GOD’S EIGHT LAWS OF HEALTH

"Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power--these are the true remedies." MH ¹ page 127.

N	Nutrition
E	Exercise
W	Water
	"the curse causeless shall not come." Proverbs 26:2.
S	Sunlight
T	Temperance
A	Air
R	Rest
T	Trust in divine power

A proper lifestyle will supply the body with the things that it needs to do its job correctly. God has given us wonderful, forgiving bodies that can handle most things if we will supply what it needs.

We also need a spiritual preventative lifestyle of spending time with God in prayer, Bible study and sharing of our faith with others. If we do this we will grow spiritually strong and be able to resist Satan’s temptations.

"Should all the sick be healed by prayer, very few would improve their opportunities to become acquainted with right ways of eating, drinking and dressing." MM ² page 260.

Dr Breslow conducted a study of 7000 Californians between lifestyle and death rates. His findings were if you :-

• Eat a good breakfast
  
• Avoid alcohol
  
• Don’t smoke
  
• No eating between meals
  
• Regular exercise
  
• Maintain proper weight
  
• Proper amount of sleep

it is possible to live 11 years longer than the general population. Breaking just one of these principles, drastically reduces longevity.

"Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!" Ecclesiastes 10:17.

"All acts of injustice that tend to shorten life; the spirit of hatred and revenge, or the indulgence of any passion that leads to injurious acts toward others, or causes us even to wish them harm (for 'whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer'); a selfish neglect of caring for the needy or suffering; all self-indulgence or unnecessary deprivation or excessive labor that tends to injure health - all these are, to a greater or less degree, violations of the sixth commandment." PP ³ page 308.

"It should ever be kept prominent that the great object to be obtained through this channel [Health Institutions] is not only health, but perfection and the spirit of holiness, which cannot be obtained with diseased bodies and minds." 1T ⁴ page 554.

"It was His [Christ's] mission to bring to men complete restoration; He came to give them health and peace and perfection of character." MH ¹ page 17.

NONE OF THESE DISEASES

"And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee." Exodus 23:25.

God made our bodies so strong that it was many years before we read of people being sick. But because of disobedience to God's laws He then caused "great plagues of long continuance and sore sickness of long continuance." Deuteronomy 28:59.

God gave the Israelites a life style of reform when they came out of Egypt. This still stands for us today.

"If thou wilt diligently harken to the voice of the Lord thy God and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statues, I will put none of these diseases upon thee which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee." Exodus 15:26.

For 40 years the Israelites roamed the desert and there was not one feeble person among them. The only time they got sick was when they broke His law.

"In Egypt their taste had become perverted. God designed to restore their appetite to a pure, healthy state, in order that they might enjoy the simple fruits that were given to Adam and Eve in Eden. He was about to establish them in a second Eden, a goodly land, where they might enjoy the fruits and grains that He would provide for them. He purposed to remove the feverish diet upon which they had subsisted in Egypt; for He wished them to be in perfect health and soundness when they entered the goodly land to which He was leading them, so that the surrounding heathen nations might be constrained to glorify the God of Israel, the God who had done so wonderful a work for His people. Unless the people who acknowledged Him as the God of heaven were in perfect soundness of health, His name could not be glorified." 1BC ⁵ page 1102.

DISEASES OF THE EGYPTIANS

Arthritis, liver cirrhosis, gallstones, cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, gout, dwarfism, acromegaly, dental cavities, gum disease, polio, TB, gonorrhea, emphysema, obesity, malaria, smallpox, hydrocephalus, spondylitis, parasites. See Deuteronomy 28:27, 28.

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 2

"Come now, and let us reason together." Isaiah 1:18.

"The way of transgressors is hard." Proverbs 13:15.

"The mass of the inhabitants of the world by their disregard of physical law are destroying their power of self-control and unfitting themselves to appreciate eternal realities." 6T ⁶ page 370.

"Let us take care that we do nothing which will weaken physical, mental, or spiritual healthfulness, for God will not accept a tainted, diseased, corrupted sacrifice. Care must be exercised in eating, in drinking, in dressing, and in working, lest we detract from our efficiency and fail of doing our most exalted work in the best manner, in order that the results of our labor may be as lasting as eternity." OHC ⁷ page 265.





References


1. MH - Ministry Of Healing by Ellen G. White.
   
2. MM - Medical Ministry by Ellen G. White.
   
3. PP - Patriarchs and Prophets by Ellen G. White.
   
4. 1T - Testimonies For The Church Volume One by Ellen G. White.
   
5. 1BC - S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 1 Ellen White Comments.
   
6. 6T - Testimonies For The Church Volume Six by Ellen G. White.
   
7. OHC - Our High Calling by Ellen G. White.

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