IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.--Proverbs 14:12
Will any body of men bring upon themselves the displeasure of the Lord by framing a law for the observance of a spurious Sabbath and then compelling obedience to this law? Will they insult God by profaning His holy day and assuming authority, as gods, to exalt the first day of the week to be observed by all?
How can men set aside the true Sabbath when they know that God came to our world and from Sinai's mount, in awful grandeur, proclaimed His law to be observed in commemoration of the day He had ordained as a day of rest--a day ever to be kept as a memorial of God as the Creator of the heavens and of the earth?...The Lord has given to men the day that He has chosen to be observed by all the world and regarded as a sacred rest day.
Whoever of the human family will dare to defy the Lord God will pay the penalty by meeting the great Law-giver over His broken law. The Word has gone forth. It is not the Word of a human power, but of Almighty Authority, of a living and true God. Will man dare trifle with the sacred law of Jehovah and place in its stead a common work day that marks the beginning of the week for the transaction of ordinary business? Who will venture to meet Jehovah over His broken law?...
How can men dare assume the authority of Jehovah, and represent themselves as God, to change times and laws?
I call the attention of thinking men to these things. Dare you continue to take human enactment that bears not the stamp of divine approval and place it before the people as something to respect and honor? Will you substitute a counterfeit in place of the true and genuine? Will you thus meet God over His broken law and stand with threats of persecution and severe punishment against the people whom you regard as criminals because they choose to obey the law of Jehovah in place of a spurious Sabbath that man has created? (Letter 154, May 12, 1906)
REFLECTION: In deciding upon any course of action we are not to ask whether we can see that harm will result from it, but whether it is in keeping with the will of God. (Patriarchs and Prophets, 634)
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.--Proverbs 14:12
Will any body of men bring upon themselves the displeasure of the Lord by framing a law for the observance of a spurious Sabbath and then compelling obedience to this law? Will they insult God by profaning His holy day and assuming authority, as gods, to exalt the first day of the week to be observed by all?
How can men set aside the true Sabbath when they know that God came to our world and from Sinai's mount, in awful grandeur, proclaimed His law to be observed in commemoration of the day He had ordained as a day of rest--a day ever to be kept as a memorial of God as the Creator of the heavens and of the earth?...The Lord has given to men the day that He has chosen to be observed by all the world and regarded as a sacred rest day.
Whoever of the human family will dare to defy the Lord God will pay the penalty by meeting the great Law-giver over His broken law. The Word has gone forth. It is not the Word of a human power, but of Almighty Authority, of a living and true God. Will man dare trifle with the sacred law of Jehovah and place in its stead a common work day that marks the beginning of the week for the transaction of ordinary business? Who will venture to meet Jehovah over His broken law?...
How can men dare assume the authority of Jehovah, and represent themselves as God, to change times and laws?
I call the attention of thinking men to these things. Dare you continue to take human enactment that bears not the stamp of divine approval and place it before the people as something to respect and honor? Will you substitute a counterfeit in place of the true and genuine? Will you thus meet God over His broken law and stand with threats of persecution and severe punishment against the people whom you regard as criminals because they choose to obey the law of Jehovah in place of a spurious Sabbath that man has created? (Letter 154, May 12, 1906)
REFLECTION: In deciding upon any course of action we are not to ask whether we can see that harm will result from it, but whether it is in keeping with the will of God. (Patriarchs and Prophets, 634)
RSS Feed
