Editorial by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 26, 1907

Editorial

By Editor

There is no grander quality in the Christian than unswerving loyalty. Others may prove false and desert the ranks, but the loyal one will only gird on the armor more securely and be unceasingly vigilant.

Every day brings its trials and its temptations, but there is abundance of grace for each day’s need. “Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help us in time of need.”

The teaching of the abolition of God’s law must inevitably result in a lessened sense of guilt on the part of those who are doing what that law condemns. There are those who hold, for instance, that the Sabbath command is still in force, but that God is not particular about which day we keep. The result of this kind of teaching is no less disastrous than the other, for it makes the law’s meaning depend upon our whims and wishes. Through such teaching men lose their sense of the enormity of sin.

To love God is to serve God. “This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.” “This is love, that we should walk after his commandments.” That so-called love which is so free and spiritual that it claims to be above the obligation to serve God in a life in harmony with his commandments, is only another name for rebellion against God, and an excuse for following the inclinations of one’s own heart. “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected.” There is evident need now of insisting upon that kind of love for God which is manifested in obedience to his commandments. Righteousness by faith does not abolish the law of God. “Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.” “Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.”