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when, in fact, it is just prosecution for
lawlessness, according to the word.
If you had a command as Chris
tian to keep the seventh day, you
sought to- obey God rather than man."
but, when to your surprise, no doubt,
you can not find such command, are
you not obeying the teachings Of men
and disobeying God when you rest on
the seventh day and work on the first?
Yo,, certainly were very unfortunate
In choosing Rom. I'll, 5, 6, to prove
YOUR contention that Christians are UNI
der the law, and that, at death is
swhere we get away from the yoke of
bondage" 4
BY emitting the fourth verse, you
manifest the adventist's great weak
ness for Wrestling the scriptures to
their own destruction" For you at
tempt thus to prove the very opposite
to what Paul was teaching. You
claim that the expression in verse one,
"the law hath dominion over "a man
as long as he liveth," means until he
dies the natural death. But Paul Is
writing to people who are alive; and
he says in verse four, Wherefore, my
brethren, We also are become dead to
the law by the body of Christ" He
was writing to living Christians OF
Galatia, when he penned that I'M
answerable argument on the futil1ty OF
law keeping as means either of saw
ing them or keeping them saved; be-
ginning at 2:16, and continuing to ga.
He shows that they were dead to the
law" 2:19: Redeemed from its
curse" 1913; and Free from it's bond
age" 81 though still alive.~
If you will read carefully the epis-
tbs, especially Rom. and Gal. You will
find there are many living people who
are dead-aliye to the law, in the sense
of Rom. IL but dead In trespasses
and sins,' (Eph, 2:1.) And you will
find there are many dead people who
are alive-"dead to the law" (Rom.
|7:4.) Ito sin" (Rom. SGD and. ito the
world" (Gal 6;14.) but, "alive unto
God through Jesus Christ our Lord
(Rom. 6:11.) and which are you?
Kind reader, whether adventist or
not, in Gods reckoning, you are in one
Of these two classes. If ever, by a SIM
pie faith, you have accepted the fact
that when the son of God hung on the
cross, he was there as your substitute
in death and judgment, bearing the
penalty which holy law that you had
broken, pronounced against you; then
YOU can say, II through the law am
dead to the law, that l might live unto
God. I am crucifed with Christ;
nevertheless I live; yet not l, but
Christ liveth in me; and the life which
I now live in the flesh l live by the
faith of the son of God, who loved me
and gave himself for me. | do not
Illustrate the grace of God; for If right
eousness come by the law, then Christ
is dead IN vain" CGal. 2;19-21) .-
Our adventist friends insist they are
under the law. We will have to con.
cede they know their position, for not
one of them have claimed nor will they
admit-that they are dead to the law
or redeemed from it's curse" But
does it not begin to dawn upon you
that the law is indeed yoke OF
bondage" and one that cannot be
born? (Acts 15:10o Does any reader
of these lines desire to be freed from
lit? Then hear the words of Jesus,
|"Come unto me- all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and l will give you
rest Take my yoke upon you !"
and We shall find rest to your souls.
For my yoke Is easy and my burden
| is light" (Matt. 11:2S-30) A very diff
ferent yoke from the one which is
called the, ADMINISTRATION of death
written and craven in stones " Cor.
1870 And when you center into rest
by believing in Jesus" (Heb. 4:S) you
will, cease from your own works"
(Which in the unsaved, are always
dead works.'D "as God did from his,
". 10) and enjoy the, keeping OF a
Sabbath that remains to the people OF
Cod" ". 9 MARI "The believer rests
in perfect work of redemption as
God rested from a perfect work Of
creation "-Scofeld
| No, friend Smith, do not tear the
law, nor any other part out OF your
bible for "all scripture is given by in
spiration Of God, and is profitable
q Tim 3:16.) and "the law is good,
If man use it lawfully,"Q Tim. 1:S.)
Continue to teach it to the children in
your Sababth schools and let others
do so in their Sunday schools-but, for
their souls sakes, quit teaching them
that they must keep it If they would
be saved and go to heaven. But teach
them that "by the law is the knowledge
Of sin IRON. 5000 It will show them
their need of savior. Then tell them
that God has provided a savior in the
person of his son John, 3:16.) Teach
them that all the law can do for any
one is to stop their mouth and show
them to be guilty before Cod" (Rom.
3:1e) That it pronounces curse
upon every one that continueth not
in all things that are written in the
hook Of the law to do them" (Gal.
F3:1o.) No one ever did that but
Christ, And, that If they will receive
him by faith then, Christ hath re
deemed us from the curse OF the law,
being made curse for u.s. (Gal. 2:13)
Then instead In glorying in the law, as
some did then and do now; they would
say, God forbid that I should glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world Is cruel
fed unto me, and unto the world. .
(Gal. 6:14.)
"f J. G. Pearson,
Eldon, Iowa.
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