FROM THE ST LUKE HEALTH MINISTRY............ GRACE BE TO YOU! Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. The Sin of Gluttony Willie E. Simms URN, B.S.N. Researcher/.Distributor I know this next topic will be a very sensitive one for many people in this day and age. There are many in our society who are grossly overweight. For many of these people, there are certain malfunctions within their bodies causing this abnormal weight gain. However, for many others, this weight gain is the result of simply gluttony – overeating, and overeating of the wrong kinds of foods. With all of the good nutritional information that is now available, we all know what these bad foods are. There is also a ton of educational material that is out there showing us what the good foods are and how to structure our diets accordingly to take off a lot of this excess weight. However, for whatever their personal reasons may be, many people who are overweight simply do not care they are overeating and that they are grossly overweight. God may have been striving with them, trying to get them to get their eating habits under better control. However, sooner or later, the human body can only take so much abuse, especially in the area of what we feed it – and then the breakdown comes. A cancer could set in or a major heart attack could occur. There are many different kinds of sicknesses and illnesses that can strike your body if you do not properly feed it and take proper care of it. The Bible tells us that our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit. As such, I believe God the Father wants us taking proper care of them. If we do not, and we steadfastly refuse to heed His warnings and promptings – then God may choose not to want to heal you if you end up coming down with a major sickness as a result of deliberately overeating and abusing your body over all of those years. With none of us being perfect, I believe there is a certain amount of slack with God the Father for some of our weaknesses and character flaws. However, where we will get in major trouble with the Lord is when we start to push the envelope too far with Him and tread past those slack lines where we should not be going. I believe there is a slack line that operates in how we take care of our bodies. I am sure God is all right with a certain amount of excess body weight due to our own natural imperfections. However, where we will get into trouble is when we start to go past our own individual slack lines with Him. If that should happen, then God will start giving you major warning signs and signals that you are getting to far off base. If after a certain amount of time you do not heed those warnings and you keep going in the direction you are going – then God could pull back His hand of protection on you and you could then end up coming down with a major sickness or disease. Remember – some of the above verses state that if you do what is right in the sight of the Lord – then He will not put any of these diseases on you. Going against the Lord by overeating and abusing your body is not doing what is right in the Lord, and He thus could pull back His hand of protection on you and your life. I will leave you with one very interesting verse that tells us to only eat what we really need lest we be filled with it and vomit. In other words, you can get physically sick by overeating. “Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, lest you be filled with it and vomit.” (Proverbs 25:16) Read more: bible-knowledge/the-sin-of-gluttony/#ixzz2aN4mcGRv Bible Verses About Overcoming Gluttony from the King James Version (KJV) 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (Read More...) Philippians 3:19 - Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.) Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Proverbs 23:21 - For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags. 1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Job 23:10-12 - But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (Read More...) Romans 8:5-8 - For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (Read More...) Romans 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. John 6:53 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Romans 6:12-13 - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (Read More...) John 6:48-51 - I am that bread of life. (Read More...) Psalms 127:2 - [It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep. Proverbs 23:2 - And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. Romans 14:14 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Overcoming-Gluttony/ May The Marvelous Grace of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Be With You Forever!
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:33:00 +0000
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