DietOur habits of eating and drinking show whether we are of the world or among the number whom the Lord by His mighty cleaver of truth has separated from the world. These are His peculiar people, zealous of good works. God has spoken in His word. In the case of Daniel and his three companions there are sermons upon health reform. God has spoken in the history of the children of Israel, from whom for their good He sought to withhold a flesh diet. He fed them with bread from heaven; “man did eat angel’s food.” But they encouraged their earthly appetite; and the more they centered their thoughts upon the fleshpots of Egypt, the more they hated the food which God gave them to keep them in health physically, mentally, and morally. They longed for the fleshpots, and in this they did just as many in our own time have done. {6T 372.2}

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[Vore spise- og drikkevaner viser om vi er verdslige, eller om Herrens klare sandhed har skilt os fra verden. De som er udskilt, er hans særprægede folk som er nidkær til gode gerninger. Gud har talt i sit ord. I historien om Daniel og hans medbrødre findes der prædikener om helsereformen. Gud har talt i historien om Israels folk, som ikke fik kød, fordi han så at dette var det bedste for dem. Gud gav dem brød fra himmelen. »Mennesker spiste englebrød.« Sal 78,25 Men de opelskede deres jordiske appetit. Og jo mere de har samlet deres tanker om kødgryderne i Ægypten, desto mere hadede de den mad som Gud havde givet dem, for at de skulle holde sig friske både fysisk, moralsk og mentalt. De længtes efter kødgryderne, akkurat som mange i vore dage gør. samme s 304]