p. 7 | The Sabbath by O. Soule

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 30, 1913

The Sabbath

By O. Soule

O. SOULE

To Christ and his people, the institution around which the most endearing memories will cluster to all eternity will be the Sabbath.

Christ made the world (John 1:10; Col. 1:15, 16), and the Sabbath is the memorial of that work. Ex. 20:8-10.

Man, spoiled by the fall, has to be made new, “created in Christ Jesus unto good works.” Eph. 2:10. But this making man anew and setting him apart to good works is commemorated by the Sabbath, and Sabbath-keeping is the proof to the sinner that he has been converted and sanctified. Eze. 20:12.

Then when our old, decaying, mortal bodies give place to new bodies, it will be the voice of Christ that will produce the change. 1 Cor. 15:52, 53. This, too, will be the exercise of creative power, and therefore will be commemorated by observing the Sabbath.

Finally, “he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” Rev. 21:5. And in that new earth, “from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” Isa. 66:23.

Thus all the precious things that Christ ever did for us will be commemorated by Sabbath observance, and to all eternity we shall celebrate the power of Christ in our creation, in our conversion, in making us new bodies, and in making the new earth our final home, by Sabbath observance. May we all be faithful now.

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