Yea, hath God said,...? Still the Key to Everything. Part 5

One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. Proverbs 27:7

In this last installment for the week, we’re going to take a quick look at a topic which is at once utterly basic to the physical survival of all of mankind, constantly at the forefront of literally everyone’s attention, but is almost never given any real theological or ethical thought by true worshipers of Jesus Christ in today’s America.

Regrettably, the liberal apostates have actually spent more time and effort on this important life issue than we have.

One could guess by my subtitle that this is the topic of food.

Immediately, some may be staring at their screen wondering what exactly there is to talk about. This is both the point and the problem. Hear me out please.

God has created our bodies from the dust of the Earth and He has created them to require sustenance from sources external to themselves.

Once rightly considered from the Word of God, the subject of food proves to be a much deeper and farther reaching consideration than is almost ever realized.

On the rare occasion when the topic of food actually is found in today’s American pulpits, it’s usually related to the topic of gluttony. Which is indeed a real sin and widely pervasive in our culture, including the church.

However, gluttony, and its related sins are not the focus of this short piece. Not directly anyway. We also are not going to deal with the idiotic topic of vegetarianism, except to say that there is no biblically superior position to be had by being a vegetarian and we’ll leave it at that.

I would like us, in Jesus name, to consider our relationship with food from the standpoint of gratitude. Or actually the lack thereof and the flagrant wastefulness with which we treat this precious God given resource.

Yes, I am well aware that it’s usually the weepy eyed liberals who talk this way, and that, usually in their hypocritical fake concern for the world’s poor. However, unless we are going to engage in blatant ad-hominemism, what is true is true, regardless of who says it or why. I contend that in this case they actually have a point.

Again, let’s start with a few preliminary considerations.