Churches of Christ -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- 20th century
I want you to carefully note what that quotation says. It says that the
New Testament Scriptures _clearly present_ two laws in the Old
Testament—the “moral law” and the “ceremonial law.” Now I want to ask
you a simple question. How in this world could the New Testament
Scriptures clearly present something that is not even mentioned anywhere
in the Bible? Friends, think of it! “Moral” law and “ceremonial” law are
not mentioned in your Bible. That is not Bible language. In order to
prove the sabbath theory by the Bible it will be necessary to find each
of these four texts:
1. The text which says that the “ceremonial” law was abolished.
2. The text which says that the “moral” law is still binding.
3. The text which says that Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21 are
the “moral law.”
4. The text which says that the rest of the law given through Moses is
the “ceremonial” law.
How can such texts be found when you may search your Bible from the
first word in Genesis to the last word in Revelation and you will find
neither the word “moral” nor the word “ceremonial”? Those words are not
in the Bible. I challenge the Sabbatarians to find either of them.
Even if the first two texts named above could be found, the Adventist
theory would not be established unless the last two could also be found.
In fact, it would be destroyed, for in the very nature of the case the
sabbath commandment is a ceremonial one. There is nothing moral about
it. According to _Webster_ (the _Bible_ doesn’t mention the word) a
_moral_ commandment is one that’s based on common sense and on our
natural knowledge of what rules should guide us in our relationships one
to another. The sabbath commandment does not come in this class. There’s
nothing moral about one day in the week any more than another. Nothing
could distinguish one day from another, except a positive decree from
God Almighty. In that case it would be ceremonial. If you were to sleep
for an indefinite period, upon awaking you wouldn’t know the day of the
week. You couldn’t tell Saturday from any other day to save your life.
As far as our natural senses go, one day is just like another. There is
no authority, Biblical or otherwise, for calling Exodus 20:2-17 and
Deuteronomy 5:6-21 the “moral law” and the rest of the Mosaic code the
“ceremonial law.”
IV
The Sinaitic Law a Unit
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