Should Christians Be Health-Conscious?

[msugreen]

Good medical care is priceless—but wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t need doctors anymore? Well, did you know there is a proven way to put a lot of doctors out of work? … Take care of your body! Scientists have sounded the alarm about cholesterol, tobacco, stress, obesity, and alcohol, so why press your luck? God truly cares how you treat your body, and He’s given you a free health plan to go by—the Bible! For amazing facts about how you can have abundant health and longer life, look over this Study Guide—but be sure to read it all before jumping to conclusions!

1. Are health principles really a part of true Bible religion?

“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” (3 John 1:2).

Answer: Yes. The Bible rates health right near the top of the list in importance. A person’s mind, spiritual nature, and body are all interrelated and interdependent. What affects one affects the others. If the body is misused, the mind and the spiritual nature cannot become what God planned they should be—and you won’t be able to live an abundant life. (See John 10:10.)


2. Why did God give health principles to His people?

"The Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive” (Deuteronomy 6:24).
“You shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you” (Exodus 23:25).

Answer: God gave health principles because He knows what is best for the human body. Automobile manufacturers place an operations manual in the glove compartment of each new car because they know what is best for their creation. God, who made our bodies, also has an “operations manual.” It is the Bible. Ignoring God’s “operations manual” often results in disease, twisted thinking, and burned-out lives, just as abusing a car can result in serious car trouble. Following God’s principles results in “saving health” (Psalm 67:2 KJV) and more abundant life (John 10:10). With our cooperation, God can use these great health laws to significantly reduce and eliminate the effects of the diseases of Satan (Psalm 103:2, 3).

3. Do God’s health principles have anything to do with eating and drinking?

“Eat what is good” (Isaiah 55:2).
“Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Answer: Yes. A Christian will even eat and drink differently—all to the glory of God—choosing only “what is good.” If God says a thing is not fit to eat, He must have a good reason. He is not a harsh dictator, but a loving Father. All His counsel is for our good always. The Bible promises, “No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11). So if God withholds a thing from us, it is because it is not good for us.

Note: No person can eat his or her way into heaven. Only acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior can do that. Ignoring God’s health laws, however, might cause a person to lose his good judgment and fall into sin, even to the point of losing salvation.

4. What did God give people to eat when He created them in a perfect environment?

“God said, ‘See, I have given you every herb that yields seed … every tree whose fruit yields seed. … Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat’ ” (Genesis 1:29; 2:16).

Answer: The diet God gave people in the beginning was fruit, grains, and nuts. Vegetables were added a little later (Genesis 3:18).

5. What items are specifically mentioned by God as being unclean and forbidden?

Answer: In Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, God points out the following food groups as being unclean. Read both chapters in full.

A. All animals that do not both chew the cud and have a split hoof (Deuteronomy 14:6).

B. All fish and water creatures that do not have both fins and scales (Deuteronomy 14:9). Nearly all fish are clean.

C. All birds of prey, carrion eaters, and fish eaters (Leviticus 11:13–19).

D. Most “creeping things” (or invertebrates) (Leviticus 11:21–44).

Note: These chapters make it clear that most animals, birds, and water creatures people ordinarily eat are clean. There are, however, some notable exceptions. According to God’s rules, the following animals are unclean and are not to be eaten: cats, dogs, horses, camels, eagles, vultures, hogs, squirrels, rabbits, catfish, eels, lobsters, clams, crabs, shrimp, oysters, frogs, and others.


Assuming responsibility for our overall health is extremely important, and holistic practices such as Ayurveda can greatly contribute to our well-being. If you are curious about discovering holistic and efficient health remedies, I suggest seeking advice from a best ayurvedic doctor. He is able to provide individualized assistance in terms of diet, lifestyle, and herbal treatments that match your aspirations for a better quality of life. Keep in mind, making an investment in your health now can result in significant benefits down the road!

It's wonderful to witness conversations about the significance of health and preventative measures!

 

[Ritajanice]

What does God say about your health?
Physical health as a blessing: Health is often seen as a gift or blessing from God. For example, in 3 John 1:2, it is written, "Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul."

 

[marks]

Good medical care is priceless—but wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t need doctors anymore? Well, did you know there is a proven way to put a lot of doctors out of work? … Take care of your body! Scientists have sounded the alarm about cholesterol, tobacco, stress, obesity, and alcohol, so why press your luck? God truly cares how you treat your body, and He’s given you a free health plan to go by—the Bible! For amazing facts about how you can have abundant health and longer life, look over this Study Guide—but be sure to read it all before jumping to conclusions!

I think we are better off letting God direct our diets personally, letting Him guide our choices, and letting Him change our tastes.

Nothing like a personal nutrition coach, particularly when He's the One who actually made my body!

Much love!

 

[amigo de christo]

I think we are better off letting God direct our diets personally, letting Him guide our choices, and letting Him change our tastes.

Nothing like a personal nutrition coach, particularly when He's the One who actually made my body!

Much love!

Letting GOD direct our diet . Now what a lovely thought and reminder that is .
Oh His every word is meat for our soul . To the trenches one and all
that which is of anti christ has shown itself and hides not .
Its interfaith message and what was behind this move all along has shown its teeth .
But always know it is a lie . for how can the muslims truth and any other religoins truth even BE TRUTH .
But the voice has spoke aloud the lie and many run to it . the lie that says the christain truth is no better than the muslim
or any other religoins truth .
But ask yaself . IF ONE calls GOD A LIAR , hey mark HOW IS THE TRUTH IN THEM .
and now a word left to us from john , long , long ago .
HE who believes NOT the testimony GOD gave of HIS SON , CALLS GOD A LIAR . so tell me
how do they have the truth again . OH YEAH , THEY DONT .

 

[amigo de christo]

What does God say about your health?
Physical health as a blessing: Health is often seen as a gift or blessing from God. For example, in 3 John 1:2, it is written, "Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul."

Point to Christ Jesus till the last breath my dear sister . till the last breath . now raise those hands and praise the glorious LORD .
To the trenches one and to the trenches all , its all out war in these final hours .
And they overcame by faith in CHRIST JESUS .
But ye have overcome them for GREATER is HE that is in you than he that is of the world . Dance that jig of praise to the LORD
sister . The JOY of the LORD is our strength . Praise the glorious King .

 

[BarneyFife]

Letting GOD direct our diet . Now what a lovely thought and reminder that is .
Oh His every word is meat for our soul . To the trenches one and all
that which is of anti christ has shown itself and hides not .
Its interfaith message and what was behind this move all along has shown its teeth .
But always know it is a lie . for how can the muslims truth and any other religoins truth even BE TRUTH .
But the voice has spoke aloud the lie and many run to it . the lie that says the christain truth is no better than the muslim
or any other religoins truth .
But ask yaself . IF ONE calls GOD A LIAR , hey mark HOW IS THE TRUTH IN THEM .
and now a word left to us from john , long , long ago .
HE who believes NOT the testimony GOD gave of HIS SON , CALLS GOD A LIAR . so tell me
how do they have the truth again . OH YEAH , THEY DONT .

Point to Christ Jesus till the last breath my dear sister . till the last breath . now raise those hands and praise the glorious LORD .
To the trenches one and to the trenches all , its all out war in these final hours .
And they overcame by faith in CHRIST JESUS .
But ye have overcome them for GREATER is HE that is in you than he that is of the world . Dance that jig of praise to the LORD
sister . The JOY of the LORD is our strength . Praise the glorious King .

Please don't SPAM this Christian Health Forum thread with your religio-political, agenda-driven trumpeteering.

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[BarneyFife]

I think we are better off letting God direct our diets personally, letting Him guide our choices, and letting Him change our tastes.

Nothing like a personal nutrition coach, particularly when He's the One who actually made my body!

Much love!

Better off?

What could be better than following the whole counsel of God in His word? Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise?

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[amigo de christo]

Please don't SPAM this Christian Health Forum thread with your religio-political, agenda-driven trumpeteering.

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What would you have told JESUS who reminded them to not labor for the meat that does perish
but rather for .
All i did was to remind us of the true spiritual food barney . And i have not attacked
at all the idea of eating healthier as well .
Why would anyone get offended at that reminder i gave .
Think about it .

 

[amigo de christo]

Better off?

What could be better than following the whole counsel of God in His word? Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise?

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So why is reminding anyone about the true spiritual food somehow going against the whole counsel of GOD .
Think about what i am saying to you . And i have said we should eat food as God made it and etc , not this processesd junk
and etc . Why would any reminder about the true spiritual food be an offense to any one .

 

[marks]

Better off?

What could be better than following the whole counsel of God in His word? Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise?

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The whole counsel of God has Noah eating whatever he wanted. Why do you choose what God told to the Israelites in their covenant with God instead of what God told Noah? And why do you not choose what God told Peter, that all were clean?

Do you truly think it's better to insert yourself into some else's contract then to have leading from your Creator Himself?

And there is the answer to your question,

Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise?

He gave Noah one set of instructions, and He gave Israel a conflicting set of instructions. What does that tell you? It tells me that God tells different people different things at different times. Isn't it more important what He's telling you and me, here and now?

Much love!

 

[BarneyFife]

What would you have told JESUS who reminded them to not labor for the meat that does perish
but rather for .
All i did was to remind us of the true spiritual food barney . And i have not attacked
at all the idea of eating healthier as well .
Why would anyone get offended at that reminder i gave .
Think about it .

No one has accused you of an attack.

So why is reminding anyone about the true spiritual food somehow going against the whole counsel of GOD .
Think about what i am saying to you . And i have said we should eat food as God made it and etc , not this processesd junk
and etc . Why would any reminder about the true spiritual food be an offense to any one .

The offense is the same as it always is with you. You consider yourself to be exempt from following the rules you agreed to when joining the forum.

You make equivocation to anti-ecumenism wherever you feel like imposing upon discussion. Then you play the martyr/victim when someone asks you to simply follow the rules of forum discussion and stay on topic.

I'm just making an appeal to you not to take advantage of other forum members patience with your presumptuous, elitist behavior. I don't expect you to acknowledge your wrongdoing but I do feel compelled to call it out once in a while.

As always, you're free to do as you presume is right.

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[BarneyFife]

The whole counsel of God has Noah eating whatever he wanted. Why do you choose what God told to the Israelites in their covenant with God instead of what God told Noah? And why do you not choose what God told Peter, that all were clean?

Do you truly think it's better to insert yourself into some else's contract then to have leading from your Creator Himself?

And there is the answer to your question,

Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise?

He gave Noah one set of instructions, and He gave Israel a conflicting set of instructions. What does that tell you? It tells me that God tells different people different things at different times. Isn't it more important what He's telling you and me, here and now?

Much love!

The Bible doesn't contradict itself. Sorry, but I don't feel like repeating the refutations of the objections you pose here. No offense intended.

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[Hepzibah]

The natural food we get today, straight from the field, is nothing like the food of past times, even from our previous generation.

Fruit and veg contains nothing like the nutrients of the past apart from the dangers of pesticide and herbicide because of soil depletion. Sea food full of mercury. These products contain many anti-nutrients too and substances that are harmful to for example oxalates (google) which can destroy your health even when eating a super healthy diet. It is not without possibilities that these things have increased over time as well as the nutrients decreasing.

So you cannot compare the diet of today. More than ever we need to be able to hear God speak to us personally to get the diet right as we all have individual needs.

 

[amigo de christo]

The whole counsel of God has Noah eating whatever he wanted. Why do you choose what God told to the Israelites in their covenant with God instead of what God told Noah? And why do you not choose what God told Peter, that all were clean?

Do you truly think it's better to insert yourself into some else's contract then to have leading from your Creator Himself?

And there is the answer to your question,

Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise?

He gave Noah one set of instructions, and He gave Israel a conflicting set of instructions. What does that tell you? It tells me that God tells different people different things at different times. Isn't it more important what He's telling you and me, here and now?

Much love!

mark my dear friend , while i believe that meats drinks and days are as to pertains to the conscious .
The all things clean that GOD told to peter , it was not about food , this was concerning now
that the gentiles were to be called into the Covenant of GOD .
Now i , as paul do agree that meats are up to the conscious of the indvidual . I am free to eat
as i please , CEPT for blood of course , however i will eat whatever one sets before me .
in other words if i were invited to the house of a jew or etc , I eat , WHAT THEY eat and ask NO questions about
such food . you see i do know this liberty of mine can Become a stumbling block to the weaker .
THUS i eat as they eat . And i just wanted to let you know
that barney is gonna be able to correct you about that phrase you used about peter . CAUSE it was not talking
about foods , this was about the gentiles . If we gonna speak truth , let us know our bible well my friend .

 

[amigo de christo]

No one has accused you of an attack.



The offense is the same as it always is with you. You consider yourself to be exempt from following the rules you agreed to when joining the forum.

You make equivocation to anti-ecumenism wherever you feel like imposing upon discussion. Then you play the martyr/victim when someone asks you to simply follow the rules of forum discussion and stay on topic.

I'm just making an appeal to you not to take advantage of other forum members patience with your presumptuous, elitist behavior. I don't expect you to acknowledge your wrongdoing but I do feel compelled to call it out once in a while.

As always, you're free to do as you presume is right.

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Barney i do no such thing my friend . I simply remind us as i am LED .
You see things as an attack . You know what the major problem with a lot of folks within christendom
in every denomination within it IS ,
THEY got no idea their rules and etc , IS actually SHUTTING down reminders .
Imagine that . IF JESUS were to appear and type on this site
and bring reminders , YOU ALL WOULD say HEY YOU NEED TO FOLLOW OUR RULES . think about that barney .

 

[marks]

mark my dear friend , while i believe that meats drinks and days are as to pertains to the conscious .
The all things clean that GOD told to peter , it was not about food , this was concerning now
that the gentiles were to be called into the Covenant of GOD .
Now i , as paul do agree that meats are up to the conscious of the indvidual . I am free to eat
as i please , CEPT for blood of course , however i will eat whatever one sets before me .
in other words if i were invited to the house of a jew or etc , I eat , WHAT THEY eat and ask NO questions about
such food . you see i do know this liberty of mine can Become a stumbling block to the weaker .
THUS i eat as they eat . And i just wanted to let you know
that barney is gonna be able to correct you about that phrase you used about peter . CAUSE it was not talking
about foods , this was about the gentiles . If we gonna speak truth , let us know our bible well my friend .

Yes indeed, we do need to know our Bibles.

Acts 10:15 KJV
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Mark 7:19 KJV
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Mark declared that Jesus cleansed all foods, and God reminded Peter that this was so. Yes, God was giving Peter a spiritual lesson also, but that doesn't mean the facts of the case aren't so.

Jesus declared all foods clean, and God reminded Peter of that in his vision.

Much love!

 

[amigo de christo]

Yes indeed, we do need to know our Bibles.

Acts 10:15 KJV
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Mark 7:19 KJV
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Mark declared that Jesus cleansed all foods, and God reminded Peter that this was so. Yes, God was giving Peter a spiritual lesson also, but that doesn't mean the facts of the case aren't so.

Jesus declared all foods clean, and God reminded Peter of that in his vision.

Much love!

But this is not what was behind that particular meaning TO PETER . this was about the gentiles mark .
But i do agree with you about what JESUS himself says .
However on that rooftop this was meaning and concerning the gentiles mark . read some more
and you will soon see that what i said is correct .
I do agree with the mark seventeen verse nineteen . But this is not what was being revealed to peter at THAT TIME .
That was about and concering the gentiles . PETER was about to be sent to the house of a gentile .
SOMETHING the jews did not do . BUT NOW was to be done for the preaching of the gospel . Just read some more
my friend . YOU can for sure and for certain use the mark Seven , verse ninteen as a reminder concerning meats .
BUT dont use the example of peter on the rooftop . because that was concering the gentiles , not acutal meats .

 

[marks]

But this is not what was behind that particular meaning TO PETER . this was about the gentiles mark .

God used a real factual situation - Jesus declaring all foods clean - and used it to demonstrate a spiritual lesson to Peter.

That God used a factual situation to demonstrate a spiritual lesson does not negate the factual situation.

Both things are real, true, Jesus cleansed all foods, and God used that to show Peter that the Gentiles were clean in His eyes also. Both are true.

"Don't call unclean what God has cleansed". Peter was refusing to eat. "Just like it's OK for you to eat what I've cleansed, so also go with these men."

I'm not sure why you want to dispute over this, or what your disagreement is. These passages harmonize together to give a coherant teaching.

Much love!

 

[amigo de christo]

God used a real factual situation - Jesus declaring all foods clean - and used it to demonstrate a spiritual lesson to Peter.

That God used a factual situation to demonstrate a spiritual lesson does not negate the factual situation.

Both things are real, true, Jesus cleansed all foods, and God used that to show Peter that the Gentiles were clean in His eyes also. Both are true.

"Don't call unclean what God has cleansed". Peter was refusing to eat. "Just like it's OK for you to eat what I've cleansed, so also go with these men."

I'm not sure why you want to dispute over this, or what your disagreement is. These passages harmonize together to give a coherant teaching.

Much love!

But its not what GOD was showing peter . what i have CLEANSED call not thou common .
PETER was gonna be sent to the house of gentile .
I am not debating the fact that foods are clean through prayer and etc
I am just saying this was not what was being shown to peter on that house top . it was concerning the gentiles .

 

[BarneyFife]

You see things as an attack

What would I do if I didn't have you to correct me about how I see things?

Here, I thought I didn't accuse you of an attack but simply asked you to follow the rules of the forum that you agreed to upon joining.

Thanks for straightening me out.

Imagine that . IF JESUS were to appear and type on this site
and bring reminders , YOU ALL WOULD say HEY YOU NEED TO FOLLOW OUR RULES . think about that barney .

Trouble is, you're not Jesus.

You might do well to think about that a little.

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