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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

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me. Thou . . . art acquainted with all my ways."<br />

"Thou underst<strong>and</strong>est my thought afar off." Now<br />

consider this. There is a witness <strong>to</strong> all your most<br />

secret actions, which you would never do in the<br />

presence of men; but because God is unseen by<br />

human eyes, you do before Him things which are<br />

an abomination in His sight, as though He had no<br />

knowledge. Now read the claims of God upon<br />

every man <strong>and</strong> woman: "Thou shalt love the Lord<br />

thy God with all thy heart, <strong>and</strong> with all thy soul,<br />

<strong>and</strong> with all thy strength, <strong>and</strong> with all thy mind;<br />

<strong>and</strong> thy neighbor as thyself." He will not release<br />

one a<strong>to</strong>m of His claim; He will not accept half<br />

worship while half the heart is given <strong>to</strong> some idol.<br />

All the heart, God requires, all the mind. You are<br />

not allowed <strong>to</strong> have the mind diverted from God<br />

<strong>and</strong> centered upon any other object.<br />

Weighing of Character<br />

God's claim is placed in one scale, <strong>and</strong> man's<br />

character in the other; <strong>and</strong> by the balances of the<br />

heavenly sanctuary every man's doom is fixed for<br />

eternity. Look at this, you that have lived carelessly<br />

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