Sunday-A Tradition Of Man: Then he brought me to the door of the gate o f the LORDs house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Then said he unto me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDs house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. (Ezekiel 8:14-16) It seems more that coincidental that Jesus spelled out traditions of men as the false doctrine that will lead into vain worship. The chief tradition today which has turned multitudes from keeping the Ten Commandments is the doctrine of (Sunday-Keeping). Almost any Christian any persuasion can defend and extol nine of the Ten commandments. It is only the Sabbath that has stirred deep hatred and prejudice against the holy law of God. Who inspired that attitude of contempt for the only part of the Bible which God wrote with His own hand? How have so many millions been led to equate obedience with legalism? The tragedy is that ministers have largely been responsible for turning people away from obedience, many pastors have angry tirades against the Sabbath. Unable to give any Bible reason for Sunday observance, and frustrated by the insistent questions of their flock. many pastors turn to emotional attacks upon the validity of the law, these attacks generally follow two lines of argument. The fundamentalist group of preachers emphasizes the spirit of the law while insisting that the letter is not binding. This allows for the specific (Seventh-Day) to be set aside for (Sunday). The other group of more liberal theologians contends that no special day of worship is necessary and the believer is entirely free from all the claims of the law. Since sin is defined in the Bible as the transgression of the law and Paul affirms that Where no law is, there is no transgression, any attack on the law serves only to weaken mans convictions about sin (1 John 3:4) (Romans 4:15). James tells us that the breaking of even one commandment is a violation of all ten, and constitutes transgression or sin (James 2:10-12). Is it a serious matter to tear down confidence in the great hand-written moral code of God? Do men take sin more lightly when they lose faith in the authority of the Ten Commandments? Without question they do. The strange circumstance of ministers teaching people to sin is not easy to comprehend. It is only when we study the great lines of prophecy concerning these last days that we can begin to understand the phenomenon. Apparently, God had to deal with unfaithful pastors in both Old and New Testament times. Some strong judgments had to be pronounced against the shepherds who misled flock. Watchmen who would not tell the truth about approaching dangers were held accountable for the deaths which resulted. Such preachers are actually turned into agents of the evil one. Paul wrote, And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness (2 Corinthians 11:14,15). Only the inspired book would label these ministers in such a blunt manner. Apparently, God looks upon such men as actual ministers of satan because they fear to tell the truth and, instead, give their own ideas. It is time to understand the great conspiracy of satan to lead men of the cloth-high placed religious leaders-to teach perverse doctrines in the name of Christ. Paul predicted that time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine...And they shall turn their ears away from the truth and be turned into fables (2 Timothy 4:3,4). It is interesting to note that these last day teachers are described as turning ears away from the truth. This means that they saw it, understood it, but did not want to acknowledge it. God made exactly the same charge against His priests in the Old Testament. Her priests have violated My laws, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them (Ezekiel 22:26). The priests of the Old Testament hid their eyes from the Sabbath and the ministers of the last days would turn their ears from the truth. How tragic! In other words, they would see it but would try to get away from it by refusing to keep looking. Some have honestly admitted that Saturday is the true Lords day of the Bible. Others reject it for various reasons. A few just could not believe that God was so particular about which day to observe. They reasoned that God would be understanding with those who found it more convenient to keep a different day than the (Seventh-Day).
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:27:46 +0000