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Commentary on "Preparing a People"
Day 7: Friday, October 9, 2009
Overview
“The Lord would have His people happy and at peace. Physical and spiritual wholeness are obtained by loving obedience to His laws of life, kind relationships with spouse and neighbors, and daily consecration of the will to the Father. This doesn’t mean that life is always easy in this sin-cursed earth, but it can be improved greatly if we seek to walk in His paths.”
Problems
Physical wholeness can be obtained by proper diet, exercise, stress management, and the like. Our bodies are subject to all the natural laws God created when He created the universe. God’s spelling out these natural laws to the Israelites was a gift of love to them. We do well to pay attention to them. However, even the pagans know this. Many of them are far healthier than God’s children. What a tragedy!
Spiritual wholeness never will be obtained by keeping the Law, any law. Spiritual wholeness is possible only as we abide in the vine (see John 15).
I find it sadly consistent that the summary statement above mixes Bible references and Ellen White quotes as if they are one and the same. They are not.
Summary
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