Is the Sabbath a hell or heaven issue
- (primary) Exodus 20:8–11
- (secondary) Exodus 20:12
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Is the Sabbath a Hell or Heaven Issue? addresses whether failure to observe the seventh-day Sabbath automatically determines a person's eternal destiny. Vaughn refuses to answer that question affirmatively, saying that he is not qualified to determine who goes to heaven or hell. Instead, he argues that the question itself reflects an immature approach to obedience. Is the Sabbath a hell or heaven… Using his marriage as an analogy, Vaughn argues that love seeks to please another person without first asking what punishment will result from disobedience. He then applies the same reasoning to honoring one's father and mother and finally to Sabbath observance. His conclusion is that believers should keep the Sabbath because Yahweh commanded it and because obedience pleases the Father—not simply as a means of escaping hell or obtaining heaven. Is the Sabbath a hell or heaven… The sermon therefore culminates in the unmistakable language of Exodus 20:8–11: “remember the Sabbath day” and “keep it holy.” Vaughn presents the Sabbath as a weekly opportunity to stop ordinary pursuits and refocus upon Yahweh.
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Exodus 20:8 - 11 - Vaughn teaches that Sabbath observance should not be reduced to the question of whether breaking the Sabbath sends someone to hell or keeping it earns heaven; rather, he presents the seventh-day sabbath as a divine command that a mature believer obeys out of love for and a desire to please the heavenly rather. He expressly declines to determine the eternal destiny of those who do not keep the sabbath, making obedience - rather than a specific heaven-or-hell verdicet - the central doctrinal point of the message.
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