Other Commandments Do Not Nullify the Sabbath
It is a poor excuse for rejecting the Sabbath of the Lord to say that there are other commandments than the Decalogue; to say that “the great body of that people [Seventh-day Adventists] never dream that the word ‘commandments’ ever means anything but the Ten Commandments.” People who read “seventh-day literature” know better, but that stands for nothing when an excuse for disobedience is wanted. Of course there are other commandments of God besides the Decalogue, and Seventh-day Adventists always have recognized the fact, and often refer to them in their literature, especially in advocating health reform, the tithe, the ordinances of the Lord’s house, works of charity, etc. But no matter how many other commandments of God there may be, that fact does not vitiate any of the Ten Commandments. When the psalmist says, “Thou art near, O Lord; and all Thy commandments are truth,” he does not leave out any commandment of the Decalogue.