People
sometimes take on a type of perverted faith where they believe their
Christian walk and presence in the Kingdom of God gives them certain
rights and protections that are not really there.
There are many rights and protections in the Kingdom, but I
am talking about presumption. I
know this because I have done this myself.
I used to say I could eat only a Big Mac every day, and if
God wanted me to stay alive, He would give me the grace to.
However, this thinking is faulty.
That is because I live in a realm where I am subject to
natural laws, and I have a physical body, and I must adhere to
certain principles to stay healthy.
I will not stay healthy playing at the edge of cliffs, or
skyscraper rooftops, nor will I stay healthy playing with loaded
guns all day long. But
why would I not do these things?
It is because I mentally know, for a fact, that they are
dangerous. If I am
foolish, then what protection can God give me, who warns me
repeatedly to not be foolish? Then,
by logic, and reason, I must be able to figure out that my mind must
come into play, and I must be wisely practical in my thinking to
live longer.
Satan
took Jesus to a high place, and told Him to throw Himself down, and,
if He were the Son of God, the angels would save Him.
Listen to Jesus’ response:
“It is said, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Luke 4:12
Many
people tempt God when they don’t care for their bodies.
Many others rebel at good sense over their bodies, stating
they will not be told to lose weight, or to quit smoking, or so on.
The Bible says we must be submitted to one another.
Therefore, if a loved one wants us healthy, and to care for
ourselves, and we won’t listen, then there may be a rebellion
problem. I believe the
Bible has much to say about nutrition.
Jesus said and did many practical things in the Word.
He stated that you should pull an ox or a donkey out
of a pit on the Sabbath. Jesus
said this when He wanted to heal a man on the Sabbath.
You can’t let religious thinking come in front of common
sense. Based on that
premise then, and love for people, is why I write The Green Book.
The Green Book is a book of natural wisdom.
Since we do have a physical body as long as we live on the
Earth, then we must know how to treat it for optimum benefits.
Why is my book color-coded?
Because it is simple and because it is also symbolic.
Green stands for life, on the natural plane.
Green means life. Things
that die or begin to die turn brown, or faded, but the moist green
pigment and richness of chlorophyll and photosynthesis are God’s
idea. The color is
borrowed from Him.
“And
to the beast of the Earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth on the Earth, wherein there is life,
(breath) I have given every green herb for food and it
was so.” Genesis 1:30
(parenthesis mine)
Green
reminds us of diets. Vegetables,
certain fruits, healthful substances, and much more are green.
Many of us need to weigh less.
Obesity is a great health robber in America.
If you suffer from a weight problem, I want to help
you. Green thinking can
cause us to lose weight, and it can help us fight disease.
Basic
Biology
Our
bodies are made up of cells, which are mostly made up of water.
We are actually composed physically of mostly water.
Our body can best use and assimilate water-soluble foods or
fiber, and those foods are mostly fruits and vegetables.
There are nutrients in fruits and vegetables that go into our
cells directly, when eaten, because of the like nature of the
water-soluble composition. Our
cells reproduce themselves by division, and they must communicate
correctly to divide or reproduce correctly.
It is when there is a breakdown in this communication, that
diseases can come in, such as cancer, and then these renegade cells
begin their incorrect division.
Tumors are often the result of improper cell growth.
People
are created with immune systems, and there are cells known as killer
cells, that attack incorrect cells known as free radicals and remove
them from the body. Most
of the public does not know that we possess cancer cells in our
bodies, (everyone) and the work of the immune system and the killer
cells keeps us free of improper cell growth.
Often, when someone gets cancer, they didn’t get it, but
rather, their immune system broke down and failed to help them
prevent it. Recently, a
study completed on 89,000 nurses over many years, revealed that
colon cancer and other forms of cancer were possibly caused by a
folic acid deficiency. Guess
what foods are highest in folic acid.
That’s right, green leafy vegetables.
Now most people are under the impression that salads are
roughage, and cleanse the intestinal tract.
This is true, but did we know that the salad had a crucial
vitamin, folic acid, also known as folate, to keep our cells in
proper repair and communication?
If God grew it in the ground, and created it originally, then
it is probably there for a reason where our physical well-being is
concerned. The next
time you bite into an apple, or a peach, or eat a radish or a
carrot, know that this kind of eating takes nutrients to your cells,
and communicates with them, and causes your immune system to
function at an optimum.
The
Slothful Man Void of Understanding
God is called a husbandman in John 15.
Jesus is speaking. When
Jesus tells parables, He always refers to man’s heart as a garden
to tend. (The Parable
of the Sower) Our
talents sometimes get buried in the earth.
This earth is our physical being.
(The Parable of the Talents)
We are made of earth, and science has figured out that we are
made up of dirt, as a basic component, as well as water.
This really confirms the book of Genesis that states God
created man from the dust of the ground.
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are
dust.” Psalms 103:14
Is it any wonder then that God wants to grow things in us?
Even our salvation is begun, according to the epistle of
Peter, by an incorruptible seed of the word of God.
(Our title, White Fields Ezine even indicates God intends to harvest
us like wheat for His service and for Heaven) Have you
ever planted a garden, only to find that weeds wanted to come in and
take it over? They will
grow wild, and the nature of weeds is unpredictable.
They grow with ugly forms, with tentacles, and they grow
fast. Doctors will tell
you that cancer often looks like a weed, with roots, and tentacles,
and fast growing abilities. The
answer to weeds in gardening, however, is diligence and an uprooting
of the problem. Any
gardener or landscaper will tell you that.
“I
went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall
thereof was broken down.”
Proverbs 24:30-31
This
description by Solomon sounds like many people and their bodies.
The description of the slothful man’s yard describes some
bodies, with weeds or growths growing incorrectly.
Our immune system has walls that should not be broken down.
We don’t care enough about ourselves to be diligent over
our bodies. You have
only one heart, to run your body.
You have only one colon, or stomach, or liver, or set of
lungs or kidneys. If
you can’t like yourself enough to be diligent with your body, then
love your family or loved ones enough.
Also, what of your Divine destiny?
The Bible says we have these treasures in earthen vessels.
God’s presence dwells in a house, your body.
If you ever reach your true destiny in God, you’ll need
your health, and you’ll need each organ I mentioned that you only
have one of.
There
is a segment of society who walk in a wisdom of health and fitness.
They believe they only get one shot at life, with no
eternity, and they live as though they care greatly about their
bodies. Jesus was
telling a parable, and made this startling statement:
“The children of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light.”
Luke 16:8b This
does not have to be so. I
believe the problem that blinds believers is a religiosity and an
ignorance of scripture. Our
bodies are God’s property when we come to Jesus, and are no longer
our own. We are
stewards of them. To
not care for our body is to disobey and rebel.
We also presume on God to correct our problems.
Can you go into a dark room and believe God for light, when
there is a light switch on the wall?
Is that silly? What
does God think of that kind of thinking?
If we have it in our power to bring health to our bodies, and
we want God to do it for us, as a lazy way out, then that is
presumption. If you are
a resident of this natural world, while at the same time you are a
child of God and a citizen of the Kingdom of God, then begin to
understand natural laws that will work to your benefit or that will
harm you. What you sow
is what you will reap.
You
can repent of being slothful over your health and body, and God will
forgive you and help you to change.
He has helped me with this.
You can also be wise like the wise ones about health, and
learn how to give first-rate care to your body.
Every new principle you use or learn will mean several
diseases you will not contract, or suffer with.
If you have a disease right now, these principles will hasten
your recovery. Do
not replace the expectancy of the miraculous healing power of Jesus
with this natural wisdom of health.
You do not have to make a choice between the two.
Health wisdom is quite scriptural.
However, do not forget the grace and forgiveness of God, and
the healing gifts provided for in the Word.
God forgives, and healing from God is because the cup of
forgiveness is too full, and it spills over into our flesh, our body
and mind, and the healing of physical problems and emotional
problems result. That
is why Jesus said, “So you will know the Son of man has power
on Earth to forgive sins, I say take up your bed and walk.”
This statement shows that outward physically healing is a
symbol of the new birth, which is the healing of the inner man.
Every salvation scripture then becomes a healing scripture!
Do be a person of prayer and fall upon the goodness of God if you
are ill.
SPECIAL NOTE: I AM NOT
SAYING THAT ALL DISEASE IS FROM IMPROPER CARE OF THE BODY.
THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES AND CAUSES.
WE ARE DEALING WITH CARE OF THE BODY AND PREVENTION HERE, AND
THE KIND OF DISEASE
THAT DOES ENTER DUE TO LACK OF DILIGENCE.
The
Medical Field
Although
I have respect for the medical profession, I do have a problem with
conventional treatments, to a degree.
When a person gets cancer, they want to cut the thing out of
the body, or radiate it, and usually this should be done, but
I wonder how much advice they give about cells and immunity and the
very basic production center which is governed by basic nutrition.
Just cutting something out of the body does not uproot the
roots. The medical
profession seems to treat alternative medicine and the preventive
health information as a fringe fad to be humored, but not to be
taken seriously. I
can’t decide if it is competitiveness or just blindness to other
forms of thinking. There
are also spiritual sources of disease that cause bad cellular
communication. I
address those in another writing.
The medical profession does not address these, nor can they
be expected to. They
have however of late decided that bitterness, stress, and other
emotional and spiritual problems can result in disease.
Watch for the life changing, concluding segments of "The Ascent
of Man" in coming weeks.
