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[Guest Lnknprkfan]

What are your thoughts on 'gluttony'? Do you think it's really that bad of a sin or anything like that? Do you believe in it or just totaly ignore it?

[GodisTruth]

Greed is a sin no matter what you call it. Just remember that not everyone who is fat is gluttonous.

[tah]

I just looked it up and the root meaning for it is..

loose morally

riotous eating

hummmm..didn't know that...

[Openly Curious]

This is a good subject in which i have wondered about. my thoughts are that eating food is not a sin in fact eating your bread to the full in a blessing from the Lord in the bible. If food was a sin then we would have to stop eating to remain clean before the Lord. There are lot of teachings going on to day that we should abstain from meats and certain types of food. which is a sign that we are living in the last days to us recorded in timothy

i think it a wise thing to take care of your body it just is good sense. Those who have illnesses will live longer if they take care and eat good foods say like in the case of diabetes it is just good sense.

Jesus taught that it was not what went into our bodies that made us unclean and he was speaking about the foods we eat when he said this but Jesus said that it was the sins that were inside of our hearts that was what made us unclean not food or eating with unwashen hands and Jesus also taught that the body even purges itself into the drought. meaning what we take into our bodies in the way of food and drink will be cleansed or go from our bodies when we got to go to the restroom to put it plainly. So we do not have to worry in this regards as far as abstaining from certain foods the body takes care of that for us. and Jesus has purchased our bodies by his precious blood so we are as clean body wise as we ever gonna be IMO by the blood of Jesus

Jesus taught us that we could eat anything that was sold in the market place in the shambles so food is not unclean not a sin to eat.

Now the subject was gluttony so i will address this and i will reinterate first that it is not a sin but a blessing from the Lord to be able to eat your bread to the full and not be hungry still after you have eaten as you can see very clearly in the more povern stricken countries to give you idea of what i am saying in this regards.

Gluttonous is over induldging in something where you get so much of it you get sick most people who over eat that i have observed do not go to this point even in eating disorders when they go on binges they don't go this far or they wouldn't have to make themselves vomit right. But the way I see gluttony is getting so much of something that you don't need and storing up the excess and I don't necessarily think that is fat.

the book of james refers to those who have stored or heaped up money by wrong means and so it will be a witness against them one day at judgment ebenezzar scrooge come to mind here.

but anyway let me stop rambling i just think that when gluttony was spoken of in the bible it was not referring to natural gluttony referring to food as most people assume but it was talking about spiritual gluttony as the people were let's say eatlng drinking and be merry giving themselves to marriage and so forth vasting in and over indulging in their sins without any regards for the will of God. They were eating from the "table" of the world instead of the "table" of the Lord. and we are not to eat from the table of the world.

Thus spiritual gluttony which is not addressed by the church is the real meaning and not overeating although it is just plain wise to take care of yourself but it profited little as timothy say but godliness with contentment is great gain. Just my thoughts I sure I get some back lash on this one. blessings

OC

[Snow4JC]

Hello!

I have a problem with choosing the wrong kinds of food to eat. Candy, donuts (i had 3 today) seem to be a big problem with me.

I was recently told I am a diabetic. So I have not been eating pure sugar.(except the donuts today)

I now eat sugarless candy, popcycles, ice cream and anything else I can get that has no sugar in it.

Last week I lost 1 pound. This week I lost another pound. So by making better choices I am going down instead of my weight going up.

It takes time to put the weight on and it takes a long time to take it off.

Snow

[Guest Lnknprkfan]

I'm always drinking diet pepsi not cause im thirsty, but cause i enjoy drinking. I dont really eat fattening foods i really dont like them that much but i always eat constantly. I normaly never eat till it hurts but... i just eat alot. Idk if i just have a huge appetite all the time or somthing cause im not fat my stomach isnt huge idk whats wrong with me...?

[Openly Curious]

sound perfectly normal to me.

[Guest Lnknprkfan]

sound perfectly normal to me.

I would say its normal but when i got home from school i had 2 tacos then for dinner i had 4 chicken sandwhiches :$. It wouldnt be SOOO bad if i didnt eat lunch but i had pizza for lunch :$.

[Openly Curious]

Hello!

I have a problem with choosing the wrong kinds of food to eat. Candy, donuts (i had 3 today) seem to be a big problem with me.

I was recently told I am a diabetic. So I have not been eating pure sugar.(except the donuts today)

I now eat sugarless candy, popcycles, ice cream and anything else I can get that has no sugar in it.

Last week I lost 1 pound. This week I lost another pound. So by making better choices I am going down instead of my weight going up.

It takes time to put the weight on and it takes a long time to take it off.

Snow

hi snow,

I think it will be hard for you to make the changes in general it will take some time as you just recently found this out but it looks like you are on the right track in your choices except for the 3 donuts but it good to know those donuts are not a sin that will condemn your soul to hell if you partake or eat them i pray you can continue in this way so you will live long and prosper in the Lord.

[Openly Curious]

sound perfectly normal to me.

I would say its normal but when i got home from school i had 2 tacos then for dinner i had 4 chicken sandwhiches :$. It wouldnt be SOOO bad if i didnt eat lunch but i had pizza for lunch :$.

Then perhaps it is a spiritual hunger in which you are trying to fill up and don't or haven't recognized it yet. Perhaps you should pull away and read your bible and fill up on the manna from heaven awhile for man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

OC