Testimony Treasures, Volume 1 - Ellen G. White

Brother K, you acknowledge the requirements of God to keep the
Sabbath, but your works do not harmonize with your declared faith. You
give your influence to the side of the unbeliever, insofar as you transgress the
law of God. When your temporal circumstances seem to require attention,
you violate the fourth commandment without compunction. You make the
keeping of God's law a matter of convenience, obeying or disobeying as your
business or inclination indicates. This is not honoring the Sabbath as a sacred
institution. You grieve the Spirit of God and dishonor your Redeemer by
pursuing this reckless course.
Partial Obedience Not Acceptable
A partial observance of the Sabbath law is not accepted by the Lord and
has a worse effect upon the minds of sinners than if you made no profession
of being a Sabbathkeeper. They perceive that your life contradicts your
belief, and lose faith in Christianity. The Lord means what He says, and man
cannot set aside His commands with impunity. The example of Adam and
Eve in the garden should sufficiently warn us against any disobedience of the
divine law. The sin of our first parents in listening to the specious
temptations of the enemy brought guilt and sorrow upon the world, and led
the Son of God to leave the royal courts of heaven and take a humble place
on earth. He was subjected to insult, rejection, and crucifixion by the very
ones He came to bless. What infinite expense attended that disobedience in
the Garden of Eden! The Majesty of heaven was sacrificed to save man from
the penalty of his crime.
God will not pass over any transgression of His law more lightly now
than in the day when He pronounced judgment against Adam. The Saviour
of the world raises His voice in protest against those who regard the divine
commandments with carelessness and indifference. Said He: "Whosoever
therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men
so, He shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
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