"Seventh Day Adventist -- somewhat works based, Sabbath observance ne cessary for salvation--Triune Godhead
Seventh Day Baptist -- belief in being saved by faith alone w/o works - Triune Godhead"
I did a little research on these. It appears that both churches believe that keeping at least one of the Ten Commandments is VERY important. Works plus faith. Thus choosing what day is the day "God" ordered you to observe, instead of Saturday, may cause you to go to a "Lake of Fire".
It is interesting to note that for many generations after Jesus, all Christians observed "God's" special day. A vote by men changed it. I guess that the men believed that they knew better than "God".
What I find so interesting is that from the same sheet of music "The Bible", many different 'tunes' are sung. Which one is correct, if any?
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IX. Sabbath
We believe that the Sabbath of the Bible, the seventh day of the week, is sacred time, a gift of God to all people, instituted at creation, affirmed in the Ten Commandments and reaffirmed in the teaching and example of Jesus and the apostles.
We believe that the gift of Sabbath rest is an experience of God's eternal presence with His people.
We believe that in obedience to God and in loving response to His grace in Christ, the Sabbath should be faithfully observed as a day of rest, worship, and celebration.
Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 16:23-30; Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 5:17-19; Mark 2:27-28; Luke 4:16; Acts 13:14, 42-44; 16:11-13; 17:2-3; 18:4-11; Ezekiel 20:19-20; Hebrews 4:9-10; John 14:15; Isaiah 58:13-14; Luke 23:56.
http://www.seventhdaybaptist.org/7DB...SnID=887605979
Guard your Time with Jesus: We should guard the edges of the Sabbath, before the setting of the sun the family should put all secular work aside, and put all secular papers out of sight. Assemble the family for prayer, reading of the Bible, and singing. If you are the only Sabbath keeper in your family you can do this alone or get together with some friends. See also Psalm 55:17, Hebrews 10:25 We should begin anew to make special arrangements that every member of the family may be prepared to honor the day which God has blessed and sanctified.
"Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:..." Exodus 20:9-10
The Sabbath Hours are not ours but God's. God has given us the whole of six days in which to do our work, and has reserved only one to Himself. This should be a day of blessing to us--a day when we should lay aside all our secular matters and center our thoughts upon God and heaven. We should place a guard upon ourselves, upon our acts and our words, lest we rob God by appropriating to our own use that time which is strictly the Lord's.
"...not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure..." Isaiah 58:13
God Promises to Bless your Obedience: God has made many wonderful promises that will be fulfilled if we love and obey His instructions regarding the Sabbath.
"If thou... call the sabbath a delight,... Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD;" Isaiah 58:13-14
"And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him." Acts 5:32
God designed the Sabbath to be the best day of the week, one that we look forward to as it approaches and a day that we are sad to see come to a close. Through the gift of God's grace and by following His instructions this will be our experience.
"For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people." Isaiah 56:4-7
All who love God should do what they can to make the Sabbath a delight, holy and honorable. They cannot do this by seeking their own pleasure in sinful, forbidden amusements. Yet they can do much to exalt the Sabbath in their families and make it the most interesting day of the week.
The Sabbath should be made so interesting to our families that its weekly return will be hailed with joy. In no better way can parents exalt and honor the Sabbath than by devising means to impart proper instruction to their families and interesting them in spiritual things, giving them correct views of the character of God and what He requires of us in order to perfect Christian characters and attain to eternal life. Parents, make the Sabbath a delight, that your children may look forward to it and have a welcome in their hearts.
http://www.sabbathtruth.com/keeping_it_holy.asp
Sabbath: Perhaps their most obvious practice which differentiates them from many other churches is that they follow observe Saturday as their weekly Sabbath (from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset). The earliest Christian movement, the Jewish Christians centered in Jerusalem, followed the Jewish Saturday Sabbath. This was changed by the Church Council of Laodicea circa 364 CE, which ordered that future religious observances were to be conducted on Sunday. The Seventh Day Baptist church in the 19th century reverted to the practice of the primitive Christian church and adopted Saturday for religious services. The SDA followed suit.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sda.htm
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