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A Call to Medical Evangelism and Health Education
The Only Medium for Character Building
The body is the only medium through which the mind and the soul
are developed for the upbuilding of character. Hence it is that the ad-
versary of souls directs his temptations to the enfeebling and degrading
of the physical powers. His success here means the surrender to evil of
the whole being. The tendencies of our physical nature, unless under
the dominion of a higher power, will surely work ruin and death.—
The
Ministry of Healing, 130
.
Sinful indulgence defiles the body and unfits men for spiritual
worship. He who cherishes the light which God has given him upon
health reform has an important aid in the work of becoming sanctified
through the truth and fitted for immortality. But if he disregards that
light and lives in violation of natural law, he must pay the penalty; his
spiritual powers are benumbed, and how can he perfect holiness in the
fear of God?—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 10
.
Humility and Love
By the sacrifice of Christ every provision has been made for be-
lievers to receive all things that pertain to life and godliness. God calls
upon us to reach the highest standard of glory and virtue. The perfec-
tion of Christ’s character makes it possible for us to gain perfection.
He who desires to rise to true greatness must walk humbly before
God, not with a forced humility, but with a genuine sense of his own
inefficiency and of God’s greatness. He is to strive earnestly to make
the soul temple a place where God delights to dwell.
He whose heart God touches is filled with a great love for those
who have never heard the truth. Their condition impresses him with a
sense of personal woe. Taking his life in his hand, he hurries away, a
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God-sent, God-inspired messenger, to do a work in which angels can
co-operate.—
Manuscript 73, 1901
.
Meeting God at the Altar of Self-sacrifice
At the altar of self-sacrifice—the appointed place of meeting be-
tween God and the soul—we receive from the hand of God the celestial
torch which searches the heart, revealing its great need of an abiding
Christ.—
Manuscript 9, 1899
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