I am on a diet right now. Yes, yes, it is VERY hard to get back into healthy eating habits. It's even harder to restrict the chocolate candy that I love to snack on so very much.
In our text above, the Apostle is telling us that we are not limited to certain foods. We can eat it, as long as it is received with thanksgiving. Always say a prayer over your food, thanking God for what He has provided.
At the time of this writing, there were certain people who had left the faith and were telling others that one could not be justified and holy in God's eyes unless they followed a list of man-made rules such as not marrying or not eating meat (vs 3). The idea was that if man made great physical or mental sacrifices, then God owed them blessings or miracles. That is wrong. We cannot manipulate God into giving us what we want. This was also a way to show people how "holy" or spiritual they were.
It also was a way of trying to work their way into heaven. My friends, there is no other way into heaven except salvation through Jesus Christ. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."~ John 14:6.
How about you? Are you trying to get into heaven on your own accord? You can't do it. Jesus came so that we might have life. He sacrificed Himself on the cross and rose again so that we might have a way into Heaven. All you have to do is call upon His name, confess your sins and turn your life over to Him. That's it. Why not today?
I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!
Beth :-)
In our text above, the Apostle is telling us that we are not limited to certain foods. We can eat it, as long as it is received with thanksgiving. Always say a prayer over your food, thanking God for what He has provided.
At the time of this writing, there were certain people who had left the faith and were telling others that one could not be justified and holy in God's eyes unless they followed a list of man-made rules such as not marrying or not eating meat (vs 3). The idea was that if man made great physical or mental sacrifices, then God owed them blessings or miracles. That is wrong. We cannot manipulate God into giving us what we want. This was also a way to show people how "holy" or spiritual they were.
It also was a way of trying to work their way into heaven. My friends, there is no other way into heaven except salvation through Jesus Christ. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."~ John 14:6.
How about you? Are you trying to get into heaven on your own accord? You can't do it. Jesus came so that we might have life. He sacrificed Himself on the cross and rose again so that we might have a way into Heaven. All you have to do is call upon His name, confess your sins and turn your life over to Him. That's it. Why not today?
I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!
Beth :-)
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