Yes, the Bible is so personal that it even advises us on diet, concerning the food we consume!
“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul.” Proverbs 24:13-14
I suspect that in reality Solomon is teaching us here that just as honey is sweet to our physical senses … so should the taste of Wisdom (godly Wisdom gleaned from Scripture) be sweet to our souls.
But still, “diet” is in focus one way or another.
Our Lord Jesus too one day said: “I have meat to eat that ye know not of.” John 4:32
There are chapters in the Old Testament (Leviticus 11, for example) given solely to legislating what the Jews could eat!
The Apostle Paul even told us some people with whom we are NOT to eat! “But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no NOT TO EAT.” 1 Corinthians 5:11
Yet too this food prohibition is given … “Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.” Proverbs 25:15, tomorrow’s chapter!
Just think about it.
Eve got us all in trouble in the Garden of Eden by EATING the wrong thing!
Esau sold his very birthright/blessing partially because of his taste buds! That bowl of “pottage of lentiles.” Genesis 25:31, boiled beans! (In Hebrews 12:16 Paul called it “one morsel of meat!”
Isaac was nearly willing to bless the wrong son because he so loved the “venison” (deer meat) that boy killed! Genesis 25:28, what a tragedy that would have been!
The first temptation the devil threw at Jesus was to turn some stones into “bread!” Matthew 4:3, another issue with food! Of course Jesus defeated the devil that day, and every other day as well!
Furthermore … our Lord even taught us about “fasting” when He was on earth. And He did not say IF you fast but WHEN you fast! “Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.” Matthew 6:16, going voluntarily without food for a time!
Wow!
Maybe this is enough Bible evidence to conclude that we all (I am including myself) should evaluate our eating habits. Or at least balance our physical nourishment with our spiritual needs!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
Being “under Grace” instead of “under Law” does not mean we can become gluttons!
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