GLUTTONY

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GLUTTONY MEANS EXCESSIVE APPITITE

STERNLY FORBIDDEN
Proverbs 23:1-3
[1] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
[2] And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
[3] Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.


God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.


LEADS TO PROERTY
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

CHARACTERISTIC OF THE WICKED
Phil 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

It is really a shame to make a god of the belly.

CHRIST ACCUSED OF
Matt 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Christ, who was undefiled, and separate from sinners, is here represented as in league with them, and polluted by them. The most unspotted innocence will not always be a defence against reproach.
The enemies of the cross of Christ mind nothing but their sensual appetites. Sin is the sinner's shame, especially when gloried in. The way of those who mind earthly things, may seem pleasant, but death and hell are at the end of it. If we choose their way, we shall share their end.

I wonder how many of us even think about Prov 23:2 when we are going thru the buffet line at our favorite eatery? Or when we cook a big meal, do we think of it even then? How about on the second or third helping?

I think God told Solomon to be very blunt in telling us what would be best for us, to put a knife to our throats rather than over eat. Of course none of us would actually do that with a real knife but aren't we doing it anyway when we decide to let our excessive appitites over take us?

I am an over eater. I love food. I eat not only when I am hungry but when I am upset and stressed out. I feel sometimes that food is the only friend I have, so I eat to make myself happy. But then in the end, I still find that I am not satisfied with what I have eaten and then get more upset with myself. But after this study I am sure that I will be thinking on the above scriptures and these as well:

John 6:48-58
[48] I am that bread of life.
[49] Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
[50] This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
[51] I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

[52] The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
[53] Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
[54] Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
[55] For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
[56] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
[57] As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
[58] This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.


The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes men willing and glad to come, and to give up every thing which hinders applying to Him for salvation. The Father's will is, that not one of those who were given to the Son, should be rejected or lost by Him. No one will come, till Divine grace has subdued, and in part changed his heart; therefore no one who comes will ever be cast out. The gospel finds none willing to be saved in the humbling, holy manner, made known therein; but God draws with His word and the Holy Ghost; and man's duty is to hear and learn; that is to say, to receive the grace offered, and consent to the promise. None had seen the Father but his beloved Son; and the Jews must expect to be taught by His inward power upon their minds, and by His word, and the ministers whom He sent among them.


The advantage of the manna was small, it only referred to this life; but the living Bread is so excellent, that the man who feedeth on it shall never die. This bread is Christ's human nature, which He took to present to the Father, as a sacrifice for the sins of the world; to purchase all things pertaining to life and godliness, for sinners of every nation, who repent and believe in Him.


The flesh and blood of the Son of man, denote the Redeemer in the nature of man; Christ and Him crucified, and the redemption wrought out by Him, with all the precious benefits of redemption; pardon of sin, acceptance with God, the way to the throne of grace, the promises of the covenant, and eternal life. These are called the flesh and blood of Christ, because they are purchased by the breaking His body, and the shedding of His blood. Also, because they are meat and drink to our souls. Eating this flesh and drinking this blood mean believing in Christ. We partake of Christ and His benefits by faith. The soul that rightly knows its state and wants, finds whatever can calm the conscience, and promote true holiness, in the redeemer, God manifest in the flesh. Meditating upon the cross of Christ gives life to our repentance, love, and gratitude. We live by Him, as our bodies live by our food. We live by Him, as the members by the head, the branches by the root: because He lives we shall live also.


From now on I am going to do my very best when I am on an eating binge to remember that the Word of God is the food my body is really graving.

But we need to also think about the meaning of the word GLUTTONY. So, I think, for the next few days we will look at some of our EXCESSIVE APPITITES.

God's blessings to each of you
rECj/LJG

Source: King James Bible, Easton's Bible Dictionary