Loyalty to the Word by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 26, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 46.

Loyalty to the Word.

By Editor

It is good to find, in these days of lawlessness, that there are religious teachers who are loyal to the Word. For instance, the teachers' edition of 'Illustrated Studies on the International Lessons,' in the lesson for May 19, on the text Matt. 5:17-26. The story says: 'Many feared, and perhaps some hoped, that Jesus would do away with the old law altogether. Knowing this thought, Jesus took this occasion to say plainly that He by no means wanted to destroy the law of God. It is based on eternal principles of right, and can never be destroyed, but He would Himself fulfil the law perfectly, and help people to fulfil it as He did. He strongly condemns any who break or teach others to break God's law, and commends those who keep it. Jesus' disciples must be even better than the Pharisees, for they must keep God's law from the heart. And then He took up some of the laws, one by one, and showed how by this new law sin is to be killed at its very root. Speaking of the law 'Thou shalt not kill,' Jesus told His hearers that this forbids not only actual murder, but also anger, which leads to murder.' And this is the literal, simple truth of the Bible.