CHAPTER 16 - BAG#1
SPECIFIC PRINCIPLES BY WHICH WE CAN KNOW WHICH REMEDIES ARE “DRUGS” AND WHICH ARE APPROVED OF GOD
The blueprint for identifying and differentiating between “drugs” and “natural remedies” EIGHTY-FIVE DEFINITIONS OF “DRUGS”
What, according to the Spirit of Prophecy, is a “drug”? We are here dealing with a topic that was of great concern to Ellen White during her lifetime. It ought to be a matter of great concern to any of God’s people who wish to do true medical missionary work. She received many visions in regard to the matter. In some respects, the elimination of this problem is the reason Seventh-day Adventists were called to found sanitariums and medical schools and carry on a medical work. It is appropriate that at a time when very little is said or written on this topic, that this unusually comprehensive study should be published. It includes statements from the currently available books, as well as from Healthful Living and How to Live. But it does not incorporate the large amount of material written in personal letters and now only available in mimeograph studies, such as Loma Linda Messages. If you will thoughtfully read this study, you may never be the same again. The information contained herein, if put into practice, may very well lengthen your life—and the life of a loved one. And, in addition, it may help a young person to make a better choice, in the consideration of a lifework.
1 – DRUGS ARE NOT THE MOST SIMPLE METHOD
Umat Tuhan harus berpengetahuan untuk caramengobati
tanpa penggunaan obat2 beracun, melainkan dengan menggunakan air
dan berdoa.
Baca tulisan lengkapnya, - Medical Ministry, 227
2 – DRUGS ARE THE EASIER METHOD
Cara Tuhan adalah dengan physical cleansing, sedang cara dunia
ialah cara cepat yaitu menggunakan obat2an
(this manuscript is published in entirety in 15MR 272-285)
Baca tulisan lengkapnya - Manuscript 22, 1887
3 – DRUGS ARE THE IMMEDIATE METHOD
Cara alamiah itu perlahan, bertahap, dan memerlukan pengorbanan, sedang
pengobatan melalui obat2an adalah cara cepat dan singkat, tetapi bukan
cara penyembuhan Tuhan untuk kesembuhan fisik dan jiwa.
Baca tulisan lengkapnya, - Ministry of Healing 127
4 – DRUGS TAKE LESS WORK
Cara alamiah harus dengan penuh sabar, sedang cara cepat
adalah dengan gunakan obat2an.
Baca tulisan lengkapnya, Healthful Living, 247.
5 – DRUGS ARE THE LAZY METHOD
6 – DRUGS ARE NOT A NATURAL MEANS
7 – DRUGS ARE THE FAITHLESS METHOD
8 – DRUGS ARE POISONS
9 – DRUGS ARE POISONOUS MEDICINES
10 – DRUGS ARE DEADLY POISONS
11 – DRUGS ARE FOREIGN SUBSTANCES OF A POISONOUS NATURE
12 – POISONOUS DRUG PREPARATIONS FROM THE VEGETABLE OR MINERAL KINGDOM
13 – DRUGS ARE POISONOUS MIXTURES
14 – DRUGS ARE POISONS WHICH LEAVE DEADLY AFTEREFFECTS
15 – DRUGS ARE OFTEN MIXTURES, POWERFUL IN THEIR EFFECT, THE NATURE OF WHICH IS OFTEN UNKNOWN, AND LEAVE BEHIND INJURIOUS EFFECTS
16 – DRUGS ARE POWERFUL POISONS, THE NATURE OF WHICH IS NOT KNOWN BY COMMON PEOPLE
17 – DRUGS ARE PERNICIOUS AND MAY BE GIVEN BY PRESCRIPTION
18 – DRUGS MAY BE DERIVED FROM POISONOUS HERBS
19 – DRUGS OFTEN USE MYSTERIOUS NAMES
20 – DRUGS HAVE INTRICATE NAMES THAT HIDE THEIR REAL NATURE
21 – DRUGS HAVE LONG NAMES THAT HIDE THEIR REAL QUALITIES
22 – DRUGS HAVE NAMES THAT CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT USING A DICTIONARY
23 – DRUGS HAVE PECULIAR NAMES THAT COMMON PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND
24 – DRUGS MAY COME IN BOTTLES
25 – DRUGS ARE TO BE FOUND IN DRUGSTORES
26 – DRUGS CANNOT BE DESCRIBED BY SIMPLE WORDS
27 – DRUGS HAVE LATIN, NOT ENGLISH, NAMES
28 – DRUGS ARE PRODUCED BY HUMAN SCIENCE AND ARE GIVEN MYSTERIOUS NAMES
29 – DRUGS ARE PRODUCED BY THE APPROVAL OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ARE GIVEN LONG NAMES UNINTELLIGIBLE TO COMMON PEOPLE, AND ARE THE OPPOSITE OF GOD’S SIMPLE REMEDIES WHICH ARE CALLED ‘QUACKERY’
30 – DRUGS ARE THE MEDICAL TREATMENT MARKED OUT BY THE WORLD
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