Lights Amid Darkness
The Lord has let His light shine upon us in these last days, that the
gloom and darkness which have been gathering in past generations
because of sinful indulgences, might in some degree be dispelled,
and that the train of evils which have resulted because of intemperate
eating and drinking might be lessened.
The Lord in wisdom designed to bring His people into a position
where they would be separate from the world in spirit and practice,
that their children might not so readily be led into idolatry and become
tainted with the prevailing corruptions of this age. It is God’s design
that believing parents and their children should stand forth as living
representatives of Christ, candidates for everlasting life. All who are
partakers of the divine nature will escape the corruption that is in
the world through lust. It is impossible for those who indulge the
appetite to attain to Christian perfection. You cannot arouse the moral
sensibilities of your children while you are not careful in the selection
of their food.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:339, 400
(1870).
This world is a training school for the higher school, this life
a preparation for the life to come. Here we are to be prepared for
entrance into the heavenly courts. Here we are to receive and believe
and practice the truth, until we are made ready for a home with the
saints in light.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:200
(1904).
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