Good Sabbath Church,
Appetite is the key to obedience. I leave you with these profound quotes from Sister White on appetite:
"Since the first surrender to appetite, mankind has been growing more and more self-indulgent. Until health has been sacrificed on the altar of appetite. The inhabitants of the Antediluvian world were intemperate in eating and drinking. They would have flesh meats, although God had at that time given man, no permission to eat animal food. They ate and drank till indulgence of their depraved appetite knew no bounds, and they became so corrupt that God would bear with them no longer. Their cup of iniquity was full, and He cleansed the earth of its moral pollution." (1890 Counsel's on Health)
"We meet intemperance everywhere. We see it on the cars, the steamboats, and wherever we go; and we should ask ourselves what we are doing to rescue souls from the tempter's grasp. Satan is constantly on the alert to bring the race fully under his control. His strongest hold on man is through appetite, and this he seeks to simulate in every possible way. All unnatural excitants are harmful, and they cultivate the desire for liquor. How can we enlighten the people, and prevent the terrible evils that result from the use of these things. Have we done all that we can do in this direction?" (1890, Counsels on Health)
Appetite can be a powerful thing, but Christ gave us victory over appetite when He defeated the Devil at his temptations.
May God bless your journey to good health,
Sandra Torres
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