The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-06
Today's Sermonette

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not ask, us il right" Jeremiah
always asked that question, and
consequently he brought much
diSfavor upon himself. Some
times we find ourselves doing
/ that same thing. If it is not
right, we advise against doing
il, and Immediately we invite
the loss of friends who answer,
1t isn't wrong, is it," "Since
when is il a sin TO do thus and
so on the Sabbath" "Who
passed a law against doing what
| want to do?" Yes, we have all
heard such questions, and we
are sent meckly into our own
corner With scornful words, for
trying to hamper other peoples
freedom.
Am implying that many
things we do on the Sabbath are
wrong? To be more correct let
me say that the real question is,
Are the things we do ON the
Sabbath, right?' To you they
may be right, but moreso on the
Sabbath, than on other days, be-
cause God made the Sabbath for
man, we should ask whether
the things we do are right in
the sight of God! Let us look
upward, as we do the trivial,
and try to face the facts of
whether or not we are pleasing
God. Can any immortal soul
afford to putter about with tri-
vial things, bearing mere week
day burdens, ignoring the SUI
preme business of the uni
verse;"
We have six days for trivial
things, sticks and their ingath-
ering, whether we need fuel for
our fire places, or just some
thin, called recreation to keep
our minds off the fact that 1t is
the Sabbath. is recreation
wrong? Is it right, on the Sab
bath, or is il something that can
be taken care Of during the
week? We have sometimes
over emphasized the rights of
man in things we call right or
wrong, and we have quite we'll
lost sight Of measuring our acts
in the sight of Gods pleasure.
II we insist upon asking
whether this or that is wrong,
then let us also ask such a queS-
ton about the absenteeism in
Worship Services. Is wrong
TO stay away from Worship
Service on the Sabbath? Yes II
is, and none Of us denies it, Yet,
if we ask, if il is right 10 stay
away from Worship Service, we
also agree that IL is not right.
How then can we try TO main
tain that it is unfair to ask the
question one way, and not the
other, as regards the trivial
+ things we do on the Sabbath?
The things we do not do on the
/ Sabbath, that are right, and that
/ please God those things we do
not. The things we do on the
Sabbath, that are wrong, and
that do not please God,-thoSe
things we do
Bear no burden on the sab
bath day Call the sabbath
a delight, and the holy Of Jeho-
/ yah honorable. This is
the day which Jehovah hath
made; we Will rejoice and be
glad in it, He entered as
his custom was, into the syna-
gogue on the sabbath day.
/ All thing are lawful for me; but
not all things are eXpedient "
der. 1921; lisa. 5813; Ps.
1924; Tx. 4l6; Cor. 6l2)
But there are things we must
do on the Sabbath Jesus and
his disciples walked through
the cornfields and started to
pull some ears of corn and eat
them. True enough, but they
had been in the synagogue as
was their custom, and further
more they were hungry. Be
sides, those who criticized the
disciples placed themselves in
quite a spot, because they were
not trying 10 find fault with
them, but with Jesus. What are
we trying to do when we try to
justify ourselves in our actions
that cannot be called right, but
which we do not call wrong?
Whom are we holding up for
/ judgment, the One who gave us
an example? Or ourselves, who
somehow have a way Of noticing
only the wrongs that we do not
have TO do, as we'll as the rights
which we do not want 10 do?
Nothing trivial on the Lord $
Day!