Flesh Meats (Proteins Continued)
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Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of
flesh meat. Let them and their families live up to the light of health
reform. Let not our ministers animalize their own nature and the nature
of their children. Children whose desires have not been restrained, are
tempted not only to indulge in the common habits of intemperance,
but to give loose rein to their lower passions, and to disregard purity
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and virtue. These are led on by Satan not only to corrupt their own
bodies, but to whisper their evil communications to others. If parents
are blinded by sin, they will often fail of discerning these things.
To parents who are living in the cities, the Lord is sending the
warning cry, Gather your children into your own houses; gather them
away from those who are disregarding the commandments of God,
who are teaching and practicing evil. Get out of the cities as fast as
possible.
Parents can secure small homes in the country, with land for cultiva-
tion, where they can have orchards and where they can raise vegetables
and small fruits to take the place of flesh meat, which is so corrupting
to the life-blood coursing through the veins.—
Manuscript 133, 1902
Strength to Resist Through Fasting and Prayer
712. If our appetites clamor for the flesh of dead animals, it is a
necessity to fast and pray for the Lord to give His grace to deny fleshly
lusts which war against the soul.—
Letter 73, 1896
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Fasting Beneficial in Changing from a Diet of Flesh Meat and
Rich Foods—312
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When Prayer for Healing Is Inconsistent
713. There are those among Seventh-day Adventists who will not
heed the light given them in regard to this matter. They make flesh
meat a part of their diet. Disease comes upon them. Sick and suffering
as a result of their own wrong course, they ask for the prayers of the
servants of God. But how can the Lord work in their behalf when they
are not willing to do His will, when they refuse to heed His instruction
in regard to health reform?
For thirty years the light on health reform has been coming to the
people of God, but many have made it a subject of jest. They have
continued to use tea, coffee, spices, and flesh meat. Their bodies are