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To Keep the Sabbath, July 7
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove
you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Exodus 20:20
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It requires moral courage to take a position to keep the commandments
of the Lord. An opposer of the truth once said that it was only weak-
minded people ... who would turn away from the churches to keep the
seventh day as the Sabbath. But a minister who had embraced the truth
replied, “If you think it takes weak-minded persons, just try it.” It takes
moral courage, firmness, decision, perseverance and very much prayer to
step out on the unpopular side....
Standing under the broad shield of Omnipotence, we do not feel that
we are in the minority. God is a majority.... We are to consider that Christ
has set us to be a light amid the moral darkness of the world. We are not
to misinterpret the character of God, we are not to be fretful, to speak out
what we think, to blame and criticize and censure others; but we are to let
the Holy Spirit fashion the character after the similitude of Christ.
Now let us see what Jesus will do for us if we let Him. In His prayer
for His disciples He said, “And now I come to thee; and these things I
speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.”
Is it possible to have joy in obeying Christ? It is the only real joy that any
soul can have
Will the Saviour ever turn away to leave you to struggle alone? No,
never.... Poverty is coming upon this world, and there will be a time of
trouble such as never was since there was a nation. There will be wars and
rumors of wars, and the faces of men will gather paleness. You may have
to suffer distress; you may go hungry sometimes; but God will not forsake
you in your suffering. He will test your faith.... We are here to manifest
Christ to the world, to represent Him and His power to mankind
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Manuscript 37, 1894
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Evangelism, 240, 241
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