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Healthful Living
be not injured, making it impossible for us to discern the value of the
atonement, and the priceless worth of the cleansing blood of Christ.—
The Review and Herald, March 18, 1880
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God’s Plan—The Kingdom Within
173. God’s way is to give man something that he has not, to make
him something that he is not. Man’s way is to get an easy place,
and indulge appetite and selfish ambition. God’s plan is to set man
at work in reformatory lines, then he will learn by experience how
long he has tampered with fleshly appetites, and ministered to his own
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temperament, bringing weakness upon himself. God’s way is to work
in power. He gives grace if the sick man realizes that he needs it. God
proposes to purify and refine the defiled soul, then he will implant in
the heart his own righteousness and peace and health, and man will
become complete in him. This is the kingdom of God within you. Day
by day men are revealing whether the kingdom of God is within them.
If Christ rules in their hearts, they are gaining strength of principle,
with power and ability to stand as faithful sentinels, true reformers.
Then, like Daniel, they make impressions upon other hearts that will
never be effaced, and their influence will be carried to all parts of the
world.—
Unpublished Testimonies, October 12, 1896
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Our Duty to Others
174. It is the duty of those who have received light upon this
important subject to manifest a greater interest for those who are still
suffering for want of knowledge. Those who are looking for the soon
appearing of their Saviour should be the last to manifest a lack of
interest in this great work of reform.... This (
2 Corinthians 7:1
) is our
work as Christians, to cleanse our robes of character from every spot.
The spirit must be in harmony with the Spirit of Christ; the habits must
be in conformity to his will, in obedience to his requirements.—
The
Review and Herald, July 29, 1884
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