Should the weight of pastors be addressed?

[Ascetic X]

Let me add here that simply being overweight is not a sin. It cannot be a sin because it is a condition, rather than an action. So answering the OP, the sin of gluttony cannot include being overweight, but must be actions that make one overweight: overeating, not caring for the Holy Spirit's temple, etc.

So yes, as the OP says, we can address obesity in pastors by encouraging proper diet, exercise, self-control, etc. But that obesity is not a sin though it may be a result of the sin of gluttony.

Yes. Obesity is usually a sign of sinning by eating too much, not exercising, etc.

If a man is staggering, slurring his words, and stumbling around — we ask why?

Someone says, he was drinking whiskey at the tavern all day.

So the staggering, slurring, and stumbling are not necessarily sins, but they are abnormal behaviors that point to the sin of getting drunk.

Likewise, obesity itself is not a sin, but if what led to it was gluttony, that practice of overeating is a sin.

 

[Ben1445]

Yes. Obesity is usually a sign of sinning by eating too much, not exercising, etc.

If a man is staggering, slurring his words, and stumbling around — we ask why?

Someone says, he was drinking whiskey at the tavern all day.

So the staggering, slurring, and stumbling are not necessarily sins, but they are abnormal behaviors that point to the sin of getting drunk.

Likewise, obesity itself is not a sin, but if what led to it was gluttony, that practice of overeating is a sin.

But assuming why someone is stumbling around is a problem. There are medical conditions that do this to people.

It is a sin not to exercise?
What passage of Scripture would you preach that one from?

 

[Ascetic X]

But assuming why someone is stumbling around is a problem. There are medical conditions that do this to people.

It is a sin not to exercise?
What passage of Scripture would you preach that one from?

My scenario was based on a person who is drunk, not a person with a medical condition.

I said:

If a man is staggering, slurring his words, and stumbling around — we ask why?

Someone says, he was drinking whiskey at the tavern all day.

So the staggering, slurring, and stumbling are not necessarily sins, but they are abnormal behaviors that point to the sin of getting drunk.

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Our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.

It is sinful to be slothful and not take care of the body.

We are not glorifying God in our body if we smoke, drink alcohol, eat too much, never exercise, etc.

In 1 Cor. 6:12-13, Paul speaks about the way we use our body. "I will not be mastered by any of my bodily desires".

Food is essential for our bodies; but if you want to be a servant of God, you must not allow yourself to be mastered by food. If you love food so much that you are mastered by it, you will never be a useful servant of God. You have to break free from that slavery. This is where fasting can help. It is not only our spirit, but our physical body also is a "member of Christ" (1 Cor. 6:15). So we must never use it for any immoral purpose. It must be for the Lord's exclusive use - our eyes, our tongue and every part of our body.

I Corinthians 6

19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

20 For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

 

[Marooncat79]

You quote Shakespeare to belittle the dangerous sin of over-eating?

Men that are fat are men who over-indulge, reveling in their lust for more food than they need.

Gluttony is perhaps the most tolerated sin in American Christianity.

Gluttony, after all, is food worship. It’s table idolatry. Exalting stomach over spirit.

People complain about pastors living in mansions, but how about pastors living in obese bodies?

Lack of self-control in any area of life is sinful disobedience to God.

Obesity is no joke. It brings many diseases along with it. Food addiction must be overcome like any compulsive behavior.

Most over weight people have a parasite causing it

Its relegated mostly to America and is about our diet