1. God Wants Us to Prosper and Be in Good Health.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may ____________ in all things and be in health, just as your soul ____________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 __________________; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved ________________ 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 __________________ service. [2] And do not be ________________ to this world, but be ___________________ 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 __________ at a price; ________________ ____________ 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, ____________ you eat or drink, or ______________ 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 ____________, And ____________ 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 ___________________? Who has __________________? 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 ______________ in the cup, When it swirls around ______________; [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 _____________________ drink; Who continue 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 _____________________ drink; [5] Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the ________________.
11. Since We Are Kings and Priests Unto God, We Need Clear Minds.
Revelation 5:10 And have made us kings and ____________ to our God; And we shall _________ 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 _________ yields seed; to you it _________ 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 ____________ that are ____________, 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 ______________ of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the _________: [3] Among the animals, ______________ divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. [4] _____________________ these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the _________, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; [5] the rock _________, 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 _________, __________ it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. [8] Their _________ you shall not eat, and their ________________ 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, ____________ 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 __________ 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 _________, but you shall __________ their ________________ as an abomination. [12] Whatever in the water does not have fins or ___________________ 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 ______________, like a ________________, 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 ______________ 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 ______________ ______________," 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 ________________ out My hands all day long to a __________________ people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own ______________; [3] A people who provoke Me to anger ___________________ to My face; Who ________________ in ____________, And burn incense on altars of brick; [4] Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat ____________ flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their ____________; [5] Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!' These are smoke in My ______________, 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 ____________ and drew near the city, Peter went up on the ______________ 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 ____________, __________________ to him and let down to the earth. [12] In it were all kinds of four-footed ____________ of the earth, wild beasts, ______________ 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 ______________ common or ____________." [15] And a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ____________.
20. Jesus Provides Spiritual Strength to Overcome Physical Habits.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through __________ who ___________________ 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 __________________ with our weaknesses, but was in all points ____________ as we are, yet without sin. [16] Let us therefore come boldly to 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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