Replace The Junk Food

King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Replace The Junk Food
Date: Friday November 25, 2011
Chapters: I Corinthians 5-9
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All Scripture quoted comes from the King James Version.

Hello My Friend,

“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.” - Romans 12:4-9.

The physical body contains several parts to make it function properly, if it is malnourished it effects the entire body, likewise the same is true for the spiritual body. How can a spiritual body be malnourished? By feeding it things that are not healthy for it. People do not realize that the second they get saved they become a member of the Body of Christ, which means they are one with Christ. Therefore,if we want to be completely healthy in mind, body, and spirit, we need to replace the junk food in our lives with health food.

As Paul learned that fornication was going on with the Corinthians he was disturbed by some of the incidents that he found out about them, in his letter he addresses those who were condoning fornicators. The word fornication means to be unfaithful or do anything that is immorally wrong to the body.

“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:” - I Corinthians 5:1-7.

To be puffed up means to brag or advertize something not acceptable as being acceptable. Satan reigns where Christ does not and any person that is well aware that someone is living in sin and condones or encourages it is under his (Satan's) power. We are representing Christ therefore, we are to live by example, anything we do in life needs to be done with Christ leading the way. Corrupt principles and examples, if not corrected, would hurt the whole church. Therefore, we are to remove the old leaven, or habits and replace them with new habits. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” - Ezekiel 36:26.

Paul reminds the Corinthians what fornication is and does to people, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” - I Corinthians 6:9-11.

To be effeminate means for a man to act like a woman, abusers of themselves with mankind means homosexuality, being covetous means to envy others, these are all acts of sin and fornication. Many people that lived lives as such have converted into Christianity and turned their lives completely around. When we accept Christ as our Savior and allow Him to work in and through us, we can be washed clean from the vilest of sins that plague us. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - I John 1:9.

Paul tells the Corinthians what to do about fornication, which is something every Christian needs to adhere to if they want to live a blessed life, “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” - I Corinthians 6:18-20.

We were bought with a price, Jesus paid the sin debt we owe by giving His life for us, when we accept and receive Christ into our lives we are telling Him that we are trusting solely in Him to keep us out of hell. However, those who are saved and continue to live wicked lives can care less what Jesus has saved them from. It's pretty sad and I will tell you that it angers me when I see someone who is saved defile their body. The old worldly part of me comes out and I just want to smack them upside the head. However, I just praise God that I am not the one who fell, which could have easily been me, and that His power gave me the strength to walk away. When you stop and think about all the ridiculous things that you have done with your body and that God was with you it can feel pretty shameful. However, one thing is for sure, knowing that God is with you, is the key to replacing the junk food with health food. “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” -I Peter 2:1-3.

Our bodies are for the Lord to be an instrument of righteousness and holiness, therefore we are to glorify the body and never make it an instrument of sin. We should be honored that Jesus Christ has chosen us to set an example and show that while we were once dead in sin we are risen from the dead and alive through Christ. Our bodies have been redeemed from deserved condemnation and hopeless slavery by the atoning sacrifice of Christ. Praise God! “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” -Romans 5:11. Praise God!

Today's Prayer:
Dear God,
Thank You for sending Your Son to save me, I am redeemed and saved from hell because I believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, confessed that I am a sinner, and asked Him to save me. While I do not intentionally try to let You down, I know I will at times. Lord, feed me with the spiritual things I need to keep me healthy in mind, body, and spirit. Help me to avoid the junk food of the world that constantly tries to defile my relationship with You. Only by Your power can I resist temptation and see Your blessings unfold. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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