AboutAnthony Expertise Can one know God and not keep His commandments? Let John answer (1Jn2:4). He that says, I know Him and keeps not His commandments (including the 4th) is a liar and the truth is not in him. Since Seventh-Day Adventists derive their teachings from the Holy Bible, I will answer questions on any Biblically related subject or topic and questions on distinct Adventist practice and doctrine. Remember Paul`s words that state in the last days there will be deceivers seeking to lead astray many, yet the sincere believer can take comfort in the Lord`s promise that anyone desiring to know His truth will know it. May the Lord bless you as you seek Him.
Experience I graduated from an Adventist University with a major in Behavioral Science and a minor in religion including an intermediate study of the Greek written language. I earned a master in religion from Liberty University a Baptist seminary. I have been a student of the Bible and of Biblical history for over 30 years.
Were our first parents (Adam and Eve) omniscient? I don’t think so.
But that is the crucial question the Sabbath-keepers, who claim the Sabbath is a creation ordinance, have to answer. As far as I can tell from the Bible, the first human beings only followed what God told them to do or not to do, not what God was doing since, not being omniscient, they did not know what God was doing. So when God rested on the first Sabbath they did not rest because:
1. First, they did not know since God did not tell them He was resting (to claim they followed His example is to claim they were omniscient).
2. Secondly, God rested one day after creating the first human beings, so humans were only one day old and the Sabbath comes only after six days of work.
There goes Sabbath-keepers’ last supporting pillar up in smoke!
placido
Answer Dear Placido, as even a novice student of Scripture knows, Only God is omniscient. As for Adam and Eve knowing God’s will, Scripture alludes to the fact that God’s law was written in their hearts. Much like what again happens with the new covenant experience. Oh, but then again you are confused with that issue too. I did not even wish to respond to your first question because I already knew that even if an angel of God came to present you with His commandments you would still find objection. The only reason I wrote you again is because God impressed me to. I know that you are not sincere in your search for truth because God promises that anyone (yes, even you) who wishes to know the truth then that truth will be revealed to them. Now you do a lot of surmising but it all amounts to human reasoning and no Scriptural support. I’ve given you many Scriptures supporting the 4th commandment yet you had no response. You just wish to follow cunningly devised fables. I asked you to supply just one Bible verse to support your Sunday idea yet again you could not respond. If you are looking for someone to scratch your itching ears then send you questions to Sal because he is more than willing to scratch away. You see Placido, if I don’t tell it like it is then not only do I do God a disservice, but I also do you a disservice. Remember “4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
