1 Cor. {1:18} For the preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the
power of God.
The power of God is found where? In the cross.
Ro. {1:16} For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the
Greek. {1:17} For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall
live by faith.
Ro. {1:24}
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Christ is the power of God. Jesus dying for us and being resurrected by God is the power of God. Who could have resurrected Jesus from the dead but God? None. Only God had the power to resurrected the dead Christ. Jesus when he preached and wrought miracles for the three and a half years of His ministry preached it and wrought the miracles through God. Jesus even said -
John {5:19} 'Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.'
John {8:28} Then said Jesus unto
them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye
know that I am [he,] and [that] I do nothing of myself; but
as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. {8:29}
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please him.
God- the power of God. Those that are saved will know that the cross is the embodiment of God's power. God is revealed to us through His Son.
There is nothing greater than the power of God, nothing!
To those that perish they won't care about the power of God found in the cross, to them it is foolishness.
We have no power of our own this is the message of the cross. No power to save ourselves whatsoever. Whenever we get it in our heads that we are losing salvation because we aren't good enough, trying hard enough, that our sins are too many, too binding, too overwhelming we have to remember salvation isn't something we'll EVER be good enough for. We could NOT save ourselves that power is in the cross through the sacrifice of our Savior, God's Son, Jesus Christ!
Holding fast to the cross, clinging to the cross needs to be real to us because it represents all that has been done on our behalf. It is a forever reminder of our helplessness and Christ's Righteousness which we must understand is ours through Him. He presents His sacrifice on our behalf, His righteousness. He doesn't stand before the Father and say... She/He was good- but rather through faith they believe I can save them through my righteousness. They believe in me, and in believing in me they believe in Your power, the believe in You.
May God bless and keep us in that faith that we need so desperately to please Him. I cry out as a man of old- Lord I believe! Help thou my unbelief!
While Satan tries his hardest to get us to look inward at our unrighteousness and to take our eyes from the cross, we must cling ever tighter to it, ever tighter!
By the mercy, the grace, the love of Jesus Christ may we be found righteous in HIM and HIM alone, not with any bit our ourselves, only, always Him!
Amen.
8/5/11
Yesterday we
discussed the rise of Christianity mingled Paganism and we're going to continue
with this a bit longer, noting more detailed facts.
We need to
understand that the Holy Covenant was truly forsaken by the rise of this so
called church of God.
Dan 11:30
'...therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the
holy covenant
so shall he do;
he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy
covenant. '
Have you ever
heard of the Eleusinian Mysteries-
'The Eleusinian
Mysteries (Greek) were initiation ceremonies held every year for the cult of
Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. Of all the mysteries
celebrated in ancient times, these were held to be the ones of greatest
importance. It is acknowledged that their basis was an old agrarian cult which
probably goes back to the Mycenean period (c.1600-1100 BC) and it is believed
that the cult of Demeter was established in 1500 BC.[1] The idea of immortality
which appears in syncretistic religions of antiquity was introduced in late
antiquity.[2] The mysteries represented the myth of the abduction of Persephone
from her mother Demeter by the king of the underworld Hades, in a cycle with
three phases, the "descent" (loss), the "search" and the "ascent", with main
theme the "ascent" of Persephone and the reunion with her mother. It was a major
festival during the Hellenic era, and later spread to Rome.[3] The name of the
town, Eleusís seems to be Pre-Greek and it is probably a counterpart with
Elysion and the goddess Eileithyia[4]
The rites,
ceremonies, and beliefs were kept secret and consistently preserved from a
hoary antiquity. The initiated believed that they would have a reward in the
afterlife.[5] There are many paintings and pieces of pottery that depict
various aspects of the Mysteries. Since the Mysteries involved visions and
conjuring of an afterlife, some scholars believe that the power and longevity
of the Eleusinian Mysteries came from psychedelic agents.[6]'
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from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries>
*
These pagan
mysteries existed for close to 3000 years.
The *supposed*
end of them occurs when Christianity rose up.
*
'In
170 AD, the Temple of Demeter was sacked by the Sarmatians but was rebuilt by
Marcus Aurelius. Aurelius was then allowed to become the only lay person to
ever enter the anaktoron. As Christianity gained in popularity in the 4th and
5th centuries, Eleusis' prestige began to fade. Julian, the last pagan emperor
of Rome, was also the last emperor to be initiated into the Eleusinian
Mysteries.[28]
The
Roman emperor Theodosius I closed the sanctuaries by decree in 392 AD. The last
remnants of the Mysteries were wiped out in 396 AD, when Alaric, King of the
Goths, invaded accompanied by Christians "in their dark garments", bringing
Arian Christianity and desecrating the old sacred sites.[29] The closing of the
Eleusinian Mysteries in the 4th century is reported by Eunapius, a historian and
biographer of the Greek philosophers. Eunapius had been initiated by the last
legitimate Hierophant, who had been commissioned by the emperor Julian to
restore the Mysteries, which had by then fallen into decay. According to
Eunapius, the very last Hierophant was a usurper, "the man from Thespiae who
held the rank of Father in the mysteries of Mithras."'
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries>
*
I said supposed
end because read on…
*
'Modern
Interpretation-
The
annual Aquarian Tabernacle Church Spring Mysteries Festival is a 3 day
Pan-Pagan festival, recreating the mysteries in modern day. The main focus of
the Festival is the Ritual Drama. The ATC (Aquarian Tabernacle Church) presents
a modern interpretation of the ancient Greek mystery drama of how the seasons
came to be.
The
original Eleusinian Mysteries were a mystery kept secret for almost
three-thousand years and the basic story, as portrayed, is all that is
available. In modern times the ATC is the only group performing these mysteries
on a large scale, available for all who have always wished to experience their
wonder, are able to.
The
ritual takes place every Easter weekend at Fort Flagler State Park in
Washington.'
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries>
MODERN
INTERPRETATION. When does
this modern interpretation take place?
EASTER weekend. Now we need
to ask ourselves some questions-is this mere coincidence? Does Easter have
something to do with paganism?
Remember
Christianity rose up amid many, many pagan customs that had been around for
thousands of years. People did not simply give up their pagan beliefs and
accept Christianity. It'd be great if that were the case but even our Savior
had this to say, and He meant it!
Mat 7:14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened
the way, that leadeth unto life, and few be they that find it.
Few be they that
find it! How many? FEW. Only few
compared to the multitudes. So
many religions tout their numbers as a sign of truth, when the truth is that the
greater the number the less truth. Yes, the Gospel was to go to the whole
world, but that didn't mean the whole world would accept that Gospel. How can
those words come from our Savior's mouth if they weren't true? They couldn't
and that means they are pure TRUTH.
Christianity
quickly went from being truth and only truth to being truth corrupted by
untruth. The lines became blurred, paganism and Christianity merged into
something unrecognizable as wholly pagan or wholly Christian.
However… Satan used His deceptive power to have the products of paganism
Christianized. And as we know if
something is changed and enough time passes that it is hard for people to accept
that the changed something was ever anything different than it appears
currently. People honestly believe
that our so called Christian holidays are truly Christian holidays.
What they really are is paganism Christianized and as we know once
untruth mingles with truth it is NO LONGER TRUTH!
Easter-
'Easter ... is
the central feast in the Christian liturgical year.[1] According to the
Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his
crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday[2]
(also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday). The chronology of his death and
resurrection is variously interpreted to be between AD 26 and 36.
Easter marks the
end of Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week
of the Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Good Friday, commemorating the
crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called
Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday.
Easter is linked
to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in
the calendar. In many European languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover"
are etymologically related or homonymous.[4] The term "Pascha", from the same
root, is also used in English to refer to Easter.
Easter customs
vary across the Christian world, but decorating Easter eggs is a common motif.
In the Western world, customs such as egg hunting and the Easter Bunny extend
from the domain of church, and often have a secular character.'
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter>
*
Did you read
that? Decorating eggs is a common
motif. A common motif of what? A
supposed CHRISTIAN holiday! A CENTRAL feast . Now many, many, many Christians
will give you reasons for this egg decorating and how it ties into the
celebration, but in truth where did EGGS, let alone decorating them, come into
play with Jesus?! Alarm bells
should be ringing in the head of anyone who is really seeking TRUTH.
Just how did eggs
come to be associated with a supposed Christian holiday?
Read this--
The first
Christians, Jewish and Gentile, were certainly aware of the Hebrew calendar
(Acts 2:1; 12:3; 20:6; 27:9; 1 Cor 16:8), but there is no direct evidence that
they celebrated any specifically Christian annual festivals. Direct evidence
for the Easter festival begins to appear in the mid-2nd century. Perhaps the
earliest extant primary source referencing Easter is a mid-2nd century Paschal
homily attributed to Melito of Sardis, which characterizes the celebration as a
well-established one.[23] Evidence for another kind of annual Christian
festival, the commemoration of martyrs, begins to appear at about the same time
as evidence for the celebration of Easter.[24] But while martyrs' days (usually
the individual dates of martyrdom) were celebrated on fixed dates in the local
solar calendar, the date of Easter was fixed by means of the local Jewish
lunisolar calendar. This is consistent with the celebration of Easter having
entered Christianity during its earliest, Jewish period, but does not leave the
question free of doubt.[25]
The
ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus (b. 380) attributes the
observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of its custom, "just as
many other customs have been established," stating that neither Jesus nor his
Apostles enjoined the keeping of this or any other festival. Although he
describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom,
he insists the feast itself is universally observed.[26]
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter>
This is NOT a
CHRISTIAN celebration! No where in the Bible are we told to celebrate this way,
NO WHERE!
This isn't the
only perversion of Christianity, not by a long shot. Go ahead LOOK UP this stuff
on the internet! Go to the library! Search out the truth! Read your BIBLES!
While Christian
holidays seem to be Christian enough, they are far from it. They carry a cloak
of Christianity but underneath that cloak is a vile, scheming, deceiving being
who has tricked the majority of Christians into celebrating these days as if
they are truly holy, when they are FAR from it!
This is
TRUTH!
Beyond a doubt
covering evil with a nice fluffy frosting does not make it acceptable. Think about it- how many times are evil
people truly evil appearing? Not as often as one would like to hope. Evil
people often get away with a lot of their evil by appearing as someone far from
evil, the more innocent they appear the more evil they can get away with. This isn't a lie, this is truth. And truth cannot be changed, not by you
and not by me, not by anyone!
The deception of
the mingling of paganism with Christianity did not stop at holidays, but goes
much deeper, into a place that affects people every week of their lives!
Read this--
Sunday and
Sabbath
See
also: Sabbath in Christianity.
Christians
from very early times have had differences of opinion on the question of
whether Sabbath should be observed on a Saturday or a Sunday. The issue does
not arise for Jews, for whom "Shabbat" is unquestionably on Saturday, nor for
Muslims whose day of assembly (jumu'ah) is on a Friday.
The
first given evidence for a differentiation, between traditional Jewish
"Shabbat" observance and the religious observance of the first day of the week,
appears in Acts 20:7 where the disciples met and "broke bread" together. Some
believe this was a participation in the ordinance of the sacrament. (In previous
verses, the Days of Unleavened Bread had just ended, including Passover, so it
could not have been the anniversary commemoration, but it could have been a
communion service done in remembrance.) Seventh-day Sabbatarians say that the
believers met on all days of the week to "break bread" together for the sake of
meals and fellowship, such as in Acts 2:46, regarding the incident in Acts 20:7
as nothing outside of usual practice.
Col.
2:16 suggests that early Christians had been judged by others in their
traditions of eating foods and in observance of particulars of Sabbath and
festivals. Also, the Jews had defined "forty minus one" works to be abstained
from on "Shabbat," and Jesus and his disciples had been accused of breaking some
of these customs during his ministry.
The
Apostle John also refers to the "Lord's Day" ("kuriake hemera") in Rev. 1:10.
"Kuriake," meaning "Lord's," later became the Greek word for Sunday. However, in
light of the texts Mark 2:28 and Luke 6:5 it is seen that Jesus himself (as the
Son of Man) claimed to be the Lord of the Sabbath, and that day fell on the
seventh day. Some early Christians observed Sabbath on Saturday, while others
gathered for worship on Sunday. However, in AD 363 a seventh-day Sabbath was
prohibited by Canon 29 of the Council of Laodicea.[7]
The
ancient Romans traditionally used the eight-day nundinal cycle, a market week,
but in the time of Augustus, the seven-day week also came into use. The two
weeks were used side-by-side until at least the Calendar of 354 and probably
later,[8] despite the official adoption of Sunday as a day of rest by
Constantine in AD 321.[9] Mithraism kept Sunday holy in honor of Mithras.[10]
On 7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor (see Constantine
I and Christianity), decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of
rest:
On
the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities
rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged
in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it
often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or
vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the
bounty of heaven should be lost.[11]
Many
Christians today consider Sunday a holy day and a day of rest and
church-attendance. Denominations which observe Saturday as Sabbath are called
"Sabbatarians", but the name "Sabbatarian" has also been claimed by Christians,
especially Protestants, who believe Sunday must be observed with just the sort
of rigorous abstinence from work associated with "Shabbat". For most Christians
the custom and obligation of Sunday rest is not as strict. A minority of
Christians do not regard the day they attend church as important, so long as
they attend, as the apostles and disciples gathered on Sundays, on Saturdays,
and whenever they could. There is considerable variation in the observance of
Sabbath rituals and restrictions, but some cessation of normal weekday
activities is customary.
In
Orthodox Christian families and communities, working and requiring somebody
else to work are prohibited, including buying goods or services, use of public
transport, gardening or driving or washing a car.[verification
needed] Allowed exceptions include religious services, electricity, and
urgent medical matters. In Roman Catholicism, those who work in the medical
field, those in law enforcement, and soldiers in a war zone are dispensed from
the usual obligation to avoid work on Sunday.
The
majority of Christians observe Sunday as the Lord's day. However, throughout
the history of Christianity, some groups have continued or revived the
observance of a Saturday Sabbath. More recently, Christians in the Seventh-day
Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, and Church of God (Seventh-Day) denominations,
as well as many Messianic Jews have revived the practice of abstaining from
work and gathering for worship on Saturdays.
Many
languages lack separate words for "Saturday" and "Sabbath." Eastern Orthodox
churches, as well as many Roman Catholics, distinguish between Sabbath
(Saturday) and Sunday, which some Christians traditionally call the Lord's Day
(Rev. 1:10). However, many Protestants and Roman Catholics do refer to Sunday as
Sabbath, though this is by no means a universal practice among Protestants and
Catholics. Quakers traditionally refer to Sunday as "First Day" eschewing the
pagan origin of the English name, while referring to Saturday as the "Seventh
day".
In
Roman Catholic liturgy, Sunday begins on Saturday evening. The evening Mass on
Saturday is liturgically a full Sunday Mass and fulfills the obligation of
Sunday Mass attendance, and Vespers (evening prayer) on Saturday night is
liturgically "first Vespers" of the Sunday. The same evening anticipation
applies to other major solemnities and feasts, and is an echo of the Jewish
practice of starting the new day at sunset ("Shabbat" starts on Friday
night).
In
the Eastern Orthodox Church, Sunday begins at the Little Entrance of Vespers
(or All-Night Vigil) on Saturday evening and runs until "Vouchsafe, O Lord"
(after the "prokeimenon") of Vespers on Sunday night. During this time, the
dismissal at all services begin with the words, "May Christ our True God, who
rose from the dead ...." Anyone who wishes to receive Holy Communion at Divine
Liturgy on Sunday morning is required to attend Vespers the night before (see
Eucharistic discipline). Among Orthodox Christians, Sunday is considered to be a
"Little Pascha" (Easter), and because of the Paschal joy, the making of
prostrations is forbidden, except in certain circumstances. The Russian word for
Sunday is "Voskresenie," meaning "Resurrection day." The Greek word for Sunday
is "Kyriake" (the "Lord's Day").
The Czech, Polish, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Ukrainian and
Belarusian words for Sunday ("neděle," "niedziela," "nedelja," "недеља", "неділя" and "нядзеля" respectively) can be translated as
"without acts (no work)."
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday>
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Clearly the seventh day of the week has been established throughout
history to be Saturday, not Sunday and now read this….
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his
work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and
hallowed it: because that in it he rested from all his work which God had
created and made.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all
thy work:
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto
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:
Exo 20:11 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.
God NEVER changed
a single one of HIS commandments!!! Never! Yet man dared to do so!
Constantine! The
Roman Emperor as Rome's pagan power was shifting into a papal power, as
paganism was mingled with Christianity - just as it was all predicted- this man
did this--
On
7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor (see Constantine I
and Christianity), decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of
rest:
On
the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities
rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged
in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it
often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or
vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the
bounty of heaven should be lost.[11]
And read
this--
“Most Christians
assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Catholic
Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath
(Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the
Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism
wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday.”
— Rome’s Challenge immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003.
“Is not every
Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from
unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most
prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to
Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification
of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day
which we never sanctify.” — James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers
(1917 edition), p. 72-73 (16th Edition, p 111; 88th Edition, p. 89).
“For example,
nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the
Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God
given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week,
Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us
by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible.” — Catholic Virginian,
October 3, 1947, p. 9, article “To Tell You the Truth.”
“Written by the
finger of God on two tables of stone, this Divine code (ten commandments) was
received from the Almighty by Moses amid the thunders of Mount Sinai...Christ
resumed these Commandments in the double precept of charity--love of God and of
the neighbour; He proclaimed them as binding under the New Law in Matthew 19
and in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5)...The (Catholic) Church, on the
other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh
day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as
the day to be kept holy as the Lord’s Day...He (God) claims one day out of the
seven as a memorial to Himself, and this must be kept holy...” — The Catholic
Encyclopaedia, vol. 4, “The Ten Commandments”, 1908 edition by Robert Appleton
Company; and 1999 Online edition by Kevin Knight, Imprimatur, John M. Farley,
Archbishop of New York.
“Question: How
prove you that the church had power to command feasts and holydays?
“Answer: By the
very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of and
therefore they fondly contradict themselves by keeping Sunday strictly, and
breaking most other feasts commanded by the same church.
“Question: Have
you any other way of proving that the church has power to institute festivals of
precept?
“Answer: Had she
not such power, she could not a done that in which all modern religionists agree
with her; -she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first
day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day of the week, a
change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” — Stephen Keenan, A
Doctrinal Catechism On the Obedience Due to the Church, 3rd edition, Chapter 2,
p. 174 (Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York).
“Perhaps the
boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in
the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to
Sunday. ‘The day of the Lord’ was chosen, not from any direction noted in the
Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church’s sense of its own power...People who
think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become
7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy.” — St. Catherine Church Sentinel,
Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.
“Nowhere in the
Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to Sunday...Now
the Church...instituted, by God’s authority, Sunday as the day of worship. This
same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory
long before the Bible was made. We have, therefore, the same authority for
Purgatory as we have for Sunday.” — Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics Are Asked
About, 1927 edition, p. 136.
“Question - Which
is the Sabbath day?
“Answer -
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
“Question - Why
do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
“Answer - We
observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council
of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” —
Rev. Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p.
50, 3rd edition, 1957.
“Is Saturday the
seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is
Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -
Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes. Did Christ change the day’?I
answer no!”
“Faithfully
yours, J. Card. Gibbons.” — James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, Md.
(1877-1921), in a signed letter.
“Question. - How
prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?
“Answer. - By the
very act of changing Sabbath into Sunday which Protestants allow of; and
therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and
breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.
“Question. - How
prove you that?
“Answer. -
Because by keeping Sunday, they acknowledge the Church’s power to ordain feasts,
and to command them under sin: and by not keeping the rest by her commanded,
they again deny, in fact, the same power.” — An Abridgment of the Christian
Doctrine, composed by Henry Tuberville, p. 58.
http://www.godssabbathtruth.com/SabbathStatementsByTheCatholicChurch.pdf
Outlawing the
keeping of the sabbath and encouraging rest on Sunday (the Lord's Day) (canon
29)
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Laodicea>
Canon 29 Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364)
Christians
must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather
honouring the Lord's Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if
any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ.
Pasted
from <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3806.htm>
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In
321 AD the pagan emperor turned Christian - who really mingled paganism with
Christianity- made Sunday the Christian day of rest contrary to the Bible.
In 364 AD the
Catholic Church outlawed keeping the Biblical Sabbath.
These are facts
people!
Now you'll get
all kinds telling you how the Sabbath was done away with. They'll have seemingly
convincing articles as they pervert the Biblical verses to suit their purposes.
They'll even say that Jesus reaffirmed all the Ten Commandments but the
Sabbath, making the Sabbath void.
Making the keeping of the day of rest INSTITUTED during CREATION week
null and void. They'd have you
believe that one of those TEN COMMANDMENTS was no longer in effect, that it no
longer mattered, that it was changed, that it was just for the Jews.
Satan would have men deceived and He'd done an amazing job of it! Amazing
deception and we were told this would be so. God would NEVER have made the Sabbath
one of the Ten Commandments if it were merely meant to be ceremonial and done
away with, never! The Ten Commandments were set in the Ark of the Covenant,
under the Mercy Seat of God! These
were never to be altered to suit man's perverted desires.
And if anyone thinks that the perversion didn't start right away, they're
wrong. Deception was already in the church in the Apostles' day! So when people
say oh, the first day was kept on the first day of the week, Sunday way back in
150AD, they say it like that is proof when it proves NOTHING but that deception
had begun to filter in which we'd already been told would happen.
Recently I read
an article detailing in small blurbs the major changes in our history at 20 year
increments over the last 100
years I think it was 100 years, anyway they did it and it showed how quickly
things change and it was astounding to read- it really put a new perspective on
things. So much can change in a
mere 20 years and here we have over a 100 years between Christ living upon earth
before His death and a time when a writer in 150AD seems to write something that
makes it look as if the Sabbath is no longer kept!
There is NO doubt
about man's corruption, none whatsoever!
Prophecy shows us
that the Holy Covenant would be forsaken and the Roman Power of the time would
being in league with those who forsake the Holy Covenant.
This isn't a fairy tale, this isn't fiction, no fable here, but
TRUTH!
May God open our
hearts and eyes to ALL His truth! May we NEVER believe in man's lies over GOD'S
TRUTH!
Please God bless
us with all your truth, create clean hearts within us Lord, open our eyes, open
our understanding! This is our prayer Lord, Your truth and NOTHING but Your
TRUTH!
In Your amazing
love, in Your forgiveness, may Your kingdom come Lord just as You've given us
the prophecy of it occurring!
Amen!
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the
power of God.
The power of God is found where? In the cross.
Ro. {1:16} For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the
Greek. {1:17} For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall
live by faith.
Ro. {1:24}
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Christ is the power of God. Jesus dying for us and being resurrected by God is the power of God. Who could have resurrected Jesus from the dead but God? None. Only God had the power to resurrected the dead Christ. Jesus when he preached and wrought miracles for the three and a half years of His ministry preached it and wrought the miracles through God. Jesus even said -
John {5:19} 'Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.'
John {8:28} Then said Jesus unto
them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye
know that I am [he,] and [that] I do nothing of myself; but
as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. {8:29}
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please him.
God- the power of God. Those that are saved will know that the cross is the embodiment of God's power. God is revealed to us through His Son.
There is nothing greater than the power of God, nothing!
To those that perish they won't care about the power of God found in the cross, to them it is foolishness.
We have no power of our own this is the message of the cross. No power to save ourselves whatsoever. Whenever we get it in our heads that we are losing salvation because we aren't good enough, trying hard enough, that our sins are too many, too binding, too overwhelming we have to remember salvation isn't something we'll EVER be good enough for. We could NOT save ourselves that power is in the cross through the sacrifice of our Savior, God's Son, Jesus Christ!
Holding fast to the cross, clinging to the cross needs to be real to us because it represents all that has been done on our behalf. It is a forever reminder of our helplessness and Christ's Righteousness which we must understand is ours through Him. He presents His sacrifice on our behalf, His righteousness. He doesn't stand before the Father and say... She/He was good- but rather through faith they believe I can save them through my righteousness. They believe in me, and in believing in me they believe in Your power, the believe in You.
May God bless and keep us in that faith that we need so desperately to please Him. I cry out as a man of old- Lord I believe! Help thou my unbelief!
While Satan tries his hardest to get us to look inward at our unrighteousness and to take our eyes from the cross, we must cling ever tighter to it, ever tighter!
By the mercy, the grace, the love of Jesus Christ may we be found righteous in HIM and HIM alone, not with any bit our ourselves, only, always Him!
Amen.
8/5/11
Yesterday we
discussed the rise of Christianity mingled Paganism and we're going to continue
with this a bit longer, noting more detailed facts.
We need to
understand that the Holy Covenant was truly forsaken by the rise of this so
called church of God.
Dan 11:30
'...therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the
holy covenant
so shall he do;
he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy
covenant. '
Have you ever
heard of the Eleusinian Mysteries-
'The Eleusinian
Mysteries (Greek) were initiation ceremonies held every year for the cult of
Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. Of all the mysteries
celebrated in ancient times, these were held to be the ones of greatest
importance. It is acknowledged that their basis was an old agrarian cult which
probably goes back to the Mycenean period (c.1600-1100 BC) and it is believed
that the cult of Demeter was established in 1500 BC.[1] The idea of immortality
which appears in syncretistic religions of antiquity was introduced in late
antiquity.[2] The mysteries represented the myth of the abduction of Persephone
from her mother Demeter by the king of the underworld Hades, in a cycle with
three phases, the "descent" (loss), the "search" and the "ascent", with main
theme the "ascent" of Persephone and the reunion with her mother. It was a major
festival during the Hellenic era, and later spread to Rome.[3] The name of the
town, Eleusís seems to be Pre-Greek and it is probably a counterpart with
Elysion and the goddess Eileithyia[4]
The rites,
ceremonies, and beliefs were kept secret and consistently preserved from a
hoary antiquity. The initiated believed that they would have a reward in the
afterlife.[5] There are many paintings and pieces of pottery that depict
various aspects of the Mysteries. Since the Mysteries involved visions and
conjuring of an afterlife, some scholars believe that the power and longevity
of the Eleusinian Mysteries came from psychedelic agents.[6]'
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from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries>
*
These pagan
mysteries existed for close to 3000 years.
The *supposed*
end of them occurs when Christianity rose up.
*
'In
170 AD, the Temple of Demeter was sacked by the Sarmatians but was rebuilt by
Marcus Aurelius. Aurelius was then allowed to become the only lay person to
ever enter the anaktoron. As Christianity gained in popularity in the 4th and
5th centuries, Eleusis' prestige began to fade. Julian, the last pagan emperor
of Rome, was also the last emperor to be initiated into the Eleusinian
Mysteries.[28]
The
Roman emperor Theodosius I closed the sanctuaries by decree in 392 AD. The last
remnants of the Mysteries were wiped out in 396 AD, when Alaric, King of the
Goths, invaded accompanied by Christians "in their dark garments", bringing
Arian Christianity and desecrating the old sacred sites.[29] The closing of the
Eleusinian Mysteries in the 4th century is reported by Eunapius, a historian and
biographer of the Greek philosophers. Eunapius had been initiated by the last
legitimate Hierophant, who had been commissioned by the emperor Julian to
restore the Mysteries, which had by then fallen into decay. According to
Eunapius, the very last Hierophant was a usurper, "the man from Thespiae who
held the rank of Father in the mysteries of Mithras."'
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries>
*
I said supposed
end because read on…
*
'Modern
Interpretation-
The
annual Aquarian Tabernacle Church Spring Mysteries Festival is a 3 day
Pan-Pagan festival, recreating the mysteries in modern day. The main focus of
the Festival is the Ritual Drama. The ATC (Aquarian Tabernacle Church) presents
a modern interpretation of the ancient Greek mystery drama of how the seasons
came to be.
The
original Eleusinian Mysteries were a mystery kept secret for almost
three-thousand years and the basic story, as portrayed, is all that is
available. In modern times the ATC is the only group performing these mysteries
on a large scale, available for all who have always wished to experience their
wonder, are able to.
The
ritual takes place every Easter weekend at Fort Flagler State Park in
Washington.'
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries>
MODERN
INTERPRETATION. When does
this modern interpretation take place?
EASTER weekend. Now we need
to ask ourselves some questions-is this mere coincidence? Does Easter have
something to do with paganism?
Remember
Christianity rose up amid many, many pagan customs that had been around for
thousands of years. People did not simply give up their pagan beliefs and
accept Christianity. It'd be great if that were the case but even our Savior
had this to say, and He meant it!
Mat 7:14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened
the way, that leadeth unto life, and few be they that find it.
Few be they that
find it! How many? FEW. Only few
compared to the multitudes. So
many religions tout their numbers as a sign of truth, when the truth is that the
greater the number the less truth. Yes, the Gospel was to go to the whole
world, but that didn't mean the whole world would accept that Gospel. How can
those words come from our Savior's mouth if they weren't true? They couldn't
and that means they are pure TRUTH.
Christianity
quickly went from being truth and only truth to being truth corrupted by
untruth. The lines became blurred, paganism and Christianity merged into
something unrecognizable as wholly pagan or wholly Christian.
However… Satan used His deceptive power to have the products of paganism
Christianized. And as we know if
something is changed and enough time passes that it is hard for people to accept
that the changed something was ever anything different than it appears
currently. People honestly believe
that our so called Christian holidays are truly Christian holidays.
What they really are is paganism Christianized and as we know once
untruth mingles with truth it is NO LONGER TRUTH!
Easter-
'Easter ... is
the central feast in the Christian liturgical year.[1] According to the
Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his
crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday[2]
(also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday). The chronology of his death and
resurrection is variously interpreted to be between AD 26 and 36.
Easter marks the
end of Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week
of the Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Good Friday, commemorating the
crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called
Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday.
Easter is linked
to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in
the calendar. In many European languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover"
are etymologically related or homonymous.[4] The term "Pascha", from the same
root, is also used in English to refer to Easter.
Easter customs
vary across the Christian world, but decorating Easter eggs is a common motif.
In the Western world, customs such as egg hunting and the Easter Bunny extend
from the domain of church, and often have a secular character.'
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from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter>
*
Did you read
that? Decorating eggs is a common
motif. A common motif of what? A
supposed CHRISTIAN holiday! A CENTRAL feast . Now many, many, many Christians
will give you reasons for this egg decorating and how it ties into the
celebration, but in truth where did EGGS, let alone decorating them, come into
play with Jesus?! Alarm bells
should be ringing in the head of anyone who is really seeking TRUTH.
Just how did eggs
come to be associated with a supposed Christian holiday?
Read this--
The first
Christians, Jewish and Gentile, were certainly aware of the Hebrew calendar
(Acts 2:1; 12:3; 20:6; 27:9; 1 Cor 16:8), but there is no direct evidence that
they celebrated any specifically Christian annual festivals. Direct evidence
for the Easter festival begins to appear in the mid-2nd century. Perhaps the
earliest extant primary source referencing Easter is a mid-2nd century Paschal
homily attributed to Melito of Sardis, which characterizes the celebration as a
well-established one.[23] Evidence for another kind of annual Christian
festival, the commemoration of martyrs, begins to appear at about the same time
as evidence for the celebration of Easter.[24] But while martyrs' days (usually
the individual dates of martyrdom) were celebrated on fixed dates in the local
solar calendar, the date of Easter was fixed by means of the local Jewish
lunisolar calendar. This is consistent with the celebration of Easter having
entered Christianity during its earliest, Jewish period, but does not leave the
question free of doubt.[25]
The
ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus (b. 380) attributes the
observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of its custom, "just as
many other customs have been established," stating that neither Jesus nor his
Apostles enjoined the keeping of this or any other festival. Although he
describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom,
he insists the feast itself is universally observed.[26]
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter>
This is NOT a
CHRISTIAN celebration! No where in the Bible are we told to celebrate this way,
NO WHERE!
This isn't the
only perversion of Christianity, not by a long shot. Go ahead LOOK UP this stuff
on the internet! Go to the library! Search out the truth! Read your BIBLES!
While Christian
holidays seem to be Christian enough, they are far from it. They carry a cloak
of Christianity but underneath that cloak is a vile, scheming, deceiving being
who has tricked the majority of Christians into celebrating these days as if
they are truly holy, when they are FAR from it!
This is
TRUTH!
Beyond a doubt
covering evil with a nice fluffy frosting does not make it acceptable. Think about it- how many times are evil
people truly evil appearing? Not as often as one would like to hope. Evil
people often get away with a lot of their evil by appearing as someone far from
evil, the more innocent they appear the more evil they can get away with. This isn't a lie, this is truth. And truth cannot be changed, not by you
and not by me, not by anyone!
The deception of
the mingling of paganism with Christianity did not stop at holidays, but goes
much deeper, into a place that affects people every week of their lives!
Read this--
Sunday and
Sabbath
See
also: Sabbath in Christianity.
Christians
from very early times have had differences of opinion on the question of
whether Sabbath should be observed on a Saturday or a Sunday. The issue does
not arise for Jews, for whom "Shabbat" is unquestionably on Saturday, nor for
Muslims whose day of assembly (jumu'ah) is on a Friday.
The
first given evidence for a differentiation, between traditional Jewish
"Shabbat" observance and the religious observance of the first day of the week,
appears in Acts 20:7 where the disciples met and "broke bread" together. Some
believe this was a participation in the ordinance of the sacrament. (In previous
verses, the Days of Unleavened Bread had just ended, including Passover, so it
could not have been the anniversary commemoration, but it could have been a
communion service done in remembrance.) Seventh-day Sabbatarians say that the
believers met on all days of the week to "break bread" together for the sake of
meals and fellowship, such as in Acts 2:46, regarding the incident in Acts 20:7
as nothing outside of usual practice.
Col.
2:16 suggests that early Christians had been judged by others in their
traditions of eating foods and in observance of particulars of Sabbath and
festivals. Also, the Jews had defined "forty minus one" works to be abstained
from on "Shabbat," and Jesus and his disciples had been accused of breaking some
of these customs during his ministry.
The
Apostle John also refers to the "Lord's Day" ("kuriake hemera") in Rev. 1:10.
"Kuriake," meaning "Lord's," later became the Greek word for Sunday. However, in
light of the texts Mark 2:28 and Luke 6:5 it is seen that Jesus himself (as the
Son of Man) claimed to be the Lord of the Sabbath, and that day fell on the
seventh day. Some early Christians observed Sabbath on Saturday, while others
gathered for worship on Sunday. However, in AD 363 a seventh-day Sabbath was
prohibited by Canon 29 of the Council of Laodicea.[7]
The
ancient Romans traditionally used the eight-day nundinal cycle, a market week,
but in the time of Augustus, the seven-day week also came into use. The two
weeks were used side-by-side until at least the Calendar of 354 and probably
later,[8] despite the official adoption of Sunday as a day of rest by
Constantine in AD 321.[9] Mithraism kept Sunday holy in honor of Mithras.[10]
On 7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor (see Constantine
I and Christianity), decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of
rest:
On
the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities
rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged
in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it
often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or
vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the
bounty of heaven should be lost.[11]
Many
Christians today consider Sunday a holy day and a day of rest and
church-attendance. Denominations which observe Saturday as Sabbath are called
"Sabbatarians", but the name "Sabbatarian" has also been claimed by Christians,
especially Protestants, who believe Sunday must be observed with just the sort
of rigorous abstinence from work associated with "Shabbat". For most Christians
the custom and obligation of Sunday rest is not as strict. A minority of
Christians do not regard the day they attend church as important, so long as
they attend, as the apostles and disciples gathered on Sundays, on Saturdays,
and whenever they could. There is considerable variation in the observance of
Sabbath rituals and restrictions, but some cessation of normal weekday
activities is customary.
In
Orthodox Christian families and communities, working and requiring somebody
else to work are prohibited, including buying goods or services, use of public
transport, gardening or driving or washing a car.[verification
needed] Allowed exceptions include religious services, electricity, and
urgent medical matters. In Roman Catholicism, those who work in the medical
field, those in law enforcement, and soldiers in a war zone are dispensed from
the usual obligation to avoid work on Sunday.
The
majority of Christians observe Sunday as the Lord's day. However, throughout
the history of Christianity, some groups have continued or revived the
observance of a Saturday Sabbath. More recently, Christians in the Seventh-day
Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, and Church of God (Seventh-Day) denominations,
as well as many Messianic Jews have revived the practice of abstaining from
work and gathering for worship on Saturdays.
Many
languages lack separate words for "Saturday" and "Sabbath." Eastern Orthodox
churches, as well as many Roman Catholics, distinguish between Sabbath
(Saturday) and Sunday, which some Christians traditionally call the Lord's Day
(Rev. 1:10). However, many Protestants and Roman Catholics do refer to Sunday as
Sabbath, though this is by no means a universal practice among Protestants and
Catholics. Quakers traditionally refer to Sunday as "First Day" eschewing the
pagan origin of the English name, while referring to Saturday as the "Seventh
day".
In
Roman Catholic liturgy, Sunday begins on Saturday evening. The evening Mass on
Saturday is liturgically a full Sunday Mass and fulfills the obligation of
Sunday Mass attendance, and Vespers (evening prayer) on Saturday night is
liturgically "first Vespers" of the Sunday. The same evening anticipation
applies to other major solemnities and feasts, and is an echo of the Jewish
practice of starting the new day at sunset ("Shabbat" starts on Friday
night).
In
the Eastern Orthodox Church, Sunday begins at the Little Entrance of Vespers
(or All-Night Vigil) on Saturday evening and runs until "Vouchsafe, O Lord"
(after the "prokeimenon") of Vespers on Sunday night. During this time, the
dismissal at all services begin with the words, "May Christ our True God, who
rose from the dead ...." Anyone who wishes to receive Holy Communion at Divine
Liturgy on Sunday morning is required to attend Vespers the night before (see
Eucharistic discipline). Among Orthodox Christians, Sunday is considered to be a
"Little Pascha" (Easter), and because of the Paschal joy, the making of
prostrations is forbidden, except in certain circumstances. The Russian word for
Sunday is "Voskresenie," meaning "Resurrection day." The Greek word for Sunday
is "Kyriake" (the "Lord's Day").
The Czech, Polish, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Ukrainian and
Belarusian words for Sunday ("neděle," "niedziela," "nedelja," "недеља", "неділя" and "нядзеля" respectively) can be translated as
"without acts (no work)."
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from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday>
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Clearly the seventh day of the week has been established throughout
history to be Saturday, not Sunday and now read this….
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his
work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and
hallowed it: because that in it he rested from all his work which God had
created and made.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all
thy work:
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto
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:
Exo 20:11 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.
God NEVER changed
a single one of HIS commandments!!! Never! Yet man dared to do so!
Constantine! The
Roman Emperor as Rome's pagan power was shifting into a papal power, as
paganism was mingled with Christianity - just as it was all predicted- this man
did this--
On
7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor (see Constantine I
and Christianity), decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of
rest:
On
the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities
rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged
in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it
often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or
vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the
bounty of heaven should be lost.[11]
And read
this--
“Most Christians
assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Catholic
Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath
(Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the
Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism
wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday.”
— Rome’s Challenge immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003.
“Is not every
Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from
unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most
prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to
Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification
of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day
which we never sanctify.” — James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers
(1917 edition), p. 72-73 (16th Edition, p 111; 88th Edition, p. 89).
“For example,
nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the
Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God
given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week,
Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us
by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible.” — Catholic Virginian,
October 3, 1947, p. 9, article “To Tell You the Truth.”
“Written by the
finger of God on two tables of stone, this Divine code (ten commandments) was
received from the Almighty by Moses amid the thunders of Mount Sinai...Christ
resumed these Commandments in the double precept of charity--love of God and of
the neighbour; He proclaimed them as binding under the New Law in Matthew 19
and in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5)...The (Catholic) Church, on the
other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh
day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as
the day to be kept holy as the Lord’s Day...He (God) claims one day out of the
seven as a memorial to Himself, and this must be kept holy...” — The Catholic
Encyclopaedia, vol. 4, “The Ten Commandments”, 1908 edition by Robert Appleton
Company; and 1999 Online edition by Kevin Knight, Imprimatur, John M. Farley,
Archbishop of New York.
“Question: How
prove you that the church had power to command feasts and holydays?
“Answer: By the
very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of and
therefore they fondly contradict themselves by keeping Sunday strictly, and
breaking most other feasts commanded by the same church.
“Question: Have
you any other way of proving that the church has power to institute festivals of
precept?
“Answer: Had she
not such power, she could not a done that in which all modern religionists agree
with her; -she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first
day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day of the week, a
change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” — Stephen Keenan, A
Doctrinal Catechism On the Obedience Due to the Church, 3rd edition, Chapter 2,
p. 174 (Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York).
“Perhaps the
boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in
the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to
Sunday. ‘The day of the Lord’ was chosen, not from any direction noted in the
Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church’s sense of its own power...People who
think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become
7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy.” — St. Catherine Church Sentinel,
Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.
“Nowhere in the
Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to Sunday...Now
the Church...instituted, by God’s authority, Sunday as the day of worship. This
same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory
long before the Bible was made. We have, therefore, the same authority for
Purgatory as we have for Sunday.” — Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics Are Asked
About, 1927 edition, p. 136.
“Question - Which
is the Sabbath day?
“Answer -
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
“Question - Why
do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
“Answer - We
observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council
of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” —
Rev. Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p.
50, 3rd edition, 1957.
“Is Saturday the
seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is
Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -
Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes. Did Christ change the day’?I
answer no!”
“Faithfully
yours, J. Card. Gibbons.” — James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, Md.
(1877-1921), in a signed letter.
“Question. - How
prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?
“Answer. - By the
very act of changing Sabbath into Sunday which Protestants allow of; and
therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and
breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.
“Question. - How
prove you that?
“Answer. -
Because by keeping Sunday, they acknowledge the Church’s power to ordain feasts,
and to command them under sin: and by not keeping the rest by her commanded,
they again deny, in fact, the same power.” — An Abridgment of the Christian
Doctrine, composed by Henry Tuberville, p. 58.
http://www.godssabbathtruth.com/SabbathStatementsByTheCatholicChurch.pdf
Outlawing the
keeping of the sabbath and encouraging rest on Sunday (the Lord's Day) (canon
29)
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Laodicea>
Canon 29 Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364)
Christians
must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather
honouring the Lord's Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if
any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ.
Pasted
from <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3806.htm>
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In
321 AD the pagan emperor turned Christian - who really mingled paganism with
Christianity- made Sunday the Christian day of rest contrary to the Bible.
In 364 AD the
Catholic Church outlawed keeping the Biblical Sabbath.
These are facts
people!
Now you'll get
all kinds telling you how the Sabbath was done away with. They'll have seemingly
convincing articles as they pervert the Biblical verses to suit their purposes.
They'll even say that Jesus reaffirmed all the Ten Commandments but the
Sabbath, making the Sabbath void.
Making the keeping of the day of rest INSTITUTED during CREATION week
null and void. They'd have you
believe that one of those TEN COMMANDMENTS was no longer in effect, that it no
longer mattered, that it was changed, that it was just for the Jews.
Satan would have men deceived and He'd done an amazing job of it! Amazing
deception and we were told this would be so. God would NEVER have made the Sabbath
one of the Ten Commandments if it were merely meant to be ceremonial and done
away with, never! The Ten Commandments were set in the Ark of the Covenant,
under the Mercy Seat of God! These
were never to be altered to suit man's perverted desires.
And if anyone thinks that the perversion didn't start right away, they're
wrong. Deception was already in the church in the Apostles' day! So when people
say oh, the first day was kept on the first day of the week, Sunday way back in
150AD, they say it like that is proof when it proves NOTHING but that deception
had begun to filter in which we'd already been told would happen.
Recently I read
an article detailing in small blurbs the major changes in our history at 20 year
increments over the last 100
years I think it was 100 years, anyway they did it and it showed how quickly
things change and it was astounding to read- it really put a new perspective on
things. So much can change in a
mere 20 years and here we have over a 100 years between Christ living upon earth
before His death and a time when a writer in 150AD seems to write something that
makes it look as if the Sabbath is no longer kept!
There is NO doubt
about man's corruption, none whatsoever!
Prophecy shows us
that the Holy Covenant would be forsaken and the Roman Power of the time would
being in league with those who forsake the Holy Covenant.
This isn't a fairy tale, this isn't fiction, no fable here, but
TRUTH!
May God open our
hearts and eyes to ALL His truth! May we NEVER believe in man's lies over GOD'S
TRUTH!
Please God bless
us with all your truth, create clean hearts within us Lord, open our eyes, open
our understanding! This is our prayer Lord, Your truth and NOTHING but Your
TRUTH!
In Your amazing
love, in Your forgiveness, may Your kingdom come Lord just as You've given us
the prophecy of it occurring!
Amen!