7 - Wellness
1. Jesus came that we might have life, and that we might have it how?
"More abundantly" John 10:10
2. In His youth, Jesus grew in what four ways?
"Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man" Luke 2:52
3. How important is our physical health to God?
"I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth" 3 John 2
4. What reasonable service does God ask of us?
"That ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God" Romans 12:1
5. Why is God so concerned about our bodies?
"Ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you" 1 Corinthians 3:16
6. What will happen to the person who mistreats his body?
"Him shall God destroy" 1 Corinthians 3:17
7. As a vital ingredient in man’s restoration, how was Adam to spend his time?
"To till the ground" Genesis 3:23
8. What is as good as medicine?
"A merry heart" Proverbs 17:22
9. What has God asked us to do for others which will benefit our own health?
"Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him…. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily" Isaiah 58:7, 8
10. What principle should guide our eating habits?
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all the glory of God" 1 Corinthians 10:31
11. What was the original diet of man?
"Every herb bearing seed…and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed" Genesis 1:29
12. On that diet, how long did Adam live?
"Nine hundred and thirty years" Genesis 5:5
13. For several generations, how long did men live?
"Nine hundred and twelve years" Genesis 5:8
"Nine hundred and five years" Genesis 5:11
"Nine hundred and ten years" Genesis 5:14
"Eight hundred ninety and five years" Genesis 5:17
"Nine hundred sixty and two years" Genesis 5:20
"Nine hundred sixty and nine years" Genesis 5:27
14. After the flood, what was added to man’s diet?
"Every moving thing that liveth" Genesis 9:3
15. What immediately happened to man’s life span?
"Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years" Genesis 11:10, 11
16. After just a few generations, how long did men live?
"And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years" Genesis 11:32
17. God's guidelines allow only what kind of beasts to be eaten?
"Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud" Leviticus 11:2, 3
18. Unclean animals such as what, are unhealthy?
"The swine" Leviticus 11:7
19. To whom did God originally make the distinction between clean and unclean animals?
"Noah" Genesis 7:1, 2
20. When the Lord comes with fire, people will be consumed who are eating what three things?
"Swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse" Isaiah 66:15-17
21. God never allowed man to eat flesh with what in it?
"Blood" Deuteronomy 12:23-25
22. What two animal products were never to be eaten?
"Neither fat nor blood" Leviticus 3:17
23. God has promised to satisfy our mouths with what?
"Good things" Psalm 103:5
24. What did Daniel purpose in his heart?
"That he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine" Daniel 1:8
25. For a ten day experiment, what did he and his friends request to eat and drink?
"Pulse to eat, and water to drink" Daniel 1:12
Pulse is food from seed-bearing plants.
26. What did this diet do for them?
"Their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat" Daniel 1:15
27. In what additional ways did God bless them?
"God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams" Daniel 1:17
28. Considering all the sickness around us, why has God prescribed certain lifestyle guidelines?
"For our good always, that he might preserve us alive" Deuteronomy 6:24
29. What does the Lord want to do for us?
"Take away from thee all sickness" Deuteronomy 7:15
30. When people violate God’s laws of health, what other god are they serving?
"Their own belly" Romans 16:18
31. What will be their end?
"Destruction" Philippians 3:19
32. Every man that strives for the mastery is what?
"Temperate in all things" 1 Corinthians 9:25
33. What did Paul say would happen to him if he didn’t keep his body under subjection?
"I myself should be a castaway" 1 Corinthians 9:27