Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

nations. “Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep,”
Christ said, “for it is a sign between Me and you
throughout your generations; that ye may know
that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.” “It is a
sign between Me and the children of Israel forever:
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
and on the seventh day He rested, and was
refreshed.” “Wherefore the children of Israel shall
keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant.” Exodus 31:13, 17, 16.
The Sabbath is a sign of the relationship
existing between God and His people—a sign that
they are His obedient subjects, that they keep holy
His law. The observance of the Sabbath is the
means ordained by God of preserving a knowledge
of Himself and of distinguishing between His loyal
subjects and the transgressors of His law.
This is the faith once delivered to the saints,
who stand in moral power before the world, firmly
maintaining this faith.
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