A solemn WARNING with LOVE for the LAWLESS - from the Old & New Covenants. IF ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15. Yahuwah has given us his commandments, not only to be believed, but to be obeyed. The great Yahuwah, when he had laid the foundations of the earth, and dressed the whole world in the garb of beauty, and filled it with things useful to man, when he had created all the wonders of the land and sea, instituted the Sabbath, and made it holy. Yahuwah blessed and sanctified the seventh day, because he rested upon it from his wondrous work of creation. The Sabbath was made for man, and Yahuwah would have him put aside his labor on that day, as he himself rested after his six days work of creation. Those who reverence the commandments of Yahuwah, after light has been given them in reference to the fourth precept of the Decalogue,[4th command] will obey it without questioning the feasibility or convenience of such obedience. Yahuwah made man in his own image, and then gave him an example of observing the seventh day, which he sanctified and made holy. He designed that upon that day man should worship him and engage in no secular pursuits. No one who disregards the fourth commandment, after becoming enlightened concerning the claims of the Sabbath, can be held guiltless in the sight of Yahuwah. The example of Adam and Eve in the garden should sufficiently warn us against any disobedience of the divine law. The sin of our first parents in listening to the specious temptations of the enemy, brought guilt and sorrow upon the whole world, and led the Son of Yahuwah to leave the royal courts of heaven and take a humble place on earth. He was subjected to insult, rejection, and crucifixion by the very ones he came to bless. What infinite expense attended that disobedience in the garden of Eden! The Majesty of heaven was sacrificed to save man from the penalty of crime. Yahuwah will not more lightly pass over any transgressions of his law now than in the day when he pronounced judgment against Adam. The Saviour of the world raises his voice in protest against those who regard the divine commandments with carelessness and indifference. Said he, 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). At the very beginning of the fourth precept, Yahuwah has said, Remember, knowing that man, in the multitude of his cares and perplexities, would be tempted to excuse himself from meeting the full requirements of the law, or, in the press of worldly business, would forget its sacred importance. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. These words are very explicit; there can be no mistake. How dare any one venture to transgress a commandment so solemn and important? Has the Master made an exception, by which some are absolved from the claims of the law he has given to the world? Are their transgression omitted from the book of record? Has he agreed to excuse their disobedience when the nations shall come before him for judgment? Let none for a moment deceive themselves with the thought that their sin will not bring its merited punishment. Their transgressions will be visited with the rod, because they have had the light, yet have walked directly contrary to it. He that knoweth his masters will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes. (Luke 12:47). Yahuwah has given man six days in which to do his own work, and carry on the usual business of his life. But the Master claims one which he has set apart and sanctified. He gives it to man as a day in which he may rest from labor, and devote himself to worship and the improvement of his spiritual condition. What a flagrant outrage it is for man to steal the one sanctified day of YAHUWAH, and appropriate it to his own selfish purposes! It is the grossest presumption for mortal man to venture upon a compromise with the Almighty, in order to secure his own petty, temporal interests. It is as ruthless a violation of the law to occasionally use the Sabbath for secular business, as to entirely reject it; for it is making the Masters commandments a matter of convenience. I, the Master thy Eloah, am a jealous Elohim, (Exodus 20:5) is thundered from Sinai! The Master requires willing sacrifice. No partial obedience, no divided interest, is accepted by Him who declares that the iniquities of the fathers shall be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate him, and that he will show mercy unto thousands that love him and keep his commandments. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Yahuwah, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For Yahuwah shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Posted on: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:53:10 +0000
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