A Contrast

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 15, 1905

A Contrast.—When men undertake to make civil laws regulating the religion of the people, the invariable result is unequal and unreasonable burdens. The traditionary laws of the Jews, imposed by the scribes and lawyers, were grievous burdens which the people were unable to bear. They were antagonistic to the law of God, making it of no effect (Matt. 15:3, 6). On the contrary, the law of God is not burdensome; its observance is the essence of liberty. When God brought Israel "out of the house of bondage" in the land of Egypt, He immediately acquainted them with His law, which they now had the liberty to observe, a privilege of which they were deprived in Egypt. So the scripture says, "This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not grievous." 1 John 5:3.