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S T UD I E S IN THE NEW TE S T AMEN T FOR INDIVIDUAL MEDITATION AND FAMILY WORSHIP By R . A , TO R R E Y .... .................. .............................................. ........................................................ .
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Tuesday, June 1. Mark 2 :23-28.
scope o f w hich w as n o t fu lly com p reh en d ed u n til a fte r H is d e ath a n d re su rrec tio n . A s L o rd o f th e S ab b ath , Je su s h as en tirely a b ro g ated th e sev en th d ay S ab b ath , w hich w as th e sh ad ow o f th in g s to com e (C ol. 2 :1 7 ) an d w h ich b elo n g ed d istin ctly to th e o ld creatio n , so n ow w e h av e no rig h t to ju d g e an y o n e in resp ect to th e “ S ab b ath D ay ” (C o l. 2:16, 17). A s C h ristia n s be lo n g in g to th e n ew creatio n , “rise n w ith C h rist” (C ol. 3 :1 ) , w e keep “th e L o rd ’s D ay ” (Re.v. 1 :1D), th e first d ay o f th e w eek (A c ts 2 0 :7 ), re su rre c tio n day. T h o se - T h e critics alw ays find som eth in g to com p lain ab o u t, e v e n in G od’s S o n a n d G od’s W o rd . In th e p re se n t case th ey h a d a good sh ow o f re aso n on th e ir s id e : th e action of C h rist’s-d iscip les seem ed lik e a v io latio n of, a t least, th e le tte r o f G od’s com m an dm en t (D e u t. 5 :1 4 ; E x . 3 1 :1 5 ). T h e criticism of the P h a rise es, th o u g h a p p aren tly S c rip tu ra l w as, h ow ev er, all fo u n d ed u p o n a n in com p lete k n ow led g e o f th e S crip tu res. Je su s a n sw ered by b rin g in g a com plete v iew of S c rip tu re a g a ia s t th e ir o n e-sid ed view of S c rip tu re ; th e view o f th e teach in g o f th e B ible as a w h o le a g ain st th e view b u ilt u p o n iso lated passages. H e sh ow ed (1 ), th a t cerem onial, p rescrip tio n s 'm u s t give w ay b efo re th e n eed s o f m an w hich th ey w ere o rd a in e d to su b serv e. I n illu stra tio n o f th is, Je su s b rin g s fo rw a rd th e. case o f D av id . (2 ) . T h a t th e d em an d s o f tem p le serv ice w ere su p e rio r to th e p rescrip tio n s o f th e g en eral law (cf. M att. 12:5, 6 ). H e H im se lf w as g re a te r th a n th e tem ple, being th e O n e in w h om G od really tab ern acled (M a tt. 12:6 cf. Jo h n 1 :1 4 R . V . m a rg in ) an d o f w h om th e tem p le w as only a typel T h e S ab b ath law m u st th e re fo re give way. b efo re th e n ecessities o f C h ristia n service. ( 3 ). T h a t m ercy w as m o re th a n sacrifice an d so cerem o n ial d em an d s m u st give w ay b e fo re th e d em an d s o f m ercy an d com pas sion. ^ T h is is a p ro fo u n d prin cip le, th e fu ll significance o f w h ich m an y even in th e ch u rch h av e n o t y et learn ed . T h e P h a ri sees d id n o t u n d e rsta n d it an d so co n d em n ed th e g u iltless. ( 4 ) . T h a t th e S ab b ath w as m ad e fo r m an (v s. 27, 28) and, th ere fo re , th e S on o f M an, th e co n sum m atio n an d h ead o f th e / i ace w as L o rd even o f th e S ab b ath . T h is last p rin cip le w as one, th e
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