Healthful Living

1.  First and foremost our bodies are to be presented holy and acceptable before God.  Rom. 12:1

2.  It is God’s wish that we be always in good health.   3John 1:2

3.  Obedience to God’s laws on health will keep us healthy and well in general.  Exo. 15:26

4.  Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 contain the dietary laws; and their purpose is to make God’s people holy.  Lev. 11:44-47

5.  From creation God made a distinction between clean and unclean animals.  Gen. 7:2

6.  In the New Testament we read that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost.  1 Cor. 6:19

7.  Since God dwells in us we are to keep our bodies healthy and clean.  1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 2Cor. 6:16-18

8.  Only the items that are healthy physically, mentally, and spiritually should be indulged in.  Phil. 4:8

9.  God has written all these instructions on health for our well being, and they are to be followed in our daily lives.  Rom. 15:4 

10. Whatever therefore we eat or drink, or do, all must be done to God’s glory.  1 Cor. 10:31