p. 152 | Line upon Line by D. T. Bourdeau

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Oct 10, 1865

Line upon Line.

By D. T. Bourdeau

Among the many advantages accruing from our having several records of the life and teachings of Christ, is the following: It often happens that one writer records points which others omit, thus adding to the interest, and giving more force to the truth. An illustration of this may be found by comparing Matt. xix, 16–19; Mark x, 17–19; Luke xviii, 18–20. In these passages Matthew, Mark and Luke relate the circumstance of one's coming to Jesus inquiring what he should do that he might have eternal life, and of Jesus' answering him by enforcing obedience to the commandments. But in addition to this, Mark and Luke state that Christ, in answer to the question of the one who came running to him, says, "Thou knowest the commandments," and then, in harmony with Matthew, they quote some of the commandments. It was commandments that the young man knew already, that Christ enforced. This, as well as other portions of the teachings of Christ and the apostles, proves clearly that the commandments mentioned were brought in from the former dispensation as something well understood, and not given as a new law.

D. T. Bourdeau.