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Example how the Bible teaches me to eat:
**Mathew chapter 8: 10-12
10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’ "
12Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Matthew 15:17-19
17"Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’ 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.**
Some of the old laws of Moses like prohibition of eating certain foods are superceded by the new law of Jesus which is based on love. This is necessary because people focus too much on the observance of the law, but forget the spirit of the law to which it is originally intended. Thus Jesus by giving the new commandment emphasized what’s more important – the spirit of the law.
What goes into one’s mouth doesn’t matter much because it will comes out as waste, but what comes out of one’s mouth (our speech for example).
When we eat we give thank to God because it come from Him through His goodness. Thus before we eat we say a prayer asking God to bless the food and acknowledge that it’s from His bounty. In this way the food will become a source of nutrition not only for the body but also for the soul. After eating, we also say a prayer thanking God for the food eaten.
Example how the Bible teaches me to sleep:
Ephesians 4:25
Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry…
Do not bring your anger after the sun goes down. We go to sleep only after we reconcile with people around us, with ourselves and with God. As the case maybe, reconciliation involved giving forgiveness to those who have wronged us, examination of conscience on what we have done wrong during the day so that we can repent before God and then have a good night rest and be refreshed the day after.
Example how the Bible teaches me to Deal with my spouse:
**Ephesians 5:28
So husbands ought also to [Eph 5:25, 33; 1 Pet 3:7] love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to [Eph 5:25, 28; 1 Pet 3:7] love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she [1 Pet 3:2, 5] respects her husband. **
Ephesians 5:22-33
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
I think these verses are very clear and self-explanatory. I personally believe that Christian marriage is the most beautiful gift by Christian’s God for those who choose marriage as a vocation in life.
The husband is commanded to love his wife like how Christ loves His church. Christ loves His church (His people) by giving His own life. This is how the husband should love his wife. He will regard his wife’s body like his own body. This mean Christian husband should never ever physically beat his wife, because to do so is like beating his own body.
The wife, on the other hand, is commanded by God to submit to her husband. Submission is not something ugly like husband lording it over her. Submission to her husband only on matters pertaining to what is right before God. Example, she will not submit to her husband if he asks her to commit murder, because that’s wrong before God.
Example how the Bible teaches me to run a business:
Luke 19 - Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
I give this one example on the principle of running a business.
Focus of Christianity in a business is not to make excessive profit or accumulating personal wealth.
Also, true Christians should not be too preoccupied with his business because to them it’s just a matter of earning livelihood, just like any other jobs or professions. Besides, one does not bring to the next life one’s material possession.
Example how the Bible teaches me to eat:
**Mathew chapter 8: 10-12
10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’ "
12Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Matthew 15:17-19
17"Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’ 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.**
Some of the old laws of Moses like prohibition of eating certain foods are superceded by the new law of Jesus which is based on love. This is necessary because people focus too much on the observance of the law, but forget the spirit of the law to which it is originally intended. Thus Jesus by giving the new commandment emphasized what’s more important – the spirit of the law.
What goes into one’s mouth doesn’t matter much because it will comes out as waste, but what comes out of one’s mouth (our speech for example).
When we eat we give thank to God because it come from Him through His goodness. Thus before we eat we say a prayer asking God to bless the food and acknowledge that it’s from His bounty. In this way the food will become a source of nutrition not only for the body but also for the soul. After eating, we also say a prayer thanking God for the food eaten.
Example how the Bible teaches me to sleep:
Ephesians 4:25
Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry…
Do not bring your anger after the sun goes down. We go to sleep only after we reconcile with people around us, with ourselves and with God. As the case maybe, reconciliation involved giving forgiveness to those who have wronged us, examination of conscience on what we have done wrong during the day so that we can repent before God and then have a good night rest and be refreshed the day after.
Example how the Bible teaches me to Deal with my spouse:
**Ephesians 5:28
So husbands ought also to [Eph 5:25, 33; 1 Pet 3:7] love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to [Eph 5:25, 28; 1 Pet 3:7] love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she [1 Pet 3:2, 5] respects her husband. **
Ephesians 5:22-33
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
I think these verses are very clear and self-explanatory. I personally believe that Christian marriage is the most beautiful gift by Christian’s God for those who choose marriage as a vocation in life.
The husband is commanded to love his wife like how Christ loves His church. Christ loves His church (His people) by giving His own life. This is how the husband should love his wife. He will regard his wife’s body like his own body. This mean Christian husband should never ever physically beat his wife, because to do so is like beating his own body.
The wife, on the other hand, is commanded by God to submit to her husband. Submission is not something ugly like husband lording it over her. Submission to her husband only on matters pertaining to what is right before God. Example, she will not submit to her husband if he asks her to commit murder, because that’s wrong before God.
Example how the Bible teaches me to run a business:
Luke 19 - Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
I give this one example on the principle of running a business.
Focus of Christianity in a business is not to make excessive profit or accumulating personal wealth.
Also, true Christians should not be too preoccupied with his business because to them it’s just a matter of earning livelihood, just like any other jobs or professions. Besides, one does not bring to the next life one’s material possession.
However, I still think we are talking about poetic phrases for total Ecstasy.
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