>Believing that you will die and go to hell because you do not worship on Sat is no minor matter.
Is it all that much worse than believing one must worship on Sunday? Is God going to send someone to Hell for worshiping on the wrong day?
Is God going to send people to Hell for thinking that all Catholics or all Baptists or all (whatever) are going to Hell?
GE:
Billwald, I do not keep myself busy with playing God to say who is going to hell and for what reasons. The 'salvation of souls' is not my job; nor to judge them. My job is to take on people like you, who will not face the issue, but will always divert 'issue' into any direction but the aimed at target. The issue here is: Scripture and the Sabbath, because the issue, Scripture and Sundayworship DOES NOT EXIST. When you hear the word 'Sabbath' you dismiss issue because you have long ago concluded it's sending people to hell.
Now this thing - as I said before - which I ACCIDENTALLY discovered, happened while I was 'researching' (not the right word, too learned, but that's what I think I was doing) the question: 'Why did Mrs E.G. White not use Mark 16:9, vis a vis the era of the Kulturkampf (in Germany) in which she lived (in America)?'. Now I realise this may sound like a lot of academic pretense to anybody but myself. But I also realise why it would seem unintelligible verbosity to anybody but me. The 'why' - if you knew - will be of interest to any Christian, because it concerns Christian doctrine. If you're not interested in doctrine and THE BASIS of Christian doctrine, the Scriptures, then simply ignore what I have to say.
Don't accuse me of judging people into hell.
But if you are interested in Christian doctrine because it is based on Scripture, then lend me an attentive ear, please. Don't expect ooh's and aah's of delight; expect to be challenged and shaken in your foundations.
Now everybody on this forum knows I'm pre-occupied with the doctrine of the Sabbath. So everybody as far as I can see decided beforehand the man is mad, shame. Nevertheless, this thread is about my old theme on one string. But what beautiful piece of music is that on the G string only. There is such potential in this theme the best of the best can't exploit it to the full.
The Seventh-day Adventists thought they exploited it fully by having proven the Sabbath through the Law - the good and holy and wholesome Law of God. The Sundayworshippers rejected that virtue of the Sabbath even. The Jews AND JUDAISTS were the dog that went off with the bone. Ja, a bone with not a sinue left on it for nourishment; just bare bone. And still the Adventists contend for that bone on account of the Scriptures - the Word of God by every word of which Jesus said a Christian man shall live.
AM I TO STARVE TO DEATH ON THAT DRY BONE DIET? I REFUSE! The Lord has prepared a FEAST FOR THE CHRISTIAN MAN: "SABBATHS' FEAST, SPECTRE OF THINGS A-COMING, THE BODY OF CHRIST'S OWN NOURISHMENT BEING MINISTERED .... EATING AND DRINKING -- OF JESUS CHRIST THE WATER AND BREAD OF LIFE -- GROWING WITH THE GROWTH OF GOD".
CHRIST IS IT THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE "AS CONCERNS / WITH REGARD TO YOUR EATING AND DRINKING OF SABBATHS' FEAST". THAT IS SCRIPTURE MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
And Scripture is the bone of contention as concerns the issue of the Sabbath between me and to the left the Sundayworshippers, and to the right the Sabbatharians.