Fried Chicken Baptists

I'm not from the South... Does Southern California count?... There is a bucket of KFC with my name on it!... I would be very careful what you say about the South... You don't even want to get Granny Gumbos dander up... do you?... Hey New Baptist Kid On The Block you were warned!... While we are waiting would you mind passing me a drumstick?... Brother Glen

[ August 29, 2002, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: tyndale1946 ]

 

Fried chicken! Someone said Fried chicken! Hey kids....its fried chicken night on the BaptistBoard! Get the baggies....we can always eat leftovers later!

Sherrie

 

I believe that God wants His children to take care of their bodies. We are to be fit for the Master's use at all times.
1Thess 4:4 "That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;"

Paul brings out a tremendous truth when he declares that he will not allow his body or physical appetites to take control.
1Cor 9:27 "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."

Whenever we let ourselves go to the point that we are no longer bringing honor to God, I'd say that is sin.

Regarding your fried chicken comment, I got hooked on it when in Bible College. That's about all we could afford. It was chicken one day, and feathers the next.

 

I knew I was called to preach when:

(1) I woke up one morning and didn't want to get out of bed

(2) In the process of finally getting up--I started craving fried chicken!

 

When do we start to look at exercise as sin? I Tim 4:8: For bodily exercise profiteth little...?

Then, as for eating...Ecc2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than to eat and drink...and Ps 22:29: All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship...

And then there is what we are eating. A low fat diet; no sugar?: Isa 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the land. Or maybe no meat, or the Atkins diet?; Gen 9:5 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you...& Luk 9:16-17 And he took the five loaves...And they did eat, and were all filled.

The point being, who made the guide lines for "proper" weight to height ratio? Most people tend to get softer as they age. Is this part of God's plan? or were all people of Bible times thin and physically fit? People of today are lazier, and eat so much prepared, boxed/canned food. So do we look at this issue? Is it sin to eat frozen pizza or drink powdered ice tea? Maybe we should take Jesus' example and for the next Baptist fellowship have some fresh pressed grape juice and a handful of wheat grain from the stalk?

 

The reason we have such a obese society is not just because of fast food or junk food or tv dinners or the lack of exercise we live in a country that is run by stress.

This is a high stress nation. We are always on the run. Go, Go, Go. There never is enough time for Americans because we all want the American dream. This is why we are riddled with so much disease in this nation.

Stress causes people to overeat. The laziness causes people to not be able to overcome the excessive eating and gaining weight.

I am overweight I admit. I have been on diets and exercised but now I have a ruptured disc in my back and exercising causes too many problems
including walking very long and doctors don't
want to do surgery and on top of all of this I have had doctor after doctor say that more people cause themselves heart problem from all the yo-yo dieting. It is better to be overweight then lose and gain and lose and gain.

 

Tri Hard,

While I am certain that the OliveBranch's post was merely in jest, if you want to get technical about it, your verse was also taken out of context.

It was the act of committing sexual sins that made one sin against their own body. That has nothing to do with food.

Not that I disagree with the point you are making, but the verse in question doesn't really speak to the issue of food.

~Lorelei

 

Just live in another country for a while and upon your return you'll realize that Americans are extremely over-weight.
Ol Trapper

 

To answer your question when is it sin. To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin. That includes me.
Murph

 

LOL Bro Glen! Don't forget the mashed potatoes with plenty of gravy!

 

Tri Hard,
Ecc 10:19 "A feast is made for laughter..."

Or maybe you are too serious about fat?

I was j o k i n g!!

On the more serious side (I do have one), I was on the hallelujah diet for over a year and had never felt better. All those raw foods and enzymes mae me feel really good. But, due to a crisis in the family, I temporarily fell away from a total raw diet. I know that when I was young, energy was more abundant, as was quicker results. Sleep was more restful, and my body felt better. God does keep a balance on things. Nothing stops the aging process, but I know that we need to keep things in order. I agree with Murph.

[ August 30, 2002, 02:35 PM: Message edited by: TheOliveBranch ]

 

Since I've been losing weight the past nine months, I've kinda lost my appetite for fried chicken

 

Hi Tri Hard. Great topic! There is nothing pertaining to Biblical salvation that is associated with being physically fit. The Bible is clear. The flesh profits nothing (John 6: 63).

Yes, it is BETTER to be fit and eat a proper diet for health reasons. However, your post seems to suggest that there is a “salvation” component to physical fitness – to which I can find nothing in the Bible to support.

True, the Bible says that we should not be “gluttonous” with food (Deut. 21: 20, Prov. 23: 21). However, the word “gluttony” implies utter gorging – a drunkenness of food consumption. Eating fried chicken can hardly be considered “gluttony” (though one person eating a barrel of KFC in one sitting might be).

The LORD was accused of being “gluttonous” (Matt. 11: 19, Luke 7: 34). I don’t believe this accusation was true (I’m inclined to believe it was just a false accusation leveled against the LORD by the hypocrite religionists). However, there are many illustrations in the Bible where the LORD enjoyed good eating – often using “food” as a means to engage his audience (Matt. 15: 35-37, Luke 9: 16, John 21: 8-13).

Paul suggests that it is perfectly okay to be FULL with food (he had been at times) and equally ok to be hungry without it, which he was at times too (Philipians 4: 12).

I conclude that a healthy diet, with appropriate exercise, is a wise undertaking. However, with respect to salvation or spiritual matters, the best exercise is when we gingerly move our hands over to the Bible - and start to study. One can NEVER do enough “sets and repetitions” with that!

latterrain77

 

If you want a strict definition, I think that it becomes a sin at 205 pounds. Wow, that was close. I am just under it by a pound.

Okay, I agree that abuse of the body can be a sin (though to abuse it for the sake of the gospel might be just the opposite), but I think my problem would be the other way around. When is spending to much time in the weight room a sin. I certainly spend more time on my body then my house (I don't even have a house) but I tend to spend more time on my body then in prayer, and to this Paul's verse could be applied quite literarly. Of course, my motivations arn't pure either, for I am not usually trying to sustain the temple of Holy Spirit as you might say (though I might eat right for that) but to look good.