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Questions and Answers on God's Sabbath

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 14, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 51.

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Questions and Answers on God's Sabbath

By EDWARD ERTEL

EDWARD ERTEL
Does it make any difference which day we keep as the Sabbath?
Did the Lord set apart and bless and sanctify a certain day and command us to keep that day holy? Gen. 2:3; Ex. 20:8-11.
What name does the Bible give to the day that precedes the Sabbath? Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54.
How are we commanded to observe preparation day? Ex. 16:22, 23.
When does the Sabbath begin? Lev. 23:32.
Every day begins with evening. Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31.
Since every day begins with the evening, the seventh day, or Sabbath, must begin with the evening of the sixth day, and continue until the evening of the seventh day.
When does the evening begin? Deut. 16:6; Mark 1:32.
Who wrote the law of ten commandments? Deut. 4:12, 13; Ex. 32:15, 16.
Did Christ have anything to do with the writing of the law? John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:13-17.
How close is the relationship that exists between Christ and the Father? John 10:30.
Did Christ destroy or change the law which was written by the finger of God? Matt. 5:17, 18.
Did God alter the words that have gone from his lips? James 1:17.
How long is the divine law to remain in force? Ps. 111:7, 8.
What scripture texts prove which is the seventh day? Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:1-6; Luke 23:54-56; 24:1-3.
Did man change God's law, or did he think he would change it? Dan. 7:25.
Which day does the Lord call his day? Isa. 58:13; Ex. 20:10.
Since the Lord calls the seventh day his “holy day,” and the other six days are called working days in Eze. 46:1, 16:1, then the Lord's day mentioned in Rev. 1:10, must mean the seventh day, or Sabbath.
Was the Sabbath made for the Jews only? Mark 2:27.
Was not the Sabbath made before there were any Jews? Gen. 2:2, 3.
Shall we keep Sunday as the Sabbath because so many keep that day? Ex. 23:2; Hosea 10:13.
Shall we keep Sunday as the Sabbath on account of our work? Are there any promises in God's Word for the disobedient? Ex. 31:16, 17; Jer. 17:21-27; Isa. 56:4-7; 58:13, 14; 24:5, 6.
What is righteousness? Ps. 119:172.
Shall we keep Sunday as the Sabbath if it seems to be right? Prov. 14:12.
What does the Lord require us to do? 1 Thess. 5:21.
How shall we do this? Isa. 8:20.
What will be the result if we turn away our ear from hearing the law? Prov. 28:9.
What have we to do with the Old Testament? Luke 16:31; John 5:45-47.
How are all the Scriptures given? For what are they profitable? 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:21.
Is the Old Testament the word of God? If so, how long will it stand? Heb. 1:1; Ps. 119:89.
Shall Christians keep the law of Moses? Acts 15:5, 6, 24; Gal. 2:4; 5:10-12; 6:13.
What is the law of ten commandments called? Ps. 19:7, 8; James 2:12.
Which law is perfect? Ps. 19:7, 8; Rom. 7:12; cf. Ps. 111:7, 8 with Col. 2:14; Eph. 2:15.
Of the ceremonial sabbaths we have a record in Lev. 16:29-31; 23:24-41.
In Hosea 2:11 we have a prophecy in which the Lord declares that he will cause the ceremonial sabbaths to cease; and in Col. 2:16, 17, we find these words: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come.”
The Sabbath which God made at creation is a sign or memorial of his creative power, not a shadow. Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12, 13, 16, 17.
The difference between a memorial and a shadow is this: a memorial always points back to past events; a shadow points forward to future events.
In Joshua 4:5-7 we find the words “sign” and “memorial” used interchangeably.
How long will God's memorial remain? Ps. 135:13.
Will this memorial be observed in the new earth by the Jews only? Isa. 66:22, 23.
Why was Jacob's name changed to Israel? Gen. 32:27, 28.
Do Christians belong to Israel? Eph. 2:11, 12.
Apostolic example for Sabbath keeping. Acts 13:14, 15, 27, 42, 44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:3, 4.
Offending in one point of the law of God, of how much are we guilty? James 2:10, 11.
By what shall we be judged? Verse 12.
What does God call people who say they know him and do not keep his commandments? 1 John 2:3, 4.
How do we know that we love the children of God? 1 John 5:2, 3.
Who will have right to the tree of life? Rev. 22:14.