1. Does Christ give assurance of the perpetuity of ALL the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang ALL the LAW and the prophets. Matt. 22: 37-40.
2. Is there Sabbath law in the New Testament?
Wherefore it is lawful [in harmony with law] to do well on the Sabbath days. Matt. 12: 12.
3. Did Christ observe the law, and thus magnify it?
I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. John 15: 10.
He will magnify the law, and make it honorable. Isa. 42: 21.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall DO and TEACH THEM, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5: 19.
4. In whose name and through whose counsel must men obtain eternal life?
Jesus Christ's.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4: 12.
And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, . . . Thou knowest the commandments. Luke 18: 18-20.
And He said unto him, . . . If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Matt. 19: 17.
5. Should the life be in harmony with the whole law?
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. . . . For whosoever shall KEEP the WHOLE LAW, and yet offend in ONE POINT, he is guilty of all. For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. James 2: 8, 10-12.8
6. What kind of work is lawful on the Sabbath day?
And He saith unto them, Is it lawful [in keeping with Sabbath law] to DO GOOD on the SABBATH DAYS, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark 3: 4, 5.
NOTE.—It is certainly in harmony with the Christ life, of obedience to the law, to perform acts of charity and mercy on the Sabbath as well as on other days of the week.
7. Is there any blessing attached to the obedient?
Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Rev. 22: 14.
NOTE.—God requires obedience to His holy law both in letter and in spirit. To keep the law in letter, which forbids stealing, is to refrain from theft. But to keep the same commandment in spirit is to have no desire in the heart to steal. A thief behind the bars is necessarily observing the letter of the law, but may not be keeping it in spirit, desiring to steal. He who keeps the law of God in the spirit, having no desire in mind or heart to violate it, will of necessity refrain from its violation, and thus observe it in the letter.
