Gods Sabbath

T HE B ATTLE FOR THE B IRTHRIGHT

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They also needed to know and trust in their heavenly Father’s ways, leaving Him to work out their problems according to His timing and in His way. Many today are not prepared to resist the subtle temptation to do God’s work their own way. They suppose that a life dedicat ed to the Lord’s service can produce only good works, and they have never questioned the erroneous idea that pure motives can sanctify any action made in good faith. We need to learn from the history of our biblical parents in order to be cured from com mitting the same mistake. We need to educate our minds and learn to exercise reason over our feelings, by choosing to follow God’s ways, not our own. We also need to learn to trust in God and Him alone as our Plan Maker, Problem Solver and Burden Bearer, so we have the confidence that His ways are vastly su perior to our own. Only when we have this experience of Sab bath rest can we expect to be the people whom the Lord can use in terminating the awful reign of sin.