Hello friends, hope we are all doing good. Today, I wish to air my view in response to Pastor Eli's teaching on (staying healthy biblically) I really enjoyed going through the videos. Let's check below on my contribution as I believe you would love going through.
In this first video, Pastor Eli drew his inference citing the books of; I John 1:2, Deut 34:7, Deut 32:50. After which he expantiated on them.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.(KJV)
Yeah, it is the will of God for believers and everyone to prosper on all sides and this includes the prosperity of our souls and body.
But here, John wished that although his beloved ones prospered spiritually which is prosperity of the soul, he also wished they prosper physically and also be in good health.
John understood the importance of sound health which prompted him to make such a prayer. One is happy when he's in good health, we can easily make ends meet when there is good health.
Good health is very important and must be maintained with all diligence because one cannot serve God effectively when it's only his soul that is prospering.
Deut 34:7 tells us about the life of Moses and how strong he was even at the age of 120. We are also admonished through this scripture on the importance of staying healthy even at old age. Although Moses died on account of what happened at the water of Meribah, but then he lived a very strong and healthy Life.
Research has shown that people would long to die at old age because of the weakness of their body system but a young man full of Life wouldn't want to die because he believes that he is still strong and has a lot to offer in Life.
This first video emphasizes on the need of staying healthy as the life of Moses was used in reference. So as believers and everyone in general, we must do all we can to stay healthy.
I must appreciate the MCGI community for offering health care services to people in different locations of the world, this is really incredible, God bless MCGI.
In this video, Pastor Eli emphasized on sweating to make ends meet, and the need for exercise as he expounded his message citing the books of;
Gen 3:19, II These 3:10.
"We must labor for what we eat"- Pastor Eli
In Gen 3:19, God commanded the man that in the sweat of his face shall he eat bread. We cannot negate the fact that no one wants to suffer but the fact remains that it is biblical for us to work to put food on our table.
We don't die by working, rather we live by doing something. Even Paul ordered that no one should eat if he does not want to work according to II Thess 3:10.
Laziness leads to poverty but a dextrous hand will always have something to eat. Christians are advised to work, so we wouldn't put our God in the shoes of one that's no longer the lifter of men because it is through the works of our hands that we would be blessed.
Jesus said, what he saw from the father he speaks. Meaning that God is working. If God is working, we who are his creatures should also work. We are not meant to be lazy Christians expecting manna to fall from heaven as in the days when the Israelites were going back to Canaan.
In this third video, Pastor Eli discussed the need for sweating and exercising which is a good measure of healthy living as he referenced the books of I Tim 4:12 and Prov 17:1
1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. (KJV)
As people who are eating and consuming foods, exercising the body is very paramount because it helps the body system in diverse ways which includes:
Mitigates against obesity.
Stability in breathing mood and mitigating against cardiovascular diseases.
Reduces high blood pressure.
Boosts the immune system.
We need to exercise the body in order to keep fit against any physical action even as we live godly.
"Exercise strengthens our immune system"- Pastor Eli
"It is a healthy way to sweat"- Pastor Eli
Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.(KJV)
We are advised through this part of the scripture to be contemptuous with whatever God has blessed us with.
There are people that have wealth and all that life could offer but they don't have peace within themselves because of probably how they've soiled their hands in the process of acquiring wealth.
Believers are admonished to be satisfied with what God has blessed us with because we may not endure what those we are envying are passing through if we are given the opportunity to be in their shoes.
Pastor Eli also talked about balancing our diets in this regard. It is good to eat a balanced diet. For instance, eating protein with protein is not good as it can lead to obesity rather we are to balance out food consumption in a way that no nutrition is so much in excess.
I would also like to add that a dry morsel is a meat that needs endurance for one to eat and finish. We don't eat dry meat so easily and quickly like when we eat the fresh and warmed morsel. So in life it is better we endure and be contemptuous with the proceeds we worked for than envying people we do not know the source of their wealth.
In this finally part of the video, Pastor Eli expantiated his teaching on giving thanks before eating citing the book of I Tim 4:4-6
In this part of the scriptures, Apostle Paul was admonishing Timothy about being a good teacher if he should teach the Brethren the right doctrines, like the eating of meat.
For instance in Israel, people abstain from different types of meat indicated or believed to be unclean meat but Apostle Paul had a contrary view about this'.
Nothing is unclean except what God had spotted unclean. Meat and foods are to be received or eaten with Thanksgiving, and the word of God which we speak over those foods purifies it as we are only restricted from strangled animals, eating of foods offered to idols and eating of blood according to Act 15:29.
It is good to live healthy as a believer, and we are also encouraged to live a fulfilled life by carefully observing what the scriptures instruct.
God will not be held accountable if we die by living our lives carelessly as he has already directed us on how to live through the scriptures.
We shouldn't see exercise as an evil engagement but we should embrace exercise as a good measure of improving the state and condition of our body system.
If not always, seldomly eat a balanced diet and always drink water since it contains all the six and basic classes of food that our body needs.
Don't envy people who have more than you but be content with the proceeds from the work of your hand.
We shouldn't permit our emotions to drive our conscience on what to eat or not but we should rely on the word of God to fulfill our days on earth against living ignorantly.
Join us in the zoom meeting today 7pm Philippine time and 12pm Nigerian time as you build your spirit man in an unusual dimension.
God bless his servant Pastor Eli on such a pretty teaching and God bless MCGI, Brother Hero and all who are in collaboration with this great move Amen.
