Daily Devotional, Year 3 – February 22 (Flee To The Mountains, Part 14: “How To Be Like John the Baptist: Diet”)
By admin On February 10th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – February 22
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Flee To The Mountains,
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Part 14:
“How To Be Like John the Baptist: Diet”
To read part 1 of this article, click here…May 30th (Flee To The Mountain!)
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“…eat in due season,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!”
Ecclesiastes 10:17
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“GIVEN TO APPETITE”
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In these modern times, with all the stimulating culinary delights and “junk foods” so easily available, the Christian should consider the lifestyle of John the Baptist.
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Yes, John the Baptist lived a life of self-denial.
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His daily life was a combination of fasting and eating a simple diet (probably not exactly the diet [locusts & wild honey] that most of us in the western nations would choose.}
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Gluttony – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
John the Baptist by Harold Copping www.wikigallery.com US public domain.
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CHRIST’S DIET, THE ULTIMATE
Now this website doesn’t want to dictate the very exact diet that Christians should have.
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But let it suffice to be said, that the original diet given to Mankind, was a diet of fruit and seed-bearing herbs.
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This is perhaps the very best diet, although many might disagree!
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Fruit Cocktail – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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JESUS’ DIET: THE ULTIMATE DIET!
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But ultimately, the very best diet for overcoming the world is found in the imitation of Christ.
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His life of fasting and eating a self-denying diet stands as a rebuke to the present-day era of gluttony and decadent culinary delights.
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John the Baptist by Harold Copping www.wikigallery.com US public domain.
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“THE GLUTTON SHALL COME TO POVERTY
Proverbs 23:1
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“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.” Proverbs 13:3
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To gain the victory over the appetite will bring victory in all other areas of the life!
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No, but rather, following Him in all His ways is an absolute requirement if one ever hopes to overcome the world!
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But we should not get discouraged if we find this battle over appetite takes much longer than we’d like it to!
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After all, faith often requires much patient waiting.
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John the Baptist by Harold Copping www.wikigallery.com US public domain.
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VICTORY ASSURED!
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But even though we may lose many little battles, we just cannot get
discouraged.
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Because there are so many precious promises regarding these things…
…Listen…
“Being confident of this very thing,
that He which hath begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
Philippians 1:6
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Yes, there is no reason to get discouraged.
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After all, the Bible tells us, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13
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And also, “if God be for us, then who can be against us?” Romans 8:31
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Three wonderful promises which we all should commit to memory!
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John the Baptist by Harold Copping – www.wikigallery.com – US public domain
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THIS SUBJECT WILL BE CONTINUED IN TOMORROW’S DEVOTIONAL
John the Baptist by Harold Copping www.wikigallery.com US public domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to move away from the overwhelming tide of sensuality, whether in society or in the Church…
Girl Praying – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… (Television: Enchanted Ground!),
or you can also read… (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 6: The Sensual Church!)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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NARROW GATE
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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter.
Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end’.
(The end of winter being the final scene of this heavenly Gospel story).
Orion , the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon.
(sketch to right is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon. This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours).
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And at this point it is apparent that the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the two bright stars, known as Castor and Pollux (sketch to below left).
But the Wide Gate Stars are composed of the two brightest stars of the Auriga Constellation, known as the star, Capella, and the star, Menkalinan.
The two stars, Castor and Pollux, make up the concept of the Orion’s Narrow Gate Stars.
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This can even be observed into June in the western sky (for a short time just after dark).
While a dark night is best for seeing the Woman Constellation, the 4 stars which comprise the Narrow Gate/Wide Gate Stars can be seen even under mediocre conditions.
It begins with the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation (AKA Ursa Major) going towards these two doors.
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The sketch to left shows, the two doors are each composed of two bright stars.
The two bright stars that comprise the Narrow Gate are the two brightest stars of the Orion the Reaper’s sickle.
The two stars that comprise the ‘Wide Gate’ Stars are the two brightest stars of the wave of water that comes out of the Dragon Constellation’s mouth (for explanation of “Wave of Water”, just click here).
The stars that make up the ‘Narrow Gate’ are about half the width of the Wide Gate (see sketch to right).
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(For more information on Orion’s sickle, just click here, “Orion The Reaper”.)
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW…
February 23 (Flee To The Mountains, Part 15: “How To Be Like John the Baptist: The Signs Of Heaven”)
John the Baptist by Harold Copping www.wikigallery.com US public domain
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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM
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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM, A QUESTION/ANSWER CALL-IN, TALK SHOW.
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Harold Camping Open Forum January 12, 2005 (youtube.com)
above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain