(Genesis 1:29; 3:18; Isaiah 55:2; Psalms 103:4-5)
“…Education should be given on proper diet…” (CD 406.4)
3 John 2 – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
3 John 2 – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
“…Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health.” {MH 127.1}
“…Become more intelligent in regard to the laws of life. . . .” {11MR 187.3}
EDUCATE IN REGARD TO THE LAWS OF LIFE:
“…Educate people in regard to the laws of life…” {GCDB, January 30, 1893 par. 2}
“…EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE…” {6MR 379.1}
WHY?
“…Educate people in the laws of life so that they may know how to preserve health…” {MM 259.3)
“True religion and the laws of health go hand in hand.” (7T 137.1)
“…In violating the laws of health, even in doing the service of God, you misrepresent your maker…” {KC 20.4}
“…It is the duty of every person, for his own sake, and for the sake of humanity, to inform himself in regard to the laws of life and conscientiously to obey them…” (MH 128.1)
Isaiah 55:2 – “...Eat ye that which is good...”
THE DANGERS OF FLESH FOOD IN THE LAST DAYS PROPHESIED BY GOD THROUGH HOSEA:
“…Become more intelligent in regard to the laws of life. . . .” {11MR 187.3}
EDUCATE IN REGARD TO THE LAWS OF LIFE:
“…Educate people in regard to the laws of life…” {GCDB, January 30, 1893 par. 2}
“…EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE…” {6MR 379.1}
WHY?
“…Educate people in the laws of life so that they may know how to preserve health…” {MM 259.3)
“True religion and the laws of health go hand in hand.” (7T 137.1)
“…In violating the laws of health, even in doing the service of God, you misrepresent your maker…” {KC 20.4}
“…It is the duty of every person, for his own sake, and for the sake of humanity, to inform himself in regard to the laws of life and conscientiously to obey them…” (MH 128.1)
THE DANGERS OF CONSUMING
FLESH FOOD TODAY
Isaiah 55:2 – “...Eat ye that which is good...”
THE DANGERS OF FLESH FOOD IN THE LAST DAYS PROPHESIED BY GOD THROUGH HOSEA:
- Deuteronomy 14:21 – “ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself.”
- Hosea 3:5-4:3 - Please see the documentary MEET YOUR MEAT
“...In the latter days... shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.”
***TAKEN AWAY = To Die of Sickness and Disease
Note: American’s consume a total of 10 Billion animals per year…33,000,000 of this number are cows.
TODAY:
- Chickens Have The Flu
- Cows Are Mad
- Fish Are Full Of Mercury
BEASTS OF THE FIELD:
1. Ammonia Found in Your Burger (Feb. 1, 2010)
http://www.naturalnews.com/028064_ammonia_beef.html
2. 1 Million pounds of Ground Beef Recalled in California due to E. Coli (Aug. 6, 2010)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38594306/ns/health-food_safety/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38594306/ns/health-food_safety/
3. In 2008 USDA Recalled143 Million Pounds of Beef Products due to E coli
4. US Beef Now Being Cloned From the DNA of Dead Cows (August 2010)
http://www.naturalnews.com/029487_cloned_beef_DNA.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/029487_cloned_beef_DNA.html
5. Carbon Monoxide Being Injected into Meat to give it a Red Color
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ngiV5JR7YQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ngiV5JR7YQ
6. FDA approved viruses to be sprayed on meat
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2464943
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2464943
7. Zeranol use in Meat
https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=d2fduc44ir618#8110927515
https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=d2fduc44ir618#8110927515
FOWL (BIRDS):
1. Dirty Birds: 83% of Birds harbor salmonella or campylobacter
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/food-safety/chicken-safety/chicken-safety- 1 07/overview/0107_chick_ov.htm
2. Poultry fingered as No. 1 food poisoning culprit:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,599322,00.html
1. Dirty Birds: 83% of Birds harbor salmonella or campylobacter
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/food-safety/chicken-safety/chicken-safety- 1 07/overview/0107_chick_ov.htm
2. Poultry fingered as No. 1 food poisoning culprit:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,599322,00.html
FISH:
1. U.S. Streams Full of Mercury Tainted Fish
http://visitbulgaria.info/11068-us-streams-full-mercury-tainted-fish
“MERCURY...taken into the system ever retain their poisonous strength as long as there is a particle of it left in the system.” These poisonous preparations have destroyed their millions, and left sufferers upon the earth to linger out a miserable existence. ALL ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT THESE DANGEROUS MIXTURES...”
{4aSG 139.2}
2. Farmed Salmon Fish Increases Chance of Cancer
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=592236n
THE DANGERS OF CONSUMING FLESH FOOD:
“Flesh was never the best food; but its use is now doubly objectionable, since disease in animals is rapidly increasing...people are continually eating flesh that is filled with tuberculosis and cancerous germs. Tuberculosis, cancer, and other fatal diseases are thus communicated.” {MH 313.2}
“The liability to take disease is increased tenfold by meat eating...your safest course is to let meat alone.” {2T 63.3}
“The effects of a flesh diet may not be immediately realized; but this is no evidence that it is not harmful. Few can be made to believe that it is the meat they have eaten which has poisoned their blood and caused their suffering. Many die of diseases wholly due to meat eating, while the real cause is not suspected by themselves or by others.” {MH 315.1}
“Cancers, tumors, and all inflammatory diseases are largely caused by meat eating.” {CD 388.1)
“The meat diet is a serious question. Shall human beings live on the flesh of dead animals? The answer, from the light that God has given is, No, decidedly No…The testimony of examiners is that very few animals are free from disease…” {CD 388.3}
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALL FLESH IS HARMFUL, ESPECIALLY “PORK”
“Pork eating is still causing the most intense suffering to the human race.” {CD 393.2}
IT IS TRUE THAT:
“We are not to make the use of flesh food a test of fellowship, but we should consider the influence that professed believers who use flesh foods have over others.” (9T 159.3)
1. U.S. Streams Full of Mercury Tainted Fish
http://visitbulgaria.info/11068-us-streams-full-mercury-tainted-fish
“MERCURY...taken into the system ever retain their poisonous strength as long as there is a particle of it left in the system.” These poisonous preparations have destroyed their millions, and left sufferers upon the earth to linger out a miserable existence. ALL ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT THESE DANGEROUS MIXTURES...”
{4aSG 139.2}
2. Farmed Salmon Fish Increases Chance of Cancer
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=592236n
THE DANGERS OF CONSUMING FLESH FOOD:
“Flesh was never the best food; but its use is now doubly objectionable, since disease in animals is rapidly increasing...people are continually eating flesh that is filled with tuberculosis and cancerous germs. Tuberculosis, cancer, and other fatal diseases are thus communicated.” {MH 313.2}
“The liability to take disease is increased tenfold by meat eating...your safest course is to let meat alone.” {2T 63.3}
“The effects of a flesh diet may not be immediately realized; but this is no evidence that it is not harmful. Few can be made to believe that it is the meat they have eaten which has poisoned their blood and caused their suffering. Many die of diseases wholly due to meat eating, while the real cause is not suspected by themselves or by others.” {MH 315.1}
“Cancers, tumors, and all inflammatory diseases are largely caused by meat eating.” {CD 388.1)
“The meat diet is a serious question. Shall human beings live on the flesh of dead animals? The answer, from the light that God has given is, No, decidedly No…The testimony of examiners is that very few animals are free from disease…” {CD 388.3}
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALL FLESH IS HARMFUL, ESPECIALLY “PORK”
“Pork eating is still causing the most intense suffering to the human race.” {CD 393.2}
IT IS TRUE THAT:
“We are not to make the use of flesh food a test of fellowship, but we should consider the influence that professed believers who use flesh foods have over others.” (9T 159.3)
***Note: It shouldn't take them long to advance to a healthier diet either.
“Truths that we have been years learning must be learned in a few months by those who now embrace the Third Angel's Message...those who embrace the truth now will have to step fast.” (1MR 33.4)
WHEN DEALING WITH THOSE WHO STILL EAT MEAT, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND:
“Truths that we have been years learning must be learned in a few months by those who now embrace the Third Angel's Message...those who embrace the truth now will have to step fast.” (1MR 33.4)
WHEN DEALING WITH THOSE WHO STILL EAT MEAT, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND:
Eight Rules For Eating Flesh:
1. Must Be Clean (Leviticus 11/Deuteronomy 14)
2. No Fat (Leviticus 3:17)
3. No Blood (Leviticus 3:17)
4. No Blemish (Leviticus 3:1)
5. Not Strangled (Acts 15:20)
6. Cannot Be Cooked In Its Mother's Milk (Deuteronomy 14:21) (example: No Stroganoff)
7. Not Dying of Itself (Deuteronomy 14:21)
8. Must Be Eaten By The Third Day (Leviticus 19:5-7)
- The way the meat in the market is prepared today is NOT according to biblical guidelines.
- God gave statutes and Judgments that were not good. (Ezekiel 20:25)
WHAT ABOUT FISH?
- “In many places FISH become so contaminated by the filth on which they feed as to be a cause of disease. This is especially the case where the FISH come in contact with the sewage of large cities. The FISH that are fed on the contents of the drains may pass into distant waters and may be caught where the water is pure and fresh. Thus when used as food they bring disease and death on those who do not suspect the danger.” {MH 314.3}
A QUESTION PEOPLE OFTEN ASK IS “IF JESUS AT FISH AND FLESH FOOD, WHY CAN’T WE EAT IT TODAY?”
- The meat in Jesus' day was not contaminated with mercury and other diseases that we have today. Also, the way the meat in the market is prepared today is not according to biblical guidelines.
- “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
- (Prov. 4:18)
- Christ says “My sheep hear my voice…and they follow me” (John 10:27)
- Christ is now in the Most Holy Place and there isn’t one article of flesh food in there.
EATING FLESH CAUSES THE FOLLOWING:
1. An appetite for liquor (CD 268)
2. Contaminated blood (CD 384)
3: Apoplexy (a sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion)(2SM 419)
4. Blood filled with cancerous tumors and scrofulous tumors (3T 56.3)
5. Cancers (MH 313)
6. Cholera (4sg-a 147)
7. Convulsions (2SM 419)
8. Cramps (2SM 419)
9. Fainting Spells (CH 531)
10. Fevers (2T 153.2)
11. Pain (CH 575-576)
12. Death (CH 575-576)
13. Inflammation (MM 278)
14. Unhealthy Muscles (CD 387)
15. Excited Nerves (CH 114)
16. Passions Excited (Ed 203)
17. Poisons of the worst kind (2T 404-405)
18. Resistance to disease is lowered (compromised immune system)(CD 386-387)
19. Scrofula (tumors in the glands of the neck, under the chin and in the armpits)(CD 388)
20. Secret Vice (masturbation) encouraged in childhood (CD 399-400)
21. Injured Stomach (2T 486)
22. Sudden DEATH (2SM 419)
23. Perverted Taste Buds (2T 486)
24. TB (tuberculosis) (CD 388)
24. Tumors (CD 383)
25. Harmful especially to the children (2T 362/CD 232-233)
“…THERE IS NO SAFETY IN THE EATING OF THE FLESH OF DEAD ANIMALS…” (CD 411.3)
WHY NOT?
- “…Disease is contracted by the use of meat…” (CD 411.2)
- “…meat is the greatest disease breeder that can be introduced into the human system…” (MM 266.3)
SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
- “It is a mistake to suppose that muscular strength depends on the use of animal food. The needs of the system can be better supplied, and more vigorous health can be enjoyed, without its use. The grains, with fruits, nuts, and vegetables, contain all the nutritive properties necessary to make good blood.” These elements are not so well or so fully supplied by a flesh diet... (MH 316.2}
- “Had the use of flesh been essential to health and strength, animal food would have been included in the diet appointed man in the beginning.” (MH 316.2}
- “Meat is not essential for health or strength, else the Lord made a mistake when he provided food for Adam and eve before their fall. All the elements of nutrition are contained in the fruits, vegetables, and grains.” {CD 395.2}
- “Those who eat flesh are but eating grains and vegetables at second hand; for the animal receives from these things the nutrition that produces growth. The life that was in the grains and vegetables passes into the eater. We receive it by eating the flesh of the animal. How much better to get it direct, by eating the food that God provided for our use!” (CD 313.2)
- “Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. Not an ounce of flesh meat should enter our stomachs. The eating of flesh is unnatural. We are to return to God's original purpose in the creation of man.” {CD 380.2}
- “Those who have received instruction regarding the evils of the use of flesh foods, tea, and coffee, and rich and unhealthful food preparations, and who are determined to make a covenant with God by sacrifice, will not continue to indulge their appetite for food that they know to be unhealthful. God demands that the appetite be cleansed, and that self-denial be practiced in regard to those things which are not good. This is a work that will have to be done before his people can stand before him a perfected people.” {CD 381.2}
- “Among those who are waiting for the coming of the Lord, meat eating will eventually be done away; flesh will cease to form a part of their diet. We should ever keep this end in view, and endeavor to work steadily toward it.” (CD 380.4)
- “Those who profess to be fitting for translation should not become butchers.” {2T 60.3}
- “What man with a human heart, who has ever cared for domestic animals, could look into their eyes, so full of confidence and affection, and willingly give them over to the butcher's knife? How could he devour their flesh as a sweet morsel?” {MH 316.1}
WHAT IF YOU CRAVE FLESH FOOD?
“If our appetites clamor for the flesh of dead animals, it is a necessity to FAST AND PRAY for the Lord to give his grace to deny fleshly lusts which war against the soul.” {MM 283.1}
A GODLY WORD OF CAUTION REGARDING THOSE SICK PERSONS WE ASSESS:
DO NOT PRESS GIVING UP FLESH EVEN TO THOSE VERY SICK:
“Persons with tumors running their life away should not be burdened with the question as to whether they should leave meat eating or not. Be careful to make no stringent resolution in regard to this matter. It will not help the case to force changes, but will do injury to the nonmeat-eating principles. Give lectures in the parlor. Educate the mind, but force no one; for such reformation made under a press is worthless…” {CD 292.3}
WHY NOT PRESS THE MEAT EATING ISSUE UP FRONT? (See CTBH 224)
I labored most earnestly to have all meat discarded, but this difficult question must be handled discreetly and not rashly, after meat had been used 3 times a day. The patients must be educated from a health standpoint.” {CD 413.1}
***Loan the person you are working with the DVD ‘Forks Over Knives’ and if that doesn’t work, you can have them watch ‘Meet Your Meat’.
‘Forks Over Knives’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPlQJzrZN1Q
‘Meet Your Meat’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCCFjB8M48
THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO GET SOMEONE OFF OF MEAT
“…Is a man a tobacco user, a tea-and-coffee drinker, a meat eater, taking his three meals? Let him begin with tobacco, and put that away. Then let him leave off the use of tea and coffee, EAT LESS MEAT, and make his third meal very light. ...soon he can dispense with flesh-meats altogether…Next, he leaves off the third meal…” {1890 JW, BHY 223.4}
WHAT ABOUT OUR MINISTERS?
“Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh meat. Let them and their families live up to the light of health reform...” {CD 399.3} 1902 (See Rev 14:6-7/Prov 8:13) {CD 399.3}
“Those people who love the truth and appreciate the question of temperance in all its bearings should not be placed in the charge of a minister who has not heeded the light God has given upon health reform. What help can a man be to a church if he is not walking in the light?” (MM 238.3) ***See also 2T 552
NO MAN TO BE A TEACHER OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHILE NOT PRACTICING THE HEALTH MESSAGE:
“No man should be set apart as a teacher of the people while his own teaching or example contradicts the testimony God has given his servants to bear in regard to diet, for this will bring confusion. His disregard of health reform unfits him to stand as the Lord's messenger.” {6T 378.1} 1900
“If our appetites clamor for the flesh of dead animals, it is a necessity to FAST AND PRAY for the Lord to give his grace to deny fleshly lusts which war against the soul.” {MM 283.1}
A GODLY WORD OF CAUTION REGARDING THOSE SICK PERSONS WE ASSESS:
DO NOT PRESS GIVING UP FLESH EVEN TO THOSE VERY SICK:
“Persons with tumors running their life away should not be burdened with the question as to whether they should leave meat eating or not. Be careful to make no stringent resolution in regard to this matter. It will not help the case to force changes, but will do injury to the nonmeat-eating principles. Give lectures in the parlor. Educate the mind, but force no one; for such reformation made under a press is worthless…” {CD 292.3}
WHY NOT PRESS THE MEAT EATING ISSUE UP FRONT? (See CTBH 224)
I labored most earnestly to have all meat discarded, but this difficult question must be handled discreetly and not rashly, after meat had been used 3 times a day. The patients must be educated from a health standpoint.” {CD 413.1}
***Loan the person you are working with the DVD ‘Forks Over Knives’ and if that doesn’t work, you can have them watch ‘Meet Your Meat’.
‘Forks Over Knives’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPlQJzrZN1Q
‘Meet Your Meat’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCCFjB8M48
THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO GET SOMEONE OFF OF MEAT
“…Is a man a tobacco user, a tea-and-coffee drinker, a meat eater, taking his three meals? Let him begin with tobacco, and put that away. Then let him leave off the use of tea and coffee, EAT LESS MEAT, and make his third meal very light. ...soon he can dispense with flesh-meats altogether…Next, he leaves off the third meal…” {1890 JW, BHY 223.4}
WHAT ABOUT OUR MINISTERS?
“Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh meat. Let them and their families live up to the light of health reform...” {CD 399.3} 1902 (See Rev 14:6-7/Prov 8:13) {CD 399.3}
“Those people who love the truth and appreciate the question of temperance in all its bearings should not be placed in the charge of a minister who has not heeded the light God has given upon health reform. What help can a man be to a church if he is not walking in the light?” (MM 238.3) ***See also 2T 552
NO MAN TO BE A TEACHER OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHILE NOT PRACTICING THE HEALTH MESSAGE:
“No man should be set apart as a teacher of the people while his own teaching or example contradicts the testimony God has given his servants to bear in regard to diet, for this will bring confusion. His disregard of health reform unfits him to stand as the Lord's messenger.” {6T 378.1} 1900
SDA'S ARE NOT TO BE PLACED UNDER A MINISTER NOT FOLLOWING THE HEALTH MESSAGE:
“...The medical missionary work must be recognized. Those who go forth to engage in the work of the ministry must be intelligent upon the subject of health reform. Those men who after many years' experience have yet no appreciation of the medical missionary work, should not be appointed to preside over our churches. They are not walking in the light of present truth for this time. Those who love the truth and appreciate the question of temperance in all its bearings should not be placed in the charge of a minister who has not heeded the light God has given upon health reform. What help can a man be to a church if he is not walking in the light...” {MM 238.3} 1901
MINISTERS PAID FROM THE TITHE NOT TO EAT FLESH:
“Will any who are ministers of the gospel, proclaiming the most solemn truth ever given to mortals, set an example in returning to the fleshpots of Egypt?
BIBLE:
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 and 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
ADDITIONAL QUOTES:
“…There is great need of instruction in regard to dietetic reform. Wrong habits of eating and the use of unhealthful food are in no small degree responsible for the intemperance and crime and wretchedness that curse the world.” {MH 146.3}
“Where wrong habits of diet have been indulged there should be no delay in reform…” {CD 126.2}
“At this stage of the earth's history meat-eating is DISHONORING to God…” {BTS, July 1, 1902 par. 3}
WHAT IF SOMEONE HAS AN ADDICTION TO MEAT AND IS FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO GET OFF OF IT?
“There was a time when I was in a situation similar in some respects to yours. I had indulged the desire for vinegar. But I resolved with the help of God to overcome this appetite. I fought the temptation, determined not to be mastered by this habit.” {CD 485.1}
“For weeks I was very sick; but I kept saying over and over, The Lord knows all about it. If I die, I die; but I will not yield to this desire. The struggle continued, and I was sorely afflicted for many weeks. All thought that it was impossible for me to live. You may be sure we sought the Lord very earnestly. The most fervent prayers were offered for my recovery. I continued to resist the desire for vinegar, and at last I conquered. Now I have no inclination to taste anything of the kind. This experience has been of great value to me in many ways. I obtained a complete victory.” {CD 485.2}
“I relate this experience to you for your help and encouragement. I have faith, my sister, that you can come through this trial, and reveal that God is the helper of His children in every time of need. If you determine to conquer this habit, and will fight it perseveringly, you can obtain an experience of the highest value. When you set your will resolutely to break off this indulgence, you will have the help you need from God. Try it, my sister.” {CD 485.3}
SOP ABBREVIATIONS:
11MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 11
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