The apostle Paul exhorts the church: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Men, then, can make their bodies unholy by sinful indulgences. If unholy, they are unfitted to be spiritual worshipers and are not worthy of heaven. If man will cherish the light that God in mercy gives him upon health reform, he may be sanctified through the truth and fitted for immortality. But if he disregards that light and lives in violation of natural law he must pay the penalty. {3T 162.3}

[Apostlen Paulus har givet følgende formaning: »Så formaner jeg jer da, brødre! ved Guds barmhjertighed, til at bringe jeres legemer som et levende, helligt, Gud velbehageligt offer; dette er jeres åndelige gudsdyrkelse.«