James,
It is not that I want anyone to "come down on my side" . All I ever wanted BV to realize is that HE cannot bind on me what his tradition and method of considering the Sabbath says to him. I did that by showing that even his way was not what was orig. prescribed,modern convenience notwithstanding. I am NOT teaching against Sabbath, only that BV must allow me to stand before the Lord and not him. I believe the Lord will show me.
If you and I have to have to be a card totin, member of a Church with regulations, traditiuons and creeds, I'm afraid we are not going to make it. But we have no worry, because the Church of Christ is not a building, but God's very own Spiritual Church of which we all belong to.
You said a ton here....and I have admitted in the past and even continue to admit that even I "kick" against that from time to time, but the church was bought at such a high price....price paid in the very blood of Jesus. No matter who says that any other "religion" is the fastest growing, no matter who says work work work, no matter.... the Bride of Christ will survive just as God plans(ed) it.
God bless.
dan |
