We can make the scripture say whatever we want it to say if we ignore the context of a particular scripture. For example, Jesus said at the last supper "do this in remembrance of me."
Now for most of Christendom, that means Jesus was saying to take a sip of wine and a piece of bread every week at the Sunday morning meeting. For the Catholics that means every day.
The context of those words is totally ignored. It was a Passover meal which was celebrated once a year, not every Sunday morning.
The original New Testament Church was made up of Jews who did not stop being Jews when they became members of The Way, as the New Testament Church was known as.
There was not a single Christian amongst them.
Being Jews whatever Jesus said and whatever they interpreted the words to mean, they would have only celebrated the Passover meal once a year, not every Sunday morning.
As it was a Passover meal, the idea that all it was composed of was a sip of wine and a piece of bread is laughable.
The history of the New Testament Church showed quite clearly that they did not interpret Jesus' words to mean a sip of wine and a piece of bread every Sunday morning.
So ignoring 90% of the context and surrounding issues we get a sip of wine and a piece of bread on Sunday morning.
Now to go one step further, we are in a situation whereby the argument about keeping the sabbath has descended into an argument about it being necessary for salvation or not. Whilst some may subscribe to that idea, in all the years I have been writing on forums, that is not the case.
it is often spoken in that context to try and prove that you do not need to keep the sabbath and in so doing the facts regarding salvation are distorted and ignored as there are all sorts of ideas about what salvation requires.
First of all, salvation is quite a different topic to the sabbath. Until you have a grasp of what salvation is and implies, you cannot discuss the keeping of the sabbath. It may be with the misunderstanding of the sabbath the understanding of salvation is also wrong.
So starting on day one the day of Pentecost, when the first believers were grafted into what became the church, their instructions were very specific when they asked what they had to do.
The answer was simple and straightforward. Repent and be baptised for the forgiveness of sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. There was no addition of and don't forget to keep the sabbath. And do you know why? Again it is simple. The hearers were Jews and they already kept the sabbath and after the day of Pentecost, they continued to do so. They did not need any instruction regarding this matter.
So the instruction to repent and be baptised was in addition to the keeping of the sabbath. They needed to repent and be baptised because they were going to align themselves with a new and living way and that was the entry for membership of it. No repentance and baptism no entry.
The argument about the sabbath cannot be discussed with any clarity until you understand that it was already part of the life of the new Jewish believer and continued to be so after they became initiated into The Way through repentance and baptism.
So you see from these two situations without the context it is just words without meaning.
God bless
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