The line of demarcation between our people and the world must ever be kept unmistakably plain. Our platform is the law of God, in which we are enjoined to observe the Sabbath day; for, as is distinctly stated in the thirty-first chapter of Exodus, the observance of the Sabbath is a sign between God and His people. “Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep,” He declares; “for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I m the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you.... It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.” {7T 122.1}

Skillelinjen mellem vort folk og verden skal altid være tydeligt markeret. Den grund, vi står på, er Guds lov, som pålægger os at holde sabbatten, for som det tydeligt fremgår af det 31. kapitel i 2 Mosebog er sabbatten et tegn mellem Gud og hans folk. »Fremfor alt skal I holde mine sabbatter, thi sabbatten er et tegn mellem mig og eder fra slægt til slægt, for at I skal kende, at jeg Herren er den, der helliger eder. ... Den skal være et tegn til alle tider mellem mig og israelitterne. Thi i seks dage gjorde Herren himmelen og jorden, men på den syvende hvilede han og vederkvægende han sig.« 2.Mos. 31,13-17.