Ellen G. White Writings

29861 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 37.6 (John Nevins Andrews)

… :36-38. And this kind of love is but another name for perfect obedience from the heart. 1 John 5:3. This greatest of all the commandments, Adam certainly violated …

29862 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 38.1 (John Nevins Andrews)

2. The entrance of the law makes the greatness of that first offense to appear also in the fact that it discovers the universal existence of the carnal mind, which is due solely to the fall of Adam. Romans 8 .

29863 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 38.2 (John Nevins Andrews)

3. And finally, the entrance of the law reveals the magnitude or Adam’s transgression, in that it furnishes a perfect mirror to discover every kind of sin, and …

29864 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 38.3 (John Nevins Andrews)

Such was the work of the law. It revealed man’s lost condition. It showed the greatness of Adam’s offense, and the exceeding sinfulness of sin as everywhere …

29865 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 65.1 (John Nevins Andrews)

… 23:38, 39. It was thus that they treated the Sabbath in response to the gracious offer made them through Jeremiah. And thus wrath came upon them to the uttermost …

29866 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 102.1 (John Nevins Andrews)

… 19:38-40; 20:5-7; Matthew 27:59, 60; Mark 15:45, 46; Luke 23:53 .

29867 Sermons on the Sabbath and the Law, p. 221.5 (John Nevins Andrews)

… 7:38; Exodus 20 .

29868 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 32.3 (John Nevins Andrews)

… page 38, a commandment from the apostles is given: “On the first [day] of the week, let there be service, and the reading of the holy Scriptures, and the oblation.” because …

29869 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 33.1 (John Nevins Andrews)

… pages 38 and 39 they are also represented as commanding service to be held on the fourth and sixth days of the week. The Sabbath is not mentioned in these “Documents …

29870 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.1 (John Nevins Andrews)

But though he thus denies the Sabbatic institution before the time of Moses he presently makes this statement concerning the Jews:-

29871 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.2 (John Nevins Andrews)

“And you were commanded to keep Sabbaths, that you might retain the memorial of God. For his word makes this announcement, saying. ‘That ye may know that I am God who redeemed you.’” [ Ezekiel 20:12 .]

29872 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.3 (John Nevins Andrews)

The Sabbath is indeed the memorial of the God that made the heavens and the earth. And what an absurdity to deny that that memorial was set up when the creative …

29873 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.4 (John Nevins Andrews)

In chapter twenty-one, Justin asserts “that God enjoined you [the Jews] to keep the Sabbath, and imposed on you other precepts for a sign, as I have already said …

29874 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.5 (John Nevins Andrews)

In chapter 23 ., he again asserts that “in the times of Enoch” no one “observed Sabbaths.” He then protests against Sabbatic observances as follows:-

29875 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.6 (John Nevins Andrews)

“Do you see that the elements are not idle, and keep no Sabbaths? Remain as you were born. For if there was no need of circumcision before Abraham, or of the observance …

29876 The Complete Testimony of the Fathers of the First Three Centuries Concerning the Sabbath and First Day, p. 38.7 (John Nevins Andrews)

That is to say, there was no Sabbatic institution before Moses, and neither is there any since Christ. But in chapter 24 ., Justin undertakes to bring in an argument …

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