You can't be a serious student of Ellen White and declare that meat eating is not a sin. She says in the quote above that you can't have your prayers answered if you eat meat. She says that it has a harmful affect on the soul. She says that before we can stand before God ... we will have to have victory over this appetite. All that to me says it is SIN.




She indicates meat eating causes multiple diseases and that to be sick is a sin. Not hard to connect the dots.

The principle: "To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin."

And, "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin."

God judges us according to our light. If I study and come to the conclusion that God's will is for me to stop all eating of animal flesh or animal products, but then I keep on eating it, then it would certainly be sin for me. But God doesn't condemn those who eat meat either because there's no other way to gain the nutrients their bodies need or because they know nothing about "health reform." There was a while when Ellen White thought Pig's meat was healthy. God obviously did not hold Ellen White responsible for the sin of eating it when she was unaware that it was wrong to do so. God treats intentional sin differently than he treats sins done in ignorance. He obviously holds SDAs responsible in a way He does not hold the average man in the street who has never heard of health reform or of what the Bible teaches on the subject.

Regards,
"John 3: 17"

Since Ellen White ate meat most all her life ... I am sure she was very busy repenting.

Aside from what Ellen White might have said and done with meat. I don't believe eating it is a sin. I also don't feel that meat eating is a deal breaker with God on who will or won't atain salvation. That is our free gift to accept or reject. There are no conditions placed on that free gift.

Let us repent the real sins of our lives and not worry about the things we eat.

There are many people on this planet who must eat "meat" to survive. Do a little searching and you will find that EGW would not condemn those people. Sin? Not likely

mel

The heath message is about doing what it takes to be healthier..

Thank you all for your contributions. I think that these small issues are very important because these little issues are the main reasons that non adventists believe we are legalistic. Personally i think it would be better if ellen nuanced some of her issues by presenting them as precepts rather than rules. I hate these small issues because they are always tied to salvation according to ellen whereas the bible warns against people that place burdens on other people in the name of Christ unnecessarily. Nowadays scientific research revealed that there is a strong connection between eating meat and getting cancer. My conclusion is that ellen white was right about the danger of meat, but that this should not be tied to salvation. But if i say this, according to ellen white i am working for the devil because i am changing her message. I still believe we should approach this functionally. And i also believe ellen is a hypocryte on this issue. Is it really so hard to give up eating meat? Well we all have our personal struggles. I am struggling with testosteron and think this is much harder because we were somehow made to multiply. Anyway..enough said.

Oh. I think this is clearly true. But I would also point out that if we view her correctly ... it should not matter.

And BTW ... we are all hypocrites.

"we are all hypocrites"
Definitely true! Especially me!