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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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people, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. In<br />

the same manner do those who profess to have a<br />

knowledge of God’s word dish<strong>on</strong>or Him when they<br />

turn from the Source of strength and wisdom, to<br />

ask help or counsel from the powers of darkness. If<br />

God’s wrath was kindled by such a course <strong>on</strong> the<br />

part of a wicked, idolatrous king, how must He<br />

regard a similar course pursued by those who<br />

profess to be His servants?<br />

Unwise C<strong>on</strong>fidence<br />

Many are unwilling to put forth the needed<br />

effort to obtain a knowledge of the laws of life and<br />

the simple means to be employed for the<br />

restorati<strong>on</strong> of health. They do not place themselves<br />

in right relati<strong>on</strong> to life. When sickness is the result<br />

of their transgressi<strong>on</strong> of natural law, they do not<br />

seek to correct their errors and then ask the<br />

blessing of God, but they resort to the physicians.<br />

If they recover health, they give to drugs and<br />

doctors all the h<strong>on</strong>or. They are ever ready to<br />

idolize human power and wisdom, seeming to<br />

know no other god than the creature—dust and<br />

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