IS GOD PARTICULAR? by Thoro Harris

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 3, 1905

IS GOD PARTICULAR?

By Thoro Harris

BY THORO HARRIS.

WHEN, in the investigation of the Sabbath truth, it has become evident that the commandment requires the observance of the seventh day, the inquiry is frequently raised, “Of what practical importance is it which day I observe? Does not every day belong to God?”

It is true that in virtue of our creation and preservation by the hand of God, all that we possess and every moment of our existence belongs exclusively to Him; and for this very reason it is His prerogative to dictate how every portion of our time should be employed. As the Sovereign of time, He has given us six days, and reserved the seventh unto Himself. “Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord.” Ex. 31:15.

A century after the birth of Christ, the seer of Patmos writes, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” This shows beyond question that there is a day in the Christian dispensation which God claims as His own; and this text of scripture should be sufficient, to every candid mind, to overthrow the supposition that all days are alike holy, or that God is not particular as to what day we observe.

“What difference does it make?” This is precisely the reasoning of the disobedient child. So, doubtless, our foreparents argued with reference to the forbidden fruit. It seemed a small thing to take one piece of fruit. Was there not an abundance left? Yet in this apparently trivial matter was involved the question of their loyalty to Jehovah; and for six thousand years the world has been filled with misery as a result of this one transgression.

The Lord is a jealous God. He is particular as to the service we render; He means exactly what He says; He desires us to obey Him implicitly, and to serve Him fully.