The law of . . . [Yahuwah] is binding on all human intelligences. "Think not," said . . . [YAHUSHUA], "that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:17-20).
. . . [Yahuwah] requires obedience to his law. But Satan, ever since his fall, has been working against this law. He created disaffection in heaven by his ambition to be higher than . . . [Yahushua], the Commander of the heavenly host; and then he attacked the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. He held a position next to . . . [Yahushua], and in his rebellion he carried the angels with him. With their leader, these were expelled from heaven; and when . . . [Yahushua] came to this earth to live the law that Satan had declared could not be kept, Satan followed him from the manger to the cross, doing all in his power to render his work a failure.
Many mistakes were made by the Jewish teachers in regard to the true character and far-reaching principles of the law.
Its relation to sin was misconceived and misapplied. The outward action was dealt with, but inward sins were not touched. Those who did not allow the defilement of the soul to develop into outward defilement, were looked upon as righteous, while in their hearts they cherished thoughts of the most sinful character,--thoughts that were earthly and sensual.
In his sermon on the mount, . . . [Yahushua] made known the comprehensive and far-reaching character of the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. He applied its great principles to the thoughts and the desires. He taught that all wrong thoughts and feelings, though unknown to any human being, are a transgression of the law of . . . [Yahushua], and that those who cherish them must suffer the penalty. Thus the law was shown to reach the inner life.
. . . [Yahushua] presented the truth as a sharp sword, which cut to the soul. He flashed the divine requirements upon the secrets of the perverted heart. "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." (Matthew 5:21-22).
In the Old Testament and the New the law is shown to be . . . [Yahuwah's] standard of character. A lawyer came to . . . [Yahushua] with the question, "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the law? how readest thou?" . . . [Yahushua] asked. The lawyer had been urged by . . . [Yahushua's] enemies to ask him this question, that they might find something wherewith to accuse and condemn him. In his wisdom, . . . [Yahuhsua] referred the question back to the questioner. This was so unexpected that the lawyer did not study how to evade the matter, but answered him honestly, in accordance with the light that he had. He was acquainted with the principles of the law, and he replied, "Thou shalt love . . . [Yahuwah] thy . . . [Elohim] with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." "Thou hast answered right," said . . . [Yahushua]; "this do, and thou shalt live." (Luke 10:25-28). To love . . . [Yahuwah] with all the heart is the first great law of the universe. When the love of . . . [Yahuwah] fills the heart, love to our fellow men will flow forth in words and deeds as the fruit of that love.
From the pillar of cloud the . . . [Yahuwah] gave the same lesson to Moses, to be given to the people. ". . . [Yahuwah] spake unto Moses, saying,. . . Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am . . . [Yahuwah] your . . . [Elohim]. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them. I am . . . [Yahuwah]."(Leviticus 18:1-5)
"Thou shalt love . . . [Yahuwah] thy . . . [Elohim] with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates." (Deuteronomy 6: 4-8)
Today Satan's influence is great, and it is his special work to make void the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. Those who place themselves under his control he leads to do this also. The work he began in heaven he has zealously carried out on the earth. The war between the two great armies is waged upon the commandments of . . . [Yahuwah] and the faith of . . . [Yahushua]. Satanic agencies are united with human agencies in an effort to make void the law of . . . [Yahuwah], and to teach for doctrines the commandments of men. Two contending forces are striving for the mastery. Shall we allow our influence to swell the tide of iniquity and transgression? Every soul that believes the word of . . . [Yahuwah] should arise and shine because his light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon him. Shall we not study the word of . . . [Yahuwah critically, refusing to trust to our own intelligence, which may be under the control of a masterly tempter?
It means everything to us on which side we place our influence. It makes all possible difference what we believe. The falsehood maintained by Satan, that the law of . . . [Yahuwah] is abrogated, will be accepted in all honesty by those who have not walked in the light as it has shone upon their path. They have turned aside to falsehood, and they wrest the Scriptures to maintain their false theories. The more sincerely a man believes falsehood, the more fatal it is to his own soul. He earnestly advocates this falsehood, and those who have not been sanctified through the truth accept it. The more he advocates error, the more certain he becomes that it is truth, and that truth is error, and must be exposed and denounced. He is imbued with a zeal that is in accordance with the zeal of his leader.
A striking contrast is seen between those who practise the truth and those who have joined the ranks of the apostate. Meek and lowly will those be who follow the Lamb of . . . [Yahuwah]. Boastful, denunciatory, and lawless in word and deed will those be who war against the commandments of . . . [Yahuwah]. They are thus because they have the spirit and attributes of the dragon, who was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of . . . [Yahuwah], and have the testimony of . . . [Yahushua].
. . . [Yahuwah's] law is immutable and eternal; for it is the transcript of his character, and by it . . . [Yahuwah] designs to bring the family on earth into harmony with the family in heaven. . . . [Yahuwah] has made it possible for men to obey his requirements, by making it possible for them to be partakers of the divine nature. Thus our characters may be molded in accordance with the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. And by willing obedience to this law our characters are conformed to the character of . . . [Yahuwa]. Obedience to the law of ten commandments is the condition of salvation. This is . . . [Yahuwah's] positive requirement. The Bible declares that no one can truly love . . . [Yahuwah] and yet refuse to obey his law, after receiving light in regard to its immutability. Many attempt to justify their disobedience by distinguishing between . . . [Yahuwah's] commandments and . . . [Yahuwah's] commandments. This they do, that they may bear the name of Christian and yet live in violation of . . . [Yahuwah's] law. But those who plead thus place their faith in a falsehood devised by the father of lies.
. . . [Yahuwah's] commandments are indeed the commandments of . . . [Yahushua]. "If a man love me," . . . [Yahushau] declared, "he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." (John 14:23) "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. . . . He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." (John 14:21, 24).
"He that saith, I know him," John wrote, "and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of . . . [Yahuwah] perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning." (1 John 2:4-7).
Through . . . [Yahushua] there is divine sympathy between . . . [Yahuwah] and the human beings who, through obedience, are accepted in the Beloved. Thus humanity conforms to the will of divinity, fulfilling the words, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15). The commandment-keeping people of . . . [Yahuwah] are to walk in the sunlight of . . . [Yahushua's] righteousness, their countenances expressing cheerfulness and thanksgiving, joyful in the assurance, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." (Revelation 22:14).
By: Ellen White
May 3, 1898,
Review and Herald
. . . [Yahuwah] requires obedience to his law. But Satan, ever since his fall, has been working against this law. He created disaffection in heaven by his ambition to be higher than . . . [Yahushua], the Commander of the heavenly host; and then he attacked the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. He held a position next to . . . [Yahushua], and in his rebellion he carried the angels with him. With their leader, these were expelled from heaven; and when . . . [Yahushua] came to this earth to live the law that Satan had declared could not be kept, Satan followed him from the manger to the cross, doing all in his power to render his work a failure.Many mistakes were made by the Jewish teachers in regard to the true character and far-reaching principles of the law.
Its relation to sin was misconceived and misapplied. The outward action was dealt with, but inward sins were not touched. Those who did not allow the defilement of the soul to develop into outward defilement, were looked upon as righteous, while in their hearts they cherished thoughts of the most sinful character,--thoughts that were earthly and sensual.
In his sermon on the mount, . . . [Yahushua] made known the comprehensive and far-reaching character of the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. He applied its great principles to the thoughts and the desires. He taught that all wrong thoughts and feelings, though unknown to any human being, are a transgression of the law of . . . [Yahushua], and that those who cherish them must suffer the penalty. Thus the law was shown to reach the inner life.
. . . [Yahushua] presented the truth as a sharp sword, which cut to the soul. He flashed the divine requirements upon the secrets of the perverted heart. "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." (Matthew 5:21-22).
In the Old Testament and the New the law is shown to be . . . [Yahuwah's] standard of character. A lawyer came to . . . [Yahushua] with the question, "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the law? how readest thou?" . . . [Yahushua] asked. The lawyer had been urged by . . . [Yahushua's] enemies to ask him this question, that they might find something wherewith to accuse and condemn him. In his wisdom, . . . [Yahuhsua] referred the question back to the questioner. This was so unexpected that the lawyer did not study how to evade the matter, but answered him honestly, in accordance with the light that he had. He was acquainted with the principles of the law, and he replied, "Thou shalt love . . . [Yahuwah] thy . . . [Elohim] with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." "Thou hast answered right," said . . . [Yahushua]; "this do, and thou shalt live." (Luke 10:25-28). To love . . . [Yahuwah] with all the heart is the first great law of the universe. When the love of . . . [Yahuwah] fills the heart, love to our fellow men will flow forth in words and deeds as the fruit of that love.From the pillar of cloud the . . . [Yahuwah] gave the same lesson to Moses, to be given to the people. ". . . [Yahuwah] spake unto Moses, saying,. . . Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am . . . [Yahuwah] your . . . [Elohim]. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them. I am . . . [Yahuwah]."(Leviticus 18:1-5)
"Thou shalt love . . . [Yahuwah] thy . . . [Elohim] with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates." (Deuteronomy 6: 4-8)
Today Satan's influence is great, and it is his special work to make void the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. Those who place themselves under his control he leads to do this also. The work he began in heaven he has zealously carried out on the earth. The war between the two great armies is waged upon the commandments of . . . [Yahuwah] and the faith of . . . [Yahushua]. Satanic agencies are united with human agencies in an effort to make void the law of . . . [Yahuwah], and to teach for doctrines the commandments of men. Two contending forces are striving for the mastery. Shall we allow our influence to swell the tide of iniquity and transgression? Every soul that believes the word of . . . [Yahuwah] should arise and shine because his light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon him. Shall we not study the word of . . . [Yahuwah critically, refusing to trust to our own intelligence, which may be under the control of a masterly tempter? It means everything to us on which side we place our influence. It makes all possible difference what we believe. The falsehood maintained by Satan, that the law of . . . [Yahuwah] is abrogated, will be accepted in all honesty by those who have not walked in the light as it has shone upon their path. They have turned aside to falsehood, and they wrest the Scriptures to maintain their false theories. The more sincerely a man believes falsehood, the more fatal it is to his own soul. He earnestly advocates this falsehood, and those who have not been sanctified through the truth accept it. The more he advocates error, the more certain he becomes that it is truth, and that truth is error, and must be exposed and denounced. He is imbued with a zeal that is in accordance with the zeal of his leader.
A striking contrast is seen between those who practise the truth and those who have joined the ranks of the apostate. Meek and lowly will those be who follow the Lamb of . . . [Yahuwah]. Boastful, denunciatory, and lawless in word and deed will those be who war against the commandments of . . . [Yahuwah]. They are thus because they have the spirit and attributes of the dragon, who was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of . . . [Yahuwah], and have the testimony of . . . [Yahushua].
. . . [Yahuwah's] law is immutable and eternal; for it is the transcript of his character, and by it . . . [Yahuwah] designs to bring the family on earth into harmony with the family in heaven. . . . [Yahuwah] has made it possible for men to obey his requirements, by making it possible for them to be partakers of the divine nature. Thus our characters may be molded in accordance with the law of . . . [Yahuwah]. And by willing obedience to this law our characters are conformed to the character of . . . [Yahuwa]. Obedience to the law of ten commandments is the condition of salvation. This is . . . [Yahuwah's] positive requirement. The Bible declares that no one can truly love . . . [Yahuwah] and yet refuse to obey his law, after receiving light in regard to its immutability. Many attempt to justify their disobedience by distinguishing between . . . [Yahuwah's] commandments and . . . [Yahuwah's] commandments. This they do, that they may bear the name of Christian and yet live in violation of . . . [Yahuwah's] law. But those who plead thus place their faith in a falsehood devised by the father of lies.. . . [Yahuwah's] commandments are indeed the commandments of . . . [Yahushua]. "If a man love me," . . . [Yahushau] declared, "he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." (John 14:23) "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. . . . He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." (John 14:21, 24).
"He that saith, I know him," John wrote, "and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of . . . [Yahuwah] perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning." (1 John 2:4-7).
Through . . . [Yahushua] there is divine sympathy between . . . [Yahuwah] and the human beings who, through obedience, are accepted in the Beloved. Thus humanity conforms to the will of divinity, fulfilling the words, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15). The commandment-keeping people of . . . [Yahuwah] are to walk in the sunlight of . . . [Yahushua's] righteousness, their countenances expressing cheerfulness and thanksgiving, joyful in the assurance, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." (Revelation 22:14).By: Ellen White
May 3, 1898,
Review and Herald
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