1. God Wants Us to Prosper and Be in Good Health.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest ____________ and be in health, even as thy soul ____________eth.
2. Sanctification Includes the Body, Mind, and Emotions As Well As Spiritual Faculties.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be ________________ ________________ unto 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 ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your __________________ service. [2] And be not ________________ to this world: but be ye ___________________ by the renewing of your mind, that ye 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 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? [20] For ye are bought with a price: ________________ ____________ God in your body, and in your __________, which are Gods.
5. Whatever You Eat Or Drink, Do All to the Glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 ____________ therefore ye eat, or drink, or __________________ ye 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 raging: and ________________ is ______________ thereby is not wise.
7. Wine Causes All Kinds of Problems.
Proverbs 23:29-32 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath ___________________? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? [30] They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. [31] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. [32] At the last it __________ like a ____________, and ______________ like an adder.
8. Woe to Those Intoxicated with Wine.
Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that ______________ until night, till wine ____________ them!
9. Excessive Wine Leads to Violence.
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of __________________, and drink the wine of ______________.
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 strong drink: [5] Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the ______________ of any of the ________________.
11. Since We Are Kings and Priests Unto God, We Need Clear Minds.
Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and ____________: and we shall reign on the _________.
12. God's Original Diet Was a Vegetarian Diet.
Genesis 1:29 And God said, __________, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree ______________ seed; to you it shall be for meat.
13. Noah Understood the Difference Between Clean and Unclean Animals.
after the Flood God Gave Permission to Eat Clean Animals.
Genesis 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by __________, the male and his female: and of __________ that are not clean by two, the 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 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, [2] Speak unto the ______________ of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. [3] __________________ ____________ the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. [4] _____________________ these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the _________, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [5] And the _________, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [6] And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [7] And the _________, __________ he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. [8] Of their _________ shall ye not eat, and their ____________ shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
15. Clean Sea Animals Must Have Both Fins and Scales.
Leviticus 11:9-12 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. [10] 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 __________ _________ _________ is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: [11] They shall be _______ an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their _________, but ye shall have their ______________ in abomination. [12] Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto 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 ________________, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. [16] For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. [17] They that ______________ themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swines flesh, and the ___________________, and the mouse, shall be ______________ ______________, saith the LORD.
17. God Links Eating Unclean Foods to Heathen Idolatry.
Isaiah 65:1-5 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. [2] I have spread out my hands all the day unto a __________________ people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; [3] A people that ________________ me to anger ___________________ to my face; that ___________________ in ____________, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; [4] Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the ________________, which eat swines flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their ____________; [5] Which say, Stand by ____________, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth 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 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the ______________ to pray about the sixth hour: [10] And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, [11] And saw heaven opened, and a ____________ vessel __________________ upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four ____________, and let down to the earth: [12] ____________ were all manner of __________________ beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and ______________ things, and fowls of the air. [13] And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. [14] But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or ____________. [15] And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath ______________, that call not thou common. [16] This was done thrice: and the vessel was ______________ up again into heaven.
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 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an ______________ thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of ____________ nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or ____________.
20. Jesus Provides Spiritual Strength to Overcome Physical Habits.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through __________ which _______________________ 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 have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the ____________ of our infirmities; but was in all points ____________ like as we are, yet without sin. [16] Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may __________ mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Next Bible Study: 24-Questions Regarding Health
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