BIBLICAL SCIENTIFIC REASONS FOR EATING.pptx

why we eat

1. Our REASONABLE SERVICE Biblical & Scientific Reasons For Eating & drinking

2. BIBLICAL REASONS FOR NOT EATING AND DRINKING PART A

3. 1-Appetite Proverbs 23: 1-3, 20 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. Be not among winebibers , among riotus eaters of flesh.

4. ECCLESIASTES 6:7 All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled

5. Philippians 3:17-19 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly , and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

6. Romans 16:17-18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

7. 2-DRUNKENnesS ECCLESIASTES 10:17 Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

8. 3-CURIOSITY GENESIS 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise , she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

9. 4-MERE ATTRACTION & LOOKS (Lust of the eyes) GENESIS 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes , and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

10. 5-DEATH( Suicide) ISAIAH 22:12-14 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh , and drinking wine : let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die . And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

11. 6-GLUTTony PROVERBS 23:20,21 Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh : For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags

12. BIBLICAL REASONS FOR EATING AND DRINKING PART B

13. 1-STRENGTH ECCLESIASTES 10:17 Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

14. 2-TASTE PROVERBS 23:13 My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste :

15. 3-holy Discernment & sound judgement Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil , and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

16. 4-satiety ISAIAH 55:1,2 Ho, every one that thirsteth , come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness .

17. 5-PHYsical growth & development 1 PETER 2:3 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.

18. 6-physical health, intellectual & spiritual excellence DANIEL 1:15-17 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

19. 7-to god’s glory 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

20. Other principles to abide EAT FARM PRODUCE: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding. (Prov 12:11) EAT NATURAL & ORGANIC FOODS: Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. (Isaiah 37:30) EAT CONVENIENT FOOD OF GOD’s CHOICE FOR YOU:Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny [thee ], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

21. Other principles cont’d EAT BY MEASUREMENT & TIME (TEMPERANCE):Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles , and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. And thy meat which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. (EZEKIEL 4:9-11). EAT FOOD MEDICINES:And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine . (EZEKIEL47:12)

22. Scientific reasons for eating