p. 16 | The Lord's Day

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 18, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 16.

The Lord's Day

"The Lord's Day."—What is it?—That is, according to the Lord's own Word and the Lord's own example, what is the Lord's day? It is not a question to be settled by common usage. Many counterfeit bills pass because well worn, but they are not the less counterfeit; and, if brought to test, the fact of their continued use has no bearing with the honest official. The bill must go; judged by government standard, it is false. So the Lord's day must be tested by government standard. This standard is not the corrupt semi-heathen "fathers of the church." They may be brought forward to sanction every error which has ever cursed the church. The standard of God is His Holy Word. According to that standard, what is the true Lord's day? (1) Jesus Christ was the Creator of all things. John 1:1-3; Col. 1:16. (2) He, the Son of God, made the seventh day in the beginning "holy unto the Lord." Gen. 2:2, 3. (3) "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." Ex. 20:10. (4) Christ, whose Spirit spoke through the prophets (1 Peter 1:11), calls it in Isa. 58:13, "My holy day." (5) Jesus says, "The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day." Mark 2:28. (6) Finally, He Himself observed that day as an example. John 15:10; 1 John 2:6. Therefore, according to the standard of the Lord's Word, according to the example of the Lord, what day is the Lord's day? In the light of the judgment, reader, how would you answer the question?