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world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye
may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”
The Review and Herald, January 25, 1881 No. 4, (Healthful
Living, 42.3)
True sanctification is not merely a theory, an emotion, or a form
of words, but a living, active principle, entering into every-day life.
It requires that our habits of eating, drinking and dressing be such as
to secure the preservation of physical, mental and moral health, that
we may present to the Lord our bodies, not an offering corrupted by
wrong habits, but a “living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.”
The Ministry of Healing, 280
Many articles of food eaten freely by the heathen about them
were forbidden to the Israelites. It was no arbitrary distinction that
was made. The things prohibited were unwholesome. And the fact
that they were pronounced unclean taught the lesson that the use of
injurious foods is defiling. That which corrupts the body tends to
corrupt the soul. It unfits the user for communion with God, unfits him
for high and holy service.
Unpublished Testimonies, October 12, 1896 (Healthful Living,
11.6)
Our very bodies are not our own, to treat as we please, to cripple by
habits that lead to decay, making it impossible to render to God perfect
service. Our lives and all our faculties belong to Him. He is caring
for us every moment; He keeps the living machinery in action; if we
were left to run it for one moment, we should die. We are absolutely
dependent upon God.
Unpublished Testimonies, May 19, 1897 (Healthful Living, 17.4)
The transgression of physical law is transgression of God’s law.
Our Creator is Jesus Christ. He is the author of the physical law as He
is the author of the moral law. And the human being who is careless
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and reckless of the habits and practices that concern his physical life
and health, sins against God. God is not reverenced, respected, or