Williams news. [microfilm reel] (Williams, Ariz.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-31
Christ and the Christian Sabbath.

Inc ODJect OF THIS article IS TO
set forth the relationship of Christ
to the law and the Sabbath, to show
which day He observed and honored
as the Sabbath, and that He did not
nor could not change the Sabbath,
as given to man at creation. There
fore, creations, or the seventh day
Sabbath is the Christian Sabbath.
For Moses truly said unto the
Fathers: A prophet shall the Lord
your God raise up unto you of your
brethren, like unto me; him shall
we hear in all things whatsoever he
shall say unto you. And it shall
come to pass, that every soul. which
will not hear that prophet, shall be
destroyed from among the people,
Acts 3, %, %. First, let us listen
while he proclaims his relation to
the law: Ps. 40: s. II delight to
do thy will, Oh my God; yea thy
law is within my heart"
This, the apostle Paul, quotes in
Heb. 1910 and refers to Christ
when he came into the world, offer
ed himself sacrafice for sin. and
esta blished, or confirmed the sec
ond or new covenant by his own
blood, vs.. 9, 10.
He delighted to do the will of
God, because the law was in his
heart. This could be none other
than the law of the ten command
ments, for that was the only law
given to man which made known
the will of God. But this law COM
mands the seventh day Sabbath.
Again, it is declared of him in
lisa. 40, 81. 'The Lord is well
pleased for his righteousness sake;
he will magnify the law, and make
it honorable" And this he did.
When beginning his life as a pub
lie minister, in almost the first dis
course as recorded in Mat. 5, he de-
fines very clearly his attitude to-
wards the law. Verse II reads as
follows: "Think not that 1 am
come to destroy the law, or the
prophets; 1 am not come to destroy
but to fulfill" He did not come
to destroy it, but to demonstrate
before the universe that the law
could be lived out in sinful flesh,
when that flesh is connected with
divinity. No, he did not destroy it
but fulfilled every precept. Now
listen to him again in Vs. Is, while
he proclaims, that "Not one jot or
little shall pass from the law, till
all be fulfilled" No, heaven and
earth shall pass first. "Not one
jot or TITLE" the smallest fraction
of letter, should not pass from
this law, which is the will of God
to man, and the keeping of which
is mans whole duty, Fec. ~, 70,
"A. VS.. 10 of Math. 5, says: "Who-
soever, therefore, shall break one of
these last commandments, and
shall teach men so, he shall be
called the (least in the kingdom of
heaven" Another version says
fartherest from the kingdom OF
heaven) but whosoever shall do and
teach them, the same shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
Our Introductory text, says if we
do not hear him, eve shall be de-
stroyed from among his people,"
He says "if we do not obey the law
and teach it, we shall be called"
"the fartherest from the kingdom
of heaven" but if we do: and teach
it, we will be called great" But
this law says the 9TH day is the
Sabbath.
Will we hear him and be saved?
To hear is to obey.
In VS.. 81, 30 Christ magnifies the
law, and thus fulfills lisa. 40: 81.
1t is not only the overt act which
is valuation of Gods command.
"but whosoever is angry with his
brother, is a murderer" and :who-
soever looketh on a woman to lust
after her, hath already committed