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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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heart and character, it will make believers more<br />

intelligent. A Christian will understand his<br />

resp<strong>on</strong>sibility to God and to his fellow men, if he is<br />

truly c<strong>on</strong>nected with the Lamb of God, who gave<br />

His life for the world. Only by a c<strong>on</strong>tinual<br />

improvement of the intellectual as well as the<br />

moral powers can we hope to answer the purpose<br />

of our Creator.<br />

Inefficiency Displeasing to God<br />

God is displeased with those who are too<br />

careless or indolent to become efficient, wellinformed<br />

workers. The Christian should possess<br />

more intelligence and keener discernment than the<br />

worldling. The study of God’s word is c<strong>on</strong>tinually<br />

expanding the mind and strengthening the intellect.<br />

There is nothing that will so refine and elevate the<br />

character and give vigor to every faculty as the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tinual exercise of the mind to grasp and<br />

comprehend weighty and important truths.<br />

The human mind becomes dwarfed and<br />

enfeebled when dealing with comm<strong>on</strong>place matters<br />

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