UCG Says Members Need To "Upgrade" Their Sabbath Observance

 

UCG has an article from John Elliot on why the Sabbath is still commanded for UCG members, which ultimately leads to this comment about "upgrading" their observance standards and actions:

All humans are imperfect and we need to “upgrade” our Sabbath observance to fully keep it holy in accordance with both God’s original and His magnified commands. When we observe the Sabbath properly, it is a two-way sign identifying the true God and identifying His true children (Exodus 31:13-17).

Elliot seems to forget that the children of God are identified in a better way than through sabbath keeping. Their identity is secured in Christ, not in a day. Their rest is in Christ, not in a day when they turn on their TV's so they can sing along with Jelly about the Sabbath.

The Ten Commandments and all the Law remain in force today (Matthew 5:18). The Ten Commandments alone did not fully exemplify God’s mindset, nor did they completely codify God’s Law for the New Covenant saints. Consequently, Jesus came, in part, to “fill-full/magnify” them to their full spiritual intent (Matthew 5:17). 

 

Jewish leaders of His day were considered examples of obedience to the letter of the Law within their culture. But Jesus said that unless our righteousness exceeds theirs, we will not even be in God’s Kingdom (Matthew 5:20). From the President...

The seventh-day Sabbath was the covenant sign of the Mosaic Law given to national Israel. Christians are under the New Covenant, in which Christ is our rest (Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrews 4). We are free to honor any day (or no day) as special, but no day, including Saturday, is commanded or required. That is why the overwhelming majority of Christians throughout history and today do not treat the seventh-day Sabbath as binding. 

 

Pick and Choose - Keep and Ignore

 

Doug says Paul was referring to the Hebrew Scriptures when he spoke, because the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) had not been written yet. But then he turns around and says Paul teaches that we are to keep everything Scripture says in both the Old and New Testaments.

Which is it?

The fact of the matter is that LCG, like every other Church of God group, picks and chooses what it wants to keep and what it doesn’t. We’ve heard COG leaders and writers accuse mainstream Christians of doing exactly that for decades, yet not a single COG actually does everything Scripture commands. They claim the law is binding and must be kept, yet they selectively obey only the parts they want, while making convenient excuses for the commandments they choose not to follow.

Is the Old Testament Obsolete? 

 

Many Christians today believe that the Old Testament was for the Jews and the New Testament is for Christians. However, Jesus taught that we are to live “by every word of God” (Luke 4:4). The Apostle Paul wrote that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). Paul was primarily referring to the Old Testament when he wrote these words—because the New Testament did not yet exist. When Jesus and the Apostles quoted scriptures, they quoted from the Old Testament. Paul also told Christians in Corinth that the Old Testament examples were “written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come” (1 Corinthians 10:1–11). He was clearly stating that we need to learn from the instructions and the examples in both the Old and New Testaments—which is why Jesus emphasized that we must live by “every word of God.”
Have a profitable Sabbath,
Douglas S. Winnail

Pamela Redd: Finding and Reclaiming Yourself - Black and Cultivated and Apostate Sisters Interviews

The book is a memoir by Pamela Redd that details her journey of self-discovery, personal recovery and identity rebuilding after being disfellowshipped from the Worldwide Church of God, formerly known as the Radio Church of God.

 

Only 3 more episodes left in Season 1 of Black and CULTivated. And the final eps are diving headfirst into my own cult, The Worldwide Church of God. ⛪️🚩 First up, Ms. Pam Redd, a brilliant educator and musician who attended WWCG from age 5 to adulthood. And chile, the stories she drops… 😳🔥 From meeting the church's leader Herbert W Armstrong and listening first hand to his racist ass sermons, to being disfellowshipped, — Pam does 👏🏾 not 👏🏾 hold 👏🏾 back. I’m so honored that she can use this platform to tell her story. 🖤 👉🏾 Link in bio to subscribe and catch all the final episodes! If you or someone you know has been affected by cult involvement and is seeking help, the following resources are available: Nikki G Speaks (Black owned religious trauma therapist) https://www.nikkigspeaks.com/ Dr. Dylesia Trauma therapist (Black owned) https://www.radicalchangetherapy.org/... Freedom of Mind https://freedomofmind.com/ Cult Education Institute https://culteducation.com/ Cult Awareness & Information Center https://web.archive.org/web/201706281... International Cultic Studies Association https://www.icsahome.com/ Cult Escape https://cult-escape.com/ Cult News 101 https://www.cultnews101.com/ Thank you for listening. / @blackandcultivated

USEFUL CHARTS: The Pacified and Pro-Roman Messiah Jesus and Gospel

 

 

About Matt Baker:

Matthew James Baker[ is a Canadian educator and designer who was born in 1975.[

In a YouTube video, Baker said that he was born into a family who were members of the Worldwide Church of God. He described the church as a cult and has since converted to Progressive Judaism.

In 2003, he cofounded Beacon Hill Academy, a non-profit school in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, where he had previously worked as a teacher. When he moved to Vancouver in 2009, he uploaded around 100 educational charts online covering various topics which earned him money through Google AdSense advertisements on his website. He later began selling physical posters on Amazon.com and was able to rely on income from the UsefulCharts business by 2011.

Baker has a PhD in education, with his dissertation titled "Psychological type and atheism: why some people are more likely than others to give up God."

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Dr Matt Baker addresses Joseph Atwill's Caesar's Messiah

Matt gives an honest and nicely balanced view on the topic of who or what created the pro-Roman, pacified Christianity, we find in the New Testament and Messiah Jesus after the defeat of militant Judaism and Christian zealotry and the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE. 

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Bonus From Useful Charts