p. 7 | THAT ALLEGED CHANGE by G.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 17, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 42.

THAT ALLEGED CHANGE.

By G.

WE are told by modern teachers that the Lord changed the Sabbath. We say modern teachers for the reason that ancient teachers of that doctrine gave “the church” as the authority for the nominal change. But God Himself says, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7. It is worthy of serious thought that no prophet has intimated that there would be such a change, and neither prophet nor apostle has said that there has been such a change. A change would imply a destruction of at least part of the law; but Christ Himself, the Giver of the law, positively says: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matt. 5:17, 18.

Again we are told that Christ fulfilled the law, and that put an end to it. But the apostle Paul tells us (and he received the Gospel by revelation from Christ) that God sent “His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, . . . that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Rom. 8:3, 4. So those who “walk after the Spirit” are “led by the Spirit,” as Christ was, and will fulfil the law, as He did. Therefore they will keep the Sabbath, as He did. There was no controversy between Christ and the Jews as to the day of the Sabbath. They never accused either Him or His disciples of keeping the wrong day. They found fault with Him because He would not recognize their traditions concerning the manner of Sabbath observance.

There is no divine authority for the alleged change of the Sabbath. God sanctified the seventh day in the beginning, and there is no divine record that He ever withdrew that sanctity, or ever placed it upon any other day. He alone can sanctify anything. No man can keep any day “holy” until God has made it holy. There has been no change of the Sabbath day. G.