Health Message (October 11, 2025)

Good Sabbath Church Family,

We are all familiar with the dietary laws written in Leviticus 11. When God spoke to Moses, He specifically showed that not all animals were meant for food.

Ellen White writes in Manuscript Release No.852

“The dietary distinction between clean and unclean meats, based on Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, is generally understood and accepted among Adventists today. Unlike the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament, which pointed to Christ, or the civil laws, which governed the theocracy, these health laws were based on natural law and thus not merely applicable to one age and time. Thus even among Adventists who eat meat, these unclean meats are avoided. Nineteenth-century Adventists, however, did not generally accept this distinction between clean and unclean meats based on Levitical law, even though they clearly condemned pork.”

“After the health reform vision, of course, Mrs. White did come out against the use of pork, arguing that it produced “scrofula, leprosy and cancerous humors.” It is significant that she and other Adventists who wrote against the use of pork up until 1866, argued strictly from a health standpoint. In other words, just because some biblical arguments were used to reinforce the ban on pork, we cannot conclude that at that point Adventists were well on their way to a full-blown teaching on the distinction between clean and unclean meats.”

Here is my point. Whatever foods you may be struggling with remember that we come to obedience through our love for God and the conviction of the Holy Spirit, anything else is legalism. We want to be changed by Him, and He is able to do this when we simply surrender our will.

“Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25

May God Bless your Journey to Good Health,

Your Siter in Christ, Sandra Torres