"Not that! Eat this," says the Lord.

Really! Does God care what we eat, still? Didn't all that diet thing go out of vogue with grace? If you answer yes you are right - and wrong. Diet as a means of ratifying a spiritual covenant with God ended with grace through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We no longer have to include what we eat in the long list of "to dos's" in order to enter God's presence.

BUT...what we eat matters from a physical standpoint. All the prohibited foods have strong connections to bodily illnesses. Just to talk about a few: fats - cause elevated cholesterol levels as does shellfish of all kinds. Fish without scales are bottom feeders - they clean the ocean floor or river bed, organ meats clean the body, pork includes most of the above as well as being cannibalistic and a known carrier of worms. It gets even more gross if we look at rabbits.

In other words, God had good reason for the prohibitions and we do well to listen not for our souls but our bodies' sake. If you are in the Homestead and Florida City areas of South Florida, please join us this and next Wednesday night at 7pm for an in depth discussion on biblical dietary laws. We are at First Assembly of God Church, 824 West Palm Drive, Florida City 33034. Or, we welcome your call at (305) 992-0225.

Eat Healthy!