A Sabbath Keeping Church

Today's Devotion Wednesday, January 29, 2020

A Sabbath Keeping Church

Today's Text And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17

In the twelfth chapter of Revelation is represented the great conflict between the obedient and the disobedient. SDA Bible Commentary 7:974. The sign of obedience is the observance of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. SDA Bible Commentary 7:981. The Sabbath is a test to this generation. In obeying the fourth commandment in spirit and truth, men will obey all the precepts of the Decalogue. To fulfill this commandment one must love God supremely, and exercise love toward all the creatures that He has made. The Signs of the Times, February 13, 1896. The time is coming when God's people will feel the hand of persecution because they keep holy the seventh day.... The man of sin, who thought to change times and laws, and who has always oppressed the people of God, will cause laws to be made enforcing the observance of the first day of the week. But God's people are to stand firm for Him. SDA Bible Commentary 7:975. Let no one yield to temptation and become less fervent in his attachment to God's law because of the contempt placed upon it; for that is the very thing that should make us pray with all our heart, and soul, and voice, “It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.” Psalm 119:126. Therefore, because of the universal contempt, I will not turn traitor when God will be most glorified and most honored by my loyalty.... Shall Seventh-day Adventists relax their devotedness when all their capabilities and powers should be placed on the Lord's side; when an unflinching testimony, noble and uplifting, should come from their lips? “Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.” Psalm 119:127. When the law of God is most derided and brought into the most contempt, then it is time for every true follower of Christ ... to stand unflinchingly for the faith once delivered to the saints. SDA Bible Commentary 7:981, 982. Note: In some areas phrases have been omitted by the compilers for whatever reason. I have restored them as underlined text, that the full intent of the author may be given.

My Thoughts: My friend, the 7th day Sabbath was given to us that we may spend time with God and worship Him. In the last days the Sabbath will be a sign of allegiance to the true and living God. Today the vast majority of those in the Seventh-day Adventist Church look to the Sabbath as the seal of God, and in doing so they have elevated the Sabbath to a position which God has not ordained. In the book of Ezekiel the promise of God says "Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them." (Ezekiel 20:12). This has been used as a proof text on the Sabbath as the seal of God, but what does this text really say? The Sabbath is only a sign of ones allegiance, but it is the Lord that sanctifies. In order for us to keep the Sabbath holy we must ourselves be holy. This only comes from the indwelling of Jesus within the heart. In the last days the great test will be upon who you worship more than upon which day you worship. The church today holds that it is the true church of God because of the day that they worship, but in reality they have forsaken the true and living God for the false god of the trinity. This is evident from the condition of the Church of Laodicea. Jesus, the Faithful and True Witness of God says "... and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:" (Revelation 3:17). The church is in this condition because they have forsaken the One true God. They are naked because they do not have the righteousness of Christ. They are blind because the trinity has the outward appearance of God but in reality is not. Since they do not have the righteousness of Christ they look to the righteousness of the law to supply their lack, as such they look to their Sabbath keeping to sanctify them in the last days, while they forsake the One true God who alone can sanctify them. My friend, where does your righteousness come from? Does it come from your Sabbath keeping or does it come from the indwelling of the Christ within your heart? If you are worshiping God as a trinity you cannot receive the sanctification needed in the last days. It is time to heed the warning of Jesus in zealous repentance and opening the doors of your heart that He may come in and sanctify you. God bless,

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