Milford chronicle., 1944-03-10
LAW AND GRACE
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eSeS TO Mallces out are living u1uel
the Dispensation of Grace with al
!. the privileges God intended Hi
I people, for whom our Lord, this
Christ, His Son, died should enjoy
The following are few of the
I privileges-we are not bound by
I any of the commandments enumer.
ated in the Decalogue; name them
| all and not one are we under today
| Take for instance just one: the
law of the Sabbath; the Command
/ ment is to keep it Holy. Who does
it today? Not even the orthadox
, Jews. who still claim the Law for
their guidance Much less, the Sew
enth Day Adventist or Seventh Day
Baptist or any of the sect in the
catalogue of Adventist known as
Seventh Day worshippers. Where
is the Christian Church member of
any Denomination doing it? Going
to Church, taking part in song and
praise or in prayers and testimony
(which is a blessed privilege) is not
doing it. Paying tithes, another
Christian privilege (but strictly I'M
der the law and no where else) is
not doing it. Staying at home on
Sunday reading the Bible, listening
TO good sermons on the radio. is
not doing it. The doing of none of
these constitute, the keeping the
Sabbath. Now look at the other
side, that of breaking the Sabbath:
going to shows, to horse races,
working on farms, in shops, truck
ing on the roads. doing any kind of
labor or doing none, but just stay
ing at home eating, sleeping and
resting is not breaking the Sab
bath. for the simple reason, there
is no Sabbath to break. Can't break
a law that isn't in force and the
reason this law of the Sabbath
with all the other nine contained
in the Decalogue is not now in
force is simply because everyone
of them have been fulfilled, yes in
deed. everyone of them has been
fulfilled in Christ our Lord. Read
Rom. 1914. Christ, the end of the
Law. to everyone who believeth
Again. Rom. 7:6. But now we are
delivered from the Law. Again.
Rom. 800. By the deeds of the
Law there shall no flesh be justi
fed Hear the words of our Lord,
John 7:10 Did not Moses give you
the Law. yet none of you keepeth
the Law. Wait a minute. what did
il mean to keep Moses Law? Take
the Sabbath, as a sample again, EX- !
odus 90. Thou shalt not do any |
work. thou. nor thy son, nor thy
daughter. thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant. nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger within thy gate Note
again. Elk. 1929, Abide ye every .
man in his place. let no man go /
out of his place on the Seventh .
Day. Once again, Elk. 1922, Six /
Days shall work be done but on the
Seventh Day. there shall be to you
an Holy Day, Sabbath of rest to
the Lord. whosOever doeth work
therein shall be put to death. Ye
shall kindle no fire throughout your
habitation upon the Sabbath Day.
Yes. that's the way it was kept.
Are you keeping it, Mr.. Jew or
Gentle or any of you Seventh Day ;
wOrshippers? It's just a question
to you for you TO think about, l
am not asking the question of
Christian Church members, l am
taking it for granted that they
know the New Testament we'll
enough TO know and appreciate the
fact that it's one of the greatest
Christian privileges to worship our
Lord on Sunday the first day of the
week. in commemoration of our
Lords resurrection. which was on
the first day of the week. and our
Lord ascended on the first day of
the week. The Holy Ghost fell on
believers on the first day of the
week. Our Lord met John on Pat
mos on the first day of the week
and gave him the revelation of
things future contained in the. BIZ
ble's last Book. and let's remem- ,
ber. too. He is Lord of the Sabbath
and He said it was made for man
and not man for the Sabbath. All |
have said are plain stated facts. so.
what should be our attitude to-
ward the Lords Day, the first day
of the week? This should be the :
easiest question of all. if we are
and love our Lord and
love one another as He has COM
us to do then we will want
in reverence to meet together OH
this His day and praise and wor-
ship Him in humbleness of heart. y
and count it life's greatest privil- |
in I ,F
he Free. Now there is no such "A
hing as an Old Testament Chris
ian, if we are followers of Christ,
we are New Testament Christians
they were first called Christiana at
Antioch. Act 1925; Paul told Tim
lthy TO rightly divide the word of
ruth. ii Tim. 2:l5. and that's what
have been trying TO do.
Some years ago. We had a Law.
We called Prohibition. law break
,rs broke that Law and got in ,
rouble like all law breakers do and
always have, but even law break
.rs can't break that Law now be-
;ause it don't exist and the main
'eason it don't exist is. because a
ot of fool Church members and a
ew mollecolly preachers were
made to believe it couldn't be en-
Orced, so they fell to and helped
he gangsters to repeal it. not with
standing the fact government sta :
istics show it was enforced more
han any other law ON statute books
# our government More than mur-
Ter. theft. gambling. prostitution.
orgery or any other in the list of
rimes. No Law is enforced a hun
Ired per cent; well if the law of l
,od contained in the Ten Com l
are not enforce then &