Chapter 6—The Consequence of Violating Natural
Law
72. Proportionately as nature’s laws are transgressed, mind and
soul become enfeebled.... Physical suffering of every type is seen....
Suffering must follow this course of action. The vital force of the
system cannot bear up under the tax placed upon it, and it finally
breaks down.—
Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896
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Cause of Sickness
73. Every misuse of any part of our organism is a violation of the
law which God designs shall govern us in these matters; and by violat-
ing this law, human beings corrupt themselves. Sickness, disease of
every kind, ruined constitutions, premature decay, untimely deaths,—
these are a result of a violation of nature’s laws.—
Unpublished Testi-
monies, August 30, 1896
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74. Sickness is caused by violating the laws of health; it is the
result of violating nature’s laws.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:164
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75. The gloom and despondency supposed to be the result of
obedience to God’s moral law are often attributable to disregard of
physical laws.—
The Signs of the Times, June 15, 1882
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Diseased Souls
76. Everything that conflicts with natural law creates a diseased
condition of the soul.—
The Review and Herald, January 25, 1881
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77. The moral powers are weakened because men and women will
not live in obedience to the laws of health, and make this great subject
a personal duty.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:140
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We Reap What We Sow
78. The Lord has made it a part of his plan that man’s reaping shall
be according to his sowing. And this is the explanation of the misery
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