Author	Thread: Keeping the Lord�s Day
dljrn04 View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 12 Aug, 2012 02:21 AM In the summer of 1999, I was studying the Lutheran Reformation in eastern Germany with a group of fellow American graduate students. After attending a Sunday morning worship service at the Stadtkirche in Wittenberg, where Martin Luther often preached, we made our way south to Halle, the birthplace of G. F. Handel and seventeenth-century German pietism. Just ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, eastern Germany was at the height of its revitalization efforts, the Deutsche Mark was still the currency, and on Sundays most of the small-town shops and restaurants were closed in observance of the Lord�s Day. After I stepped off the train in Halle, I saw signs of protest everywhere I looked. The people of Halle were protesting the opening of a city-sanctioned, public marketplace on the Lord�s Day. What for centuries had been a quiet town square on Sundays was now a busy marketplace, and many of the citizens, whose heritage was being threatened, were protesting. I don�t offer this account of my experience in order to reveal my sympathies with Halle�s citizens but simply to provide a point of reference concerning a real issue with which many people continue to struggle as they attempt to understand and apply what the Word of God teaches about the Christian Sabbath. Some Christians might be tempted to think that the entire Sabbath issue is an irrelevant discussion among old-fashioned traditionalists that has little bearing on our enlightened, twenty-first century lives. However, with our continued quest for that which most quickly and instantly gratifies, along with the emergence of the personal home computer, the portable laptop, the smart phone, and our increasingly entertainmentfueled societies, there has perhaps never been a better time for us to stop and revisit the most basic biblical questions about our most practical, biblical theology of work, worship, mercy, fellowship, and rest. From God�s rest and blessing of the seventh day in Genesis to John�s account of being in the Spirit on the Lord�s Day in the book of Revelation, the Bible is full of references to the Sabbath. Nevertheless, careful students of Scripture throughout the ages, from Augustine to Luther to John Calvin to John Knox to John Owen to Jonathan Edwards, have not always agreed in their interpretation and, thus, their application of what the Bible teaches about this most fundamental theological issue. Therefore, in this issue of Tabletalk, we offer Christians a theological forum on the Lord�s Day in order to help us to more rightly handle and live according to the Word of Truth for our good and God�s glory. by Burk Parsons Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 12 Aug, 2012 01:08 PM Amen!!!!!!!!!!!! Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 12:53 PM Keeping the Lord�s Day *** Everyday is the LORD's day!!!... Psalm 118:24 This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. *** Which is not be confused with the Sabbath... I have a question...Does anyone here truely know what the "LORD's day" is ???...anyone ???...xo Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 01:16 PM Hello Tell im Jude. Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 01:28 PM Oky Doky Poky...:laugh:... Day and Year of the LORD Isaiah 61 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; 2 [[[ To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, ]]] and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. Jesus read aloud ~ Luke 4 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 [[[ To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. ]]] *** Jesus did not FINISH reading the passage of Scripture�that says in Esaias 61:2b [[[ and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; ]]]� 20 And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, [[[ This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. ]]] *** Only � of this Scripture is Fulfilled�the other � is when HE Returns�Are ya Ready ???�:bouncy: xo Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 01:59 PM Some Christians might be tempted to think that the entire Sabbath issue is an irrelevant discussion among old-fashioned traditionalists that has little bearing on our enlightened, twenty-first century lives. However, with our continued quest for that which most quickly and instantly gratifies, along with the emergence of the personal home computer, the portable laptop, the smart phone, and our increasingly entertainmentfueled societies, there has perhaps never been a better time for us to stop and revisit the most basic biblical questions about our most practical, biblical theology of work, worship, mercy, fellowship, and rest. Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 02:55 PM Some Christians might be tempted to think that the entire Sabbath issue is an irrelevant discussion among old-fashioned traditionalists that has little bearing on our enlightened, twenty-first century lives. *** And some Christians post Topic Threads about the "Keeping the LORD's day" that are Actually about anything other than the LORD's day and not to be confused with the Sabbath...:laugh:... Would you like to discuss the Sabbath now ??? Niether is a Irrelevant Topic for discussion...xo Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 03:09 PM Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 [[[ But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: ]]] in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Jesus said ~ Mat 2: 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. *** What does this mean ??? Mat 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. *** What does this mean ??? xo Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 04:05 PM :rolleyes:...Hummm...I guess Donna doesnt want to discuss either the the LORD's day or the Sabbath...just wants to post Articles and not even Discuss them...Oky Doky...xo Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 04:16 PM i will not discuss anything with you and your belittling tactics. Have a good evening, be blessed. xo Post Reply
View Profile History	Keeping the Lord�s Day Posted : 13 Aug, 2012 04:24 PM @ sisters GodsJude Why are you trying to harass and belittle sister Dljrn? I don't think Jesus would behave like you are behaving all over these forums. You are very insulting. I have been reading your comments for a long time and you don't seem to represent a very good spirit. I saw the other day when you said something about people not needing to answer every question and reply at all. Why don't you try to practice that more for yourself? your sister, bernie :angel: Post Reply

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