Show CLOSING THE DEBATE it II was agreed that we should divide the time equally and therefore it is proper to make one more reply christ created create the world eph epha 9 in six days and rested on oil the levei seventh it 11 cle blessed and santi sanctified fied the seventh 1 i day thus making it the sabbath gen 22 3 therefore the son of man is lord also of the sabbath mark men who are trying to uphold a false sabbath may say that the son of man is lord of ten or more in order to contuse confuse the minds of the hie people but that aliat liat does not change the word of god ahe ij he sabbath or of which christ is lord is ahe one that was made tor for roan man or tile the whole human race mark 2 lj L 7 j is the sabbath was mado made ado fo or and giver to man before sin entered till chis world gen 2 13 1 3 it Is a part pan of that law of which one tittle cannot fail luke bluke IG 17 and will be kept on the lie earth made new for as the new heavens and the new earth which I 1 will make shall remain before me the be lord so shall your seed and ami hiir bour name lei lebain nain and it shall come to pass that from one sabbath to another shall all lesh flesh come to worship be role foie nie me saith the lord isa GG CG 22 23 21 the sabbath is a memorial oll oft creation as is clearly stated in ili the lie jtb ali commandment for in six lays days the lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in then them is and re rested st on the seventh day wherefore the lord blessed the sabbath lay day and hallowed it ux ex 20 11 in ili keeping the sabbath we are constantly reminded ot of the glorious truth that our god is the creator of 0 heaven and earth the lord spoke tile ten commandments with his own voice ex 20 3 1 17 and wrote them with ills his aln linger g on oil two tables 0 of stone ston e ex 31 IS 18 these were kept in the holy ark of god deut beut 10 13 1 3 speaking of 0 this same law jesus says till heaven and eaith pass one jot or tittle shall in ill no wise pass from the law matt 5 IS the seventh day sabbath is a part of this law therefore it cannot be and has not been changed did the loid command the jews to keep the seventh day sabbath which was instituted at creation creations 9 yes the children of israel shall keep heep the sabbath to observe the sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant it Is a sign between roe me and the children of israel for ever for in six days the lord made heaven and earth and on the seventh lay day he rested and was refreshed RN ex 17 let lei us not contradict the lord 1 hinr i n that the jews had no weekly sabbath the sabbath pointed out or terminated the week and therefore the word sabbath is often used to denote a week as we read in lev 2 3 G seven sabbaths Sab baths atlis shall bo be complete even unto the after the ath sabbath ve shall number fitly fifty days among the syrians arabians chri tian persians and ethiopians the word v ord sallu or sabbata denotes a week as in the following ancient syriac calendar expressed in ili hebrew rha actors the hebrew characters are left out not being able to print them one of the he abbath sabbath or week sunday two ot 01 the sabbath or week monday three of the sabbath or week Tuesday four of the sabbath or week weil wed five of 0 I 1 he sabbath cr week thurs ee de E e of the sabbath or week friday the sabbath saturday homes introduction vol 2 part 11 II chapter IV i robert young translates john 20 19 the fl fist t of the sabbath aih which i ill ia perfect harnicar harn icay with this calendar and also alho agrees with thayer 1 4 who gives it the first day after the 11 sabbath Sab sabbath bith nowhere Nov here in llie lie word of god do to we read I 1 hat the first day of file week is called the sabbath sunda keepers are usually very much opposed to jewish sabbaths Sab baths but our friend has become very much interested te rested in them having learned that hat these sabbaths Sab baths atlis are yearly and ehilt from one day ol of the week to another lie he has tried liani haul to uso use them as a vehicle in which to transfer 1 the sabbath from the seventh to 5 the first day of the week the phar iskes tried to charge change one of the ten I 1 E commandments matt blatt 15 18 3 1 8 and christ said gut but in ili vain they dol do worship ifil me teaching for the i commandments of wen men v 9 my aly opponent says 1 I agree christ I 1 f lid did not change the law that com mands us to keep the alis sabbath but t he changed the lay day can the day be changed without changing the lavi lav no let us read the command 6 changing tile the day remember y tile the sabbath day to keep it holy six days thou labor and do all thy illy work but the first lay day is the sabbath or of tile the lord thy coil cod for in six lays days the lord made heaven and eaith the sea and all ip that in ili them is and in tested the first day wherefore the lord blessed the ho sabbath day ard hallowed it nut but says one we keep the first lay day to commemorate the resurrection of christ yes the sunday sabbath is mans malls memo ilal of 0 tile the resurrection ur is the memorial god has given us buried with him in in baptism wherein also ye are risen with him through faith of tile the operation of god who hath raised him fro from the dead col 2 12 rem nom C G 11 1 1 what a fitting symbol ks As christ rose from the grave so we rise out of the watery graie araie to 0 o walk in fit newness of life those who keep heep sunday are arc not keeping the fourth commandment both in ili letter and spirit no they keep the commandments of men the law roust must be kept in every point for whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in ili one point lie he Is guilty of all james 2 10 let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter rear fear god and keep ills his commandments mand ments for this is the whole duty of man ece 12 13 k G CHRIS CHRISTIAN TIAMEN SEN |