because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
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… go live normal human life without jesus or might you go from here and live in your body in a holy way that's what we talk about these in these moments so this is first timothy chapter 4 verses one to five. Paul is here writing to his protege Timothy and the Ephesian church is reading this letter over Timothy's shoulder and he's warning Timothy and the Ephesians about a group of false teachers who apparently under demonic influence. This is demonic. This is what Satan did in the garden when he tempted Eve. He questioned God's goodness. And so he's warning them of these false teachers, he says, who forbid marriage and outlaw certain foods. So these false teachers are ascetics. You know that word, ascetics? That is persons who pursue severe self-discipline. They have disavowed God-given pleasures in marriage and among certain foods, apparently they can't outlaw all foods because the people who do that tend to die within a few weeks. So they have to make, some foods have to be okay, but because we have this suspicion of physical life, of bodily life, we're going to outlaw some of these foods. …
… biblical basis for this. I'm not just saying, hey, good Christian counsel, pray about everything. That's true. 1 Timothy chapter 4, verses 4 and 5, Paul says, everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. This text, 1 Timothy 4, verses 4 and 5, that's why Christians pray before meals. We pause. It's a good habit. If you do this, good thing, good habit. Pause and pray before a meal. Father, thank you for the food. Thank you for it. Would you use it in my life for your good purposes? In Jesus' name we pray. amen. That's a good habit. We should just do that with more than food. We should do that with our exercise. So one way to sanctify your exercise, and make sure it's not vain, because there is so much vain exercise in the world of physical fitness. One way to sanctify is pray about it. …
… which is given to me for you to fulfill the Word of God. 1 Timothy 4, verse 5, For it is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer. Hebrews 4, 12, for the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. First Peter 1, verse 23, being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. Second Peter 3, verse 5, for this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the Word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water. Revelation 20, verse 4, And I saw thrones, and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them, and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the Word of God. Now, that ought to be enough to inform you that God loves the term, the Word of God, because the Word of God uses the very term, the Word of God. …