The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-02-15

3: 7-8. If a man profanes the name of
God he is of the Devil. If he steals he
is of the Devil, and not of God. A law
that proves the transgressors of it to be
of the Devil must certainly be in force.
Z. The Ten Commandments were
spoken by voice of God, and written
with finger of God on tables of stone. A
law 80 highly honored of God could not
be of q temporary nature soon to pass
away.
8. The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul. Ps. 10: Z. 1t is
folly to teach that perfect law was
changed or abolished.
8. Christ called the Pharisees hypo-
critics for making void the fifth COM
mandment. Matt. 10: Al. If SO, what
will He call us if we make void the
whole ten?
10. The law of the Father was in the
heart of the Son. Ps. 40: 7-S. Impossi-
BILE to abolish the law inscribed in the
heart of Christ.
IL. He was to magnify the law. lisa.
AZ: 81. To magnify the law is to extol 1t
or make it look larger. Therefore Christ
did not make the law less or abolish it.
Consequently it still stands.
II. He taught the Spiritual nature OF
the law, showing that it reaches to the
heart Matt. 5: 27-28.
ID. He taught that every jot and title
of the law should endure until Heaven
and earth should pass away. Matt.
5: Is.
IA. He taught that whosoever shall
break one of these least commandments,
and shall teach men 80, shall be- called
least in the kingdom of Heaven; but
whatsoever will do and teach them, the
same Shah be called great In the king
dom of Heaven. Will the brethren on
the negative do as Christ says? If so,
the strife will cease, and we will all be
one on the law question, and We will
all agree that the law is in force, and we
will do and teach all the command
ments.
Is. Christ also taught that it is easier
for Heaven and earth to pass away than
for one title of the law to fail. Tpka.
IS: IT, VIII our cpronep.c 10 the easier
things first2 Let them first demolish
the Heavens, and then it will be time
enough for them to try their hand at
pulling down the law of God.
16. Christ said to the young man, if
thou wilt enter into life keep the COM
mandments. If keeping of the COM
mandments is condition of eternal life
they must be of binding obligation.
IL. James says, if we offend in one
point we are guilty of all. Jas. 2: 10-l1.
1t follows, therefore, that every point of
the law is binding in the Christian age.
Is. Do we then make void the law
through faith? God forbid; yea, we es-
tablish the law. Rom. 3: 81. If the law
isn't made void, but is established by
faith, then the law is not superseded by
faith as claimed by the negative.
10. The law is holy, just, good, spirit
ual. Rom. z: 1918. Such law could
never be done away.
20. Paul delighted in the law of God.
Rom. z: %. Paul did not delight in a
dead, abolished law.
p. Christ died for our sins. l Cor.
10: 3. Sin is the transgression of the
died for our transgressions of His Faith
er's law. A law SO holy and sacred that
the Son of God must die to meet its
claims must be of universal and eternal
obligation.
%. All His commandments are sure
they stand fast forever and ever, and are
done in truth and uprightness. How
long is forever and ever?
%. 1t is mans duty to love God with
all his heart, and his neighbor as him
self. If a man loves God with all his
heart he will not have other Gods or
worship images or take Gods name in
vain or violate His Sabbath. If he loves
his parents as he does himself he Will
not kill him or seduce his wife or daugh-
ter, or steal from him or lie about him,
or covet his goods Hence as these com.
mandments grow out of love to God and
man they must endure as long as the
principle of love endures. To this agree
the scriptures. Love is the fulfilling of
the law. Rom. ID: 10. Also, this is the
love of God, that We keep his command
ments. John, s.: 3.
"a. By the law we are to be judged.
Jas. 2: 1912. We can never be judged
by a law that is not in force; therefore,
the law is in force now, and will be I'M
til the judgment.
25. Who are teaching the true doc
trine, those that teach the Ten Com
mandments are abolished and the peo-
pie need not regard them, or those that
teach they are still in force and should
be obeyed? Let Christ answer: Who
ever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of
Heaven. Matt. 5: 10. If it pleases
Christ to do and teach them, how must
He look upon those who disregard them
and teach others to do the same?
rs. The transgressors of the Ten Com
mandments, such as adulterers, murder
ers, ldolaters and liars, cannot enter the
kingdom of Heaven. Rev. %: Is. A
law that shuts the transgressors of it out
of Heaven and consigns them to the lake
of fire, which is the second death, must
of necessity be in force.
q. Blessed are they that do his COM
mandments, that they may nave right to
the tree of life, and enter in through the
gates into the city. Rev. o. IA. Amen,
let us all do them. The law presented
by the negative as the new law was OBJ |
jected to on the following grounds. l. |
1t referred only to professors of religion. |
q universal righteous law and enact |
another for church members only, and |
the rest of the world be left without law. |
2. 1t was not complete law to them,
as it said nothing about image worship |
or lying, stealing, etc. 3. 1t was too
new, as no denomination has ever adopt
ed as the new law. No publishing house /
has ever printed 1t as the law. It never
saw the light of day in public assem-
bly, until Feb, 4, 1889. It was gotten up
for the occasion, and is therefore coun-
terfeit. The position of the negative
hat the Ten Commandments died on
The cross and that Peter proclaimed the
new law on the day of Pentecost, was an
,wered as follows: Where there is no
aw there is no sin. Rom. 4: Is. If the
moral law died on the cross, and the
new law was not proclaimed until Pen
ecost, then there was a period of fifty
lays IN which there was no law, and
no sin in the world, which
8 an absurdity. Peter taught the peo-
L. lok In, 81 he. ha, g. L. |
emission of sins, and that was gospel
hat was set up that the law was not
made for the righteous but for the un-
,odly and sinners. 1t was shown, LIST
The righteous man is the one that keeps
he law. 2. The sinner is the one that
Freaks it. 3. The law is made for the
in a sense that it is not
made for the righteous, in that 1t is made
o punish the transgressor.
2. If the law was made for sinners
hen the law was made for all men, for +,
III have sinned, and the claim made by
he negative that the law was for the
Tews only falls to the ground.
3. If the law was made for sinners 1t {
must last as long as sinners exist, for ,
whom the law was made.
It follows, therefore, that the claim of
he negative that the law died at the j
ross is a mistake. The law that was q
dded, changed which was abolished, !,
which was yoke of bondage, which was
gainst US, and which was taken out of
he way and nailed to the cross, was the 7
aw of ceremonies, which stood only in r
meats and drinks and carnal ordinances,
imposed On them until the time of refor- :
nation. IL