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Peter’s Counsel to Parents
Let those who claim to have a knowledge of God work in coopera-
tion with Christ. Christ is depending upon everyone to do his best. To
every man and to every woman He has given a work.
Conditional promises
God’s promises are conditional. In order to make it possible for
Him to bless us, we must do our part. We cannot expect that all His
blessings will come to us naturally, if we fold our hands in inactivity.
We are to be laborers together with God. It is our privilege and duty
to labor for souls ready to perish.
If you have a knowledge of God and have taken your position under
the banner of Prince Emmanuel, remember that you are not to allow
yourself to come under the control of the powers of darkness—the
fallen angels. You are to keep in mind the promises that pertain to
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eternal life and godliness, and seek for divine power that is given to
enable you to escape everything that would lead you astray.
Temperance in appetite
“And to knowledge temperance.” This is a point that every one of us
should consider. The strength of natural appetites depends very much
on the treatment they receive. Those who indulge appetite, eating
and drinking with the drunken; those who practice gluttony, eating
double the amount that they should eat, bring the system into such a
condition that it is next to impossible for them to be partakers of the
divine nature, because they do not escape the corruption that is in the
world through lust. The temple of God, which should be kept holy, is
polluted and defiled.
Think of all the wickedness that is committed as the result of
the sale of liquor! The men who sell liquor are familiar with the
evil effects that it produces. Not only the man who sells liquor, but
also the man who buys and drinks it, is held accountable for the
wicked deeds committed under its influence. God stands ready to give
divine power to any sincere man to enable him to overcome appetite
for liquor; but oh, how much better it is for parents to teach their
children from babyhood never to use a drop of intoxicating liquor!
And parents, besides helping their children by setting an example of