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… follow natural inclinations, the better it will be for yourself and for others. The natural inclinations have been perverted, the natural powers misapplied …

… person’s natural attitudes. Unconverted people would not find heaven desirable, and if it were possible for them to enter, they would find nothing attractive …

… of natural simplicity. Christ has warned us against the pride of life, but not against its grace and natural beauty. He pointed to the flowers of the field, to …

… . Through natural agencies, He accomplishes the same work that Jesus did in feeding the multitude. People prepare the soil and sow the seed, but life from God …

… and natural remedies. He taught that disease is the result of violating God’s laws, both natural and spiritual. The great misery in the world would not exist …

… with natural law or the principles of strict purity. Others have disregarded the laws of health in their habits of eating and drinking, dressing, or working …

… the natural seed, so the heart must be prepared for the seed of truth. As the seed is sown in the ground, they can teach the lesson of Christ’s death, and the truth …

… a natural liking. This error should be guarded against. The natural aptitudes indicate the direction of the lifework, and, when legitimate, should be carefully …

Natural Remedies

It should have the grace, the beauty, the appropriateness of natural simplicity.

Grace and Natural Beauty

In the natural order of things, the son of Zacharias would have been educated in the rabbinical schools. But since this would have unfitted him for his work, God called him to the desert, so that he could learn of nature and nature’s God.

The error of natural immortality is the basis for the doctrine of consciousness in death. Like eternal torment, this doctrine is opposed to Scripture, to reason, and to our feelings of humanity.

“Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.”

The natural man is not subject to the law of God; neither, indeed, of himself, can he be. But by faith he who has been renewed lives day by day the life of Christ. Day by day he shows that he realizes that he is God's property.

… of natural causes. “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” was the bitter cry.

Surprised out of his self-composure, he answered in words full of irony, “How can a man be born when he is old?” Like many others, he revealed that nothing in the natural heart responds to spiritual things. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned.

… from natural life to help us understand spiritual truths.

To those who desire prayer for restoration to health, it should be made plain that the violation of God’s law, either natural or spiritual, is sin, and that in order for them to receive His blessing, sin must be confessed and forsaken.

… a natural, unperverted life.