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Impairment Through Indulged Appetite
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disobedience, and, like Eve, have flattered themselves that the con-
sequence would not be as fearful as had been apprehended.—
How
to Live, 51
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Sin Made Attractive
—Sin is made attractive by the covering of
light which Satan throws over it, and he is well pleased when he can
hold the Christian world in their daily habits under the tyranny of
custom, like the heathen, and allow appetite to govern them.—
The
Signs of the Times, August 13, 1874
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Satan Gains Control of the Will
—Satan knows that he cannot
overcome man unless he can control his will. He can do this by
deceiving man so that he will co-operate with him in transgressing
the laws of nature in eating and drinking, which is transgression of
the law of God.—
Manuscript 3, 1897
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Every Function Enfeebled
—Many groan under a burden of
infirmities because of wrong habits of eating and drinking, which
do violence to the laws of life and health. They are enfeebling their
digestive organs by indulging perverted appetite. The power of the
human constitution to resist the abuses put upon it is wonderful; but
persistent wrong habits in excessive eating and drinking will enfeeble
every function of the body. In the gratification of perverted appetite
and passion, even professed Christians cripple nature in her work,
and lessen physical, mental, and moral power.—
The Sanctified Life,
20
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Failure to Perfect Character
—The controlling power of ap-
petite will prove the ruin of thousands, when, if they had conquered
on this point, they would have moral power to gain victory over
every other temptation of Satan. But slaves to appetite will fail in
perfecting Christian character. The continual transgression of man
for six thousand years has brought sickness, pain, and death, as its
fruits.—
The Health Reformer, August, 1875
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Death Preferred to Reform
—Many are so devoted to intem-
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perance that they will not change their course of indulging in glut-
tony under any considerations. They would sooner sacrifice health,
and die prematurely, than to restrain their intemperate appetite.—
Spiritual Gifts 4a:130
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A Vicious Circle of Degradation
—The lower estimate men
place upon their body, the less they desire to keep it pure and holy, the