Chapter I: Review

The main points in the lesson last Lord’s day were as follows:

1. Bible history is divided into three periods: the Patriarchal
Dispensation; the Mosaic Dispensation; and the Christian
Dispensation.

2. There was no sabbath during the first period which lasted from Adam
to Moses.

3. The sabbath commandment never applied to the Gentiles—not even during
the Mosaic dispensation.

4. The sabbath commandment was confined to the law of Moses which was
abolished when Christ died on the cross.

5. Christians are not required to rest on Saturday.

6. Christians are taught to worship on the first day of the week.

In the correspondence received since last Lord’s day there is no word of criticism or objection. I take the silence to mean that those who were present were convinced that what was said was based on Bible authority. I am determined that the same shall be true of what I say today. It is my prayerful purpose to preach nothing but what is plainly revealed in the Bible.

The ushers have given you a mimeographed copy of some of the main points to be discussed in today’s lesson. You may use these papers to make further notes, especially to take note of the Bible references used, that you may go home and read them for yourselves and see that what we say is true. The noble people of Berea searched the Scriptures daily to see whether they had heard the truth. If all people would do that, it would not be so easy for error to gain acceptance.