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HILL--RoGERS DEBATE.
The Other Side OF II.

The Other Side OF IL.
Question: DO the scriptures teach that the |
Decalogue is still I'm force2 MIR. Hill att rms. |
Mr.. Rogers denies.
Mr.. Rogers first objection The decalng,ie |
or old law not in force, because superseded by |
nep hw. 7tco enaetneats canned be IN force al ne |
same time The old law, or ten commandments
was given at Mt. mai, in Arabia 10 the jew
ish nation, nearly fifteen hundred years before
Christ The new law or new covenant, was
given at Mt. Zion or Jerusalem. almost nine
teen hundred years ago, given to both jew and
Gentle, sa. 2:3. "For out of Zion shall 20 forth
the law and the word Of the Lord from lerusa-
lem,' also, Micah 4:2. Luke 2i:47 sslhat re-
pentance and remission of sins should be
preached.in his name, among all nations be-
ginning at Jerusalem.
Second objectlon-The decalogue, or ten
commandments, was the"covenant written ON
stones, and the ADMINISTRATION of death writ
ten on stones" Paul says, ais done away
End Cor 81, IL HE declared unto you his
covenant which he commanded you to per-
form, even the ten commandments and he
wrote those upon two tables of stone" Deut
4.l3. The ten commandments, or decalogue,
then was the covenant, the 'oId covenant
which was to be superseded by new cove
nant. Mark: ~ will make new covenant
with the house OF Israel and the house Of
with their fathers" with whom their faith
ers, IsrelItes.) Jer. sl:8l, 32 Then 1t will not
be according to the decalogue Paul says,
"Jesus is the mediator of Il better covenant
which was established on better promises: for
If that first covenant had been faultlesa, then
would no place have been sought for second.
Heb Sc, z Then he adds sin that he saith n
new covenant he hath made the first old: now.
that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready
To vanish away.
Third objectionable covenant or decalopne
was given only for a limited time and Special
purpose, 1T was added" Ito the promise made
70 Abrahaml because of transgrcssion till
the seed should % come" Gal. 3.l'. Added, till
the seed (Christ) should come. We UNDER
stand by this that when Christ is come the law
OF which the decalogue is II part, will no long
er remain: So much for the time; now the
purpose. Remember Paul writes after Jesus
had come, suffered and assembled. In speaking
of the faith in Jesus. he says, "But before
| faith came we were kept under the law, shut
up IN the faitt which should afterward be re-
vealed." 23rd verse. Wherefore the law was
our school master, what the purpose? to bring
US to Christ, that we might be justified by
| er under schoolmaster; or in other words,
no longer under the law of which the deca-
logue is part. "a, Is. See what follows in VS..
&c, For, We are all the children OF God; how soY
| by what law let Paul answer in the same
verse. By faith in Christ Jesus. This is the
law OF the Spirit of Life which went forth on
| Pentecost from Jerusalem.
Fourth obJection-For the Priesthood being.
changed, there is of necessity a change of tue
law. Heb. 7:l2. Paul in speaking of the
cnange IN the priesthood, referring to Christ
| =
| ter the law OF carnal commandment but,
after the power OF an endless life; 10th verse.
| The u vltcal priesthood, then, was made after
| the law OF carnal commandment, or a COM
| mandment OF feshy character; and not spir-
| itual. Christ was the new high priest was
made after the power of an endless life. The
priesthood being changed, the law must also
| be changed. What is the new law? Is it car
| nal or spiritual? III Cor. $50. The letter. slat-
utory law or decalogue, kiileth, but the spirit
giveth life. Is there then a law of the spirit ?
| Paul says, For, the law of the spirit of life
/ hath made me free from the law of sin and
death; Rom So. This new law we will give
| farther on. So we find there is a change of
| law, so, the old is abrogated.
Fifth objection The old law, of which the
decalogue was part, was not life giving Gal.
3:2l, For II there had been a law given, which
could have given life, verify, righteousness
| should have been by the law. GAL 2:2I, If
righteousness came by the law, then Christ is
dead in vain.
Sixth objection-Paul said, We are not IN
der the law, but under grace. Rom 6:l4. Paul
| in the seventh of Rom. compares the Jewish
people (himself included to a woman who had
been marf led, but whose husband was dead
The husband, the law, he declares TO be dead,
and that they, Jewish people should be married
to another, Even to him who is raised from
the dead 9 verse, But now we are delivered
! from the law, that being dead wherein we
were held. What law is 1t that Paul said was
dead. We find It In the next verse, Is the law
| sin Nay, 1 had not known sin but the
law. For had known lust except the law had
| said thou shalt not covet. Thou shalt not
covet is one OF the ten or decalogue, and Paul
| says in Ill Cor. 80 But il the ministration OF
death (old covenanU written and engraven on
| stones was glorious; how shall not the minis
tration Of spirit be rather than glorious; sth
verse. II tnat which was done away Told COW
enant or decalogue) was glorious, much more
that remafneth NEW covenant)is glorious; 18th
verse.
Seventh objection-It was a yoke of bond.
age. Gal. 4:2t, These are the two covenants:
one from Mt. Sinai, which gendereth to bond
age. 81, We are not children OF the bond
woman, but OF the free. 5th, LIST, Stand fast in
the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us
free, and be not entangled again with the yoke
of bondage. Paul in Acts Is 10 speaks of il as
yoke which neither our fathers nor we, were
Now concerning the new covenant which
| was promised by God, or new law which Is
called the law of the Spirit of life by Paul in
Rom. Sc. 1t was called the law of the Spirit
of life, because given by the Holy Spirit.
whom the Father will send i'm my name said
Jesus; John l4:26, and because it was life Civ
| ing. The Spirit Is life; Rom. Sale Ii We.
through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the
body We shall live; 10.
The Holy Spirit was promised to the apos-
| ties. In John 14:25, we find But the Comfor-
| ter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
| in my name, he shall teach you all things: and
| 1913, When he, the Spirit of truth is come, he
will guide you unto all truth. Luke 24:l7 As,
10, And that repentance and remission of sins
| be preached in His name beginning at Jerusa-
| lem; And, behold send the promise of my
Ffatner upon you put tarry ye In the city Of
Jerusalem until he be endued with power
from on high; Acts IL, And when the day of
Pentecost was fully come, they were all with
one accord, In one place, and suddenly there
came sound, ETC.; and they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utter
ance. BY reading the remainder of the chap
ter we nnd that there were men there from
every nation under heaven; that Peter, to
whom Jesus had given the keys of the king
dom of heaven; Matt. 1913, stood up with the
eleven, and preached the first gospel sermon;
proving to them by scripture and prophecy,
that the same Jesus whom they had crucified.
who was buried and rose again, was both Lord
and Christ. Now they believe, are COM cience
smitten, are condemned or pricked In their
hearts and cry out, men and brethren, what
shall we dof Jesus told the twelve before he
died that when the Spirit was come he would
convict the world of sin, because they believe
not on me; (Jesus). John 1853.
Now they believe that Jesus is the Son of
do The Spirit of Life speaks through Peter:
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins, and We shall receive the gift of the Holy
Jesus said: "Go We into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature; he that
be,ievetn and Is baptized shall be saved
died for our sins, was buried, ana rose again
the third day." Peter first preached this gos-
pei at Jerusalem, as Christ directed, and
preached also the law of faith, which is the
law of the Spirit. This gospel is to be preach
ed to all nations. The law as preached by Pc
ter ana the Otner apostles is this: Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, Repent, or reform
your life. Obey the form of doctrine or be
baptized, and as afterward given by Peter, add
to your faith virtue, knowledge, temperance
patience, Goodness, brotherly kindness, and
charity. This he gave as an epitome, not as
an exhaustive statement of the new law, for
many other words were given and written
whereby We have knowledge of sin, teach |
ing us that all unrighteous is sin. Through.
out the New Testament we have given unto us |
'all things that pertain unto life and Godli- |
ness" and a condemnation of evil; such as |
anger, malice, drunkenness, lying, boasting |
pride, impatience, unthankfulness, and the |
like. Which of the commandments condemns |
these The affirmative, MIR. Hill, affirmed that |
without the decalogue man has no knowledge |
of sin.
Passages given by the Affirmative In support /
of his doctrine were considered by the mega
tive as follows: Rom. 4l5 'Where there is
no law there is no transgression." Paul's ar
gument is that the law (Jewish law of which
the decalogue was part) is no longer in force
Rom. 3:2l. But now in the Christian dispen-
sation, or under the new covenant the right
eousness of God without the law is manifested.
Verse %. Even the righteousness of God,
which Is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all who
believe. Verse y. Therefore we conclude
that man is justified by faith, soittom the
deeds of the law. 4;l4 For, IL they which are
Of the law be heirs, faith is made void and the
promise of no effect. Verse Is. Where there
bar to A-o..