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Selected Messages Book 2
In Disregard of the Decalogue
These unions are one of the signs of the last days. Men are binding
up in bundles ready to be burned. They may be church members,
but while they belong to these unions, they cannot possibly keep
the commandments of God; for to belong to these unions means to
disregard the entire Decalogue.
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbour as thyself” (
Luke 10:27
). These words sum up the whole
duty of man. They mean the consecration of the whole being, body,
soul, and spirit, to God’s service. How can men obey these words, and
at the same time pledge themselves to support that which deprives their
neighbors of freedom of action? And how can men obey these words,
and form combinations that rob the poorer classes of the advantages
which justly belong to them, preventing them from buying or selling,
except under certain conditions?—
Letter 26, 1903
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Unions that are Formed or shall be Formed
Those who claim to be the children of God are in no case to bind
up with the labor unions that are formed or that shall be formed. This
the Lord forbids. Cannot those who study the prophecies see and
understand what is before us?—
Letter 201, 1902
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