Teachers to Uphold God’s Law
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. Psalm 19:7. Wherever Ezra labored, there sprang up a revival in the study of the Holy Scriptures. Teachers were appointed to instruct the people; the law of the Lord was exalted and made honorable. The books of the prophets were searched and the passages foretelling […]
Transforming Power of Obedience to God’s Law
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal. 1 Kings 19:18. Today, as in the days of Elijah, the line of demarcation between God’s commandment-keeping people and the worshipers of false gods is clearly drawn. “How long halt ye between two opinions?” Elijah cried; “if […]
The Robe of Christ’s Own Righteousness
I counsel thee to buy of me … white raiment, that you mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear. Revelation 3:18. The white robe of innocence was worn by our first parents when they were placed by God in holy Eden. They lived in perfect conformity to the will […]
In the School of Christ
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Isaiah 48:18. We are to enter the school of Christ, to learn from Him meekness and lowliness. Redemption is that process by which the soul is trained for heaven. This […]
Christ Is the Center of the Law
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Romans 3:31. Of all professing Christians, Seventh-day Adventists should be foremost in uplifting Christ before the world. The proclamation of the third angel’s message calls for the presentation of the Sabbath truth. This truth, with others included in the […]
Results of Obedience to Physical Laws
These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: that thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee … all the […]
