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4061 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 218.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Terms such as “passion” and “propensities” are at times used. These are often qualified by such words as baser, animal, lustful, depraved, corrupt. This strong language …
4062 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 219.5 (Ellen Gould White)
She writes of the marriage relation as a “sacred institution” which may be “perverted.” She speaks of “sexual privileges” which “are abused.” Again, it is not passion …
4063 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 220.5 (Ellen Gould White)
He [Christ] ordained that men and women should be united in holy wedlock, to rear families whose members, crowned with honor, should be recognized as members of the family above.— The Ministry of Healing, 356 (1905) .
4064 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 221.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In Noah's day it was the inordinate, excessive love of that which in itself was lawful, when properly used, that made marriage sinful before God. There are many …
4065 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 222.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… ” ( Ephesians 5:25-27 ). This is the quality of love in the marriage relation which God recognizes as holy.
4066 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 222.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Many women are suffering from great debility and settled disease because the laws of their being have been disregarded; nature's laws have been trampled …
4067 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 223.4 (Ellen Gould White)
Marriage Not Designed to Cover Sensuality and Base Practices —God never designed that marriage should cover the multitude of sins that are practiced. Sensuality …
4068 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 223.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Sexual Excesses Endangering Health and Life —It is not pure, holy love which leads the wife to gratify the animal propensities of her husband at the expense of health and life....
4069 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 224.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The Abuse in Marriage of Sexual Privileges —The animal passions, cherished and indulged, become very strong in this age, and untold evils in the marriage life …
4070 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 225.5 (Ellen Gould White)
By beholding we become changed. Though formed in the image of his Maker, man can so educate his mind that sin which he once loathed will become pleasant to him …
4071 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 226.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:596 (1889) .
4072 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 227.5 (Ellen Gould White)
We must be elevated, ennobled, sanctified. We may have strength in Jesus to overcome; but when the character is lacking in purity, when sin has become a part of …
4073 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 228.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Avoid Reading, Seeing, and Hearing Impurity —Those who would not fall a prey to Satan's devices must guard well the avenues of the soul; they must avoid reading …
4074 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 229.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The Mind the Determining Factor —Said Paul, “With my mind serve I the law of God.” Becloud this mind through indulgence of animal appetite and passions, and the …
4075 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 230.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Moral principle is exceedingly weak when it conflicts with established habit. Solemn messages from heaven cannot forcibly impress the heart that is not …
4076 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 231.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Why I write now is to implore you for your soul's sake to dally with temptation no longer. Make short work in breaking this spell that like a fearful nightmare …
4077 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 232.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Shutting the Eyes to Light —Indulgence of the baser passions will lead very many to shut their eyes to the light, for they fear that they will see sins which …
4078 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 233.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Subordinated to God's Will —All who have any true sense of what is embraced in being a Christian know that the followers of Christ are under obligation as …
4079 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 235.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Diet an Important Factor —It cannot be too often repeated that whatever is taken into the stomach affects not only the body but ultimately the mind as well …
4080 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 239.1 (Ellen Gould White)
God is purifying a people to have clean hands and pure hearts to stand before Him in the judgment. The standard must be elevated, the imagination purified …