The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Where do you and/or your church stand?

Yes... illustrations are fine. But they are, or should be, a different animal than legislation.

Yes... it is "too harsh to say" a person who spends a considerable amount of time watching football would not be saved. Is watching football on TV the "unpardonable sin"? Would you want to go so far as to say that one could murder and commit adultery is less sinful than one who watches football on the Sabbath? (hint: King David) I know of no professing believer who has reached perfection in this life... do you? Is not repentance offered to believers as well as unbelievers?

Jeremiah 14:7 (ASV) "Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee."

1 John 1:8-10 (ASV) "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."

Yes... and No... a) Yes, the Church should preach the Word and in doing so include the beauty and sanctity of The Lord's Day with illustrations FROM SCRIPTURE to encourage all to do that which God requires. And, b) No, I am not "simply hung up on lists", but rather hung up on those who would create lists as stated previously, which either add to or detract from God's holy law. One can be just as guilty of profaning God and His law through commission or omission. As one Puritan said, "There is a legalist resident in every heart."

In His grace,