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From: jah@philabs.UUCP (Julie Harazduk)
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Subject: Re: Sabbath
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 13:29:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 13:29:41 1984
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I agree that the original sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night
and ends at sundown on Saturday night.  For Jews who accept Jesus as
the messiah, the sabbath is often still at this time.  For Gentiles
it is important to know that there is a day devoted to rest and
communion with God.  Jesus was not always so concerned with the letter
of the Law but the faith and the heart that goes into keeping the
Law.  As Paul says in his letter to the Romans:

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things
contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto them-
selves:
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else
excusing one another.

We keep God's law out of respect, devotion and because we know He means
well for us.

Julie Harazduk
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