I learned long ago that one who has bought into the Sunday observance practice most likely will never abandon the same. Jesus Himself said that one who will not listen to Moses and the prophets will not listen if one rose from the dead and tried to convince them. You and I, and every one else born human, will have to someday give account to God for what we now, in this life, believe and practice. To tell Him, “Well that’s what everybody believed” isn’t going to cut it for scripture demands that we PROVE all things of a spiritual nature, that we employ God’s Word – all of it – to arrive at our conclusions as to what is truth and what is error.
In April of 1865, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s vice-president assumed the presidency. The Civil War had ended. Now was the time for reconstruction. Now was the time for the rebuilding of the nation, for binding up the wounds of war, for bringing about a more perfect union. Come now, and let us reason together. Let’s say as President Johnson’s first executive order, he had issued the following decree: “All southern states that had seceded from the Union will henceforth be governed by freed slaves. All white governors of said states shall surrender their offices and powers to presidentially appointed former slaves beginning at midnight, January 1, 1866.” Now let me ask you a question: Had Andrew Johnson, for whatever reason, issued such a proclamation, do you think it would have assisted and contributed to a rapid assimilation of the southern states back into an integrated Union with the northern states? Or do you think he would have had a major far-reaching, gangantuan problem on his hands trying to effect such a drastic change with very little, if any, warning that such a change was coming? I believe the answer is obvious to any thinking person.
Now let me give you a scenario that is even more ridiculous, absolutely ludicrous, a scenario that if enacted would have instantly created a massive, far-reaching problem for the church that was founded shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. What if God had issued an unwritten, unspoken decree that following the resurrection of His Son His eternal holy Sabbath would be forever abolished and replaced with Sunday observance, a day that had for centuries been the day of the Sun-god, a pagan “holy” day? And the observance of this new worship day would be inaugurated in the city of Jerusalem without fanfare, without explanation, without decree! Do you think the church would have had a major far-reaching problem on its hands trying to effect such a drastic change with no advance notice such a change was coming? Again, I believe the answer is obvious to any thinking person.
Have you ever really sought out the truth regarding the Sabbath issue? Or have you merely ASSUMED that a reasonable God did change His holy eternal Sabbath, replacing the same with Sunday observance, without even the hint of a suggestion that He was going to do so, knowing it would instantly alienate His chosen people, the Jews, from embracing Christianity and viewing Christ’s apostles as gross deceivers?!! Ignoring this issue and just going along with the crowd can be quite costly, more costly than you probably have ever imagined.
Jesus WARNED only a few would enter the narrow gate to eternal life. Are YOU walking the broad way with plenty of companions? Think about it! To be continued…..
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley