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THEY HAVE MADE VOID THY LAW

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · May 5, 1885

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 18

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“THEY HAVE MADE VOID THY LAW.”

By Fred A. Lashier

BY FRED A. LASHIER.
During the labors of the past winter, in daily intercourse with the people, we find a tendency on the part of many to evade the claims of the Sabbath, by endeavoring to prove the abolition of the ten commandments, claiming that they were given at the same time and in the same manner that the ceremonial law was, and were binding only till the crucifixion of Christ. The following from “Great Controversy,” Vol. IV., describes the influence Satan has over the minds of the people at this time:—
“Says the great deceiver: ‘We must watch those who are calling the attention of the people to the Sabbath of Jehovah; they will lead many to see the claims of the law of God; and the same light which reveals the true Sabbath, reveals also the ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary and shows that the last work for salvation is now going forward. Hold the minds of the people in darkness till that work is ended, and we shall secure the world and the church. The Sabbath is the great question which is to decide the destiny of souls. We must exalt the Sabbath of our creating. . . . I will cause popular ministers to turn the attention of hearers from the commandments of God. The people accept their ministers’ explanations of Scripture, and do not investigate for themselves.’”
When we see around us every day ministers and church members trying to evade the claims of the Sabbath, the words of the Psalmist come to us: “It is time for thee, Lord, to work, for they have made void thy law.” Ps. 119:126; the indifference with which the people look upon God’s holy law, stimulate us to greater zeal in presenting its claims.