had not come and spoken unto them, they had
not had sin, but now they have no cloak for their sins." Again: "If I had
not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had
sin; but now have they both seen and hated both Me and my Father." John
xv, 22-24.

Justification turns no longer upon the ancient law, and the sacrificial
and typical system of blood is no longer the means of pardon. The law
contained a shadow of good things to come, but the body was of Christ. He
that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into
the world, and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are
evil. Everything turns in this dispensation upon Christ and his Law. Jesus
told his disciples to teach their converts to observe all things which He
had commanded them to teach, and they filled their mission. Paul said, He
"shunned not to declare the whole counsel of God," "kept back nothing."
With reference to law, he said, "If any man think himself to be a prophet,
or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write are the
commandments of the Lord." For the glory of Christ, as his just meed of
praise, it was written, "Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus." "Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness
to every one that believeth." In this major proposition the minor, of the
seventh-day Sabbath, is involved. The Lord said of Israel, "I will also
cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her
Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts." Hosea, ii, 11. No man is threatened,
by Christ or any of his apostles, on account of Sabbath-breaking, or any
of those things which are peculiar to the Jews. But men are threatened for
disobedience to the Gospel of Christ. The New Testament is of Christ. Its
religion is not "the Jews' religion," but Christ's. There was much in the
Old Testament that is in the New, but it is there by the authority of
Christ. Hence, we are "complete in Him who is the head of all principality
and power." Much in the laws of the United States was first in the laws of
England, but we do nothing with reference to English authority. So it is
with us, as respects all who went before Christ, we do nothing in
reference to them, but do all in reference to Christ, and for His name.
The Old Ki