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should have said: upon the first
night of the week." but he didn't. 1t
seems to me that the premises upon
which the conclusion is predicated is
a bit shaky, and if the Seventh Day
Adventism holds that the Old Tesla
ment reference quoted prove that
"the day commenced at sunset" I
should advise it to wash its face and
go to school. Concerning the Gen
tiles in PauPs audience, Mr.. Anderson
should have noticed that they were
"devout proselytes" which made them
Jews SO far as their religion was con-
cerned. See verse 43, A. R. Version.
The reason they did not ask Paul TO
preach to them on Sunday If Sunday
was the sabbath was simple enough,
It was because Sunday was not the
sabbath. Everybody knows that. or
should.
No sir, you cannot say that !
classify the ceremonial law-with
the Law of Cod etc. You are the
one who seemed to want to classify
things In your attempt to designate
Just what part of Gods law was abol-
ished at the cross of Christ. Your
quotation from ] Cor. 7:19 is not
worthy of you. II you will put that
text with its context you will see
that it Is part of Paul's great argu-
men against communicating Christian
ity with the law of Moses, the very
point ! hold to earnestly.
You ask: why should there be
such a text?" This with reference
to my request for command in the
New Testament Remember the sab
bath day to keep it holy. answer,
because the New Testament super
cedes the Old in authority over
faith and practice. / might have said:
why did Jesus deem it necessary to
re enact the commandment "Thou
shalt not kilP' If it wasn't that he
wanted it in the new law? The same
may be asked Of the other command
meuts of the old law except the
fourth.
You grossly misrepresent me in
your closing paragraph, presume be-
cause you classify me with all other
opposers of your theories. have
never admitted the binding claims of
the sabbath from Creation, or that
the law of the sabbath was not Who'll
ly for the Jews. How could l in the
face of such evidence as this. The
first reference to the sabbath as day
ed to worship is in the 18th chapter
of Exodus, quite some time after Gre
alton. Also witness these clean cut
statements of God himself as to
whom he included in His law of the
sabbath. Speak thou also unto the
children of lsreal, saying, Verify We
shall keep my sabbaths for it is a
sign between me and you throughout
your generations; that We may know
that am Jehovah who sanctifeth
you.-wherefore the CHILDREN OF
ISREAL shall keep the SABBATH, to
observe. the sabbath throughout their
1t is sign BETWEEN ME- AND
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL for
ever" Exod. 31:12, Is, Is, II.
The Israelites, of course, were a
part of the human race, why then
clutch at casual statement of our
Lord, capitalize the word Man"
separate it from the other clause of
the sentence and mot man for the
Sabbath" and hammerit out until it is
SO thin as to cover all men every
where In all ties against the direct
statements of the God of the law cited
above? Dodge? Huh uh, won't dodge.
Why should one dodge from such a
soap bubble as this?
For clarity / re state my former
affirmations concerning the Old and
New Testaments. One may read the
Old Testament and 1t alone and never
be Christian. He would be like the
rest of the Jews, still looking for the
Messiah. Also, one may read the
New Testament and nothing but the
New Testament and he would never
be any thing but a Christian. The
New Testament knows nothing Of
Seventh day Adventistism or any
other "ist" or "ism". Seven times
Jesus said: "Ye have heard how it
hath been said-but / say unto YOU.
commend you to him and his Scrip
ture.. Bon mutt, Monsieur, bon voy-
age.-W. P. Clark.