The Sum of the Matter by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 1, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 22.

The Sum of the Matter

By Editor

The Sum of the Matter.—It seems to us that the Sabbath question is very easily settled if one will submit it to the Word of God. Certainly the Lord instituted the Sabbath. Gen. 2:1-3. He commanded it with nine other unchangeable moral precepts. Ex. 20:1-17. He declares that "all His commandments are sure;" that "they stand fast forever and ever." Ps. 111:7, 8. Jesus Christ, in whose heart was God's law (Ps. 40:7, 8), declared that He came not to destroy the law, and that one jot or one tittle should not pass from the law (Matt. 5:17-20; Luke 16:17). Moreover, He kept all God's law, as declared by Himself and others (John 15:10; 1 Peter 2:22); and that in all His obedience we are to follow, to walk as He walked (John 21:22; 1 John 2:6). He who would obey God and follow Christ will keep the Sabbath commanded of God. To what other conclusion could we come?

Not our feeling of what is right and true, is the guide, but God's Word. Feeling may be wrong; experience may be false. Satan may counterfeit to a mind seeking prominence, the very anointing of the Spirit. How may we be saved from delusion?—Seek, with a heart to do, God's will in His Word. Let self be crucified. Let feeling, opinion, and experience be proved liars; yea, let His Word be true.