1. By what names is the Son called?
“And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isa. 9: 6.
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.” “And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth.” Heb. 1: 8, 10.
2. What wonderful work did he do which entitles him to the name Mighty God?
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Gen. 1: 1.
“And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.” Heb. 1: 10.
“Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee. . . . The Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name, great in counsel, and mighty in work.” Jer. 32: 17–19.
3. Did he make this world only?
“By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” Col. 1: 16, 17.
“All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” John 1: 3.
4. By what authority did he do these things?
“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.” Col. 1: 19.
5. What did Christ do on the seventh day of creation week?
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.” Gen. 2: 2.
“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Ex. 20: 11.
6. What did he do for the seventh day?
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” Gen. 2: 3.
7. Why did he bless and sanctify the seventh day?
“Because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Gen. 2: 3.
8. For whom was the Sabbath made?
“And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man.” Mark 2: 27.
NOTE.—When a noun is used without any qualifying adjective, it is to be taken in its broadest sense. The Sabbath was made for all men.568
9. Did the Creator rest because he was weary?
"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?" Isa. 40: 28.
10. Then what kind of a rest must it have been. Ans.—A spiritual rest.
11. What invitation does Christ extend to those who are weary of sin, and of their efforts to become righteous by their own works?
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt. 11: 28.
12. How can we come to Christ and enter into his rest?
"For we which have believed do enter into rest." Heb. 4: 3.
13. What can be said of that person who through faith accepts of Christ?
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Rom. 5: 1.
"For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." Heb. 4: 10.
14. What, then, is necessary for us that we may delight in the Lord and the Lord in us?
"If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." "And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying." Isa. 58: 13, 14; 65: 19.
15. If only the justified can enter into the Lord's rest, or Sabbath, then of what is the keeping of the Sabbath a sign? Ans.—Justification and sanctification.
NOTE.—If the observance of the true Sabbath, commonly known as Saturday, is a sign between the true God and his worshipers, then is not the observance of the false sabbath, commonly known as Sunday, in the light of the Scriptures against it, a sign between a false god and his worshipers? This is a question worthy of consideration. What does the Bible teach?
16. Who has instituted Sunday keeping as a sign of his right to receive worship? Ans.—The Papacy.
Says Cardinal Gibbons, through his chancellor, under date of February 25, 1892, in a letter to Mr. John Ashley, of Rock Hall, Md.:—
"DEAR SIR: In answer to your first question, directed by the cardinal [Gibbons] to reply to your letter, I will say:—
"1. Who changed the Sabbath?"
"Answer—The holy Catholic Church.
"2. Are Protestants following the Bible or the holy Catholic Church in keeping Sunday?
"A.—The Protestants are following the custom introduced by the holy Catholic Church.
"3. The Protestants do contradict themselves by keeping Sunday, and at the same time profess to be guided by the Bible only.
"I am faithfully yours,
"C. F. THOMAS, Chancellor."
In an authoritative Catholic work, called the "Abridgment of Christian Doctrine," the Catholic Church asserts its power to change the law, in the following manner:—
"Question—How prove you that the church hath power to command feasts and holy days?
"Answer—By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same church.
"Q.—How prove you that?
"A.—Because by keeping Sunday they acknowledge the church's power to ordain feasts, and to command them under sin; and by not keeping the rest by her commanded, they again deny, in fact, the same power."
17. Who, then, is antichrist? Ans.—The Papacy.
18. If the Papacy is antichrist and Sunday keeping is a sign of his power, then of what must intelligent Sunday keeping become a sign? Ans.—Apostasy from God.
19. How does the Lord declare he will punish this sin?
"And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever; and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." Rev. 14: 9-11.