NOTR - Faith & The Foundation of Freedom - 4.21.16
Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 9:29AM 
Today's Show: FAITH & THE FOUNDATION OF FREEDOM
Chris discusses how the Protestant Reformation gave birth (through the Gospel) to the principles of freedom of conscience. Martin Luther's declaration that his conscience was bound by the Word of God seems to have laid the foundation in modern times, along with Luther's teaching that men should not be "constrained" or forced to believe against their will. The Scripture tells us that it pleased God that by the "foolishness of preaching" (1 Corinthians 1:21) men should be brought to salvation. In his book on "Christ and Civilization" author John W. Robbins provides powerful insights into the building blocks of what we know as the free world.
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Great show, Chris! Just one thing, I don't see any reason to think Paul was referring to feast days when saying how some people esteem a day higher than others. That's in Romans 14, but there's no mention of feast days there. Paul is talking about eating and fasting...
Romans 14:5 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who EATS, EATS to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does NOT EAT, to the Lord he does NOT EAT, and gives God thanks.
If Paul were teaching against a commanded feast day, he would be a false teacher or deceived:
Deuteronomy 13:1 “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. 5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.
Jesus reiterated this sentiment:
Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Paul, in fact, did instruct others to keep feasts...
1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Keep up the good work!