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and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes” (
Deuteronomy 6:6-
8
). How impatient the transgressors of God’s law become when the
law is mentioned; they are irritated to have it spoken of.
The Word of God is made of none effect by falsehoods and tra-
ditions. Satan has presented his version of God’s law to the world,
and it has been accepted before a plain “Thus saith the Lord.” The
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controversy begun in heaven over the law of God, has been kept up
upon the earth ever since Satan’s expulsion from heaven.
We must ever be learning our great need, in order to appreciate our
Saviour, and to make Him known to others. We can learn the depths of
our transgression only by the length of the chain let down to draw us up.
We should put our mental powers to the task to understand the fearful
ruin to which sin has brought us, and we should seek to understand
the divine plan by which we may be restored to the favor of God. That
God’s dear Son should have to come to our world to fight our battles
for us that we might have strength to conquer in His name, should ever
humble our proud hearts. If we look to the cross of Calvary, every
boast will die upon our lips, and we shall cry, “Unclean, unworthy of
so great suffering, of so rich a price paid for my redemption.”
Ignorance and self-sufficiency go hand in hand. The law of God
has been given for the regulation of our conduct, and it is far reaching
in its principles. There is no sin, no work of unrighteousness, that
escapes the condemnation of the law. The great statute book is truth,
and truth only; for it delineates with unerring accuracy the history
of Satan’s deception, and the ruin of his followers. Satan claimed
to be able to present laws which were better than God’s statutes and
judgments, and he was expelled from heaven. He has made a similar
attempt upon earth. Ever since his fall he has put forth efforts to
deceive the world, to lead men to ruin, that he might be revenged upon
God because he was overcome and thrust down from heaven. His
efforts to put himself and his devices where God should be, are most
persevering and persistent. He has taken the world captive in his snare,
and many even of the people of God are ignorant of his devices, and
they give him all the opportunity he asks to work the ruin of souls.
They do not manifest a burning zeal to lift up Jesus, and proclaim
to the perishing multitudes, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world” (
John 1:29
).
Those who are unacquainted with the laws of God’s government
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