1. Recognition- Everyone is so overweight and out of shape that on Sunday a problem isn’t even seen as a problem. My cousin Malachi Isreal said “Everything in the physical exist also in the spiritual so obesity has to be addressed from a spiritual standpoint as well”. How do you change something that you don’t see as a real problem? The answer is, you can’t. 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. It must be said that there is a serious problem that exist in the body of Christ and I’m either part of the problem or the solution.
2. Separation- Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “‘Come out of her, my people,’…. The question that has to be raised is; Does your dietary choices differ from anyone else you know? From a historical stand point food that one would eat or pass upon was a clear indication of their faith. In today’s society there are no differences at all between what a “worldly” person and a “saved” person eats. Examine your dietary behavior. There is a diet that is Biblically acceptable and one that isn’t, which feeds you?
3. Temptation- Why are deserts and fried chicken dinners still being sold at the end of church services. If prayer is going forth at the beginning of service for people who are sick from diabetes, hypertension, strokes, etc… Then how is a service ended with the selling of fried food, candy, and cakes? It just doesn’t seem backwards, it is backwards. If a church service for strippers is held to ask them to change their lifestyle, one can’t end the service with bringing out poles and throwing money. Thus when these foods are being offered believers must be bold and say, “No I don’t want any” without giving an explanation. James 4:7 … Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
4. Subjection- While teaching an exercise class at Salem Baptist Church, I noticed people in wheel chairs working out, I noticed people with walkers working out, I noticed people on crutches working out. These individuals refused to allow their situation to stop them from exercising. Well how silly does a healthy able body able minded person look saying they are just too tired or working out is just too hard? That is an insult to the person that would give anything to have your physical situation. Prov. 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.. Though the church is quick to identify a drunk (and quick to condemn him), the glutton goes largely unnoticed. Society has changed and become very sedentary, one must subject there self to consistent exercise to combat bad habits.
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