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relieved the necessities of widows, and took the poor into my home.”
Yes, but your motives were so defiled by selfishness that the deed was
not acceptable in the sight of the Lord. In all that you did, self was
brought prominently to view.—Ms 53, 1906.
It is the motive that gives character to our acts, stamping them with
ignominy or with high moral worth.—
The Desire of Ages, 615
(1898).
What the Seal of God Is
Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it
is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth,
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both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved—just as
soon as God’s people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will
come. Indeed, it has begun already.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary
4:1161
(1902).
The seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscien-
tiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary
7:980
(1897). [
This statement and others like it should be understood
in the light of passages quoted earlier in the chapter, indicating that
God holds people responsible only for the knowledge they have or
which they could obtain.
]
Those who would have the seal of God in their foreheads must
keep the Sabbath of the fourth commandment.—
The S.D.A. Bible
Commentary 7:970
(1899).
True observance of the Sabbath is the sign of loyalty to God.—
The
S.D.A. Bible Commentary 7:981
(1899).
The fourth commandment alone of all the ten contains the seal
of the great Lawgiver, the Creator of the heavens and the earth.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:350
(1900).
The observance of the Lord’s memorial, the Sabbath instituted in
Eden, the seventh-day Sabbath, is the test of our loyalty to God.—
Letter 94, 1900
.
A mark is placed upon every one of God’s people, just as verily as
a mark was placed over the doors of the Hebrew dwellings to preserve
the people from the general ruin. God declares, “I gave them My
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sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know
that I am the Lord that sanctify them” [
Ezekiel 20:12
].—
The S.D.A.
Bible Commentary 7:969
(1900).