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Don't Make Your Belly Your God - Zac Poonen Zac Poonen · November 20, 2024 · 4m 51s
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Summary The speaker warns against making earthly pleasures, specifically food, an idol in our lives. Drawing from Philippians 3:18-19, he argues that those who prioritize their stomachs and worldly desires over Christ are enemies of the Cross. True discipline, even in eating habits, requires repentance and ensuring that nothing becomes an object of worship or ultimate devotion.
Transcript 0:07 it's not tasty food that keeps you healthy is good food very simple food keeps you healthier than sometimes a lot of tasty food which adds so many things which is bad for your health a lot of restaurant food is has got added things in it which may make it 0:27 more tasty but it's not good for your health my wife and I hardly ever eat any restaurant food God has kept us healthy I don't want to live a long life because I love life on this Earth not at all but I want to live a long healthy 0:43 life because I want to be useful to the Lord and I don't want to shorten that life by some lust in my own heart for food that is an important thing sister we haven't spoken brothers sisters because we haven't spoken much about 0:57 eating habits but I want mention something now that I'm on that subject please turn to Philippians 3:18 and 19 Paul says many people 1:16 walk of whom I have often told you first of all he says in verse 17 look at me Philippians 3:17 be a follower of me and Mark all those others who are walking like I'm walking I'm not the only 1:34 one and make us your example because in contrast to the way I'm walking Paul says there are some others who are walking in another way and he says I'm not criticizing them I'm weeping while I'm writing this letter boy what compassion that man 1:54 had that he's writing a letter and he's weeping because he feels that these Christians may not take seriously what I'm saying what a heart he had for God's people that as he wrote I can imagine the tears falling on the paper 2:13 and the ink spreading because Tears are Falling on that ink amazing man he said I'm telling you something and I'm telling you weeping that some people are enemies of the Cross of Christ and who are these enemies not people who 2:32 are going around attacking Christians not the non-christians Who attack Christians but Christians verse 19 whose God is their belly who are the enemies of the Cross of Christ read Verse 18 and 19 2:48 together a man whose God is his stomach is an enemy of the Cross of Christ they mind Earthly things so he said even in a simple thing like eating and 3:07 drinking be disciplined and don't make your stomach your God those are the people who clash with their wives saying the food is not tasty enough or not good 3:23 enough and he says if God is your belly verse 19 then and your end is destruction and you're minding Earthly things so there are many things we have to repent of repent means turning away 3:40 from something displeasing to God so even in the matter of discipline of our eating habits we have to be careful that we don't make our stomach our 3:58 God many people don't think of that as idolatry you see somebody else bowing down before some Idol made of brass or stone and say look at those blind people what about a brother in CFC or a sister here who is so crazy about good 4:14 food that they get upset with their wife when someday the food is not up to the Mark or there not Variety in all the things that the wife cooks I say that person is just as much as an idolator as the other person bowing down 4:31 to those bronze and silver Gods whereas here doesn't look like an idolatry but it is whose God is their stomach we read
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