USDA and Loving your Neighbors

Mark 12:30-31

King James Version

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Story of a meat dealer within the SDA Church

“I was pointed far back and shown the loose manner in which you regarded these things. The Lord marked the transaction of carrying to market that load of animals that were so inferior [sick and low quality] that they could not be profitable to keep, therefore were prepared for food and carried to market to be bought and introduced into the human stomach... you transgressed His command. You did not love your neighbor as you did yourself, for you would be unwilling to have the same thing done to you.”

Testimonies for the Church 2:152.1-153.1