15th September 2020
BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU EAT
David Abankwah
SERIES: Day 1
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN YOU MAY FREELY EAT;
-Genesis 2:16 | NKJV
I know this topic is quiet strange for those who know my devotionals are salvation-based. In fact, the carefulness of what we eat is also part of God’s commandments. Sin is disobedience of God’s commandments and it is rebellion to think certain laws are important than others. When we talk about salvation, many think the body is not part of it, because it will die. Truly the body will die, but the soul can’t be saved without using the body to carry out his works of salvation. The day the soul leaves the body permanently, he can no longer carry out the works of his salvation. What is there for the soul is judgement (Hebrews 9:27).
The soul cannot pray again without the body. The soul cannot fast again without the body. The soul cannot read the Bible, study, and meditate upon the Word of God again without the body. The soul cannot go to church again without the body. The soul cannot evangelise and win souls again without the body. The soul cannot pay his tithes and offerings again without the body. When God was creating the universe, He made it in two forms: physical and spiritual. The body ruling the physical part and the soul ruling the spiritual part. If the soul can carry out any physical thing, it needs the body to operate.
That was why God (Jesus Christ) had to form the body with dust and then put into him the spiritual part which is the soul. Now, Jesus Christ no longer use dust to create but has put that seed in the sperm of man to procreate. God knew man could only carry out his salvation in the body that was why the body was created. Because man was dust (taken from the earth) God commanded Adam in Genesis 2:16 to eat food which comes from the ground or in other words – Natural foods? But now many have moved from fresh organic foods into food that are solely in cans, bottles, and what have you and diseases have become rampant.
Food doesn’t care about how spiritual you are. You can’t deliberately take in poison and expect the miracle of Matthew 28:18 to happen. If you don’t eat well, you can die earlier before your time which you may not have finished carrying out your salvation. Many believers are sinning but they are unaware. The Bible is a health manual that guides us concerning what we need to eat and what we need to refrain from. When people eat poorly and they become diseased, the medical advice is that they should turn to organic foods which will sustain their lives. Man is dust and it is food that comes from the ground that we must eat more.
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Lift up prayers for the utmost faithfulness of taking care of the soul the same way you take care of the body in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Man will be judged concerning the things he did with his body including his nutrition.
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