FOOD FOR THOUGHT - NYOBS 49.20

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

This Word Study is not necessarily to point out sinful food, but to look at what God suggested

we eat for a healthy body and to gain a little inside into moderation and self-control…

“Lord don’t give me too much food nor too little, but just enough”.

This applies to everybody but me, because I’m different; I’m special.

Proverbs 30:8 - Give me enough food, not too much nor too little
⁸ Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. (MSG)

First Word

·         Moses gave the law that spelled out in no uncertain terms what the Hebrews should and should not eat and how to tell the difference. - Now right off the bat we think of it as SIN, but it is actually for their health that He defines what to eat.

·         God wanted a special people; set apart, that the world would know the difference; He still does. - Under the New Covenant, we can eat and drink anything we want to.  This of course addresses the Sin question, but does not address the Health Situation.

·         Many of the things that we should NOT eat are not based on sin, but on what the critters themselves eat. – Think about what buzzards, pigs, and ocean bottom feeders eat.

·         Now don’t give me that jazz about this is Old Testament stuff; I’ talking about healthy bodies; not sin.

·         I’m going to give you the DON’Ts first just to get them out of the way.

Animals

·         If the animal has a part in the hoof AND chews the cud, you may eat it… But, it must do both.

·         NO Pork, Ham, Bacon, Sausage, Rabbit, Camel, Badger, Stork, Rat, Mice, Weasel, mole, Ferret, Turtle, Gecko, Lizard, Chameleon, Animal Fat or Blood.  

Leviticus 11:3 OK – Parts the hoof and chews the cud
³ Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

(ESV)

Leviticus 11:4-8 - NOT OK – Pig – Rabbit - Camel – Badger -
⁴ Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
⁵ And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
⁶ And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
⁷ And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
⁸ You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

(ESV)

Leviticus 11:29 - NOT OK – Mole, Rat, Mouse
²⁹ And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind,

Leviticus 11:30 - NOT OK – Gecko, Lizard, Chameleon
³⁰ the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. (ESV)

Leviticus 17:13-14 – NOT OK - Pour out the Blood
¹³ Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.
¹⁴For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off. (ESV)

Deuteronomy 12:16 – NOT OK - Do not consume the Blood
¹⁶ Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water(ESV)

1 Paul 2:6 – NOT OK - Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Bambi, Rudolph

6 Thou shalt not eat Bugs Bunny, Br’er Rabbit, Jack Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, or the Road Runner. -  Bambi, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen or Rudolf the Red nose Reindeer.

PIG Side Bar

·         Originally Kosher meant “Good and Proper” and later became “Something Fit” for ritual use and even applied to witnesses who “Were Competent” to testify.

·         Non-Kosher - There were a number of Animals that were said to be non-kosher; the Pig, Rabbit, Camel, Badger, Stork, Rat, Mouse, Weasel, mole, Ferret, Turtle, Gecko, Lizard and Chameleon. - Although we are given instructions on Clean and Un-clean, we are not told WHY the distinction is made, and there is a lot of speculation, based on what the critters themselves ate.

·         On Kislev (December) 25th 167B.C. the temple in Jerusalem was taken over by Antiochus Epiphanes IV, King of Syria and dedicated it to the Olympian Zeus and the altar was polluted with pagan sacrifices of PIGS; the Jews were forbidden to engage in sacrifices, rites, feast or worship of any kind.  - The Torah was burned and the observances of the Laws of Moses was banned. - The Temple was now profaned. – All Jews were obligated to take part in the pagan sacrifices or DIE. NYOBS 47.29 - MACCABEES HOLY JIHAD

·         This is the reason why pigs are such a big deal over all the other non-kosher foods.  The sanctuary alter had been defiled by a PIG OFFERING. - NYOBS 17.29 - KOSHER

Est 8:5 – If it’s good and proper, It is said to be kosher

5 And said, if it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right (kosher) before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman. KJV

Sea Food

·         Remember; under the NT we are not talking about Sin, but about Health. – If the marine life does not have fins AND scales you should not eat it.

·         NO Catfish, Squid, EEL, Lobster, Shrimp, Crabs, Oysters or any kind of Shellfish.

Leviticus 11:9-12 - OK – Fish with fins and scales
⁹ These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
¹⁰ But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you.
¹¹ You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
¹² Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you. (ESV)

Fowl

·         There are no specific rules on fowl, but we should not eat; the Carrion, Cormorant, Cuckoo, Eagle, Falcon, Hoopoe, Heron, Night Hawk, Any Hawk, Kite, Ostrich, Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Great Owl, Tawny Owl, Short Eared Owl, Pelican, Raven, Sea Gull, Swan, Stork, Black Vulture, Bearded Vulture; any Vulture.

·         We should not eat the Bat or any flying creature that walks on four legs.

Leviticus 11:13-18 – NOT OK – Falcon, Raven, Ostrich, Owl
¹³ And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
¹⁴  the kite, the falcon of any kind,
¹⁵  every raven of any kind,
¹⁶  the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,
¹⁷  the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl,
¹⁸  the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture,

Leviticus 11:19 – NOT OK - Stork, Bat, Heron, Hoopoe
¹⁹ the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

(ESV)

Leviticus 11:20 - NOT OK – Winged insects that go on all fours
²⁰ All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.

(ESV)

Critters and Creatures

·         NO Ants, Termites, Snakes, Snake Eggs, Worms, Snails,

Leviticus 11:41-43 - NOT OK – Ants, Termites, Snakes, Worms
⁴¹ Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten.
⁴² Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable.
⁴³ You shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not defile yourselves with them, and become unclean through them. (ESV)

Isaiah 59:5 – NOT OK - Eat the Adder’s eggs and die
⁵ They hatch adders’ eggs; they weave the spider’s web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched. (ESV)

Now for the Good Stuff

·         Now that we’ve got all the “should not’s” out of the way, we can now see that what remains is still AWESOME.

·         I have tried to find at least two scripture for each of the good things... The Word says you need at least TWO witnesses and to use scripture with scripture.

Isaiah 28:10 – Prove scripture with scripture
¹⁰ For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” (ESV)

Deuteronomy 19:15 – Two Witnesses
¹⁵ You must not convict anyone of a crime on the testimony of only one witness. The facts of the case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. (NLT)

LET’S EAT

·         The idea here has been to explore the foods that God has been specific in mentioning in His Word. - We can take certain liberties such as saying if corn is OK then popcorn is OK, or if nuts are OK, then Peanut Butter is OK.

WE CAN EAT ALL OF THIS AND STILL BE A TRIM HEALTHY PAPA

·         Sheep – Lamb – Goat - Beef – Venison - Turkey – Chicken – Quail – Locust – Crickets – Grass Hoppers – Katydids - Beetles - Fish (with scales and fins) –

·         Bread - Bread Cakes – Roasted Grain – Wheat – Barley – Crackers -

·         Beans – Lentils – Millet – Emmer – Rice -

·         Collards – Turnip Greens - Lettuce – Cabbage - Radishes - Cucumbers – Corn -

·         Melons – Tomato’s – Onions – Leeks – Potatoes – Squash – Cauliflower - Brussels -Sprouts - Rutabagas – Mushrooms -

·         Fruit – Dried Fruit - Raisins – Raisin Cakes – Figs – Grapes – Peaches – Plumbs – Apples Oranges – Pomegranates – Persimmons - Olives – Lemons – Limes -

·         Spices – Herbs – Salt – Peppers - Garlic – Olive Oil - Honey – Honeycomb -

·         Nuts - Pistachio Nuts - Almonds –

·         Wine and lots of it – Water - Goats Milk – Curds – Cheese –

·         If it grows in the ground, you can eat it, but not smoke it.  – If it does not grow, it’s probably a rock.

·         While Vegetable oil certainly seems OK, you will find that Olive Oil has 80% less polyunsaturated fat.

1 Paul 1:11-12 – If it grows, you can eat it but not smoke it.

11 If it grows in the ground, you can eat it, but, not smoke it.

12 If it does not grow, it’s probably a rock.

Matthew 7:10 – Fish
¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? (ESV)

Luke 24:42-43 – Broiled Fish
⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
⁴³ and he took it and ate before them. (ESV)

Exodus 16:13 – Quail
¹³ In the evening QUAIL came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp. (ESV)

Numbers 11:31 – Quail
³¹ Then a wind from the LORD sprang up, and it brought QUAIL from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the ground. (ESV)

1 Samuel 25:18 – Sheep – Bread – Grain – Raisins – Figs
¹⁸ Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. (ESV)

Mark 1:6 – Locust and Wild Honey
⁶ Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. (NKJV)

Matthew 3:4 – Locust and Wild Honey
⁴ John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. (NLT)

Leviticus 11:22 – Beetle - Grasshopper
²² Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. (KJV)

Leviticus 11:22-23 – Crickets – Grasshoppers – Locust -
²² The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
²³ All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you. (NLT)

Leviticus 11:22 – Katydids – Crickets -
²² all locusts, katydids, crickets, and grasshoppers. (MSG)

Fruit

·         Fruit – Dried Fruit - Raisins – Raisin Cakes – Figs – Grapes – Peaches – Plumbs – Apples Oranges – Pomegranates – Persimmons - Olives – Lemons – Limes

Genesis 1:29 – Fruits and Herbs
²⁹ And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. (ESV)

2 Samuel 16:2 – Fruit – Wine – Bread –
² And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.” (ESV)

Deuteronomy 23:24 – Grapes -
²⁴ If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag. (

Numbers 13:23 – Pomegranates – Figs – Grapes -
²³ And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.

1 Samuel 30:12 – Dried Fruit – Fig Cakes -
¹² and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. (ESV)

Deuteronomy 24:20 – Olives -
²⁰ When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. (ESV)

Isaiah 17:6 – Olives -
⁶ Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten— two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, declares the LORD God of Israel. (ESV)

Vegetables

·         We may eat freely; Collards – Turnip Greens - Lettuce – Cabbage - Radishes - Cucumbers – Corn - Tomato’s – Onions - Garlic – Leeks – Potatoes – Squash - Melons – Cauliflower - Brussels Sprouts - Rutabagas – Mushrooms -

Numbers 11:5 - Cucumbers – Melons – Leeks – Onions - Garlic
⁵  We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. (ESV)

Bread

·         While most of us are told to “lay off” of the breads, the Bible says; it’s our “stock and Store’ of life.

Isaiah 3:1 – Bread is our stock and store.
¹ For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the store, The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water; (NKJV)

Ruth 2:14– Bread – Roasted Grain - Wine
¹⁴ And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. (ESV)

Ezekiel 4:9 – Wheat – Barley – Beans – Lentils – Millet – Emmer
⁹ And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it. (ESV)

Genesis 18:5 - Bread
⁵ while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” (ESV)

Matthew 6:11 - Bread
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread, (ESV)

1 Samuel 25:18 – Bread – Parched Grain – Fig Cakes – Raisins
¹⁸ Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. (ESV)

2 Samuel 6:19 – Bread Cakes – Raisin Cakes
¹⁹  and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house. (ESV)

Nuts

·         Pistachio Nuts - Almonds – Nuts of any king are good for you, unless you eat too many and then you will get the TROTS.

Numbers 17:8 – Almonds
⁸ On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. (ESV)

Genesis 43:11 – Pistachio Nuts and Almonds - Honey
¹¹ Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds. (ESV)

Spices

·         Spices – Herbs – Salt – Garlic – Peppers - Olive Oil - Honey – Honeycomb

Song of Songs 5:1 - Spices – Honeycomb – Honey - Milk
¹ I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. (ESV)

Leviticus 2:13 – Salt
¹³ You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. (ESV)

Job 6:6 – Salt
⁶ Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? (ESV)

Deuteronomy 12:16-17 - OIL
¹⁶ Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
¹⁷ You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your OIL, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present, (ESV)

Dairy Products & Drinks

·         Water - Goats Milk – Wine and lots of it – Curds – Cheese –

Isaiah 3:1 – Water – Bread
¹ For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; (ESV)

Genesis 49:12 – Milk
¹² His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. (ESV)

Job 10:10 – Milk - Cheese
¹⁰ Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? (ESV)

Isaiah 7:15 – Curds - Honey
¹⁵ He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. (ESV)

Deuteronomy 32:14  - Curds – Milk – Fat – Wheat - Wine
¹⁴ Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat— and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape. (ESV)

2 Samuel 17:29 – Honey – Curds – Cheese -
²⁹ honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.” (ESV)

1 Samuel 17:18 - Cheese
¹⁸ Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”

Proverbs 27:27 – Goats Milk
²⁷ There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. (ESV)

Wine

·         Some Dominations such as Baptist are opposed to drinking alcohol in any form as it will be the ruin of your family.  -  Presbyterians say it’s OK to drink in moderation and that Alcohol is not a sin; drunkenness is the sin.

·         God created wine and said it was Good - Jesus drank wine. – It’s not what goes into you that defiles you, it’s what comes out. – It’s in the Book -  NYOBS 03.21 - BEER, BOOZE AND BUBBLY

·         I say this and not scripture; if you want to lose weight; don’t include alcohol in your diet as it increases your food intake which equals more calories.

Proverbs 21:17 – Do not love pleasure and wine
¹⁷ Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich. (ESV)

John 2:3-10 - Wine and a lot of it
³ When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” (ESV)

Psalm 104:15 - Wine – Oil - Bread
¹⁵ and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart. (ESV)

Ruth 2:14 – Wine – Roasted Grain - Bread
¹⁴ And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. (ESV)

Gen 1:31 – God created wine and it was good

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. NIV

Luke 7:33-34 – Jesus drank wine

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, `He has a demon.'

34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, `Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." NIV

Matt 15:11 – It’s Not What Goes In That Defiles.

11 What goes into a man's mouth does not make him `unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth that is what makes him `unclean.'" NIV

Side Bar - Passover Food

• Since we are talking about food, I thought it would be nice to see what the Hebrews ate during Passover.  Note; although they drank a lot of wine, traditionally it was half water and half wine on purpose, something we should also limit ourselves on. –  Here is the lineup:
• Water:  A dish of salt water for washing the hands represented the tears of the slaves.
• Red Wine:  As the feast progressed, their cup would be refilled four times with RED wine representing the blood.
• The Lamb: A one year old male lamb without blemish, roasted and not boiled was to be eaten without breaking a bone in his body.  It was called the “Paschal Lamb” and was eaten with the bitter herbs.  Jesus was the Lamb of God - Not a bone in Jesus’ body was broken.
• Bitter herbs salad consisted of bitter lettuce, chicory or endive; Today, Jews use grated horseradish or onion, parsley and watercress.  It was symbolic of how the Egyptians embittered their live during captivity.
• Haroset sauce or fruit pulp was grated apples, chopped nuts, sugar, cinnamon and sweet red wine mashed together into a texture resembling mortar, making a thick dip.  It represents the mortar of Pharaoh’s building projects.
• Unleavened bread; Wrapped in a napkin, there were three wafers of bread such as Matzos; which had a texture like a cracker.  Represented their quick flight out of bondage.
• Other dishes; a hardboiled egg and sweet vegetables also for dipping.  NYOBS 5 LORD’S SUPPER

THP - Trim Healthy Papa

·         Okay, this is where we depart from the ordinary, the rest of this study deals with THP; Trim Healthy Papa or your relationship with God; sub-titled, “Who’s in control of your body?

The Invisible War

·         When we received the NT we were released from the Laws of the OT and the Sin that came with eating Un-clean or Un-Kosher food. – That Sin is gone… But we still can Sin.

·         If you let your body control your actions, specifically your eating habits, you are operating in SIN.  You have full knowledge in your Spirit man of what and how much you should eat and your Soul Man (your body) is fighting you every step of the way.

·         Did you hear what I said?  You Spirit is willing, but your flesh is weak and tempts you.

Romans 7:21-25 – There is a war going on in your mind
²¹ So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
²² For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
²³ but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
²⁴ Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
²⁵ Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. (ESV)

Matthew 26:41 - The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
⁴¹ Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (ESV)

Will Power

·         God has promised He will not let us starve. - Remember, the Lord is our Sheppard, We shall not want. - Do not let your belly be your God, it will bring destruction to your life.  God is in you! - He provides the willpower to act accordingly.

·         Don’t say, I just don’t have the will power.  - God says that nothing is impossible with Him.  You have Jesus, there is no excuse. -  FAT IS NOT WHERE IT’S AT -

Proverbs 10:3 - The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry
³ The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. (ESV)

Psalm 23:1 - We shall not want
¹ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (ESV)

Philippians 3:18-19 - Their god is their belly,
¹⁸ For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
¹⁹ Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. (ESV)

Philippians 2:13 – God gives you the Willpower
¹³ for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV)

Luke 1:37 - Nothing is impossible with God
³⁷ For nothing will be impossible with God.” (ESV)

Battle of the Bulge

·         Now I know this sounds far out; but there is a war going on in your body between your Spirit and your flesh, but God said His grace is sufficient for us to overcome this battle.

·         Before you became a Christian you did things that fulfilled your flesh and those feeling are still inside you. - If you will listen to your spirit, God will take these feelings and the Battle of the Bulge from you

Galatians 5:17 - Spirit & Flesh Desires; opposed to each other
¹⁷  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. (ESV)

2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace is sufficient for you
⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Ephesians 2:2-3 – Those feelings of old are still in you
² in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
³ among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. (ESV)

2 Chronicles 20:15-17 – God will help in the Battle of the Bulge.
¹⁵ And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
¹⁶ Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.
¹⁷ You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.” (ESV)

Worry

·         We are instructed to give our worry’s to God - He is our stronghold when we are troubled. - People say that when they are upset they head straight for the refrigerator.  God says we should not be anxious or worry about anything, but to tell Him about our needs and He will give us peace.

·         If things are bad and you feel that you are all alone, turn to God; He loves you and nothing will separate you from His love. - Don’t turn to the refrigerator for help. - Ask God for Help.  If you believe; you will receive what you have asked for.

·         Don’t you know that it must offend our God when His children go to the Refrigerator for their needs instead of Him? - Anger will do the same thing as worry. ( Refrigerator Ville)

1 Peter 5:7 - Cast all your worries upon Him
⁷ casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. (NKJV)

Nahum 1:7 God is our stronghold when we are troubled
⁷ The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. (ESV)

Philippians 4:6 - Do not be anxious or worry.
⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (NASB)

Romans 8:38-39– Nothing can separate us from the Love of God
³⁸ For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)

Matthew 21:22 - Whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive
²² and whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, IF you have faith.”

Psalm 37:8 - Anger does the same thing as worry.
⁸ Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. (ESV)

Old Habits

·         Forget your old eating habits and reach for a new healthy way of life.  Leave those things that are behind you and grab on to the vision that is ahead; Trim Healthy Papa

·         You may not feel like you’re going to make it without a midnight snack, but continue to endure through the night, because the growling in your stomach is fat leaving your body.  - In the morning there will be a shout of joy when you step on the scales.

Philippians 3:13-14 - Forget old desires; press on to the new
¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (ESV)

Psalm 30:5 - Shout for joy as you step on the scales
⁵ For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. (ESV)

Our Appetite

·         God says, if we ask him; He will satisfy our appetites.

·         Check your thoughts, don’t think about shopping for food or preparing it or where you can go for lunch.  God knows you need food and will handle.it.  - If your mind is on food, then you are not in control of your body.  (You might want to read this again)

·         When you see food placed in front of you and you are tempted to “Eat the Whole Thing”, Don’t! – God will not allow Satan to tempt you beyond your ability to say NO!

·         They say you can have a “Taste” of anything, but I say you are just teasing your flesh and before you know it, you are mad at yourself again.  Taste Not!

·         Eating a light meal causes you mind to stay sharp.  A heavy meal slows down your responses.

Psalm 107:5-9 - Ask God to satisfy your appetite
⁵ hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
⁶ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
⁸ Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. (ESV)

Luke 12:29 – Do not worry about what to eat or drink
²⁹ And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. (ESV)

1 Corinthians 10:13 - No temptation has overtaken you
¹³  No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. (ESV)

1 Paul 1:9 – Taste Not

9 They say you can have a “taste” of anything but I say you are just teasing your flesh and before you know it, you are mad at yourself again.  Taste Not!

1 Paul 1:6 – Eat Light

6 Eating a light meal causes your mind to stay sharp, a heavy meal slows down your responses.

Get a Buddy

·         We have in us the Ability to overcome our desires to overeat.

·         Good eating habits are hard to handle alone. - It is best if you have a special someone to share the goals with. - The two of you can “sort of” help each other out, especially in agreeing on what to eat.  Two working together is better than one.

·         When cleaning the supper table remember that you are not a disposal.

·         We are instructed to eat and drink to the glory of God.  Does the amount you eat and drink glorify God?

·         Don’t lie to God about wanting to lose weight when those same lips are gobbling goodies.

1 John 4:4 - We have the ability in us to overcome
⁴ Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (ESV)

Ecclesiastes 4:9 – Get a buddy to be accountable to.
⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. (ESV)

1 Paul 1:8 – You are not a disposal

8 When cleaning the dinner table, remember that you are not a “disposal”.

1 Corinthians 10:31– Eat and Drink to the glory of God
³¹ So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (ESV)

Discipline

·         If refraining from eating is a hardship for you, consider it as discipline for your spirit.

·         While discipline is unpleasant at the time, it later on will produce a harvest for those who have been trained by it.

·         It is God’s desire that we be disciplined people, because He is our father and Fathers discipline their children. - Now I know you don’t want to hear this, but your body is God’s temple and is sacred and if you destroy your temple, God will destroy you… It’s in the book.

·         We are urged to not be unequally yoked.  Light cannot fellowship with darkness, evil with good, your temple with the idols of food.

·         We are to separate ourselves from things that would tear down our temple.

·         We are to eat what we need, not what we want.  Ask yourself, do I need it?

·         If you let your body be ruled over by its desires then sin has reign in your temple.  I’ sorry folks, but that’s what God said; not me.

Hebrews 12:7 Consider restraint as discipline from God
⁷ It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Hebrews 12:11 - Discipline yields a harvest of peaceful fruit
¹¹  For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (ESV)

Hebrews 12:8-10 – Fathers discipline their children for good
⁸ If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
⁹ Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 – The body God’s temple, don’t destroy it
¹⁶ Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
¹⁷ If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Paul 1:1- Eat what you need, not what you want.

1 We are to eat what we need not what we want.  Ask yourself, Do I need it?

Romans 6:12-14 – Don’t let over eating reign over your body.
¹² Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
¹³ Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
¹⁴ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (ESV)

Gluttony

·         It may seem like the sin of gluttony is not as bad as perhaps the sin of murder, but God doesn’t measure sin in value; He see any sin as rebellion. - God lumps rebellion and witchcraft together as the same sin and stubbornness as to worshipping idols of food.

·         His commandments are not something mysterious from another far off dimension, but are very simple and close by.

·         Eating to live is not a sin.  It’s living to eat that’s the trouble.

·         Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

·         If you sow the instruction of God into your spirit bountifully, you will reap bountiful results.

·         Stay away from All you can eat places or you will be cutting your own throat - When a free meal comes along, don’t just load up like it’s your last meal.  You’ll impress your host and your waistline.

·         Jesus has told us that there is no food that is of itself unclean.  But IF there is something that you feel you should not eat, then don’t; because it is wrong for you.

·         But concerning wine and meats, we should not partake of these things if it offends others in our presence although we know WE ARE FREE TO EAT OR DRINK IT.

·         We should receive all food offered with thanksgiving, even if we are not accustomed to it, remember it becomes sanctified by prayer.  Don’t use this passage as a “Cop Out” to get to eat what you want.

·         Scripture says, when you set down to eat, stay away from the delicacies, because they are a deceptive food. - If you are given to Gluttony; “Cut Your Throat” – It’s in the Book.

·         We can really trim ourselves up by eating vegetables and drinking water for ten day a month.

1 Paul 1:5 - Over eating is the sin of rebellion.

5 It may seem like the sin of gluttony is not as bad as perhaps the sin of murder, but God doesn’t measure sin in value, he see any sin as rebellion.

1 Samuel 15:23 – God lumps rebellion in with witchcraft.
²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king." (NKJV)

Deuteronomy 30:11 – God’s commandments are simple & close by
¹¹ For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. (ESV)

1 Paul 1:3 – Eat to live or Live to eat

3 Eating to live is not a sin.  It’s living to eat that is the trouble.

Matthew 5:6 – Hunger and thirst for righteousness
⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (ESV)

2 Corinthians 9:6– Sow God’s instructions and reap the rewards
⁶ The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. (ESV)

Proverbs 23:1-2 – Stay away from the “All you can eat” buffet
¹  When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,
²  and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. (ESV)

1 Paul 1:2 – Impress your host, eat small portions

2 When a free meal comes along, don’t load up like it’s your last meal.  You’ll impress your host and your waistline.

Romans 14:14 – Food you feel you should not eat; DON’T.
¹⁴ I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. (ESV)

Romans 14:21 – Don’t drink wine if it offends your brother
²¹ It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. (ESV)

1 Timothy 4:4-5 – You can eat anything; just pray over it.
⁴  For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
⁵  for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. (ESV)

Daniel 1:12 - Take only vegetables for ten days
¹² Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. (ESV)

Proverbs 23:2 – Cut your throat if you are a glutton

2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. NIV

Proverbs 23:3 - Delicacies are a deceptive food
³ Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. (ESV)

Lust

·         Did you know you can lust after food? – God is displeased when you complain about the daily bread that He has already provided you.  

·         Scripture shows that God’s anger slew the FATTEST of people that could not control themselves and lusted after food. – It’s in the Book -

Ps 78:29 – Their craving turned to LUST of bodily appetite

29 They ate till they had more than enough, for he had given them what they craved.

Ps 105:40 – He satisfied them with quail

40 They asked, and He brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ASV

Ps 78:30-31 – God slew the FATTEST of them.

30 But before they turned from the food they craved, even while it was still in their mouths,

31 When the anger of God went up against them, and SLEW of the fattest of them, and smote down the young men of Israel. ASV

Fat Boy

·         The Bibles says The Fat Is The Lord’s and it’s not talking about YOU.

·         There was a King that was so fat that when he was assassinated with a knife, it disappeared into his FAT. – That one is just for FUN -  It’s in the Book

Leviticus 3:13-16 – The Fat belongs to the Lord
¹³ and lay his hand on its head and kill it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.
¹⁴ Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for a food offering to the LORD, the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
¹⁵ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.
¹⁶ And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the LORD’s. (ESV)

1 Paul 1:10 – You do not belong to the Lord because you are FAT

10 The scriptures that states that “the fat is the Lords” is not referring to you.

Judges 3:21-22 The FAT closed over the knife blade of Egglon
²¹ And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into (Egglon) his belly.
²² And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out. (ESV)

Satan

·         Satan’s first attempt to drag people down started with Adam & Eve through the lure of food.  He is still tempting us that same way today

Genesis 3:6 – Delight to eyes; Was desired – Took some; did eat
⁶ So when the woman SAW that the tree was good for food, and that it was a DELIGHT TO THE EYES, and that the tree was TO BE DESIRED to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (ESV

Johnathan

·         I had a friend who had very little to live on and I took him to lunch one day and said, “Johnathan, order anything that you want”. – He ordered just one hamburger and water. –

·         I said, Good Grief man, don’t you want more; get two hamburgers, fries, a pie, and a soft drink; … He said “Of course I want more, but this is all I need”.

Proverbs 30:8 - Feed me with the food that is needful for me
⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, (ESV)

30 day diet

·         Here’s your 30 day diet

·         10 days:  Eat only vegetables and drink water, do not cook with animal fat. – You may cook with olive oil, herbs and seasoning.

·         20 Days – You may add the following in moderation; fruit, cereal, bread, fish, chicken, beef and Lamb – milk, butter, cheese, honey and fruit.  – Wine, grapes, raisins and figs.  Olives, nuts, melons and garlic.  A handful of locust, two beetles and a grass hopper.

·         No Days – Forget about lobster, shrimp, crab, oysters, squid, eel and shell fish.  If it swims in the waters it must have fins and scales… So NO Catfish. - Forget about pork, ham, bacon, sausage, rabbit, worms, snails, turtles, ants and animal fat.  Say NO if it crawl on its belly or has more than four legs. 

Dietary Notes;

1.     Don’t confuse water with tea or coffee; water means water.

2.     It’s OK to eat two starches even though your mother says you can’t.

3.     Use honey instead of sugar.

4.     Fruits are for desert.

5.     If you need a snack eat a live grasshopper; that will keep you jumpin’.

6.     Get your spouse or a friend to agree with you to the same eating habits. – You need accountability.

7.     When you pray over your food, ask God to help you eat only what you need, not what you want.

8.     If it is cooked in anything but Olive oil, it’s out.  So forget potato chips unless they are cooked in Olive Oil.

9.     Even though it’s the American Way to clean your plate; it’s OK to leave some on it for the kids in China who are starving.  - Don’t eat just because it’s 12 noon. - If you are not hungry, skip the meal, tell everybody you are fasting and they will think you are “Super Religious”.

10.   Don’t fast to lose weight!  Fasting is a time that is special as it is set aside unto the Lord to hear from Him.

11.   Lay off Alcohol, it increases the desire for food and delays the feelings of being full.

12.   Bring these thoughts to your mind. - Am I thinking about food again? - Am I living to eat? -Lord does the amount of food I’m eating glorify you? - Do I need all this food that I’m fixin’ to eat? – God, am I in rebellion against you; am I disciplined?

Leviticus 3:16 - All the fat is the LORD'S
¹⁶ and the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma; all the fat is the LORD'S. (NKJV)

1 Paul 1:10 – Being Fat does not make you the Lords

10 The scriptures that states that “the fat is the Lords” is not referring to you.

TRIM HEALTY PAPA

I am including a 1200 calorie Four Week diet that also works well for someone who is

a type II diabetic and needs to lower their blood sugar levels.

You will notice Pork products are included and eggs have been limited to three a week.

It has the approval of my nurse dietitian and her recommendations have been included.

It will not show up on the internet because www.paulgorman.blogspot does not support

Excel Spreadsheets; plus it is turned landscape instead of portrait.

I will provide you one by e-mail www.paulgorman29212@gmail.com – (A Color Printer is Required)

If you do not have a specific food that is scheduled for that day, you can substitute

what you do have, with a food that is of a like color.

When my wife and I eat out, we order water, one meal and an extra plate, and then split it.

Not only do we get a quality meal and plenty to eat, we also save money.

We cook in quantity; packaging it in meals for two and vacuum seal it for the freezer.

In ten minutes, we can have an excellent meal on the table.

When I am on this plan I experience an average weight loss of 1 to 1 ½ pounds a week

and lost 27 pounds; my blood sugar was reduced and I could breathe easier.

If you want the results; it’s not a diet – It’s a way of life.

In the multitude of counselors,

there is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:14

I am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses.  Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further that I otherwise ever could have.

                                                                                                                                     

Arithmetic of God; The – Don Kistler

Bible Code: The – Michael Drosnin

Bible Code II – Michael Drosnin

Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer

English Standard Version Bible – ESV

Expositor’s Bible Commentary; The – Frank E. Gaebelein

Harper’s Bible Dictionary – Harper & Row

Illustrated Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s

New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas – Tenney

Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The - Tyndale

Interlinear Greek-English New Testament – Baker

Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse

Liberty Commentary on the New Testament – Falwell

Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan

Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest

Theomatics – Jerry Lucas

Thru the Bible – J. Vernon McGee

Wikipedia

Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer - Harrison

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The - Tenney