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The Perpetuity and Change of The Sabbath
The Perpetuity and Change of The Sabbath
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"Concerning the collection foe the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." I Cor. 16:1, 2.
We find in the New Testament often mentioned a certain collection, which was made by the Grecian churches, for the brethren in Judaea, who were reduced to pinching want by a dearth which then prevailed, and was the heavier upon them by reason of their circumstances, they haying been from the beginning oppressed and persecuted by the unbelieving Jews. We have this collection or contribution twice mentioned in the Acts, as in chapter 11:28, and in chapter 24:17. It is also taken notice of in several of the epistles -- as Romans 15:26. and Galatians 2:10. But it is most largely insisted on, in the two epistles to the Corinthians -- in this first epistle, chapter 16 and in the second epistle, chapters 8 and 9. The apostle begins the directions, which in this place he delivers concerning this matter, with the words of the text wherein we may observe,
1. What is the thing to be done concerning which the apostle gives them direction, and that is, the making of a collection for the saints; the exercise and manifestation of their charity toward their brethren, by communicating to them for the supply of their wants, which was by Christ and His apostles often spoken of and insisted on, as one main duty of the Christian religion; and is expressly declared to be so by the apostle James -- chapter 1:27. -- "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction."
We find in the New Testament often mentioned a certain collection, which was made by the Grecian churches, for the brethren in Judaea, who were reduced to pinching want by a dearth which then prevailed, and was the heavier upon them by reason of their circumstances, they haying been from the beginning oppressed and persecuted by the unbelieving Jews. We have this collection or contribution twice mentioned in the Acts, as in chapter 11:28, and in chapter 24:17. It is also taken notice of in several of the epistles -- as Romans 15:26. and Galatians 2:10. But it is most largely insisted on, in the two epistles to the Corinthians -- in this first epistle, chapter 16 and in the second epistle, chapters 8 and 9. The apostle begins the directions, which in this place he delivers concerning this matter, with the words of the text wherein we may observe,
1. What is the thing to be done concerning which the apostle gives them direction, and that is, the making of a collection for the saints; the exercise and manifestation of their charity toward their brethren, by communicating to them for the supply of their wants, which was by Christ and His apostles often spoken of and insisted on, as one main duty of the Christian religion; and is expressly declared to be so by the apostle James -- chapter 1:27. -- "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction."
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