Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. Galatians 1:4.
You have cost much. "Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Corinthians 6:20. That which you may regard as your own is God's. Take care of His property. He has bought you with an infinite price. Your mind is His. What right has any person to abuse a body that belongs not to himself, but to the Lord Jesus Christ? What satisfaction can anyone take in gradually lessening the powers of body and mind by selfish indulgence of any form.
God has given to every human being a brain. He desires that it shall be used to His glory. By it, man is enabled to cooperate with God in efforts to save perishing fellow mortals. We have none too much brain power or reasoning faculties. We are to educate and train every power of mind and body - the human mechanism that Christ has bought - in order that we may put it to the best possible use. We are to do all we can to strengthen these powers: for God is pleased to have us become more and still more efficient colaborers with him. ...
Christ has died for you, and you are to live as unto God. Let your reasoning powers, refined, purified, sanctified, be brought to God. The Lord requires the sanctification of the whole body, it is to be elevated and ennobled. God has claims upon mind, soul, and body. OHC
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