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Confrontation - Ellen G. White

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Chapter 7<br />

Appetite and Passion<br />

The world had become so corrupt through<br />

indulgence of appetite and debased passion in the<br />

days of Noah that God destroyed its inhabitants by<br />

the waters of the Flood. And as men again<br />

multiplied upon the earth the indulgence in wine to<br />

intoxication perverted the senses and prepared the<br />

way for excessive meat eating and the<br />

strengthening of the animal passions. Men lifted<br />

themselves up against the God of heaven; and their<br />

faculties and opportunities were devoted to<br />

glorifying themselves rather than honoring their<br />

Creator. Satan found easy access to the hearts of<br />

men. He is a diligent student of the Bible and is<br />

much better acquainted with the prophecies than<br />

many religious teachers. He knows that it is for his<br />

interest to keep well informed in the revealed<br />

purposes of God, that he may defeat the plans of<br />

the Infinite.<br />

So infidels frequently study the Scriptures more<br />

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