Stay True!

What is spiritual fitness? What is physical fitness?
Physical exercise and wholesome foods keep the bodily functions in good shape.

I Timothy 4: 1 -16

Physical exercise has some value; however, spiritual exercise is much more important for it promises a reward in both this life and the next. Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness.

How do you do this? Be an example. How?
1. In your teaching
2. In the way you live
3. In your love
4. In your faith
5. In your purity
How can we be an example? Focus on reading the Scriptures, encouraging the believers, and teaching them.

We must not neglect our spiritual gift. How do we not neglect this spiritual gift?

1. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress.
2. Stay true to what is right. Why? God will save you and those who hear.
3. Never speak harshly to an older man. Why? Appeal to him repectfully as though he were your own father.
4.Talk to younger men as though they were your younger brother.
5. Treat older women as you would your mother.
6. Treat younger women with all purity as your own sisters.

Stay true to being a good servant of Christ Jesus.

What happens if we do not stay true?
We will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons. Who are the demons?
1. They are teachers who are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious, but their consciences are dead.
2. They will say it wrong to be married.
3. They will say it is wrong to eat certain foods.

However, God created those foods good to be eaten with "thanksgiving" by people who know and believe the truth.
Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it. We may receive it gladly, with thankful hearts. For we know it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Recently, just yesterday our state did not pass the real (raw) milk bill. In our state it is illegal to sell and buy raw cow's milk.
Our state legislators are telling us good wholesome mik is not good for us to drink. It must be pasteurized and altered. That says that God lied about His creation. In other words , He didn't make everything good. Man has to alter our milk and foods to make it safe for us. Will you serve God or man? Who is right?

STAY TRUE TO BEING A GOOD SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS! My dear friends if you have to drink pasteruized milk, please do so with a grateful and prayerful heart; for by doing so it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. The Almighty power of God comes to our rescue when we are thankful and grateful for what we have now.

Remember, your body is the temple of God. Treat it holy as the Spirit of God resides in you. God made everything good and He made it just right for us. Keep a close watch on yourself and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right, and God will save you and those who hear you.
Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith........ 1 Tim. 3:16

1 Timothy 4: 1- 16 (NLT)
STAY TRUE!