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Laws of Nature and Life, April 24
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3 John 1:2
.
Thousands, yes, millions, who walk the earth, are suffering from their own
wrong course of action. Should not those for whom Christ has given His life
place a value upon their own happiness, peace, and healthfulness by obeying
nature’s laws? We are the Lord’s property by creation and by redemption,
and He requires that we study how to care for our bodies, observing carefully
the laws of life, health, and purity.
It is our duty to preserve and honor our bodies, in order that we shall not,
by neglect, by selfish indulgence, by perverted appetite and passions, make
ourselves bodies of corruption and impurity, loathsome in the sight of God,
dying while life remains.
How strongly and brightly shines the mercy and lovingkindness of God
in His dealings toward His heritage.... All heaven has the deepest interest in
our welfare, that Satan shall not control us and conform us to his character.
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud,
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall
burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor
branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the
stall” (
Malachi 4:1, 2
)....
By showing contempt for the laws of nature, men and women lay the
foundation for misery and suffering. Through the weakness of their moral
powers they are abject slaves to passion. Some are digging their graves with
their own teeth; others defile soul and body and weaken their brain power
by yielding to vile habits of moral pollution. By this they close the gates of
the city of God against themselves, for the penalty of violated laws must be
realized. The punishment must come....
There are lessons to be learned in this line which, if observed, will bring
health to body and mind. If the habits of eating and drinking are kept intel-
ligently under the control of the human agent, and he eats and drinks to the
glory of God, his life will be lengthened. Eat to live; do not live to eat.—
Manuscript 53, April 24, 1896
, “A Knowledge of Physiology Necessary in
Education.”
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