Reading Bible: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Recently, the owner of a self-portrait of Ket, looked at the painting he had bought and shook. The paint began to slide down as if the rug out of oil. He put the box upside down, but it did not help. A restaurateur tried to put the features of face in place, but the paint run refused to return to its original state. Evidently the young painter had mixed his paints with plenty of cheap oil, and now the self-portrait was worthless.
Have you looked at your self lately? The canvas on which paint is hereditary and are born with distinct characteristics (health, intellect, talents). Paints and oils are what we add to the lifetime.
God is also interested in the portrait are painting. As you can see, when we invite you to direct our lives, put his picture on the study of the mind. He is anxious that so perfectly reflect his likeness that men may see in us, and also love him. This is the purpose of redemption, to restore the image of God in creation (Romans 8: 29).
Considering that the Holy Spirit communicates with us through the nervous system, we realize that the health of our mind and body are very important to God. The better the condition of our body, our mind is more alert, more will submit our desires, and Christ can best fulfill its purpose in us.
This is the reason why he cares what we eat and drink, see and hear, how we work, rest and play, and as we think and say. Even our appearance is important because we are his announcement of Christianity. And the ads are for sale.
So if it looks tired, or need a prescription for that depression, or simply want to be sure that your connection with the sky is not obstructed, keep reading!
1. The whole man
1. How was man created in the beginning? Genesis 2:7 __________________________________________________________
Many translations say: "... And the man was a living person." The soul is the whole man.
2. How our body is involved in worship? Luke 10: 27
"Love the Lord your God with __________________________, and with all soul and with all your ____________, and with all your, and your neighbor as yourself."
To love God with the mind, must have a brain. Loving God with our forces involves the body. So we must love and worship God with your whole being, the whole person.
3. What are Christians to stand before God? Romans 12:1
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In the Old Testament lambs innocents were slaughtered as reminder that Jesus would die for his people. These sacrifices came to an end when Jesus died. Paul refers to this to illustrate the responsibilities of those who follow Christ. We are asked to bring a sacrifice, not one to be killed on the altar, but one who lives, our own bodies.
The lamb was brought to the Temple had to be without blemish, perfect in every way. That was because Christ, the Lamb of God, was to be without stain of sin. If God demanded a perfect sacrifice then, do you think now, after the Cross, will require less? What would you think he's a sacrifice that smells like smoke snuff or liquor?
This does not mean we can not come to Jesus just as we are. He cleanses us, inside and out, because this is what happens when Jesus touches a life.
4. Who owns our bodies, and why? 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20
__________________________________________________________ What's most impressive thought! Being God's temple or dwelling place of the Holy Spirit! Only with the strength of our fallen nature we can not live a decent life even God. Just can not do. But Jesus came as a man "like in all" (Hebrews 2:17), and lived a perfect life so that through the Holy Spirit, he can live that perfect life again in us. "Christ in you the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).
2. The care of our bodies
When you buy a new car, get a user manual, telling you how to use the car and how to keep it. A wise owner follow the instructions very closely, recognizing that the manufacturer knows how to work better. Our Creator and Designer has instructed us to care for our extraordinary human body. His Word tells us what is good and what is not good for the body.
1. What is it that God does not remove? Psalm 84:11
__________________________________________________________ 2. What was promised to Israel if they followed God's instructions? Exodus 23:25 last part. __________________________________________________________
Years later, David said, "took off with silver and gold, and there were no patients in their tribes" (Psalm 105:37). Do you think!
3. What is God's desire for us all? 3 John 2
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4. When Daniel and his friends rejected the unhealthy food, what was the outcome? Daniel 1:8-16
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The king's food was plentiful and unhealthy, and Jews were educated in strict temperance habits according to the Word of God.
5. What broad guiding principle gave us Paul? 1 Corinthians 10:31
__________________________________________________________ 6. What was the original diet of man? Genesis 1:29 and 3:18
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After the sin, God said
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Fruits, grains, seeds, and plants (vegetables). After the flood God allowed man to eat meat, but was very specific, you could only eat animals "clean." Noah knew the difference between clean and unclean, because he had gotten into the ark seven pairs of every clean animal and only one of every unclean animal. The meat was definitely a factor, perhaps the biggest in the rapid shortening of the life of man after the flood.
7. How can we determine what is fair or foul? Deuteronomy
14:3-19 "And every animal that has ____________________, ________________, and _______________ among animals, that you can eat (ver. 6). "Most everything that is not _____________; __________ and shall be unclean" (vs. 10)
Pork, rabbit, horse, catfish, crab, eel, crayfish, shrimp, oysters, clams, octopus, etc. ., can eat only endangering our health. Have you noticed that most of the animals that God forbids waste feed? Are they different now from then? No! A pig is a pig, as the name says. We
confidently assume that what God has labeled it as inedible in the days of Moses, is even more unpalatable today, with increasing degeneration and disease.
8. When Jesus comes, what will happen to those who continue to eat what God has forbidden? Isaiah 66: 15-17
__________________________________________________________ 9. What was the verdict of Solomon on alcoholic beverages? Proverbs 20:1 __________________________________________________________
Since it is in Proverbs, go to Chapter 23: 29-35 to take a picture of a person under the influence of alcohol. People talk about the right to drink, so what about drunk driving on the highway? Or how about the safety and courtesy for the wives and children? Or not entitled to enjoy a quiet neighborhood street safely? Is it okay to give him permission to sell a man what another man becomes a beggar or a welfare case, and then make sober men who take care of him?
10. What commandment forbids anything that harms or shorten our lives? Exodus 20:13
__________________________________________________________ 11. What will God to those who destroy their bodies? 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17
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A man walks toward the door of a church, but before entering, stops long enough to dispose of your cigarette. Why? Because the building that is about to enter a holy place. Instinctively knows that smoking in a church desecrate a holy place. That same man, however, does not think that is destroying the temple of his body, too holy, to the deadly poison of tar, nicotine and snuff smoke.
Most of us are aware of the harmful effects of snuff. But What about drinks? What about that seemingly innocent cup of coffee, for example? The reason seems to have that magical power "to power" is because it contains a powerful stimulant called caffeine. The temporary rise in profit that provides the body will be followed by a corresponding drop in strength and courage. That is why they "need" another cup of coffee! But the interest is paid in the form of heart problems, digestive damage in the chromosomes of its cells, irritability, sleeplessness, palpitations, muscle tremors, will be a great bill.
"And how we put the tea in this picture? Very clear. A cup of tea contains about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, so we should expect the same effects ... You will not find their good fortune in tea leaves. Remember
colas. His great popularity ... its great popularity not only due to its good taste. A soda can contains more than half of caffeine as a cup of instant coffee (Donald Hawley, Come to live, p.124).
And what has been said about the alcohol, snuff, coffee, tea and cola drinks, is twice as true with other common drugs today (grass, hash, acid, powder Angel, Benzedrine, etc., etc.).
12. How we must be temperate? 1 Corinthians 9:25
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This includes adequate rest, sufficient exercise, at least eight glasses of water, lots of fresh air and sunshine, which deprive many of us.
3. Care of the mind.
1. How does the mind with the body? Proverbs 23:7
__________________________________________________________ 2. What we should fill our minds? Philippians 4:8 __________________________________________________________
Are there any words of wisdom here for the TV addict?
4. Overcoming unhealthy habits.
The forest guard picked up the phone in the tower. "There is smoke on the edge of the old fire!" He said.
At the time that the group of firefighters came to the area, a dangerous fire front was moving in the forest was left. But these men trained, armed with modern equipment seized control of the situation quickly.
Fifty-three weeks ago, a fire devastated the area. What caused the fire again? The researchers finally discovered the cause. When the first fire swept the area, a large fir tree on the edge of the fire was lit inside the trunk. The smoldering fire inside the trunk for more than a year, until gradually consumed inside the giant tree, breaking from the weight, the pieces fell to the ground and started another fire, which quickly spread to the forest was left standing. This
simmer and hiding their sinister work was done long before it broke outside and was detected. If the rangers had been at aware of the existence of such a fire, could have reduced the damages to the loss of that tree only. But once the tree fell, it was too late for prevention and had done much more damage.
The same applies to the way we live with the habits that destroy health. May have inadvertently been devouring for years and destroying our health slowly.
1. What does Paul call us? 2 Corinthians 7:1
__________________________________________________________ What is worth being well? Health is a priceless treasure, never appreciated until is lost. The disease is the most expensive luxury known to man. God wants us to be healthy, and has given us a guide to health and happiness. But we're not going to force us to follow. Anyway, do not follow their advice will result in poor health. "What a man soweth, that shall he reap" (Galatians 6:7). If we sow God's healthy habits will reap good health.
2. What example Paul left? 1 Corinthians 9:27
__________________________________________________________ 3. What promise can we claim as we fight against harmful habits? Philippians 4:13
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If your "self" seems to come from a do-it-yourself, why not present the project to the Master Artist? There are no "cheap oil" in your store. And the wonderful portraits of Jesus is coming out looking like him! Simply can not lose when the Master Artist makes it work. -------------
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