Biblical Health Principles Flashcards
What does the bible teach about human waste management?
[Deu 23:12-13 NKJV] 12 “Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; 13 “and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse.”
The Bible provision of Moses’ day that body waste should be buried was 3,500 years ahead of its time and saved countless thousands of Jewish lives.
Contaminated water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene cause over 80% of all disease in developing countries.14 Human waste is responsible for the transmission of schistosomiasis, cholera, typhoid and other infectious diseases that affect billions of people.
Does the bible give guidance regarding sexually transmitted diseases?
The clear bible teaching (Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 5:3 and 1 Cor 10:8) is to abstain from immoral fornication.
Romans 1:24-27 goes on to teach the sad physical and emmotional ramifications of homosexuallity… “men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.”
Every day about 5,600 people contract HIV—more than 230 every hour. In 2014, 1.2 million people died from AIDS. Since the beginning of the pandemic, nearly 78 million people have contracted HIV and close to 39 million have died of AIDS-related causes. If we simply had taught our children to abstain from sex, millions of live would have been saved.
Does the bible provide guidance regarding alcohol and its destructive potential?
[Pro 23:30, 33 NKJV] 30 Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. … 33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.
Alcohol has never yielded good fruit. Countless families have been destroyed by alcoholic addiction, millions of people have been killed by drunk drivers, thousands die every year from liver disease and other health complications caused by alcohol.
There is no redeeming qualities of beer and wine.
Were the health principles laid out in Leviticus only for Jews?
And the Lord said unto Noah, … Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens … and of beasts that are not clean by two.” Genesis 7:1, 2.
Noah was not a jew, yet there was a clear distiction between clean and unclean animals described in the book of Leviticus.
Does the bible provide guidance on healthy diet?
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed … and every tree … yielding seed.” “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.” Genesis 1:29; 2:16.
Gods original dietary plan for humans was a plant based vegan diet.Eating animal fats and proteins has been shown in studies to raise a person’s risk of developing cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, and a number of other illnesses and conditions. The fat and protein content of cow’s milk is very different from human milk - vegans say that we are not designed for consuming cow’s milk.
Men with early stage prostate cancer who make intensive changes in diet and lifestyle may stop or perhaps even reverse the progression of their illness, according to one study published in the Journal of Urology.
Another U.S study involving half-a-million people found that red meat and processed meat eaters died prematurely more frequently than other people.
An article published in Food Technology in October 2012 explained that plant-based diets either minimize or completely eliminate people’s genetic propensity to developing chronic diseases, such as diabetes type 2, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
“It shall be a perpetual statute … that ye eat neither fat nor blood.” Leviticus 3:17.
1 Timothy 4:4 says, “Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused.” Can you explain this?
This Scripture passage (verse 3) refers to meats “which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving” by His people. These meats, as we have already discovered, are the clean meats listed in Leviticus chapter 11 and Deuteronomy chapter 14. Verse 4 makes it clear that all creatures of God are good and not to be refused, provided they are among those created to “be received with thanksgiving” (the clean animals). Verse 5 tells why these animals (or foods) are acceptable: they are “sanctified” by God’s Word, which says they are clean, and by a “prayer” of blessing, which is offered before the meal. Please note, however, that God will destroy people who try to “sanctify themselves” while eating unclean foods (Isaiah 66:17).
Matthew 15:11 says, “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out.” How do you explain this?
The subject in Matthew 15:1-20 is eating without first washing the hands (verse 2). The focus is not eating, but washing. The scribes taught that eating any food without a special ceremonial washing defiled the eater. Jesus said the ceremonial washings were meaningless. In verse 19, He listed certain evils–murders, adulteries, thefts, etc. Then He concluded, “These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.” Verse 20.
But didn’t Jesus cleanse all animals in Peter’s vision, as recorded in Acts 10?
No! In fact, the subject of this vision is not animals, but people. God gave Peter this vision to show him that the Gentiles were not unclean, as the Jews believed. God had instructed Cornelius, a Gentile, to send men to visit Peter. But Peter would have refused to see them if God had not given him this vision, because Jewish law forbade entertaining Gentiles (verse 28). But when the men finally did arrive, Peter welcomed them, explaining that ordinarily he would not have done so, but “God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” Verse 28. In the next chapter (Acts 11), the church members criticized Peter for speaking with these Gentiles. So Peter told them the whole story of his vision and its meaning. And Acts 11:18 says, “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”
Romans 14:3, 14, 20 says: “Let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth.” “There is nothing unclean of itself.” “All things indeed are pure.” Can you explain this?
Verses 3 through 6 are a discussion of those who eat certain things versus those who do not. The passage does not say either is right, but rather counsels that neither pass judgment on the other. Instead, let God be the Judge (verses 4,10-12). Verses 14 and 20 refer to foods that were first offered to idols (and were thus ceremonially unclean)–not to the clean and unclean meats of Leviticus chapter 11. (Read 1 Corinthians 8:1, 4, 10, 13). The point of the discussion is that no food is “unclean” or “impure” just because it has first been offered to idols, because an idol is “nothing in the world.” 1 Corinthians 8:4. But if a person’s conscience bothers him for eating such food, he should leave it alone. Or even if it merely offends a brother, he should likewise abstain.
