Worship on the Worship on the 77thth Day? Day?

Are the 10 Commandments still

binding?

BackgroundBackground::• 1831 – Massachusetts – William

Miller

• World will end in 1843.

1844, 1845, 1847, 1850, 1852, 1855, 1863, 1866, 1868, 1877

Now – just say it is coming SOON.

BackgroundBackground::• The group split – now 6 different

groups – Advent Christians, Church of God, Churches of God in Christ, Evangelical Adventists, Life and Advent Union, 7th Day Adventist

BackgroundBackground::• Original world headquarters were

in Battle Creek, Michigan

• W. K. Kellogg (Kellogg's Cereal)

• C. W. Post (Post Cereal)

• Elder James White, wife Ellen G. White

BackgroundBackground::• Today 4 major doctrines

• Prophecy of Ellen G. White

• Keep the Sabbath

• Sleep of the Soul

• Advent and 1,000 year reign of Christ

What they claimWhat they claim::1 – Two separate laws given at SinaiWritten on Stone Written on scrolls

Moral Ceremonial

Spiritual Civil

Eternal Temporary

10 Commandments Book of the law

Law of the Lord Law of Moses

What they claimWhat they claim::1 – Two separate laws given at Sinai

• The book of the law quotes the 10 Commandments twice (Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5)

• Law of Lord / Law of Moses refer to the SAME law

What they claimWhat they claim::Luke 2:22-23 22 Now when the days of

her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

What they claimWhat they claim::2 Chronicles 31:3 The king also

appointed a portion of his possessions for the burnt offerings: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and the New Moons and the set feasts, as it is written in the Law of the Lord.

What they claimWhat they claim::Ezra 8:1 Now all the people gathered together

as one man in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel.

Ezra 8:8 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

Amos 8:5 Saying: "When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

Amos 8:9-10 9 "And it shall come to pass in that day," says the Lord God, "That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;

10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

2 Corinthians 3:7-11

Written on stone – 7

Is passing away – 11

Taken away in Christ – 14

Is taken away - 16

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

Colossians 2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Verse 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

Ephesians 2:15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

Jeremiah 31:31-32 31 "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--

32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.

What they claimWhat they claim::2 – 10 Commandments still binding

Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her New Moons, Her Sabbaths-- All her appointed feasts.

ConclusionConclusion::1 – There are NOT 2 separate laws

given at Sinai

2 – 10 Commandments are NOT binding

3 – The Lord's Day (Revelation 1:10) is the “first day of the week” - Sunday, not Saturday