THE TEN COMMANDMENTS PERPETUAL.
The Ten Commandments were no new law at Sinai. They were not superseded by anything taught by any priest, prophet, or teacher afterward, even to one jot or tittle. Frequently we hear persons who do not wish to have the convincing power of the Sabbath held before them, say that all the Decalogue is found in the New Testament, save the fourth or Sabbath law, but upon this there is nothing. Not so with all, however. A correspondent to the Sunday School Times, Mr. R. Crittenden, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, writes as follows:— I send you herewith proof-texts showing that these commandments are given, not only repeatedly in the Old Testament, but also substantially in the teachings of Christ in the Gospel. I am not aware that these passages, as I have arranged them, are found anywhere else. All teachers can make a profitable use of them:— First.—“And Jesus answered him: The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.” Mark 12: 29. Second.—“For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.” 1 Thess. 1: 9. Third.—“But I say unto you, Swear not at all” Matt. 5: 34. Fourth.—“And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2: 27. Tenth.—“And He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness.” Luke 12: 15. There are scriptures still stronger than some of these in confirmation of the perpetuity of the law of the Decalogue. The above are not a new giving of the law, but simply, clearly show that there has been no change in the law. It is eternally the same.