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His own sinless life to save perishing man from death.—
Testimonies
for the Church 1:548, 549, 1867
61. Butter and meat stimulate. These have injured the stomach
and perverted the taste. The sensitive nerves of the brain have been
benumbed, and the animal appetite strengthened at the expense of the
moral and intellectual faculties. These higher powers, which should
control, have been growing weaker, so that eternal things have not
been discerned. Paralysis has benumbed the spiritual and devotional.
Satan has triumphed to see how easily he can come in through the
appetite and control men and women of intelligence, calculated by the
Creator to do a good and great work.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:486, 1870
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Impossible for the Intemperate to Value the Atonement—119
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The Intemperate Cannot Be Susceptible to Sanctifying Influence
of the Truth—780
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Effect Upon Discernment and Decision
62. Anything that lessens physical strength enfeebles the mind,
and makes it less capable of discriminating between right and wrong.
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We become less capable of choosing the good, and have less strength
of will to do that which we know to be right.
The misuse of our physical powers shortens the period of time
in which our lives can be used for the glory of God. And it unfits
us to accomplish the work God has given us to do.—
Christ’s Object
Lessons, 346, 1900
63. Those who, having had the light upon the subject of eating
and dressing with simplicity, in obedience to moral and physical laws,
still turn from the light which points out their duty, will shun duty in
other things. By shunning the cross which they would have to take up
in order to be in harmony with natural law, they blunt the conscience;
and they will, to avoid reproach, violate the ten commandments. There
is with some a decided unwillingness to endure the cross and despise
the shame.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 159, 1890
64. Those who bring disease upon themselves, by self-gratification,
have not healthy bodies and minds. They cannot weigh the evidences
of truth, and comprehend the requirements of God. Our Saviour will