Matt.xxiv,20; Mark ii,28; Rev.i,10; Isa.lxvi,22,23.
The Sabbath is to be in the new earth; but it has long been trodden down by
the little horn of Dan.vii. The saints are about to return to Paradise from whence
they have so long wandered. Is it not in place then, that the holy Sabbath should
here be brought out and vindicated, that the church of the living God may carry
back to Paradise the very institution which was brought from thence? We say
further, that the closing struggle between the dragon and the remnant of the
church, is with reference to the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, and the testimony
of Jesus Christ. Rev.xii,17; xiv,12.
But there is another strong objection existing in the minds of many, which we
will now examine. It is this: "The world is under the law, but the Christian is under
grace, and not under the school-master." This view admits the fact that the law of
God is not abolished, but attempts to show that the Christian is not under
obligation to obey it. Nay, that if he should keep its precepts he would be in
danger of falling from grace! We say that this view is based on the fact that the
law was not abolished at the crucifixion, for an abolished law cannot hold men
under it, neither can it convince men of sin as its transgressors, after it has
ceased to exist. The fact that the law is our school-master to bring us to Christ,
shows conclusively that it has not been abolished. Because an abolished law can
never show men that they are condemned and must perish without a Saviour.
This view then, is distinct from the idea that the law was abolished at Christ's
death. For if it was abolished at that time, then the world is not under it. If the
world is under the law, then it has not been abolished. Let us examine the
testimony on this subject.
Gal.iii,23-26. "But before faith came, we were kept under
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the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore
the law was our school-master to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified
by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a school-master, for
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."
Rom.vi,14,15. "For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under
the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the
law, but under grace? God forbid." What is it to be under the law then? Hear the
testimony of the Bible. Rom.iii,19,23. "Now we know, that what things soever the
law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be
stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. For all have sinned,
and come short of glory to God." Then in the sight of God, the whole world is
condemned and become guilty before him, as transgressors of his law. The
sentence of condemnation is just and righteous, so that EVERY MOUTH IS
STOPPED. Where is there hope of salvation then? Surely, man in this state is
lost.
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How is the law a school-master to bring us to Christ? Answer. The law shows
our guilt and just condemnation, and that we are lost without a Saviour. Read
Paul's account of this school in Rom.vii,7-25. "By the law is the knowledge of
sin." Rom.iii,20. "I had not known sin but by the law." Rom.vii,7. Then