June 29 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
GOD’S LAW: MORE TO BE DESIRED THAN FINE GOLD
“Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.” Psalms 119: 127, KJV.
“In these days of peril shall we show less devotion to the truth of God, and less fervent attachment to His Law, than in former years? The very condition of things exists which Christ declared would be [by way of prophecy], prior to His second coming in power and glory.
“The prevailing ungodliness tends to paralyze and even to destroy true faith and piety. But THIS IS THE VERY TIME when the GOLD of Christian integrity will shine brighter, in contrast to the DROSS of hypocrisy and corruption. Now is the time for Christ’s CHOSEN to show their devotion to His service—the time for all His followers to BEAR THE NOBLEST TESTIMONY for their Master by standing FIRM against the prevailing evil.
“As we see the results which have followed a DISREGARD for God’s law,—dishonesty, theft, licentiousness, drunkenness, and murder, we are prepared to say with the psalmist, ‘I love Thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.” In keeping of them, there is great reward! When the divine law is set aside, the greatest misery will result both to families and to society.
“Our only hope of better things is to be found in a faithful obedience to the precepts of Jehovah.” Sons & Daughters, p. 54.
(Correction on yesterday’s quote from the Great Controversy, should be page 435, not 485. Typo).
God bless all. I hope you are benefiting from these daily messages and pondering upon the Sabbath sermon/studies. They are present, testing truths. NMF