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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

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Sabbaths: <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir heart went after <strong>the</strong>ir idols.<br />

Never<strong>the</strong>less Mine eye spared <strong>the</strong>m from<br />

destroying <strong>the</strong>m, nei<strong>the</strong>r did I make an end of <strong>the</strong>m<br />

in <strong>the</strong> wilderness. But I said unto <strong>the</strong>ir children in<br />

<strong>the</strong> wilderness, Walk ye not in <strong>the</strong> statutes of your<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>rs, nei<strong>the</strong>r observe <strong>the</strong>ir judgments, nor defile<br />

yourselves with <strong>the</strong>ir idols: I am <strong>the</strong> Lord your<br />

God; walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments,<br />

and do <strong>the</strong>m; and hallow My Sabbaths; and <strong>the</strong>y<br />

shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may<br />

know that I am <strong>the</strong> Lord your God." (Ezekiel<br />

20:10-20)<br />

The Sabbath is <strong>the</strong> Lord's test, and no man, be<br />

he king, priest, or ruler, is authorized to come<br />

between God and man. Those who seek to be<br />

conscience <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir fellow men, place <strong>the</strong>mselves<br />

above God. Those who are under <strong>the</strong> influence of a<br />

false religion, who observe a spurious rest day, will<br />

set aside <strong>the</strong> most positive evidence in regard to <strong>the</strong><br />

true Sabbath. They will try to compel men to obey<br />

<strong>the</strong> laws of <strong>the</strong>ir own creation, laws that are<br />

directly opposed to <strong>the</strong> law of God. Upon those<br />

who continue in this course, <strong>the</strong> wrath of God will<br />

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