A Good Answer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 5, 1909

A CORRESPONDENT of the Christian Herald asks for an explanation of Rom. 14:5, 6. In his reply, the editor shows a much clearer conception of the subject under consideration than is usually revealed by those who are seeking to prove the change or abolition of the Sabbath at the first advent. Here is his view of this scripture:—

The passage has no special reference to the Sabbath, but to “fast” or holy days. Paul says that in such matters we must be guided by conscientious conviction. He wished to make it clear that acceptance with God and living the true Christian life (and not formal observance) was the only proper test of Christian fellowship.

Only those who are searching the Scriptures in order to discover excuses for a practise contrary to the plain teaching of the Word of God would find in this passage any basis for the conclusion that the apostle Paul taught that the observance of the Sabbath was a matter of no importance. Such a conclusion contradicts the whole trend of the teaching of the great apostle.