“I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;“And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God” (Ezekiel 20:19, 20 KJV). No other institution which was committed to the Jews tendedContinue reading “The Sabbath, Pt. 2”
Category Archives: Marriage and The Sabbath
The Sabbath, Pt 1
“Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them” (Ezekiel 20:12 KJV). The Sabbath was hallowed at the creation. As ordained for man, it had its origin when “the morning stars sang together, and all the sonsContinue reading “The Sabbath, Pt 1”
Sabbath Work: Lawful, Joyful
“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work” (John 5:17 KJV). “Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of theContinue reading “Sabbath Work: Lawful, Joyful”
Marriage: A Tender, Sacred Symbol
“For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee” (Isaiah 62:5 KJV). In both the Old and the New Testament, the marriage relation is employed to represent the tender and sacred union that exists betweenContinue reading “Marriage: A Tender, Sacred Symbol”
The King Saw the Savior
Ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Daniel 3:26. RC 89.1 How did that heathen king know what the Son of God was like? The Hebrew captives filling positions of trust in Babylon had in life and character represented before him the truth. When asked for a reason of their faith, theyContinue reading “The King Saw the Savior”
Take Your Bed and Walk
“And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace” (Mark 3:4 KJV). Jesus had come to “magnify the law, and make it honorable.” He was not to lessen its dignity, but to exalt it.Continue reading “Take Your Bed and Walk”
The Great Ones
“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:19 KJV). What reason have men for thinking that God isContinue reading “The Great Ones”