Sabbath and the Lord�s Day

Practicing the Sabbath or the feasts will earn no merit nor punishment.
The truth is, the feasts and the Sabbath foreshadowed the Messiah.
Practicing the feasts and Sabbath are not a part of the New Covenant.
But, they are not prohibited by the New Covenant.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat or drink, or in respect to a holy day or the new moon or the Sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ. Colossians 2:16-17

The Sabbath is Saturday
The Lord�s Day is Sunday

There are early nonCatholic church records that indicate that first and second century Christians met on Sunday for a weekly celebration of the Resurrection.
Read up on Justin Martyr and Ignatius.


Did the early Christians observe a Saturday Sabbath until Constantine?
Six Facts For Saturday Sabbatarians To Ponder
Witnessing to Seven Day Adventists

On another note, John Calvin and Martin Luther both wrote against Sabbatarianism. Keep in mind that this is one of the few things I agree with these two men on. Justification by Faith is another I agree with them on.
I however do ademently oppose these two men's support of the Catholic Bishops Augustine and Jerome's view of grace and predestination.

Jeremy Brown 2003

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Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA), Washington, DC: The largest Adventist church. Ellen G. White, who claimed to have �the spirit of prophecy,� was an important early leader of the movement and taught a number of distinctive SDA doctrines, including the Investigative Judgment and Sabbatarianism. While the church�s official theology now appears to be generally in the tradition of evangelical Christianity, certain SDA claims and unique doctrines continue to raise questions. These doctrines include the SDA belief that Sunday worship will result in the �Mark of the Beast,� imbalanced teachings on keeping the commandments (baptism, Sabbath observance) that often implies a kind of salvation by works, the �Remnant Church� doctrine that implies that the SDA is or will be God�s only true church, and the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment.
- Watchman Fellowship's 2001 Index of Cults and Religions

Adventism: Widespread trans-denominational movement inspired by William Miller's prediction that Jesus' "advent" (return) would take place in 1844. Even after the Great Disappointment (the date's failure), many people in the movement continued to believe. Some suggested revised chronologies and new dates, eventually forming groups such as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Others, notably Hiram Edson and Ellen G. White, suggested that the 1844 date was accurate but that a heavenly (thus invisible) event had taken place. Their teachings became the basis of Seventh-day Adventism, which eventually spawned its own offshoots, including Armstrongism and the Branch Davidians. - Watchman Fellowship's 2001 Index of Cults and Religions

Sabbatarianism: Generally the view that the Old Testament Sabbath commandment is to be observed unchanged by the church. As used in this index, Sabbatarianism refers to an extreme form of the belief in which membership in the true church, or even salvation, is conditional upon keeping the Sabbath law. As such, Sabbatarianism is at the least a form of legalism and at most a denial of salvation by grace. In most cases, the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) must be observed by refraining from work, sports, and travel from sundown Friday evening to sundown Saturday evening. The belief is often accompanied by the observance of Jewish dietary laws and/or other Old Testament feasts. - Watchman Fellowship's 2001 Index of Cults and Religions

Investigative Judgment: One of the unique doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that make the place of that church within evangelical Christianity questionable. First taught in Adventism by Hiram Edson, F.B. Hahn, and O.R.L. Crosier, it was accepted as �present truth� by those who would later become known as Seventh-day Adventists (SDAs) after it was confirmed and taught in visions received by Ellen G. White. The doctrine teaches that in the Holy of Holies in the Heavenly Sanctuary Christ is now conducting an investigation into the lives of all who have ever professed belief in Christ. He is judging all their works, by the standard of God�s Law. All those whose lives fail to measure up to the standard of the Law are rejected and condemned as not having true faith. Those whose lives meet that standard and thus manifest the perfect character and righteousness of Christ are recognized as having true faith, and so their sins are �blotted out.� SDAs say, �This judgment vindicates the justice of God in saving those who believe in Jesus. It declares that those who have remained loyal to God shall receive the kingdom.� Evangelicals believe, and the Bible teaches (Rom. 3:21�26), that God�s justice in saving sinners who trust Jesus to save them is vindicated by the blood of Jesus�His death in their place, in their behalf. - Watchman Fellowship's 2001 Index of Cult and Religions

Below are the Seventh Day Adventist beliefs:

Below are the beliefs Seventh Day Adventists hold in common with Christians:
The Bible is inspired and the word of God.
Trinitarian: The Father, Son, Holy Spirit are all one God in three persons.
Jesus is God and has always existed with the Father.
The Holy Spirit is a person.
Jesus' sacrifice was vicarious.
Salvation is by grace, not works.
Jesus rose from the dead physically in his glorified body.
Jesus ascended bodily into heaven.
Baptism is by immersion.
Denies sprinkling and infant baptism.
The literal, visible return of Jesus.
Jesus will return to set up a millennial kingdom.  They are Premillennial.
Literal six day creation, not long periods.

Below are two beliefs I commend them for:
Denies the Calvinist version of the doctrine of predestination.
Denies any use of alcohol (as a drink) or tobacco.

Below are the false teachings of Seventh Day Adventists:
Denies the immortality of the soul
Denies the eternality of hell fire.
Our sins will ultimately be placed on Satan
Jesus is Michael the Archangel.
Worship must be done on Saturday (the Sabbath).
Those who worship on Sunday are worshipping Satan and are taking part in the mark of the beast.
On October 22, 1844 Jesus entered the second and last phase of his atoning work.
Investigative Judgment - the fate of all people will be decided based upon this event in the future.
The dead do not exist anymore (soul sleep).
The wicked are annihilated.
Ellen G. White, the "founder" of Seventh Day Adventism, was a messenger from God gifted with the spirit of prophecy.
There is a sanctuary in heaven where Jesus carries out his mediatorial work.

See more info on the links below:

William Miller:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Miller_%28preacher%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerites

Miscellaneous:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_G._White
http://www.watchman.org/profile/sdapro.htm
http://www.watchman.org/cults/sda.htm
http://www.carm.org/sda.htm
http://www.namb.net/atf/cf/{CDA250E8-8866-4236-9A0C-C646DE153446}/BB_7th_day_Adventism.pdf
http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/sabbath.htm
http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/saturdaysabbath.htm
http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/eternaltorment.htm
http://www.biblefacts.org/cult/sda.html
http://www.sdaoutreach.org
http://www.ellenwhite.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Day
http://ukapologetics.net/sundayworship.htm

Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Millerites, World Wide Church of God, Armstrongism, and Branch Davidians all have a common ancestry in the 19th century American Baptist preacher William Miller.

Jeremy Brown 2006
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