Why do you need to know? That’s a personal question! I haven’t asked you a personal question.
Yes I did ask if Adventist require male-members to be circumcised? However I did not asked you if you were circumcised. I just want to point out to you goitalone; I do not know your gender. I do not know if you are man or women. To be honest, I don’t recall you saying.
I asked about circumcision because:
There was no division in the Jewish law, they had one law, with 613 or so precepts, it was called the Mitzvah, it included the 10 commandments. The so called division of the law that the SDA’s have made is not found in scripture, it is simply made up in order to justify keeping only part of the law. Either the law was done away with, or it wasnt. You can’t pick and choose what you want to obey and what you dont. Oh… and did I mention that there is not one command or instruction given to a Christian in scripture or after, that instructs them to keep the Sabbath.
(thanks, SDA2RC for already posting it)
As SDA2RC pointed out you can’t pick and choose what you want to obey and what you don’t.
However we know that Jesus came to fulfill. I hope you would agree that things “changed” because of Christ. It wasn’t done way with, it just that the old way was replaced with a new way.
We are in a NEW covenant with the Lord. I hope you would agree that some of Scripture quotes Jesus’ exact words. Here are some passages that are Jesus direct words:
Mathew 19:18-19 He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, " ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’"
Mark 12:30-31 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these."
Lets see:
Commandments: You shall have no other Gods before me; You shall not make for yourself any carved image…. (see Mark 12:30-31)
Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain… (see Mark 12:30-31)
Commandments: Honor your father and your mother; You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor; You shall not covet your neighbor’s house (see Mark 12:30-31; Mathew 19:18-19)
The way I see it Jesus never told people to keep the “Sabbath”. Maybe you can provide me with a direct quote of Jesus telling people to keep the “Sabbath”.
In this NEW covenant circumcision = Baptism. In this NEW covenant Sabbath = Lord’s Day.
This is my understanding scripture. Maybe you have a different understanding.
If your understanding of scripture is different, then please telling me what makes your understanding right and my understanding wrong.
What didn’t sound right? Was it the question “Are you married mommy?” If didn’t sound right why did you ask it! Maybe you were making a remark about my screen name, or maybe you realized that it wasn’t a good question to ask…