Disregard of the Seventh Commandment
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than is that of the classes I have named [First-day Adventists], who do
not acknowledge the law of God as binding upon them. In a peculiar
sense do those who profess to keep God’s law dishonor Him and
reproach the truth by transgressing its precepts.
The Sad Example of Israel—It was the prevalence of this very
sin, fornication, among ancient Israel, which brought upon them the
signal manifestation of God’s displeasure. His judgments then fol-
lowed close upon their heinous sin; thousands fell, and their polluted
bodies were left in the wilderness....
“Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they
are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are
come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he
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fall” [
1 Corinthians 10:11, 12
]. Seventh-day Adventists, above all
other people in the world, should be patterns of piety, holy in heart
and in conversation.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:450, 451
.