AY Honors/Temperance/Answer Key
1. Memorize and sign the Temperance Pledge:
- “Realizing the importance of healthy body and mind, I promise, with the help of God, to live a Christian life of true temperance in all things and to abstain from the use of tobacco, alcohol, or any other narcotic.”
2. Memorize two of the following Bible texts and two of the following quotations from the writings of Ellen G. White:
Bible Texts
a. Romans 12:1-2
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. - NIV
b. 1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. - NIV
c. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. - NIV
d. Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise. - NIV
e. Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. - NIV
f. 3 John 2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. - NIV
Writings of Ellen G. White
a. “True temperance teaches us to abstain entirely from that which is injurious, and to use judiciously only healthful and nutritious articles of food.” Temperance, p. 3.
b. “The only safe course is to touch not, taste not, handle not, tea, coffee, wines, tobacco, opium, and alcoholic drinks.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 428.
c. “...temperance alone is the foundation of all the graces that come from God, the foundation of all victories to be gained.” Temperance, p. 201.
d. “Apure and noble life, a life of victory over appetite and lust, is possible to everyone who will unite his weak, wavering, human will to the omnipotent, unwavering will of God.” Temperance, p.113.
e. “Tobacco is a slow, insidious, but most malignant poison, in whatever form it is used, it tells upon the constitution; it is all the more dangerous because its effects are slow and at first hardly perceptible.” Ministry of Healing, p. 327-328.
3. Do four of the following: Refer to Adventist Youth for Better Living (AYBL) Manual for details.
a. Write and deliver a five-to eight-minute speech (oration).
b. Write an essay on alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or physical fitness of 150 to 200 words and your commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
c. Write a four-line jingle on a Drug Prevention topic.
d. Draw/make a poster 22 x 28 inches (55.9 x 63.5 cm) that tells about the harmful effects of a drug, tobacco, or alcohol.
e. Make a substance abuse exhibit for a local shopping mall, library, or school.
f. Make a scrapbook of at least 20 pages showing various Drug Prevention advertisements.
4. Know and explain:
a. The reason behind the warning on the cigarette packet: “Warning—smoking is a health hazard.”
b. Seven ingredients of tobacco smoke:
(1) Nicotine
(2) Arsenic
(3) Formaldehyde
(4) Carbon monoxide
(5) Cyanide
(6) Phenolbenzophyrine
(7) Amonia
c. Emphysema, cirrhosis, addiction
d. The effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs and pregnancy
5. Read the chapter “Stimulants and Narcotics” in Ministry of Healing. Be able to discuss briefly or provide a written summary approximately two or three paragraphs in length.
If you do not have a copy of "Ministry of Healing", you can get one through AdventSource. You can also read this chapter (as well as many of Ellen White's other writings) online at http://www.whiteestate.org/books/mh/mh26.html.
