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generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify
you.” “It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever: for
in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day
He rested, and was refreshed.” “Wherefore the children of Israel shall
keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.”
Exodus 31:13, 17, 16
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The Sabbath is a sign of the relationship existing between God and
His people—a sign that they are His obedient subjects, that they keep
holy His law. The observance of the Sabbath is the means ordained
by God of preserving a knowledge of Himself and of distinguishing
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between His loyal subjects and the transgressors of His law.
This is the faith once delivered to the saints, who stand in moral
power before the world, firmly maintaining this faith.
Opposition we shall have as we voice the message of the third
angel. Satan will bring in every possible device to make of no effect the
faith once delivered to the saints. “Many shall follow their pernicious
ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And
through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise
of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their
damnation slumbereth not.”
2 Peter 2:2, 3
. But in spite of opposition,
all are to hear the words of truth.
The law of God is the foundation of all enduring reformation. We
are to present to the world in clear, distinct lines the need of obeying
this law. Obedience to God’s law is the greatest incentive to industry,
economy, truthfulness, and just dealing between man and man.
The Foundation of Enduring Reformation
The law of God is to be the means of education in the family.
Parents are under a most solemn obligation to obey this law, setting
their children an example of the strictest integrity. Men in responsible
positions, whose influence is far-reaching, are to guard well their ways
and works, keeping the fear of the Lord ever before them. “The fear
of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
Psalm 111:10
. Those who
hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord and cheerfully keep His
commandments will be among the number who see God. “The Lord
commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our
good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it
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