The New Life

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XLI.
THE LORD'S DAY.
" And God blesses the seventh day, and hallowed it ; because
that in it He rested from all His work which God had created."
—Gen. ii. 3.
" On that day, the first day of the week, Jesus came and stood
in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you." John
XX. 19.
" I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day."—Rev. i. 10.
MAN
abides under the law of time. He must
have time for what he would do or obtain . In
a wonderful way God gives him time for intercourse
with Himself. One day in seven God separated for
fellowship with Himself.
The great object of God's gift of this day is said to
be, that it
may serve as a token that God desires to
sanctify man.^ Endeavor, pray, to understand well
that word "holy :" it is one of the most important
words in the Bible. God is the Holy One : that alone
is holy to which God communicates His holiness by
revealing Himself thereby. We know that the temple
was holy, because God dwelt there. God had
taken possession of it. He gave Himself to dwell
there. So would God also sanctify man, take possession
of him, fill him with Himself, with His own
life, His disposition, His holiness. For this end,
l^x. xxxi. 13, 17 ;
Ezek. xx. 12, 20.