Can There Be Such a Thing As Sin WITHOUT The Ten Commandments? - E F Hambergh - October 16, 1928

E F Hambergh

In Romans 7:7 Paul says, "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known Iust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." From this we gather that in Paul's time there was a law that said, "Thou shalt not covet," and that the violation of this law was SIN. To those who reject that part of the law which declares, "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God," this and other texts found in Romans are very distressing. For Paul declares that "by the law is the knowledge of sin." Romans 3:20. Then he tells us the sin of coveting (A.R.V.) was made known to him because the law said, "Thou shalt not covet." We know that the same law which says, "Thou shalt not covet," says also; "The seventh day is the Sabbath." So it is plain that if in Paul's day the violation of the law was SIN, then it was sin to desecrate the seventh day Sabbath. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library