Christ and Sabbath Observance
By John McMillan
JOHN McMILLAN. We would say to your friend that Christ never sanctioned, by word or practice, the performance of any work upon the Sabbath but works of necessity and mercy. His object was to strip from the institution the burdensome traditions with which the Pharisees had loaded it; and he purposely performed works which were forbidden by their traditions, and then proceeded to show that such works were lawful, or in accordance with the Sabbath law, which they had misinterpreted and abused. If any one can find warrant in this for now disregarding the Sabbath entirely, he must take the responsibility for so doing. Prejudice or self-interest will find a way around the plainest command, or the clearest argument in all the Bible.