26. The Pope and the Sabbath
By constantly crying in the ears of the people: “Sunday is a heathen day; and all who observe it keep ‘the venerable day of the sun’” “The bishop of […]
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By constantly crying in the ears of the people: “Sunday is a heathen day; and all who observe it keep ‘the venerable day of the sun’” “The bishop of […]
Read moreSince the rigorous, severe Sabbatical character of the Jewish Sabbath does not belong to the memorial day of the gospel, some have gone to the opposite extreme, […]
Read moreThe great memorial day of the gospel seems to have been clearly prefigured in the law of shadows. The Feast of Harvest. “Speak unto the children of Israel, and […]
Read moreWith the exception of a few small sects, Christians universally regard Sunday as a sacred day. This has been true down through the centuries from the days of the […]
Read moreAdventists are continually crying, “Sunday is the pope’s day.” They tell the people that it was the pope who started the observance of the first day of the week; […]
Read moreThere is nothing in the events of Saturday—the seventh day—to inspire a Christian under the gospel. Christ was in the tomb. A guard of Roman soldiers were carefully watching […]
Read moreWhile John was on the Isle of Patmos he testified, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” (Rev. 1:10). This is the first place in the Bible […]
Read moreThe shadowy Sabbath was the observance of every seventh day. “The seventh day is the Sabbath” (Exod. 20:10). The new-covenant Sabbath is not the observance of this particular day. “One […]
Read more“Sabbath” means “rest.” Sabbatarians admit this. Hear Uriah Smith (leading Adventist), “The word ‘sabbath’ means ‘rest.’ That is the one sole idea it conveys, first, last, and all the […]
Read moreSHERYL BARKER Introduction The common understanding of Sabbath today is influenced primarily by the fourth commandment. Christians vary, however, in their interpretation of how Sabbath rest fits in the new […]
Read moreSabbatarians are constantly crying, “We must keep God’s commandments.” This is true. But where they err is in applying the term “commandments” exclusively to the ten written on stone. […]
Read more“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). “Jesus the mediator of the new covenant testament, margin “ (Heb. 12:24). […]
Read more“Behold, I make all things new.” This is the message of the gospel. Christ came to inaugurate a new creation, an entire new order of things. The seers of […]
Read more“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.…Let […]
Read moreBy reading Rom. 2:12, 14-16, it is seen that there are two kinds of precepts: those that exist in man’s consciousness, independent of law to enforce them, […]
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