Perfection

Now I know what you might be thinking that God gave us meat to eat after Noah's day and in the New Testament we are told all things are good for us. But wait a minute, please. Let's look at this from the Bible's writer(s). There again I believe God wrote the Bible... He used men, but He wrote it. You have a right to disagree about that and you may disagree on the following, but at least hear me out and then decide. Better yet! Try it and see for yourself! Why not, what would you have to lose? A few bucks spent on some food and some time? Do it for 30, 60, 100 days and eat only living food. See for yourself if you aren't physically better. Here are our answers to the above thinking:

What happened in Noah's day? I'll tell you. Mankind had gotten to a place of such evil that God didn't want to deal with man any more so he found one man and saved him and his family only and wiped the rest of mankind off the face of the earth! That left Noah and his family and they had to live on a boat with numerous animals for a lengthy period of time and care for all those animals during this time until the earth became dry again! Isn't that something to read about? How would you have liked to live it and be Noah or one of the members of his family? When you got off that boat you'd kiss the ground too (and maybe even build an altar and worship the Lord). You'd be hungry, too, and looking around at the earth mud laden and dead you'd ask God what you were supposed to eat too! Not to mention what they had to eat while on the boat! This is when meat entered into our world. Was it good for us? Must not be too bad; we've been eating it ever since. Was it God's best for us? No. It came after the flood. It came after the Garden.

Next question? Here's what people are thinking and it comes from Paul. He says in I Corinthians 10:23, "all things are lawful for me, but not all things helpful". Here's a note from the Spirit-Filled Life Bible on this verse through Chapter 11:1 (if you had kept on reading): "No created thing in itself is sinful, since everything belongs to God, but it is inconsistent to glorify God and hurt others." Or hurt yourself! We are Christian examples in a world that is deteriorating around us. Our food has changed over the past 50 years let alone over the past thousands! We now find it in a box or can and inside that box or can it has been totally processed to where I'm not sure you can really call it food. Read the labels. It may look to you like food or even your taste buds enjoy it, but what is it? Our meat isn't like it use to be right off the range now is it? Why are we living longer? Could it be all those additives and preservatives they are adding to all our food? Does that make it good for us? We definitely don't want to offend others in our choices of food and especially as a guest in another's home, but we do want to eat to live and when we eat we can also be an example of godliness and not worldliness to others.

God is perfection. His plan is perfect. His ways are perfect. Perfection began in the Garden of Eden where He first placed man and called him to work and eat the fruit of the land. Fresh, life-giving food. Perfect food for the perfect man whom He, God, had made. I want God's perfect plan for my life, how about you? Choose perfection. Choose living foods.

Genesis 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9