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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 8 - Ellen G. White

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just dealing between man and man.<br />

The law of God is to be <strong>the</strong> means of education<br />

in <strong>the</strong> family. Parents are under a most solemn<br />

obligation to obey this law, setting <strong>the</strong>ir children an<br />

example of <strong>the</strong> strictest integrity. Men in<br />

responsible positions, whose influence is farreaching,<br />

are to guard well <strong>the</strong>ir ways and works,<br />

keeping <strong>the</strong> fear of <strong>the</strong> Lord ever be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong>m. "The<br />

fear of <strong>the</strong> Lord is <strong>the</strong> beginning of wisdom."<br />

(Psalm 111:10) Those who hearken diligently to<br />

<strong>the</strong> voice of <strong>the</strong> Lord and cheerfully keep His<br />

commandments will be among <strong>the</strong> number who see<br />

God. "The Lord commanded us to do all <strong>the</strong>se<br />

statutes, to fear <strong>the</strong> Lord our God, <strong>for</strong> our good<br />

always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at<br />

this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we<br />

observe to do all <strong>the</strong>se commandments be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong><br />

Lord our God, as He hath commanded us."<br />

(Deuteronomy 6:24, 25)<br />

Our work as believers in <strong>the</strong> truth is to present<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong> world <strong>the</strong> immutability of <strong>the</strong> law of<br />

God. Ministers and teachers, physicians and nurses,<br />

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