Sabbath Q&A Tract*

The bible says in Romans 7:12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good. And God Promise to put His
Law’s in our Heart and in our minds. Heb lo:16 (And that include His
Seventh-day Sabbath).
Tell me, Lord, do you have a special day of rest for your followers or is
every day alike?
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” Rev.1 : 10.
But which day is the Lord’s Day? Which day are you Lord of?
“The Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.” Matt.12.8.
There are seven days in the week. Which day is the Sab-bath day?
“The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” Fourth Commandment
(Ex. 20:8.)
Which day, according to our reckoning, is the seventh day, Saturday or
Sunday?
“And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother
of James, . . . very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came
unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun . . . And entering into the sepulcher,
they saw a young man . . . And he saith unto them, be not affrighted; Ye seek
Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified; He is risen.” Mark 16:1-6.
Note. Everybody know that Sunday was the resurrection day. The Sabbath
was past when it dawned. Thus it is evident that the Sabbath is Saturday, the
day before Sunday.
But, Lord didn’t you abolish the law which contains the Sabbath
Commandment?
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfill.” Matt. 517
Well, at least, didn’t you change one of the Commandments so that
today your followers may keep another day?
“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matt. 5.18
But, Lord, isn’t Saturday a Jewish Day? Isn’t the seventh day the
Sabbath of the Jews?
“The Sabbath was made for man.” Mark 2:27 (The Sabbath was made and
given to man 2500 years before the existence of a Jew. See Gen. 2:1-3.)
Someone told me that after your crucifixion, your followers no longer
kept the seventh day Sabbath, according to the Commandment. Is this
true?
“And that day was the Preparation day and the Sabbath drew on. And the
women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld
the Sepulcher, and how His body was laid. And they returned and prepared
spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the
commandment.” Luke 2354-56.
But didn’t the Apostle Paul always meet with the early Christians on
Sunday in honor of the Resurrection?
“And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbafh days
reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.” Acts 17:2.
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Perhaps he met with the Jews on the Sabbath and the Gentiles on Sunday.
What about that?
“And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews
and the Greeks.” Act 18: 4.
What did Paul teach in regard to Sabbath keeping?
“There therefore remaineth a keeping of Sabbath (margin) to the people of
God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own
works as God did from His.” Hebrews 4:9, 10.
But, which day did Paul mean when he spoke of resting as God did?
“For He spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did
rest the seventh day from all His works.” Hebrews 4:4. (In the New Testament
there are no less than 59 references to the Sabbath. The book of Acts records
84 Sabbaths on which the Apostle Paul and his associates held religious
services. Yet there is not one word in the entire Bible authorizing Sunday
keeping.)
Why do so many people keep Sunday instead of Saturday? If the Bible
teaches Sabbath keeping, how and by whom was Sunday keeping
started?
“And he (the ‘little horn’ power) shall speak great words against the Most High.
and think to change times and laws. n Daniel 7:25.
The Roman Catholic Church is the Little Horn of Daniel 7. Does it think it
has the power to change the law of God?
“Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern
religionists agree with her; she could not have substituted the observance of
Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh
day of the week, a Change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” Stephen
Keenan, a RC priest, Doctrinal Catechism, p. 174.
When was this change made?
“We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church in
the Council of Laodicea (364 A.D.) transferred the solemnity from Saturday
to Sunday.” Peter Geirmann, The Converts’ Catechism, page 50. (This
catechism received the pope’s blessing on Jan. 25, 1910.)
What differences does it make which day I keep?A day is a day, isn’t it?
“Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
unto righteousness?” Romans 6.16.
Then what shall I do, obey the Sabbath of God’s Commandment or
keep the Sunday of man?
“We ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 529.
Well, lord, What do you think of Sunday keeping?
“Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your
tradition But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.’ Matthew 15:6,9.
But surely the millions of people who keep Sunday can’t be wrong, can
they?
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that
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leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat: because straitv
is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that
find it.” Matt. 7:13, 14. (Only a few obeyed God in the days of Noah, in the
days of Lot, in the days of Christ. The majority were lost.)
But Dr. So-And-So is a very wise man: Why doesn’t he and all the great
preachers keep the Sabbath?
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called; but God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” I Cor.
1:26,27. (Note: The great religious teachers in Christ’s day rejected the truth
also. His followers were of the common people.)
But I have accepted Jesus. He has accepted me and I have been
keeping
Sunday. Surely I would not be lost if I did not keep the Sabbath now,
Would I?
“The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent.’ Acts 17:30.
I know you, Lord, you wouldn’t condemn me for breaking the Sabbath,
would you?
“He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and
the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:4.
But isn’t it sufficient that I love the Lord and live by the law of love?
“If ye love Me, keep My commandments.” John 14:15.
Does that mean all ten of them?
“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty of all.” James 2:lO.
Well, I think that if we try to follow Jesus, that is all that is necessary.
Isn’t that right?
“He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk, even as He
walked.“1 John 2:6.
What was your custom regarding the Sabbath?
“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and, as His
custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up
for to read.” Luke 4:16.
But, lord, that was over 2000 years ago. Wouldn’t you keep some other
day than Saturday if you should come to earth today?
“I am the Lord, I change not.” Mal.3: 6. “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,
and today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8.
Does my salvation depend upon my obedience to your
Commandments?
“And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all
them that obey him.” Hebrews 59.
Is it absolutely necessary to keep the Commandments to receive
Eternal Life?
‘If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” Matthew 19:17
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But I still can’t see why you insist on the seventh day, Lord. Isn’t
Sunday as good as Saturday?
“God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.” Gen. 2:3. “He hath blessed
and I cannot reverse it.” Num. 23:20. “For Thou blessest, 0 Lord, and it shall
be blessed for ever.” 1 Chron. 17:27.
Well, it seems to me that if I keep one day, regardless of which one,
that ought to be good enough.
“There is a way that seemth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the
ways of death.” Prov. 16:25. “Spiritual things . . . are spiritually discerned.”
1 Cor. 2:13, 14.
But, lord! Can’t I do something else? Won’t my prayers and my
profession get me to heaven? “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord,
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My
Father which is in heaven.” Matt. 7: 21.
But I pray.
“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be
abomination.” Proverbs 28:9.
But, Lord, look at the people who work miracles. Some heal the sick,
others talk in tongues; yet they do not keep the Sabbath. What about
them?
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy
name? And in Thy name have cast out devils? And in Thy name done many
wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
Depart from me.” Matthew 7:22,23.
Yes, I know the Sabbath is right; but my business would suffer if I
closed on Sabbath. I might lose my job.
“For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul?” Mark 8:36.
Well, for myself I wouldn’t care; but what about my family? Wouldn’t it
be better for me to work on the Sabbath than to let my family starve?
“Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things; but
seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.” Matt. 6:32,33. “I have not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” Psalms 37:25.
My friends will laugh at me and ridicule me.
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and shall say all manner of evil
against you falsely for My sake; rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great is
your reward in heaven.” Matt. 5:11,12. “If the world hate you, ye know that it
hated me before it hated you.” John 15:18.
But suppose my own family does not agree with me. Should I cause a
division in my home?
“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: And he
that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of me: And he that
taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me is not worthy of me.” Matt.
10:37,38. “So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he
hath, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:33.
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I am afraid I won’t be able to withstand all these trials. I am too weak.
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in
weakness. When I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Cor. 12:9, 10.
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Phil.4: 13.
Then, Lord, what is the reward for being faithful to you and the
Commandments?
“There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or
children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, who shall not receive manifold more
in this present time, and in the world to come, life everlasting.” Luke 18:29,30.
“Blessed are they that do His commandments that they may have right to the
tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Rev. 22:14.
Lord, I’m looking forward to a home in the earth made new, will we keep
the Sabbath there, too?
‘For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain
before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain; and it
shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath
to another shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the Lord.
lsa.66:22,23.
Then, Lord, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. With your
help, I will keep the Seventh-day Sabbath.
“Well done, good and faithful servant.” Matthew 25.21.

WHICH MARK WILL YOU RECEIVE?

‘The Catholic Church for over one thousand years before the existence of a
Protestant, ‘by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to
Sunday.’ -- Catholic Mirror, September, 1893.
‘Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. And the
act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.” -C
F. Thomas. Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.
“The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay in
spite of themselves to the authority of the Catholic Church.” - Plain Talk for
Protestants, page 213.
‘And hallow My Sabbaths; and the that ye shall be a SIGN between you and Me may know that I am tl!e Lord your God.” Ezekiel 20:20.