of progressive revelation in the letters of Paul Acts 15:20 can therefore be understood as to advise the Gentiles that they ought not cause the weaker brethren to stumble over issues that they know really have no significance in Christ and therefore maintain fellowship. This was the time and blossoming of God's church where Jew and Gentile were coming together in Christ so the commands in Acts 15:20 should be looked at in that light.

What in Acts 15:20 was NOT about Jew and Gentile coming together?

[One Bad Pig]

6 pages and I don't think anyone mentioned the Sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's Day (Sunday) are not the same.

The distinction didn't seem particularly material to the questions presented.

[Darth Executor]

Aha! Here is evidence Darth E never reads my posts.


Well, Sundays as holy days or rest days or both wasn't a custom right from the start of the Church (after the crucifixion), right? It's still not clear how it became a custom to the point that we used to have blue laws. Well, not "used to": Wikipedia says that some states still limit hunting on Sundays http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_la..._United_States
for one thing.

Elmer Fudd v. Bugs Bunny may not have occurred in a Sunday, I guess.

I put you on ignore a while back because those huge threads in civics where you talk to yourself kept springing up and made it look like something potentially interesting was posted in civics. Unfortunately, putting people on ignore doens't make their threads disappear so it was pointless. I never got around to removing you. I probably should get around to that eventually.