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and he was made to feel the full weight of the injustice done to Uriah
and Bathsheba.—4SGa 85-89.
Warnings in Others’ Examples—God’s reproof has been plainly
uttered against men and women who have sinned by corrupting their
bodies and defiling their souls by licentiousness. They have the warn-
ings to others placed in similar circumstances, who have been over-
come by the tempter, and they know that the displeasure of God rested
upon them.... God has expressed condemnation of sin in all its forms.
The sin of licentiousness is plainly rebuked and condemned. Men and
women will be judged according to the light given them of God.—
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 437
.
Control by Sanctified Reason—Every unholy passion must be
kept under the control of sanctified reason, through the grace abun-
dantly bestowed of God in every emergency. But let no arrangement be
made to create an emergency; let there be no voluntary act to place one
where he will be assailed with temptation or give the least occasion
for others to think him guilty of indiscretion.—
Mind, Character, and
Personality 1:237
.
Correct View of Self in Light of God’s Word—Satan’s constant
temptations are designed to weaken man’s government over his own
heart, to undermine his power of self-control. He leads man to break
the bands which connect him in holy, happy union with his Maker.
Then when he is disconnected from God, passion obtains control over
reason, and impulse over principle, and he becomes sinful in thought
and action; his judgment is perverted, his reason seems to be enfeebled,
and he needs to be restored to himself by being restored to God by a
correct view of himself in the light of God’s Word.—
Mind, Character,
and Personality 1:228
.
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The Power of Religion—By what means shall the young man
repress his evil propensities, and develop what is noble and good in
his character? The will, intellect, and emotions when controlled by
the power of religion will become transformed. “Whether therefore
ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” [
1
Corinthians 10:31
]. Here is a principle underlying every act, thought,
and motive if the entire being is under control of the will of God.
The voice and passions must be crucified. “I can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth me” [
Philippians 4:13
]. The will,
the appetites and passions, will clamor for indulgence, but God has