God's Outward Seal Signifies Inward Faith

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

God's Outward Seal Signifies Inward Faith

Today's Text: When your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt. Exodus 12:26, 27

The Message:      Every human agent is merging his or her character under one of two heads-the Prince of Life or the prince of darkness....If we serve sin we shall meet the reward of the transgressor of the law of Jehovah before the judgment seat of Christ.... All the invitations given by a gracious God-given, but slighted and refused and rejected-will be presented to every individual, and the sentence that will fix the destiny of the soul in eternal bliss or to be punished with the fiery element of the wrath of God, will close the history of the wicked forever.      The condition given to the Hebrews in Egypt on that night when the firstborn were slain was that every family should manifest that faith in the message given them of God that would lead them to act in perfect obedience to the directions given them of God. Every member of the family was to be gathered into the dwelling place of the Hebrews. They were to eat the Passover with their preparations all made for their departure, even with their staffs in their hands. God was about to do His work in judgment, and this was to bring Pharaoh to understand that the Lord, He was God, and beside Him there was none else.      The angel of God was to pass over the houses of the Hebrews with the blood sprinkled on the lintels and doorposts. This sign was to be respected.      But suppose that the inmates of the house were careless and did not gather their children with them in the house. Or suppose the children who had been born and brought up in Egypt thought this only a whim, and altogether unnecessary, and should refuse the entreaties of their parents, making some excuse as did those called to the marriage supper. Then the judgment of God would not spare, but the stroke would as surely come upon the firstborn of the Hebrews as the firstborn of the Egyptians.      What is the condition of those who keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus? If in families there are those who are refusing obedience to the Lord in keeping His Sabbath, then the seal cannot be placed upon them. The sealing is a pledge from God of perfect security to His chosen ones. Sealing indicates you are God's chosen. He has appropriated you to Himself. As the sealed of God we are Christ's purchased possession, and no one shall pluck us out of His hands.-Manuscript 59, 1895 (Manuscript Releases 15:223-225).

Commentary: My friend, as in the time of the Passover when the people of God were to place the blood of the lamb over the door posts of their homes, signifying that they had accepted the One true God over the false gods of the Egyptians, so too will those who keep the Sabbath holy in the last days be a sign that they are placing themselves under the power of the One true God verses the false god of the trinity.  The Sabbath is the seal of God in the last days and will be given only to those who are faithful and obedient to His commandments. In the last days the event that will separate the righteous from the wicked will be the Sunday laws; when the whole world will be compelled to worship God on the day that man has setup as opposed to the day that God has ordained.  At that time all will be compelled to take their stand, either for the truiune god of mans making, or of the One true God of the Bible.  The decision that we make at that time will determine our destinies for all eternity. But while the Sabbath is the seal of God in the last days, unless those who keep the Sabbath have been sanctified by God they cannot receive the seal of God.  There are many in the church today that believe that their Sabbath keeping will save them, while they have lost sight of the One true God and have looked unto their Sabbath keeping as a means of salvation.  Ezekiel 20:12 says "Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them."  The Sabbath can only seal in that which has already been sanctified.  We must first be sanctified by God before we can receive the seal of the living God. Everyone today is preparing to receive either the seal of God or the mark of the beast.  If we are to receive the seal of God in the last days we first must be looking unto Jesus that we may worship the One true God of the Bible.  If we are looking unto the false god of the trinity, we will receive the false impress of its character upon our hearts, and when the final test comes we will receive the mark of the beast just as readily as those who are worshiping on the false day of worship. My friend, we cannot be saved in the last days while we are worshiping the false god of the trinity.  We must come out of the false systems of worship and worship the One true God as spoken of in John 17:3, that we may be sanctified by Him and receive His seal upon our hearts. God bless,

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