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2/15/07, From Timothy, with understanding received from Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior.
For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear.
Regarding those who seek to honor the Lord, though they be in ignorance.

Remembering the Sabbath Day... To Keep It Holy.

[Timothy speaking.] If such an one, called beloved of the Lord and in whom He dwells, comes before God and dedicates any day of which the Lord did not command, yet dedicates it to the Lord in ignorance or because of false teaching... to the Lord it is dedicated. For this is acceptable and well pleasing to the Lord. And to this same one shall it be credited unto righteousness according to their heart, though they be in error according to which day shall be kept holy unto the Lord.
Yet if another, who has full knowledge, come and say, 'I also dedicate this certain day to the Lord', and it be the correct day, the seventh, according to the Father's commandment, proclaiming his righteousness before men, casting judgment against those he perceives as less worthy because of their error... to this man shall it be credited unto shame, though he be not in error according to the commandment. Though he has kept this day by his mouth, he did not keep it in his heart, nor unto God, but to himself has he kept it... having not kept it at all. To this man, he shall be abased.
And to the one who is erred, who yet remains humble with a sincere heart, they shall be exalted. And from this place shall they come into the correct knowledge in keeping the seventh day holy, according to the Word of the Lord, for they have already kept it in their heart, though they have lacked knowledge of which day should be dedicated. So then, in their sincere striving toward righteousness, and by the intent of their heart, shall their faith come to completion in the keeping of the fourth command of the Father, when they come into the true knowledge of the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy, being the seventh as it was written.

It is far easier to move a man, whose heart is in the right place, to a new day, than to move a man, with a wrong heart, to a place that is right, if he feels he already abides there.

Yet, remember this: All, who come into the true knowledge of the Word, must then walk in its ways and no longer in their own way, nor in man's ways.

[Jesus speaking.] Walk uprightly in Me, in My footsteps, abiding in My doctrine...
according to the faith and knowledge you have received.

Progress toward perfection, seeking on by faith,
not according to tradition or the commandments of men.

Seek and you shall surely find,
for all you need is written for you edification in the Scriptures of Truth.