Lately the Lord has been impressing upon me the need
to get the truth out there, particularly the Sabbath truth. So many do NOT
realize the importance of this truth. It's easy to gloss over it and pay it no
heed at all choosing rather to grab hold of the seemingly more important
truths- such as accepting Christ as our Savior.
People do NOT seem to realize the same Lord that they so happily, and
even joyously accept as their Savior and proclaim such to all far and wide, is
the Lord who said these words--
Joh 14:15 If
ye love me, keep my commandments.
Jesus did NOT say,
If you love me, just love me. Jesus
Himself ADDED the words- keep my commandments.
Of course now we'll
have a whole slew of people eager to point out that the only commandments Jesus
wants us to keep are 1) Loving God. 2) Loving Each Other. That's it, end of story, and for many that
is it and the story ends there for them because they do NOT want to study God's
word and eat the tough, chewy meat of the scriptures but would much rather sip
the easily digested milk of the Word, never ever going on to grow up into the
Lord but forever remaining an infant in knowledge and truth. We are accountable for our decisions.
Heb 5:12 For
when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such
as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For
every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is
a babe.
Heb 5:14 But
strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of
use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
We are given milk
first but we must grow and when we grow we leave behind the simple, easily
digested milk and begin to eat things with much more substance.
So, yes, the
commandments hang on those two - loving God and loving each other, but the
loving includes obedience to God's word, to His truth. Very few people who are Christians will deny
the moral laws of God- the Ten Commandments- a law He wrote Himself, unlike any
other law given. Jesus didn't come to do
away with the law, but to reveal to us how to keep the law by fulfilling it
Himself. His life was one of complete obedience to the Ten Commandments. Some
tried to say He broke the Sabbath commandment and should be stoned to death,
but He did not break the Sabbath commandment, He kept it as God intended it to
be kept unfettered by the overwhelming traditions man had placed upon it.
The Sabbath our
Savior kept was the same Sabbath kept by Jews today, the same Sabbath the Jews
kept in Jesus' day. The seventh-day Sabbath.
Why wouldn’t it be
important to keep the Sabbath on the day it was ordained to be kept by
God? Even in the wilderness BEFORE the
written Ten Commandments were given, God provided food fresh every day from
heaven and told the people NOT to try and store any for the next day- EXCEPT on
the sixth day, it was that day they were to get double and keep some for the
next day when no food would come from God.
The Sabbath was and is a very special day, so why wouldn't it be
important?
If you don't believe
in keeping the Sabbath nothing I say will convince you to keep it, and it's not
my job to convince anyone of anything. The Lord will soften the hearts of ALL
who truly love Him and when the time comes for the Sabbath to be a sealing point,
those people will comprehend the truth through the Holy Spirit's guidance.
Read the following-
EG White- Early Writings-
'I saw that the holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers; and
that the Sabbath is the great question to unite the hearts of God's dear,
waiting saints.
I saw that God had children who do not see and
keep the Sabbath. They have not rejected the light upon it. And at
the commencement of the time of trouble, we were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went
forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. This enraged the churches and nominal Adventists, as they could not
refute the Sabbath truth. And at this time God's chosen all saw clearly that we
had the truth, and they came out and endured the persecution with us.
(page 33)
Notes on page 33-
This view was given in 1847 when there were but very
few of the Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these but few supposed
that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between the
people of God and unbelievers. Now the fulfilment of that view is beginning to
be seen. "The commencement of that time of trouble," here mentioned
does NOT refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but
to A SHORT PERIOD JUST BEFORE THEY ARE POURED OUT, while Christ is in the
sanctuary. (Page
85)' EG White Early Writings.
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This time is NOW.
We are living in the SHORT period just before the
plagues. God would have His people find His truth and keep His truth right
now! Could this be why my heart is heavy
with the need to get the truth out for people to see? Oh how broad is the way
leading to destruction! Oh how many live unconcerned with their eternal life,
focusing solely on their lives now! Satan has deceived ALL but so very few!
Please, LORD, we would NOT be deceived by the evil one! Keep us in YOUR TRUTH!
Please, LORD, we do NOT want to be among those lost to
You!
EG White- Early Writings- page 37-
'This
was the time of Jacob's trouble. Then all the saints cried out with anguish of
spirit, and were delivered by the voice of God. The 144,000 triumphed. Their
faces were lighted up with the glory of God. Then I was shown a company who
were howling in agony. On their garments was written in large characters,
"Thou art weighed in the balance, and found wanting." I asked who
this company were. The angel said, "These are they who have once kept the
Sabbath and have given it up." I heard them cry with a loud voice,
"We have believed in Thy coming, and taught it with energy." And
while they were speaking, their eyes would fall upon their garments and see the
writing, and then they would wail aloud. I saw that they had drunk of the deep
waters, and fouled the residue with their feet--trodden the Sabbath underfoot--
and that was why they were weighed in the balance and found wanting. '
Please LORD we would
NOT be among those found wanting! Help us to believe as we first believed and
not give up any truths You have revealed to us! Please, keep us from EVIL! We
would be YOURS!
All through JESUS
CHRIST OUR LORD and SAVIOR, NOW and FOREVER!!!!!!!
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