Fair argument on the surface. Now do doctrines.
Bible says the 7th day is the sabbath. Catholic church (and sadly also most protestants) say no, the 1st day is now the sabbath.
Bible says there is One true God which has a Son. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say no, there are 3 equal co-eternal gods.
Bible says Jesus was brought forth (born) out from His Father before the world was created. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say no, Jesus is a co-eternal god who had no beginning.
Bible says due to the degregated state of nature, some animals are not to be consumed. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say, no you can eat anything you desire.
Bible says those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus are those He calls His. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say, no Gods commandments were abolished.
And on, and on and on and on...
Bible says the 7th day is the sabbath. Catholic church (and sadly also most protestants) say no, the 1st day is now the sabbath.
Seventh day is sabbath under Old Law. First day is Lord's Day under new. The natural law (eternal) aspect of the third commandment to keep the sabbath day holy, is still fulfilled by celebrating the Lord's Day - which is the first day per Scripture (Rev 1:10, Acts 20:7). The detail about the last day of the week is not and cannot pertain to the eternal law, but only the ceremonial precepts of the law. If you object to the last day not being kept, you should object also to Christians no longer sacrificing animals. The sacrifice of animals, while under the Old Law, was only a ceremonial precept. It was fulfilled (Matthew 5:17) and so no longer exercised in that way. It is perfected in the sacrifice of Christ. Likewise, the detail about the end of the week - which made sense while Israel was still awaiting the Messiah - is now fulfilled and perfected in the Lord's Day on the first of the week - which makes sense now that the Messiah has come.
Bible says there is One true God which has a Son. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say no, there are 3 equal co-eternal gods.
John 1 plainly outlines a Trinitarian doctrine.
Bible says Jesus was brought forth (born) out from His Father before the world was created. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say no, Jesus is a co-eternal god who had no beginning.
Jesus Christ is a Divine Person, the second Person of the Trinity, Who assumed a created human nature and human soul.\ for the salvation of man. A complete reading of Scripture permits no other interpretation.
Bible says due to the degregated state of nature, some animals are not to be consumed. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say, no you can eat anything you desire.
Matthew 15:11. Again, the dietary regulations under the Old Law were ceremonial, not eternal. They served to symbolically represent various things to a specific people under specific circumstances. With the fulfilment of the Law, these were no longer necessary, and Christ alluded to this Himself.
Bible says those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus are those He calls His. Catholic church (and sadly most protestants) say, no Gods commandments were abolished.
The Church absolutely does not assert that any of God's eternal commandments - that is to say, moral / natural law commandments - are abolished. Only ceremonial precepts have been rendered perfected through Jesus Christ.
Circumcision was "commanded" also - but it was not something eternal, not something moral, but rather something ceremonial - something befitting the people God chose to receive Him, for a specific time. St. Paul makes clear that, after Christ's life, death, and resurrection, this precept is no longer salvific. ()
You have demonstrated here how essential careful interpretation of Scripture is; looking carelessly at individual statements and, out of fear, treating them as literal and still applicable, without an appropriate sense of the purpose for which they (the ceremonial precepts, for example) were given in the first place, only opens oneself up to false interpretations. This is what happens when a lone man, or a small group, get together and discern what they will from Scripture, without the benefit of thousands of years of exegesis and careful study, immortalized in the Church's tradition. There is probably no one who has ever known the Bible as well as St. Thomas Aquinas, who considered himself a Bible Scholar more than anything else, and his careful exegesis is in line with the careful exegesis of those Christians who came before him, and he (and they) together have no difficulty addressing every point you have made or might make, because they see the whole picture, where you alone cannot possibly.
Be humble, and submit to the authority of the Church God Himself established on the rock of St. Peter (), lest you make more mistakes such as these.
Repent or risk, in your pride, confronting the fires of hell.
Roman catholic church is the beast of many waters. Same beast that will have a "mark". Same beast that scripture warns all who worship (obey) it and are found in its service will be cast into the lake of fire. Also tasting the final 7 plagues of Gods wrath.
She is the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. Antichrist.
Christ warns you in Revelation 18:4 to come out of her. Sadly, you dont actually care what the scriptures say. Only how the prelates of Rome command you to read them.
Follow the Lamb wherever He is. Not where men tell you He is.
The harlot is Apostate Israel - the Jews, principally.
I have my own thoughts on Scripture, but I never hold to an exegesis (interpretation) that the Church has ruled impossible, on Scriptural grounds, to hold.
My trust in a Christ-selected authority for interpreting Scripture is itself Scriptural ()
This was refreshing to read.
Amen.
To your first point. In Germany, Monday is considered the first day of the week, and the seventh day, the day of rest, Sunday.
France also I believe. Regardless, historic record shows the day we call saturday is the sabbath of Gods law. Of course if people are genuinely ignorant, the bible says God winks at the ignorance. But it also teaches we are not to remain ignorant for ignorance sake.
Multiple places in protestant US as well.
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