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51781 In Defense of the Faith, p. 27.2 (William Henry Branson)
… of our mothers and of the Book they taught us to revere? Is a new philosophy of life, a new creed of religion, to be forged in the day’s superheated furnace of unrest …
51782 In Defense of the Faith, p. 39.3 (William Henry Branson)
… law of God.’ Romans 7:12, 14, 22. This was the character of that law at the time Paul wrote, which was A. D. 50. He does not say it used to be holy and good; but it ‘is holy,’ ‘is spiritual …
51783 In Defense of the Faith, p. 40.1 (William Henry Branson)
… condemn us for teaching and keeping the law of God just as the Bible presents it. We solemnly believe that the time has come for a reformation concerning the …
51784 In Defense of the Faith, p. 41.3 (William Henry Branson)
… two of those commandments, and comments on them to show how broad is their application: ‘You have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shall not commit …
51785 In Defense of the Faith, p. 58.3 (William Henry Branson)
… let us listen again as Mr. Canright answers himself when he at another time discoursed on the same passage. The following paragraphs, written by him while …
51786 In Defense of the Faith, p. 62.3 (William Henry Branson)
… law of God will be applied to our lives, and the same judge will judge us all. “Is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also …
51787 In Defense of the Faith, p. 65.2 (William Henry Branson)
… abolition of the law; the law remains the same all the time. It is the husband that dies, not the law. Now, did Paul know how to properly use an illustration or not …
51788 In Defense of the Faith, p. 83.4 (William Henry Branson)
… father of the Gentiles as well as of the Jews, it was thus given to all nations; for Paul says that God ‘hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all …
51789 In Defense of the Faith, p. 83.5 (William Henry Branson)
… close of creation week, that it was set apart to a holy and religious use, and that it was given as a memorial of creation, was blessed and sanctified of God, and …
51790 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91.4 (William Henry Branson)
… aware of the fact that the lost-time quibble was not valid, and that he simply used it in an effort to create doubt in the minds of those who had never properly …
51791 In Defense of the Faith, p. 93.1 (William Henry Branson)
… argument of lost time. Surprising indeed it is to hear this argument used by those who profess a great regard for the Sabbath commandment, and for Sunday as …
51792 In Defense of the Faith, p. 94.1 (William Henry Branson)
… abundance of proof that Saturday is the true seventh day from creation. Genesis 1 gives a concise history of the first six days of time. Chapter 2:1-3 says: ‘Thus …
51793 In Defense of the Faith, p. 95.1 (William Henry Branson)
… period of seven days, called a week, was the first step taken by mankind in dividing and measuring their time. We find, from time immemorial, the use of this period …
51794 In Defense of the Faith, p. 100.1 (William Henry Branson)
… last time it is named is in Revelation 1:10, 96 AD., which brings us to the close of the Bible and of the first century. Now we have spanned 4,100 years of the world’s …
51795 In Defense of the Faith, p. 100.2 (William Henry Branson)
… not time been lost since ‘the year 96 AD., perhaps during the Dark Ages? Let us see. At the time of Christ, and ever since, the Jews were and have been great sticklers …
51796 In Defense of the Faith, p. 106.1 (William Henry Branson)
… required us to keep only the seventh day, not the seventh part of time. The day is to be reckoned from sunset to sunset. Genesis 1:5; Leviticus 23:32; Deuteronomy …
51797 In Defense of the Faith, p. 106.2 (William Henry Branson)
“Was not the Sabbath lost in changing from the Old Style to the New Style of reckoning time? No. It did not affect the Sabbath in the least, one way or the other. But what is Old Style and New Style? Let us see.
51798 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.2 (William Henry Branson)
… time into weeks of seven days each. All these days were the Lord’s; but He, in His benevolence and goodness, has given six of them to man to be properly used in his …
51799 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.4 (William Henry Branson)
… given us six days which we can freely use in an honorable manner; but the seventh day belongs to God. Thus the Lord says by the mouth of Isaiah: ‘If thou turn away …
51800 In Defense of the Faith, p. 117.2 (William Henry Branson)
… time to his own purposes. A man who knowingly appropriates God’s Sabbath to his own use is robbing God, and thus violating the very highest principle of morality …