Part 4: Food And Identity

Part 4: Food And Identity

Food researches have shown to be contradicting one another in recent years. One research can prove that organic food is healthy. Another can prove that it is no different from non-organic. The point is, if we want to live by the researches, we may want to consider fasting from all food eventually.

Furthermore, to live in fear of how this food may impact our bodies results in an opened door for the enemy to attack. Any time we walk in fear, we give the enemy an opportunity.

Mark 7:15 - There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

The context here was talking about the traditions that the Jews were holding onto firmly. But what if we apply the principle of the text with the following verses?

Mark 16:18 - ...and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them;

Luke 10:19 - Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

1 Timothy 4:4-5 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

1 John 5:4 - For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Fallen food is a result of the Fall. But because of the Cross, we have been redeemed to the pre-Fall position. We are in this world but NOT of this world. Just as we need not be subjected to sicknesses and diseases as sons and daughters of God, we need not be subjected to the effects of the fallen food.

Knowing our true identity protects us from the food that we eat. If we are always concerned with the food we eat, we have placed our identity in the wrong area. #identity