Milford chronicle., 1941-03-28
THE BIBLE SIDE OF
THE SABBATH LAW
BY T. A. Han, Milford. Del.

Every one should know in this
enlightened day of Open Bibles
that God in the beginning set a
part a day of rest, which was the
seventh day of the week, and call
ed it the Sabbath, and said, Thou
shalt keep it Holy" He did not say
"Unless you have a filling station,
or some milk TO deliver or some
hay to get in before 1t might rain
or any of the thousand other
things people have to do in these
goth century times" Neither did
He say, "If it doesn't just always
suit TO keep the seventh day, then
keep Tuesday or Thursday" No, He
didn't say any of those things. But
see what He really did say in Exo-
.dus 20:10. "But the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord, thy God.
in II thou shalt not do any work. !"
Remember He is speaking of the
seventh day, not the first day that
Christian people are keeping ev-
erywhere today and properly so in
commemoration of our blessed
Lords resurrection, Who declared
He Himself was Lord of the Sab
bath mark 2:2S).
Follow OH the passage in Exc
dus 20. "Thou shalt not do any
work. thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor the
maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger within thy gate"
That's the law of God concerning
the keeping of the Sabbath. It's
complete and it's final, and to break
1t (if you are under the law) means
to break the whole law. James 2:1O.
For whosoever shall keep the
whole law, and yet offend in one
point, he is guilty of all, for lie
that said, DO not commit adult
cry said also, DO not kill: Now
if thou commit 10 adultery, yet If
thou kill, thou art become trans
gressor of the law"
Now hear the words of Jesus in
5:18. For verify | say |
unto you, "till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one little shall in
no wise pass from the law, till all
be fulfilled" which does not in
any sense mean that Gods people
TO whom the law was given should
forever continue to be kept under
the yoke of the law to do it, for
Jesus is the end of the law for
TO every one that be-
Iievth. Hear Paul in Gal. 81,
Stand fast therefore in the liberty
Christ hath made us
,ree, and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage" The Sab
Jath law is just as much part of
he yoke of bondage as any other
part of the law, from which our
1ord in giving His life, set Chris
ian people free. IF the Son there
ore made you free, ye shall be
rec indeed" John 1886.
Now please notice with rue some
houghts along this line that Paul
ives expression to. First in Col.
:16, II. "Let no man therefore
udge you in meat or in drink or in
aspect of an holy day, or of the
ew moon or of the Sabbath days,
1hich are shadow of things to
One, Dut Lue DOuy 10 Ol Ouilot'
Igain Rom. 14:5. "One man es-
one day above another;
mother esteemeth every day alike; {
1t every man be persuaded in his {
wn mind" s
Now in closing, just a word to 8
nose who contend for Sabbath obV
srvance. AS said before, there s
lust be distinction made between l
le only Sabbath mentioned in the f
ible, which is the seventh day of U
lie week; and the Lords day, /
hich is the first day of the week, i
II the first day of the week is not O
llled the Sabbath anywhere in
od's word. But Christians keep i
and always have in commemor- t
ion of the Risen Christ. So those O
ho would contend for the keeping Z"
the Sabbath, might do well to g
st give themselves a little test o
order to see If they or anyone il
Be really does keep 1t, by read o
g first: Ex. l6:as; abide ye ev- S