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RE: The Deception Of Easter
The Bible does not emphatically state that the early church assembled on Sunday while there are several references to Sabbath meetings documented. Sunday meeting is an assumption based on 2 Bible verses.
If there is no law against things such as killing and stealing, then how is it loving to do such things?
Well, I just looked and found these for the first day, (remember the Jews didn't call the days Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
I also found evidence that all Jesus' appearances were on the first day: . Mk 16:9; Mt 28:5-9; Lk 24:34; Lk 24:13-15; Lk 24:33,36 + Jn 20:19; Jn 20:26 (This is someone else' list http://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-significance-for-christians.htm)
I can't really find the Sabbath meetings, where are they?
As far as your second sentence, I don't understand what you're getting at. It's clearly not loving to steal or kill, so they would be against the law of the New Covenant.
However, I see the new Covenant as more than lists. God says He will write His law on our hearts, so we don't need a list to tell us what's right and wrong. Jesus is inside us. This gives us freedom. I would say that sometimes it might be the right thing to do to steal. For instance, if someone was suicidal and they had a gun, it might not be a bad thing to steal the gun to prevent them from killing themselves. Same with lying: if your wife asks you if a pair of pants makes her butt look big, it might be more harmful to say yes, even if you think they do.
I'm not saying civil laws should all be abolished; I'm talking about the laws for believers.
The fact that Jesus appeared on the first day of the week proves nothing other than that happened to be the third day of Passover.
Chapters 13-18 of Acts speaks of Paul meeting with people. He never tried to tell them that the Sabbath was changed. As far as Acts 20:7 is concerned, the event at midnight was Saturday night because the first day of the week begins at Saturday sunset.
While I agree that life is about following a spirit rather than a list, a person's attitude toward God's law is a reflection of what spirit they are of.
Well, I'm not trying to "prove" anything, I'm just having a conversation. I think if someone is really convinced of something all you can do is give them something to think about.
I agree Paul wouldn't have said the Sabbath was changed. I really don't think there's any biblical evidence for the idea the Sabbath changed. The Sabbath is the seventh day, it's pretty clear, NT and OT.
The point about Acts 20:7 wasn't the "event," just to show the believers "came together on the first day." The first day was Sunday. Anyway, I don't have too much invested in this, it's not something I think is all that important. I agree that our attitude towards God's law is a reflection of the spirit we are of, I just think we have a different idea of what the law is.
I think it's this: ""A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." John 13:34
If you want to follow the Ten Commandments and call that "God's Law," go ahead. Some people think all the laws in the Pentateuch are "God's Law." Okay, fine.
As for me, I think the command to love one another is enough. If you let this be your guide for what love means:
That's a pretty high bar and I don't think we need the Ten Commandments because we have the Spirit of the Holy One within us.
Either way you want to look at it, I hope you have a blessed Resurrection day tomorrow. (Or today it you're going by the Hebrew calander:))