"The Savior of the world raises His voice in protest against those who regard the divine commandments with carelessness and indifference. Said He: "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, He shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matt. 5:19). The teaching of our lives is wholly for or against the truth.
God has given us His commandments,
not only to be believed in,
but to be obeyed.
The great Jehovah, when He had laid the foundations of the earth,
had dressed the whole world in the garb of beauty, and had filled it with things useful to man,--when He had created all the wonders of the land and the sea,--instituted the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Those who reverence the commandments of Jehovah will, after light has been given them in reference to the fourth precept of the Decalogue, obey it without questioning the feasibility or convenience of such obedience.
God made man in His own image and then gave him an example of observing the seventh day, which He sanctified and made holy. He designed that upon that day man should worship Him and engage in no secular pursuits.
A partial observance of the Sabbath law is not accepted by the Lord ....The Lord means what He says, and man cannot set aside His commands with impunity.
The example of Adam and Eve in the garden should sufficiently warn us against any disobedience of the divine law.
At the very beginning of the fourth precept, God said, "Remember",......
Q: Has the Lord made an exception by which you are absolved from the law He has given to the world?
Q: Are your transgressions omitted from the book of record?"
E.G.W.
