The First Great Commandment
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:30. I saw that whatever divides the affections, or takes away from the heart supreme love for God, or prevents unlimited confidence and […]
God’s Law Never Changes
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 31:18. During the Christian dispensation, the great enemy of man’s happiness has made the Sabbath of the fourth commandment an object of special […]
The Law for Man’s Happiness
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. Psalm 19:8. In the beginning, God gave His law to mankind as a means of attaining happiness and eternal life. Satan’s only hope of thwarting the purpose of God is to lead men and women […]
A Special, Distinguishing Sign
The children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Exodus 31:16, 17. […]
The Center of the Law
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8. In the very bosom of the Decalogue is the fourth commandment, as it was first proclaimed: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy […]
Keeping the Sabbath
I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God. Ezekiel 20:19, 20, NIV. At the time of the Exodus from Egypt, the Sabbath institution was […]
