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another step to deny the validity of the New, and thus both are
rejected.
The Jews have little influence over the Christian world in show-
ing them the importance of the commandments, including the bind-
ing law of the Sabbath, because in bringing forth the old treasures
of truth, they throw aside the new ones in the personal teachings of
Jesus. On the other hand, the strongest reason why Christians fail to
influence the Jews to accept the teachings of Christ as the language
of divine wisdom, is because, in bringing forth the treasures of His
Word, they treat with contempt the riches of the Old Testament,
which are the earlier teachings of the Son of God, through Moses.
They reject the law proclaimed from Sinai, and the Sabbath of the
fourth commandment, instituted in the Garden of Eden. But the
minister of the gospel, who follows the teachings of Christ, will gain
a thorough knowledge of both the Old and New Testament, that he
may present them in their true light to the people an inseparable
whole—the one depending upon and illuminating the other. Thus,
as Jesus instructed His disciples, they will bring forth from their
treasure “things new and old” (
The Spirit of Prophecy 2:254, 255
).