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Meeting Sabbathkeeping Problems
No Cause to Worry or Fear—Often when our workers present
the testing Sabbath truth to the people, some stand hesitating for fear
of bringing poverty and hardship upon themselves and their families.
They say, Yes, I see what you are trying to show me in regard to the
observance of the seventh-day Sabbath; but I am afraid if I keep the
Sabbath I shall lose my position, and shall not be able to provide for
my family. And so, many keep their worldly position and disobey the
command of God. But these scriptures [
Luke 12:1-7
] teach us that
the Lord knows all about our experiences; He understands about our
inconveniences; and He has a care for all who follow on to know the
Lord. He will never allow His children to be tempted above that they
are able to bear.
Christ declared to His disciples: “Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life
is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Consider the
ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse
nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the
fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature
one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why
take ye thought for the rest?”
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Holding up before them the lily of the field in its beauty and purity,
the Saviour continued: “Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil
not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass,
which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how
much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?
“And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither
be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world
seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be
added unto you.”
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