Exodus 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[The Great Controversy pp 586] In America, the temperance work, one of the most prominent and important of moral reforms, is often combined with the Sunday movement, and the advocates of the latter represent themselves as laboring to promote the highest interest of society; and those who refuse to unite with them are denounced as the enemies of temperance and reform.
But the fact that a movement to establish error is connected with a work which is in itself good, is not an argument in favor of the error. We may disguise poison by mingling it with wholesome food, but we do not change its nature. On the contrary, it is rendered more dangerous, as it is more likely to be taken unawares. It is one of Satan's devices to combine with falsehood just enough truth to give it plausibility.
Repentance will involve and include a turning away from cherished sin, and if there are known besetting evils lurking within the domain of the heart, they must be rutted out by the word of God and by His Spirit, so that a oneness and likeness to Christ may become our reality. In harmony with this appeal, we implore you to seek for repentance and baptism where applicable, for it is a solemn truth that we speak, the close of earth’s probation will come suddenly, at a time when most of earth’s peoples are not expecting it.
Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your heart.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!