Health

What does God call us to do?

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.  2 Corinthians 6:17- 18

Will this have an impact on what we eat?

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.  1 Corinthians 10:31

What warning does God give?

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are. 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17

Why is this subject so important?

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.  1 Corinthians 6:19, 20

Note: In view of the above principles, one should refrain from the use of things which tend to harm, impede, or shorten one’s life; as well as those things which God has strictly forbidden.

What is God’s warning about alcohol?

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.  Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. 

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.  Proverbs 23:29-32

Who does the Bible say has woe and sorrow?

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!  Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:  Isaiah 5:20-22

What do people do when they use alcohol?

 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.  Isaiah 5:24

What should we not be deceived by?

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.  Proverbs 20:1

Will drunkards be in heaven?

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:10

What does God desire for us?

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.  3 John 2

What are we to eat?

Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.  Isaiah 55:2

Did Noah realize a distinction between the animals?

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.  Genesis 7:2

How can we tell the difference?

And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.  And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you. 

And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.  And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.  Leviticus 11:1-8

What must seafood have to be eaten?

These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 

And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you: 

They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 

Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you. Leviticus 11:9-12

Why did God give this list?

This [is] the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: 

To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.  Leviticus 11:46- 47

What event is here referred to?

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 

For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.  Isaiah 66:15- 16

Who will be destroyed in that day?

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one [tree] in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.  Isaiah 66:17

What does God want you to do?

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.  Romans 12:1