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if one accepts some terms of the Decalogue as normative for Christians, one must accept all. This document must be received as a package, beginning with the preamble and ending with the command against coveting. The principles are cast as absolute and unconditional commands, without qualification, and for the most part without declared motivation.
The Decalogue envisions a community that has been freed from the tyranny of Egypt but would be under the constant threat of those with social and economic power behaving like little pharaohs.For the Glory of God (87)
Baptists, Methodists, Congregationalists, and Anglicans united in their opposition against Sabbath breaking for theological reasons. Spurgeon, therefore, fit into the mainstream of religious thought regarding the Sabbath, but his convictions ran counter to a growing secularized and industrialized urban city.Spurgeon\'s Forgotten Sabbatarianism: Examining the Role of the 4th Commandment in His Life and Theology (p. 54). Founders Press.
As for the Surrey Music Hall, it died the death of a cursed man, only to see Spurgeon standing triumphantly over its grave. The owners filed for bankruptcy after Spurgeon departed. Since they lost the income from the church and their Sunday evening shows drew small crowds, they could not pay their bills. Then, fire burned down the building, and residential housing replaced it.Spurgeon\'s Forgotten Sabbatarianism: Examining the Role of the 4th Commandment in His Life and Theology (p. 23).
the Christian Sabbath mattered to Spurgeon. He fought to keep the day holy according to his understanding of Scripture. Due to his convictions, he moved his successful three-year ministry at the Surrey Music Hall to an inferior venue, which he knew would constrict his influence. Yet, Spurgeon's theological views regarding the Christian Sabbath outweighed other expedient factors. Spurgeon\'s Forgotten Sabbatarianism: Examining the Role of the 4th Commandment in His Life and Theology (p. 23).
the people were commanded to spend two days in preparing themselves, by a ceremonial cleansing from all external pollution, before they were ready to stand in the presence of God ( Exodus 19:10,11). This teaches us that serious preparation of heart and mind must be made before we come to wait before God in His ordinances and receive a word at His mouth
But the Ten Commandments still bind us, because they were given to a people who were, at that time, under the covenant of grace made with Abraham, to show them what duties are holy, just, and good, well-pleasing to God, and to be a rule for their conduct. The result of it all, is that we must still practice moral duties as commanded by Moses; but we must not seek to be justified by our practice. If we use them as a rule of life, and not as conditions of justification, they cannot be a ministration of death, nor a killing letter to us.
We should interpret this document not as a law code but as a foundational covenant document, intended to create a picture of life within the community of faith governed by covenant principles.For the Glory of God (85)
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