1. God Wants Us to Prosper and Be in Good Health.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may _prosper_ in all things and be in health, just as your soul _prosper_s.
2. Sanctification Includes the Body, Mind, and Emotions As Well As Spiritual Faculties.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you _completely_; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved _blameless_ at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Present Your Body As a Living Sacrifice.
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your _reasonable_ service. [2] And do not be _conformed_ to this world, but be _transformed_ by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
4. Your Body Is the Temple of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? [20] For you were _bought_ at a price; _therefore_ _glorify_ God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
5. Whatever You Eat Or Drink, Do All to the Glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 Therefore, _whether_ you eat or drink, or _whatever_ you do, do all to the glory of God.
6. Wine Is a Mocker and Strong Drink Is a Raging.
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a _brawler_, And _whoever_ is led astray by it is not wise.
7. Wine Causes All Kinds of Problems.
Proverbs 23:29-32 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has _contentions_? Who has _complaints_? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? [30] Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. [31] Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it _sparkles_ in the cup, When it swirls around _smoothly_; [32] At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.
8. Woe to Those Intoxicated with Wine.
Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow _intoxicating_ drink; Who continue until night, till wine _inflames_ them!
9. Excessive Wine Leads to Violence.
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of _wickedness_, And drink the wine of _violence_.
10. Wine Perverts the Judgment of Kings.
Proverbs 31:4-5 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for princes _intoxicating_ drink; [5] Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the _afflicted_.
11. Since We Are Kings and Priests Unto God, We Need Clear Minds.
Revelation 5:10 And have made us kings and _priests_ to our God; And we shall _reign_ on the earth."
12. God's Original Diet Was a Vegetarian Diet.
Genesis 1:29 And God said, See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose _fruit_ yields seed; to you it _shall_ be for food.
13. Noah Understood the Difference Between Clean and Unclean Animals.
after the Flood God Gave Permission to Eat Clean Animals.
Genesis 7:2 You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of _animals_ that are _unclean_, a male and his female;
14. Clean Animals Must Have a Split, Or Divided Hoof and Chew Their Cud. Unclean Animals Are Those Like the Pig That Does Not Have Both Features Just Mentioned.
Leviticus 11:1-8 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, [2] Speak to the _children_ of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the _earth_: [3] Among the animals, _whatever_ divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. [4] _Nevertheless_ these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the _camel_, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; [5] the rock _hyrax_, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; [6] the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; [7] and the _swine_, _though_ it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. [8] Their _flesh_ you shall not eat, and their _carcasses_ you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.
15. Clean Sea Animals Must Have Both Fins and Scales.
Leviticus 11:9-12 These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, _whether_ in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat. [10] But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any _living_ thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. [11] They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their _flesh_, but you shall _regard_ their _carcasses_ as an abomination. [12] Whatever in the water does not have fins or _scales—that_ shall be an abomination to you.
16. Those Who Rebel Against God's Dietary Standards Will Not Be in the Kingdom.
Isaiah 66:15-17 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. [16] For by fire and by His sword The Lord will judge all flesh; And the slain of the Lord shall be many. [17] "Those who _sanctify_ themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be _consumed_ _together_," says the Lord.
17. God Links Eating Unclean Foods to Heathen Idolatry.
Isaiah 65:1-5 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,' To a nation that was not called by My name. [2] I have _stretched_ out My hands all day long to a _rebellious_ people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own _thoughts_; [3] A people who provoke Me to anger _continually_ to My face; Who _sacrifice_ in _gardens_, And burn incense on altars of brick; [4] Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat _swine's_ flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their _vessels_; [5] Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!' These are smoke in My _nostrils_, A fire that burns all the day.
18. Peter Had a Vision of a Sheet with All Kinds of Unclean Animals Which God Told Him to Eat.
Acts 10:9-16 The next day, as they went on their _journey_ and drew near the city, Peter went up on the _housetop_ to pray, about the sixth hour. [10] Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance [11] and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four _corners_, _descending_ to him and let down to the earth. [12] In it were all kinds of four-footed _animals_ of the earth, wild beasts, _creeping_ things, and birds of the air. [13] And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." [14] But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten _anything_ common or _unclean_." [15] And a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has _cleansed_ you must not call common." [16] This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again.
19. Peter Later Understands That the Vision Does Not Apply to Food But to the Jewish Practice of Calling Gentiles Unclean. God Is Breaking Down Racial Barriers.
Acts 10:28 Then he said to them, "You know how _unlawful_ it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or _unclean_.
20. Jesus Provides Spiritual Strength to Overcome Physical Habits.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through _Christ_ who _strengthens_ me.
21. Jesus Was Tempted Like We Are. He Fasted 40 Days and Overcame So That We, Too, May Receive His Power to Overcome.
Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot _sympathize_ with our weaknesses, but was in all points _tempted_ as we are, yet without sin. [16] Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may _obtain_ mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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