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Sound the Note of Alarm, August 19
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6
.
In all our ways we should acknowledge God, and He will direct our
paths. We should consult His Word with humble hearts, ask His counsel,
and give up our will to His. We can do nothing without God.
There is the highest reason for us to prize the true Sabbath and stand in
its defense, for it is the sign which distinguishes the people of God from the
world. The commandment that the world makes void is the one to which,
for this very reason, God’s people will give greater honor. It is when the
unbelieving cast contempt upon the Word of God that the faithful Calebs
are called for. It is then that they will stand firm at the post of duty, without
parade, and without swerving because of reproach. The unbelieving spies
stood ready to destroy Caleb. He saw the stones in the hands of those who
had brought a false report, but this did not deter him; he had a message, and
he would bear it. The same spirit will be manifested today by those who
are true to God.
The psalmist says, “They have made void thy law. Therefore I love thy
commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold” (
Psalm 119:126, 127
).
When men press close to the side of Jesus, when Christ is abiding in their
hearts by faith, their love for the commandments of God grows stronger in
proportion to the contempt which the world heaps upon His holy precepts.
It is at this time that the true Sabbath must be brought before the people by
both pen and voice. As the fourth commandment and those who observe it
are ignored and despised, the faithful feel that it is the time not to hide their
faith but to exalt the law of Jehovah by unfurling the banner on which is
inscribed the message of the third angel, the commandments of God and
the faith of Jesus.
Let not those who have the truth as it is in Jesus give sanction, even by
their silence, to the work of the mystery of iniquity. Let them never cease to
sound the note of alarm.... The truth must not be hid, it must not be denied
or disguised, but fully avowed, and boldly proclaimed.
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