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It Shall Be Our Righteousness, February 29
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded
us.
Deuteronomy 6:25
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The happiness of man is found in obedience to the laws of God. In
obedience to God’s law he is surrounded as with a hedge and kept from
the evil
The tempter’s voice will be heard on every side, telling you that you
are not now required to keep the law of God. This is a device of Satan.
God has a law, and men must keep it. If they disregard these rules, they
will not have that perfection of character ... required to become members
of the royal family ... for God wrote these ten holy rules on tables of
stone and kept them in the ark of God’s testimony. The cover of this ark ...
was called the mercy-seat, to signify that although death was the penalty
for transgressing the law, mercy came through Jesus Christ to pardon the
repentant, believing sinner.
The only hope of any man lies through Jesus Christ, who brought the
robe of His righteousness to put upon the sinner who would lay off his
filthy garments.... The pure and holy garments are not prepared to be put
on by any one
after
he has entered the gate of the city. All who enter will
have on the robe of Christ’s righteousness.... There will be no covering up
of sins and faults to hide the deformity of character; no robes will be half
washed; but all will be pure and spotless
When we bring our lives to complete obedience to the law of God,
regarding God as our supreme Guide, the clinging to Christ as our hope
of righteousness, God will work in our behalf. This is a righteousness of
faith.... The commandments of God diligently studied and practiced, open
to us communication with heaven, and distinguish for us the true from the
false. This obedience works out for us the divine will, bringing into our
lives the righteousness and perfection that was seen in the life of Christ
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The Signs of the Times, August 29, 1911
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The Youth’s Instructor, August 18, 1886
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S.D.A. Bible Comentary 1:1118.
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