p. 16 | The Sabbath and Repentance

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 10, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 28.

The Sabbath and Repentance.

A reader writes us: “You cry, Sabbath, Sabbath; why don’t you cry, Repent, repent, to the sinners?”

And we do. We are sure that our friend will find more upon repentance and a godly life than he will upon the Sabbath. But what is repentance?—A true sorrow for sin, which results in turning from it. See 2 Cor. 7: 10, 11. But what is sin?—“Transgression” of the law. 1 John 3: 4; Rom. 7: 7. What, then, is turning from sin?—It is the keeping of the law; for the keeping of the law is righteousness, and “all unrighteousness is sin.” Ps. 119: 172; 1 John 5: 17; Rom. 8: 4. What is the relation of the Sabbath to the law?—It is the fourth precept of that law. See Ex. 20: 8-11. To what, then, will true repentance lead?—To the keeping of all God’s law, including the Sabbath. Moreover, Sabbath-keeping is not mere resting on the seventh day. It is rest in Jesus Christ, and finding Christ’s rest where he has placed it, in the day. Ought not every one to keep the Sabbath in his repenting? Much more might be said.