The Law of God and the True Sabbath
By Swin Swinson
2. What is the character of God?—Holy, just, good, true, perfect, spiritual. 1 Peter 1:16. 3. If the character of God can not be changed, can his law be changed?—Surely not. 4. Then is not the law of God and his character the same? Rom. 8:7, 8. 5. Did the death of Christ make void the law? Rom. 3:31. Faith in the death of Christ and the cross will establish the law in the heart of the believer. 6. What will he oppose who opposes the law of God? Rom. 8:7. He also opposes the atonement effected on the cross. 7. If it is a sin to oppose God, is it not a sin to oppose his law? 1 John 3:4. 8. Is the Sabbath of Jehovah part of God's law? Luke 23:56. 12. If the Sabbath was to be a benefit unto man even after the fall, and all benefits come to us through Christ since the fall, through whom does the Sabbath blessing come?—Through Christ. 14. Who are we following when we keep the seventh day instead of the first day of the week?—Jesus our Lord. 16. Who rested on the seventh-day Sabbath?—Christ. 17. Who blessed the seventh-day Sabbath?—Christ. 18. Who sanctified the seventh-day Sabbath?—Christ. 19. Who by these three acts made it the Sabbath?—Christ, associated with the Father. 20. What have we then?—A blessed, holy, sanctified, seventh-day, Christian Sabbath; for Christ is its Author. 21. Under what authority does the first day of the week come in?—Under the authority of the Catholic Church. 22. “What warrant have you for keeping the Sunday preferable to the ancient Sabbath, which was the Saturday? Ans.—We have for it the authority of the Catholic Church and apostolical tradition.” — “Catholic Christian Instructed, page 202.” 23. “Have you any other way of proving that the church has power to institute festivals of precepts? Ans.—Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her—she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day,—a change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” — “Doctrinal Catechism, page 174. “But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify.” — “Faith of Our Fathers, by James Cardinal Gibbons, page 111.” 24. What does Jesus say to such testimonies? Matt. 15:9. 25. Will God regard our prayers if we knowingly trample on his holy law? Prov. 28:9. 26. Did Jesus teach that the seventh-day Sabbath should be kept this side of the cross?—Yes. Matt. 24:20. 27. When was Jerusalem overthrown?—A. D. 70. 28. Did the apostles meet on the seventh day to hold religious service? Acts 13:14, 27. 29. What day did the Gentiles keep? Acts 13:42-44. This was in the year A. D. 45. 32. Whom was he following?—Christ, his example. Luke 4:16. 33. Who is to blame for the trampling of the sign and seal of God's law under foot? Eze. 22:25-28.