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God’s Law Is Perfect, February 24
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord
is sure, making wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing
the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 19:7, 8
, NKJV.
The very same Jesus, who, veiled in the cloudy pillar, led the Hebrew hosts, is
our leader. He who gave wise and righteous and good laws to Israel has spoken to
us as verily as to them. Our prosperity and happiness depend upon our unwavering
obedience to the law of God. Finite wisdom could not improve one precept of
that holy law. Not one of those ten precepts can be broken without disloyalty to
the God of heaven. To keep every jot and tittle of the law is essential for our own
happiness, and for the happiness of all connected with us. “Great peace have they
which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Yet finite creatures will present
to the people this holy, just, and good law as a yoke of bondage—a yoke which
they cannot bear! It is the transgressor that can see no beauty in the law of God.
The whole world will be judged by this law. It reaches even to the intents and
purposes of the heart, and demands purity in the most secret thoughts, desires, and
dispositions. It requires us to love God supremely, and our neighbor as ourselves.
Without the exercise of this love, the highest profession of faith is mere hypocrisy.
God claims, from every soul of the human family, perfect obedience to His law.
“Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of
all.”
The least deviation from that law, by neglect, or willful transgression, is sin,
and every sin exposes the sinner to the wrath of God. The unrenewed heart will
hate the restrictions of the law of God, and will strive to throw off its holy claims.
Our eternal welfare depends upon a proper understanding of the law of God, a deep
conviction of its holy character, and a ready obedience to its requirements. Men and
women must be convicted of sin before they will feel their need of Christ.... Those
who trample under their feet the law of God have rejected the only means to define
to the transgressor what sin is. They are doing the work of the great deceiver.—
The
Signs of the Times, March 3, 1881
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