Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
"Meat In Due season"-The Christ
lans Sabbath.

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Some years ago. when discuss1rs
the Sabbath question through the col
umns Of The Courier, We laid down
this proposition. The Christians SAB
bath is not day, but the experience
Of eternal rest into which he enters
when ne believes In Jesus. -
So far az We have seen that PROPOSE
ton has never been attacked: one
writer said, III mat IL true. 1t Is new
to me-" 1t may be new to others; put
We believe it to be the plain teaching
of the word Of God. ~
The word Sabbath means rest In
the old testament 1t was day CT res!
following six days OF labor. IN tho
new testament we read that the SAP
bath, among other things was shad.
ov OF things to come but the body Ks Of
Christ {Col. 2:16, ~. Now the
BODY or substance Of which the sab
bath was . shadow Is The rect"
peace" "life," or "salvation." (Dif-
ferent expressions meaning the same
thinr). which Christ purchased By the
shedding Of his blood. and which he
dv,s to every sinner who VIII "bs-
itave to the saving of the soul" -
come unto mo, al - that labor
and are heavy laden, and I viii give
7ou rest," (sabbath) Matt 11:2s.
"Peace | leave with you, my peace !
i've unto you" (Jno. 14:27). Il give
snto them eternal life; ana they shall
never perish" Ono. 1o:2s). The gift
Of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ. our Lord" rom. s:23). De
lieve on the Lord, Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be- saved" (Acts 1854.
During this dispensation Of grace,
while tho children Of Israel are abid-
Ing many days without king and
without q prince and without sacri-
Ace and without an image, and with
out an ephod, and without teraphim,
(Hos. a:4l, as the prophet had said.
@Cod has caused her Sabbatts TO-
cease" (Hos. 2:11). Yet There re-
msineth q rest" Cor keeping Of Sab
hath margiu) ito the people Of God,
(Heb. 40. And this rest is not earn
ed by six days Of labor; but, we
which have believed do enter into rest
verse a. and HE that 10 entered into
l,is rest. he also hath ceased from his
own works as God id, from his"
verse 10Y.
80 we see that when sinner rests
in the finished" (Jno. 1851 work OF
rademption, as God rested from the
nnished work Of creation, he has what
Gsd had, Sabbath-rest.
Nothing short Of an assurance, has'
ed on the word Of God, OF the tree, un'
marited, eternal salvation which Christ
40 freely offers to III, Ono. 7:s7. 3s)
can 9iye the rest and peace Of which
he 40 often spoke. We leave II, then,
with the reader w-ethsr tho Christ
fans est-Sabbath-is 4 day or an ex'
nerlence. 70 call the frst day Of the
week the Sabbath Is = mistake for II
Is not. Though there are scnptural
reasons for Christians refraining from
work and meeting to worship on that
day, which VIZ hope 70 nours m ~
7ext), but to teach Christians that they
must keep the seventh day, Is far
more serious mistake, for It Is mixing
law and grace-which viii not mix
any more than oil and water. Sinners
are saved by grace through faith,
(Eph. 2:s, 81 and Christians are kept
by the power Of God through faith,
IL. Pet. 1850.
Those who adhere to the seventh
day Sabbath are looking at shadow"
and overlooking the "body." They
seem to have come short Of enter
Ing into tho rest (the keeping Of
sabbath-margin) that remainsth to the
people Of Cod" fHeb. Al, 81. Search
the scriptures whether these things
be so.
]. G. Pearson, Edca. h