Counsels On Diet and Foods -- Study Guide
Lesson 1—Reasons for Reform
A. Reading and Study Assignment: Counsels on Diet and Foods, (pp. 15-40) CD-SG 7.1
B. Study Questions CD-SG 7.2
(Complete the quotations by filling in the missing word or words. Answer the questions by writing your answers in the appropriate blanks. The numbers in parentheses at the end of each question indicate the pages where the answers are found in the text.) CD-SG 7.3
1. “Our first duty toward God and our fellow beings is that of ________ _______________ ___________ _____________” (P.15) CD-SG 7.4
2. What will keep human beings from disease and premature death? (P.16)
CD-SG 7.5
3. The most wonderful work of God in the natural world is the (P.17)
CD-SG 7.6
4. What should be a study of our lives? __________________ ________________ _____________ ______________ (P.18) CD-SG 7.7
5. “When men and women are truly ______________ they will conscientiously regard the laws of life that ___________ has established in their being, thus seeking to avoid __________ _______, ___________ and ____________ feebleness.” (P.18) CD-SG 7.8
6. What is to be guarded from harmful practices? __________ ___________________ ___________________ ______________ __________ (P.19) CD-SG 7.9
7. “____________ is working with great power to lead men to ______________________, ________________________, and spend their days in _____________________________.” (P.22) CD-SG 7.10
8. What saps the energies of both mind and body? _________ ______________________ ((Pp. 22, 23) CD-SG 7.11
9. What is the great object of hygienic reform? _______________ _____ ________________ _______________ _____________ _____________ ______________ ___________ ____________ ________________________ (P.23) CD-SG 7.12
10. All the laws of nature which are the laws of God are designed for our good. Obedience to them will promote our _______________ in _____________ and will aid us _______ __________________ for ______________________. (P.23) CD-SG 7.13
11. On the subject of temperance, where should we as a people be? _________________________________________________ (P.24) CD-SG 7.14
12. God’s Israel of today have two duties to perform, after which He will hear their prayers in behalf of the sick. List these. a. ________________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________ __________________________________________ (P.25) CD-SG 8.1
13. What must be educated in harmony with the laws of life and health? ____________________________________________ ______________________ (P.28) CD-SG 8.2
14. What are the certificates of good habits and nobility?
a. _______________________________________
b. _______________________________________
c. _______________________________________
d. _______________________________________
e. __________________________________ (P.28)
CD-SG 8.3
15. “Our danger is not from _______________________, but from _______________.” (P.29) CD-SG 8.4
16. ” ___________________ might have found a plausible excuse to depart from his strictly ______________________________; but the approbation of _________________ was dearer to him than the favor of the most powerful _____________________ ___________,—dearer even than life itself.” (P.31) CD-SG 8.5
17. What is part of the third angel’s message? _______________ _______________ (P.32) CD-SG 8.6
18. What makes slaves of men and women, beclouding their intellects and stupefying their moral sensibilities so that the truths of God’s Word are not appreciated? ________________ ________________ (P.32) CD-SG 8.7
19. ” All those who are indifferent and excuse themselves from this work, waiting for the Lord to do for them that which He requires them to do for themselves, will be _______________________ ____________________ when the meek of the earth, who have wrought His judgments, are hid in the day of the ___________ _________________.” (P.33) CD-SG 8.8
20. In order to grow to the full stature of men and women in Christ, what powers must be used aright? ______________________, _____________, ___________ (P.36) CD-SG 8.9
21. What is the blessing over which some stumble? ____________ ____________ (P.39) CD-SG 8.10
22. “There are some professed believers who accept certain portions of the Testimonies as the message of God, while they ________________ those portions that _____________ their ___________________________.” (P.37) CD-SG 8.11
C. Thought And Discussion Questions CD-SG 8.12
1. What lessons can we learn from Israel’s failures?
CD-SG 8.13
2. In what ways are modern times like Daniel’s?
CD-SG 9.1
3. What responsibility rests upon those who know the truth about health reform?
CD-SG 9.2