Chapter 17—Appetite
320. Many are made sick by the indulgence of their appetite.
They eat what suits their perverted taste, thus weakening the digestive
organs, and injuring their power to assimilate the food that is to sustain
life.... Thus the delicate machinery is worn out by the suicidal practises
of those who ought to know better. Sin indeed lies at the door. The
door is the mouth.—
Unpublished Testimonies, August 25, 1897
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321. The declension in virtue and the degeneracy of the race
are chiefly attributable to the indulgence of perverted appetite.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:486
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322. If the appetite is allowed to rule, the mind will be brought
under its control.—
Unpublished Testimonies, January 11, 1897
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323. One of the strongest temptations that man has to meet is upon
the point of appetite.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:485
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324. As our first parents lost Eden through the indulgence of
appetite, our only hope of regaining Eden is through the firm denial of
appetite and passion.... The controlling power of appetite will prove
the ruin of thousands, when, if they had conquered on this point, then
they would have had the moral power to gain the victory over every
other temptation of Satan. But those who are slaves to appetite will
fail in perfecting Christian character. ... As we near the close of time,
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Satan’s temptation to indulge appetite will be more powerful and more
difficult to overcome.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:491
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325. Satan sees that he cannot have such a controlling power over
us as he could if appetite were indulged.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:569
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326. Our habits of eating and drinking show whether we are of the
world or among the number that the Lord by his mighty cleaver of truth
has separated from the world.—
Unpublished Testimonies, August 25,
1897
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327. Christ began this work of redemption by reforming the physi-
cal habits of man.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:486
.
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