Health

GOD WANTS US TO BE HEALTHY.

• 3 John 2: Good health is God’s will for us.
• Exodus 15:26: God promised His people would be disease-free if they followed His instructions.
• 1 Corinthians 10:31: We should honor and glorify God even in our eating and drinking.

OUR BODIES—THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD.

• 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17: We should avoid anything that defiles or destroys God’s temple.
• 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20: Our bodies are not ours—they are God’s temples, His dwelling places.

THE IDEAL DIET.

• Genesis 1:29: Man’s original diet: grains, fruits, nuts.
• Genesis 7:2: Clean and unclean animals enter the ark.
• Genesis 3:18: Vegetables added to diet after sin entered.
• Genesis 9:2–4: Flesh food permitted after the Flood.
• Leviticus 11:1–31: Clean and unclean flesh foods defined.

WARNINGS AGAINST USE OF ALCOHOL.

• Judges 13:4: Warning against wine and strong drink.
• Proverbs 20:1: Warning against wine and strong drink.
• Proverbs 23:29–32: Results of using intoxicants.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10: Drunkards will not enter God’s kingdom.