The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-20
THE III BIBLE SABBATH {.
/ BUDDS SERMON SUBJECT

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iect al discussion at the Gospel tent
last, night by Evangelist Budd.s He
read as his text L Peter 3:5 to show
that we ought to lbe able at all times
to. give an answer. of the hope that Is
within us with meekness and fear.
Said he am often called upon to
give reason for keeping the sew
.enth day instead of the first day Of
the week. He further stated that
he keeps the seventh day Sabbath
because the: Bible says the seventh
day, is the Sabbath. Elk. 20:8-11 and
there is no record in the Bible when
God ever changed his mind about It.
In f2k9Isaid: he, the statement Is
mad 1894 that he, God, will
not altA hing that has gone out
Of his .lipss Iossin 81 am the Lord
L change no. 3:6 also Eccl.
3:14, ,.'whatsoex Lord doeth 1t
shall be forever. 27-28 was
read to show for whS Sa bbath
was made for man. sains could
not be Jewish institutrefY for 1t
was made hundreds Of years before
there was a Jew, said he, the term
Jewish Sabbath is not mentioned in
the Bible, as it is never called Jew
ish by any of the Bible writers.
The speaker then showed the Sab
bath existed from the creation of the
world and will exist throughout all
eternity, by reading job. 3:4 which
says sin is the transgression of the
law and Rom. SIS Paul says,
'swhere there is no law there is no
transgression.' He further stated
that there was sin back in the gar
den of Eden, consequently there must
have; been a law, he then read Elk.
Is: 4,23-30 to prove the law and the
Sabbath existed at least 80 days be
fore. it. was given on Mount Sinai.
Now, said he, we will come to the
New Testament to show that it was
still recognized as the Sabbath by
Christ and the disciples, in Luke
Ais we have Christ's example OF
keeping the seventh day Sabbath,
also Mark 1:21. Said he, Christ
is, our example in all things. and we
ought to follow him in Sabbath
keeping as well as every thing else.
Paul set a good example of Sabbath
keeping when he went into the syna-
gogues on theaSa bbath day and taught
thes-people. ! See, Acts 17:1-2, 1871
n II said. the evangelist, by reading
Matt. ISL, Mark It,: IL and Luke
-23:52z56 you%will find the Sabbath
lis always past when the first day
comes,s Consequently those who keep
kes first day are. Just one day too
late to keep: Sabbath for the Sab
hath is always past when the first
day come More than that, said he,
no first day observer is keeping 1t
right even III it; was: the right day,
Jas The Sabbath does not commence at
midnight for the word says ''from
evening, to evening shall you cele-
9brate, your Sabbath, Lev. 1892 and
the evening begins according to
Marks gospel first, chapter and 32nd
verse, at the. setting Of the Sun. Said
he, the sun is Gods great clock and
he put :it4sup high. in, the heavens
where everybody can see 1t. Jesus
said, Why call We me Lord, Lord,
and do not the things which /
say He said the seventh day is the
Sabbath and we ought to respect his
word and be obedient, for says the
prophet, cit IS the willing and ODE
dient that shall eat the good of the
land,,"'--Isa. 1913. d,
All the way, through the new
Testament we are enjoined to keep
the commandments, and Christ said
III thou wilt enter into life, keep the
comma ndments.-Matt. 1917, and
the last writer Of the Bible said,
BLESSED are they that do his COM
mandments that they may have right
to the tree of life and may enter in
through: the gates into the city,
Rev. 22:14 and again, "This is the
love Of God, that we keep his COM
mandmen 81 job. 5.2-3. !
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