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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
still higher
. Point the people to the twentieth chapter of Exodus,
in which the law of God is recorded. The first four of the Ten
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Commandments outline our duty to our Maker. He who is false to
his God cannot be true to his neighbor. He who loves God supremely
will love his neighbor as himself. Pride lifts itself up unto vanity,
leading the human agent to make a God of himself. The gospel of
Christ sanctifies the soul, expelling self-love.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
Exodus 20:8
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Sabbath was instituted in Eden, after God had created the world.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had
made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which
He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created
and made.”
Genesis 2:1-3
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“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto
the children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for
it is a
sign
between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye
may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep
the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: everyone that defileth
it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein,
that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work
be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord:
whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put
to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath,
to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant.”
Exodus 31:12-16
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October 19, 1908.
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