The Danger of Sunday Worship

Hilton Napoleon

Description

This book is about restoring God's proper day of worship to Saturday. the Sabbath day, the day he commanded, blessed, sanctified, and made holy. This book explores the challenges Christians face in making the change to Sabbath day worship, and the consequences God places on them for not obeying his holy word. This book exposes the issues that are keeping them trapped in the false day of Sunday worship. This book offers believers clear cut scriptural evidence of God's holy day of worship, and exposes the Christian leaders responsible for misleading their congregations in false Sunday worship.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• People
• Her
• Come
• Spirituality
• Religion
• Personnage public
• Out

Informations

• Publié par: Archway Publishing
• Date de parution: 18 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781665736190
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE DANGER OF SUNDAY WORSHIP

“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE”





HILTON NAPOLEON







Copyright © 2023 Hilton Napoleon.

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Archway Publishing rev. date: 01/17/2023



CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 My Change To Sabbath-Day Worship
Chapter 2 Pastors, You Have A Problem
Chapter 3 Sunday Worship And The Resurrection Of Jesus
Chapter 4 The Evidence For Sabbath-Day Worship
Chapter 5 Misinterpreted Scriptures For Sunday Worship
Chapter 6 How To Escape Sunday Worship
Chapter 7 Understanding Obedience To God’s Will
Chapter 8 The Origin Of Sunday Worship
Chapter 9 The Origin Of Worship
Chapter 10 Come Out Of Her, My People



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I give thanks to GOD the Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus, who sent favor and healing power from Heaven while I was hospitalized seventy-six days with the Covid 19 virus. This saved my life and allowed me to finish this book.
I give thanks for the wisdom and guidance of my late father, Pastor Harry Nelson Napoleon, leader and shepherd of the Tennessee Missionary Baptist Church for forty-five years. I give thanks to my wonderful mother, Betty Lee Napoleon, who established my spiritual foundation.
I give thanks for my late brother, Benny Nelson Napoleon, J.D, former Detroit Police Chief and Wayne County Sheriff, who was the guiding influence throughout my law enforcement career.
I would like to recognize my loving sisters, Dr. Geneva Napoleon- Smitherman, the late Bobby Napoleon White, Anita Napoleon, Kathy Napoleon-Brogdon, and Sharon Napoleon-Seaton.
Recognition and shout-outs to my children, Alana and Hilton II, step-son, Lamont, and grandchildren, Cierra, Hilton III, Frances, Landon, and all my nieces and nephews.
I thank GOD for my “help meet,” “my good thing,” my wife, Tempie L. Napoleon, whom I love dearly. She exhibited incredible patience and provided impeccable care during my rehabilitation and recuperation from the Covid 19 virus. Tempie’s selflessness and loving care were vital to the completion of this book.



1
MY CHANGE TO SABBATH- DAY WORSHIP
Growing up in Detroit, Michigan, my late father, the honorable Pastor Harry N. Napoleon, was pastor of the Tennessee Missionary Baptist Church. I had no choice but to attend church almost every Sunday morning, and many times Sunday evenings too. Not only did I have to attend, but my sisters and brother attended church nearly every Sunday too.
As a child attending church, I did not understand everything about the scriptures or the sermons being preached. However, there were things I heard that resonated within me and that I did understand. These things included how to treat others, obeying your mother and father, the importance of telling the truth, submitting to people in authority, not stealing or killing, and obeying God’s holy words. I was familiar with the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer.
Regarding the Ten Commandments, I knew they came from God and it was important they be obeyed. I clearly understood the meaning of “thou shall not steal,” “thou shall not kill,” and “honor thy father and thy mother.” However, I didn’t clearly understand the other commandments given by God, or the deeper meaning and significance of the fourth commandment, to “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
When I got married and had children, I continued to worship on Sunday and took my children to church nearly every Sunday morning. I never gave any thought about whether or not Sunday was the proper day Christians should worship on. Because of my past tradition, I believed it was right to worship on Sunday. Many of my friends and their families attended church and worshiped on Sunday.
The first time I had any discussion about the day of worship was as an adult working at Thirty-Sixth District Court in 1982. I was twenty-eight years old at that time. I came upon a childhood friend who worked for the court. We grew up together and often played basketball in my oldest sister’s backyard. One day, we started talking about church and religion on our lunch break. My friend knew that my father was a Baptist pastor. During our discussion, he revealed to me that he was a Seventh-day Adventist and that he worshiped on the Sabbath day, Saturday. He advised me that Saturday was the proper day of worship. He stated God commanded us to worship on the Sabbath day according to the fourth commandment. My friend appeared to be well versed regarding the Sabbath day. I sat and listened to everything he had to say about the Sabbath day. He advised me the fourth commandment was changed to Sunday by the Roman emperor Constantine. He provided me with the name of a book regarding the Sabbath day that I could purchase at the bookstore. I wrote the name of the book on a piece of paper so I would not forget it.
During the weekend, I went to the bookstore to look for the book my friend suggested I purchase regarding the Sabbath day. While walking through the bookstore, my attention was drawn toward a display promoting a book by the author Hal Lindsay, titled The Late Great Planet Earth. I picked up a copy of the book and started reading the table of contents. I became captivated by the title of the chapters and bought that book instead of the one I was supposed to buy. This was the beginning of my forty years of fascination with Bible prophecy and the end-times. I never purchased the book regarding Sabbath-day worship. The next time I was exposed to the Sabbath day was when a flyer was left on the front door of my home in 2012. This was thirty years after my conversation with my friend at Thirty-Sixth District Court in 1982. The flyer was promoting a weeklong prophecy conference regarding the end-times and the last days. Because of my acute interest in Bible prophecy and the end-times, I decided to attend the conference each day. The flyer indicated the prophecy conference would be held at a Seventh-day Adventist church in Plymouth, Michigan. There was no reluctance on my part to attend the conference at a Seventh-day Adventist church. My father taught me it made no difference what church I attended or the denomination. He told me as long as they taught Jesus was Lord and Savior, taught Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world, taught confessing our sin’s and being baptized, it was okay to attend.
After a long day at work, I went to the church in Plymouth, Michigan, where the prophecy conference was being held. As I stood in line, I was approached by several members of the church welcoming me to the conference. They could tell I wasn’t a member of their church and wanted me to feel welcomed. I went to the table and registered, then went inside, where I was directed to a table where I was to sit. A person came by with a folder and placed it on the table in front of me. He advised me to review the material, and someone would come by and answer any questions I had. The information inside the folder was regarding the last days and end-time prophecies. The scriptures were from the book of Revelation. Also contained in the folder was an itinerary of topics to be presented each day. About thirty minutes later, a person came by the table and asked if we had any questions regarding the information contained in the folder. There were five other people sitting at my table. Three of the five had questions regarding the material, and a discussion took place. Once the questions were answered and the discussion ended, the pastor of the church began his PowerPoint presentation regarding the end-times.
The PowerPoint presentation was very powerful and informative. I was glad I had taken the time to attend the conference. The pastor ended the presentation with prayer and dismissed us. I was so impressed with the presentation; I decided to attend the conference every night. The format was the same for all five nights. The attendees were directed to a table, materials were passed out, there was time allotted for questions, and there was a discussion regarding the materials distributed. At the end of the last night’s presentation