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13481 From Eternity Past, p. 210.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” He who had brought them forth from Egypt, making a way for them through the …
13482 From Eternity Past, p. 210.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God and to his fellowman, and all based upon the great fundamental principle of love. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul …
13483 From Eternity Past, p. 211.1 (Ellen Gould White)
(1) “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” Whatever we cherish that tends to lessen our love for God or to interfere with the service due Him, of that do we make a god.
13484 From Eternity Past, p. 211 (Ellen Gould White)
Conceptions of God Affect Human Behavior
13485 From Eternity Past, p. 211.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… ; but God has declared such worship to be sin. The attempt to represent the Eternal One by material objects would lower man’s conception of God. The mind would …
13486 From Eternity Past, p. 211.4 (Ellen Gould White)
“I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.” The close relation of God to His people is represented under the figure of marriage. Idolatry being spiritual adultery, the displeasure of God against it is fitly called jealousy.
13487 From Eternity Past, p. 212.1 (Ellen Gould White)
(3) “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.”
13488 From Eternity Past, p. 212.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God in a light or careless manner. By the thoughtless mention of God in common conversation, and by frequent, thoughtless repetition of His name, we dishonor …
13489 From Eternity Past, p. 212.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within …
13490 From Eternity Past, p. 212.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God as the Maker of the heavens and the earth, it distinguishes the true God from false gods. Thus the Sabbath is the sign of man’s allegiance to God. The fourth …
13491 From Eternity Past, p. 212.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… honor God by willing service upon His holy day.
13492 From Eternity Past, p. 213.1 (Ellen Gould White)
(5) “Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
13493 From Eternity Past, p. 213.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. The fifth commandment requires children not only to yield respect, submission, and obedience to their parents, but also to give them love and tenderness …
13494 From Eternity Past, p. 213.6 (Ellen Gould White)
Purity is demanded not only in the outward life but in the secret intents and emotions of the heart. Christ, who taught the far-reaching obligation of the law of God, declared the evil thought or look to be as truly sin as is the unlawful deed.
13495 From Eternity Past, p. 214.3 (Ellen Gould White)
God proclaimed His law with exhibitions of His power and glory, that His people might never forget the scene. He would show to all men the sacredness and permanence of His law.
13496 From Eternity Past, p. 214 (Ellen Gould White)
God’s Law Is a Law of Love
13497 From Eternity Past, p. 214.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… holy God. The multitude cried out to Moses, “Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” The leader answered, “Fear not: for God is …
13498 From Eternity Past, p. 214.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God’s ten precepts. Additional precepts were given, illustrating and applying the principles of the Ten Commandments. These laws were called “judgments …
13499 From Eternity Past, p. 215.6 (Ellen Gould White)
These laws were to be recorded by Moses and carefully treasured as the foundation of the national law, and, with the ten precepts, the condition of the fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel.
13500 From Eternity Past, p. 216.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… heard God’s law proclaimed, and its principles had been particularized, that they might know how much this covenant involved. Again the people answered …