ANSWER. (Matt. 16:24.) "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Chap. 10:38; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27.
EXCUSE: I have a family to support; it will interfere with my business.
ANSWER. (Matt. 16:25,26.) "For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for My sake, shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Chap. 6:24, 31-33; Luke 12:15-37; 1 Tim. 4:8; Ps. 37:3; Isa. 65:13, 14.
ANSWER. (Matt. 16:25,26.) "For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for My sake, shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Chap. 6:24, 31-33; Luke 12:15-37; 1 Tim. 4:8; Ps. 37:3; Isa. 65:13, 14.
EXCUSE: Everybody keeps the first day.
ANSWER. (Matt. 7:13,14.) "Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Prov. 11:21; 16:5; Ex. 23:2.
EXCUSE: Many learned men teach that it is right.
ANSWER. (Hos. 10:13.) "Ye have ploughed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men." 1 Cor. 1:25-27; Rev. 18:23.
EXCUSE: It makes no difference what day I keep, if I keep it right.
ANSWER. (Ex. 20:9,10.) "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work." Mat. 15:3,9. "
ANSWER. (Ex. 20:9,10.) "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work." Mat. 15:3,9. "
Joseph Waggoner
