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XVII.
Health and Temperance
Chapter 186
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Good Health
1. WHAT did the apostle
John wish concerning Gaius?
"Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 2.
2. What did God promise
His people anciently?
"And ye shall serve the Lord your
God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy
water; and I will take sickness away from the
midst of thee." Ex. 23:25.
3. Upon what conditions
was freedom from disease promised?
"If thou wilt diligently harken to
the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that
which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear
to His commandments, and keep all His statutes,
I will put none of these diseases upon thee,
which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I
am the Lord that healeth thee." Ex. 15:26.
4. What does the
psalmist say the Lord does for His people?
"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who healeth all thy diseases." Ps. 103:3.
5. What constituted a
large part of Christ's ministry? "Who
went about doing good, and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil." Acts 10:38.
See Luke 13:16. "And Jesus went about all
Galilee, . . . healing all manner of sickness
and all manner of disease among the people."
Matt. 4:23.
6. Why should the
health of the body be preserved?
"For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and
in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Cor. 6:20.
7. What is the body of
the believer said to be?
"What? know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in
you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your
own?" Verse 19.
8. What will God do to
those who defile this temple?
"If any man defile the temple of God,
him shall God destroy; for the temple of
God is holy, which temple ye are." 1 Cor. 3:17.
9. What example did
Daniel set in this matter?
"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." Dan. 1:8.
10. With what food did
he ask to be provided?
"Prove thy servants, I beseech thee,
ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat,
and water to drink." Verse 12.
11. What was the
original diet prescribed for man?
"And God said, Behold, I have given
you every herb bearing seed, which is
upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Gen. 1:29.
12. Why did the Lord
restrict the Hebrews in their diet?
"For thou art an holy people unto
the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee
to be a peculiar people unto Himself, above
all the nations that are upon the earth. Thou
shalt not eat any abominable thing." Deut.
14:2,3.
NOTE.-Both mind and body are affected by the
food we eat.
13. What effect does
cheerfulness have upon the health?
"A merry heart doeth good like
a medicine." Prov. 17:22.
14. How did the Saviour
provide rest for His disciples?
"And He said unto them, Come ye
yourselves apart into a desert place, and
rest awhile." Mark 6:31.
15. How are we exhorted
to present our bodies to God?
"I beseech you. . . that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God." Rom. 12:1.
16. What high purpose
should control our habits of life?
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of
God." 1 Cor. 10:31. |
