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Originally Posted by SAAN
Sin is Sin in the eyes of God, so who ever on here is beating there chest for observing sabbath and holy days can be sinning in other aspects of there life as well. The bible calls on us to obey the law of the land as well and i bet everyone on her goes out there and willfully speeds 10-20mph over the limit everyday and breaks the speed limit. We slow down when we see a cop because we will get a ticket because we were breaking the law and were wrong and we chose to drive that fast, not because a cop was bored. So when you speed, litter, run red lights and stop signs willfully and many more things i could list we are all guilty of breaking the law of the land which they bible says were are to observe. So we all sin in one way or another and fall short of Gods standards. We can srtive to be like Christ and when we slip up as human beings do, ask for forgiveness, but going around and judging and condeming others isnt the answer.
Ephesians 2:8-9
New King James Version (NKJV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Your righteousness comes form Gods grace, not your own works.
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That sounds nice but there are some obligations that come with the knowledge of sin.
Paul tells you not to condone sin, but to put someone out (disfellowship) if they refuse to repent as the example in I and II Corinthians demonstrates.
I personally believe that Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong sounded the Ezekiel warning to our nation for decades and was correct. We are sinning nationally by breaking God's Sabbaths and deserve destruction and national captivity for this and all of our other sins.
If you read Ezekiel there is punishment for those who fail to warn those who are sinning.
Ezekiel 3:
17) Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18) When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19) Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20) Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21) Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Mr. Armstrong warned from 1934-1986 and has died. Now, those of us who believe he was correct have an obligation to continue his warning or the blood of this entire nation will be required of us for not warning or supporting that warning.
The future is not looking very good for the USA and Great Britain, and some of the other Western democracies, as well as the Jewish (Judah, Benjamin, Levi) people....
We all need to repent before it is too late...