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Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

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keep the Sabbath holy, we should not even allow our minds to dwell

on things of a worldly character. And the commandment includes

everyone within our "gates" (meaning our homes). All the members

of the household are to set aside their worldly business during the

sacred hours. All should unite to honor God by their willing service

on His holy day.

(5) "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be

long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you."

Parents are entitled to a degree of love and respect owed to no

other person. To reject the rightful authority of one's parents is also

to reject the authority of God. The fifth commandment requires

children not only to respect, submit to, and obey their parents, but

also to give them love and tenderness, to lighten their cares, to guard

their reputation, and to care for and comfort them in old age. It also

requires respect for ministers and rulers and for all others to whom

God has given authority.

(6) "You shall not murder."

All acts of injustice that tend to shorten life--the spirit of hatred

and revenge, or indulging any passion that leads to injurious acts

toward others (even to wish them harm, for "whoever hates his

brother is a murderer"), a selfish neglect of caring for the needy,

self-indulgence or overwork that tends to injure health--all these are,

to a greater or less degree, violations of the sixth commandment.

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