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Counsels on Diet and Foods
on life, and yet professing to be Christ’s followers, preparing for the
finishing touch of immortality.
My brother and sister, you have a work to do which no one can
do for you. Awake from your lethargy, and Christ shall give you
life. Change your course of living, your eating, your drinking, and
your working. While you pursue the course you have been following
for years, you cannot clearly discern sacred and eternal things. Your
sensibilities are blunted, and your intellect beclouded. You have not
been growing in grace and in the knowledge of the truth as was your
privilege. You have not been increasing in spirituality, but growing
more and more darkened.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:70, 71, 1868
54. Man was the crowning act of the creation of God, made in
the image of God, and designed to be a counterpart of God.... Man
is very dear to God, because he was formed in His own image. This
fact should impress us with the importance of teaching by precept and
example the sin of defiling, by the indulgence of appetite or by any
other sinful practice, the body which is designed to represent God to
the world.—
The Review and Herald, June 18, 1895
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Natural Law Proclaimed Distinctly—97
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Mental Effects of Disobedience to Physical Law
55. God requires of His people continual advancement. We need
to learn that indulged appetite is the greatest hindrance to mental
improvement and soul sanctification. With all our profession of health
reform, many of us eat improperly.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:156,
1909
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56. We should not provide for the Sabbath a more liberal supply
or a greater variety of food than for other days. Instead of this, the
food should be more simple, and less should be eaten, in order that
the mind may be clear and vigorous to comprehend spiritual things.
A clogged stomach means a clogged brain. The most precious words
may be heard and not appreciated, because the mind is confused by
an improper diet. By overeating on the Sabbath, many do more than
they think, to unfit themselves for receiving the benefit of its sacred
opportunities.—
The Ministry of Healing, 307, 1905
57. I have been shown that some of our camp meetings are far
from being what the Lord designed they should be. The people come