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can give it—that God has sent His Son to bring into harmony turbulent,
proud, envious, jealous, bigoted minds.—Lt 25, 1870. (HC 237.)
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Negative Emotional Forces Disorder the Whole Being—Envy
and jealousy are diseases which disorder all the faculties of the being.
They originated with Satan in paradise.... Those who listen to his
[Satan’s] voice will demerit others and will misrepresent and falsify
in order to build up themselves. But nothing that defiles can enter
heaven, and unless those who cherish this spirit are changed, they can
never enter there, for they would criticize the angels. They would envy
another’s crown. They would not know what to talk of unless they
could bring up the imperfections and errors of others.—
The Review
and Herald, September 14, 1897
. (HC 234.)
Unholy Temper Endangers Evangelist’s Mind and Life—Your
exhibition of unholy temper, even in assemblies of God’s people, is
endangering to your mind and life. Ask yourself, Will it pay for me to
go on as I have been going, in strife and contention?—Lt 21, 1901.
When the Power of God is Lost—Men and women have been
bought with a price, and what a price! Even the life of the Son of God.
What a terrible thing it is for them to place themselves in a position
where their physical, mental, and moral power is corrupted, where
they lose their vigor and purity. Such men and women cannot offer an
acceptable sacrifice to God.
Through the perversion of appetites and passions, man has lost the
power of God and become the instrument of unrighteousness. The
whole being is diseased—body, soul, and spirit. But a remedy has
been provided for the sanctification of humanity. The unholy mind and
body may be purified. A wonderful provision has been made whereby
we may receive pardon and salvation.—Lt 139, 1898.
He who will observe simplicity in all his habits, restricting the
appetite and controlling the passions, may preserve his mental powers
strong, active, and vigorous, quick to perceive everything which de-
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mands thought or action, keen to discriminate between the holy and
the unholy, and ready to engage in every enterprise for the glory of
God and the benefit of humanity.—
The Signs of the Times, September
29, 1881
. (
Sons and Daughters of God, 86
.)
Those Who Fall Lack Healthy Mental Attitude—Those taken
in Satan’s snare have not yet come to a healthy mental attitude. They
are dazed, self-important, self-sufficient. Oh, with what sorrow the