THE BIBLE’S BEST DIET

     The trust of Christians has been betrayed for centuries, and in a host of ways. Many ministers the world over have taught that sin is righteous, that children will suffer in the fires of hell forever, and have used underhanded methods to embezzle money. While this well documented mockery of “Jesus Christ and him crucified” is common knowledge to the avid Christian, there is an age-old stumbling block for the human race that goes all the way back to our Premier Mother Eve. It is over the issue of appetite and how Satan has always used it to our disadvantage, as it is written: “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.” Gen.3:6.

     We can see the importance of overcoming appetite when we read of Christ's forty day wilderness fast and the devil’s temptations when He was “an hungered.” The LORD waited patiently for His Father’s decision to command angels to go to Him and bring Him food (Matt.4:11).

     With all the junk food, processed foods with chemical preservatives and artificial flavors, leaving every American essentially malnourished, we need a good starting point that gives a crash course in GOD’S desire for our best health. Daniel chapter one provides such a crash course.

Daniel 1:5-20 And the king appointed them [of the captivity] a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah… But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself… Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants… 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… 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… And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

     Do you see the correlation of having a proper diet with Christian fortitude and integrity to conscience? This was their foundation for a long, healthy life and their future spiritual tests, whether of being thrown into a fiery furnace (Dan.3:12-27) or cast into a lions’ den. Today's Christian needs every tool at his and her disposal to endure the closing scenes of Earth’s present history, whose fiery test will shake out of Christ's Church the majority of professing Christians today.

     In closing, we need to see the true New Testament rendering of the verses on healthy living that have been maligned by the churches, which in turn weaken the fortitude of GOD'S children.

Acts 10:9-16,28 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven… And he [Peter] said unto them [Gentiles], Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

     As we see, the context of this passage does not contradict the laws of health that GOD established.

     The other disinformation taught by the churches against the proper New Testament diet is found in Paul’s words:

I Tim.4:1-5 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

     Paul's words stand in the counsel of GOD’S ordained diet concerning clean vs. unclean meats, and his explicit command to never eat the blood with the meat (Gen.9:4). The proper diet for the Christian “is sanctified by the word of God,” “which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving.”

     The world is throwing every conceivable trap into the path of Christians these days. Carnal minded men in the church play a huge role in deceiving the flocks in some of the most simple but precious teachings of Scripture. Our best defense is in the knowledge of safe Bible guidelines that fortify our faith. “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Lu.21:36.