Alimento
O alimento é provisão de Deus para o corpo e a alma. Jesus disse: Eu sou o pão da vida. A Bíblia ensina a receber com gratidão, partilhar com generosidade e confiar no Provedor.
O pão da vida
Jesus disse: Eu sou o pão da vida. Quem vem a mim nunca terá fome. O alimento espiritual sacia plenamente.
35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes on Me shall never thirst.
27 Do not labor [for] the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.
4 But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of [the] mouth of God.
6 Blessed [are] they who hunger and thirst after righteousness! For they shall be filled.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.
25 Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
2 desire the sincere milk of the word, as newborn babes, so that you may grow by it;
Provisão divina
Deus provê alimento em abundância. Ele multiplica pães e peixes, enche os famintos e supre toda necessidade.
16 And He took the five loaves and the two fish. And looking up to Heaven, He blessed them and broke, and He gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.17 And they ate and were all filled. And there was taken up twelve hand baskets full of fragments of that left over to them.
9 For He satisfies the thirsty soul, and fills the hungry soul [with] good.
10 Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says the LORD of hosts, to see if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you, and pour out a blessing for you, until there is] not enough room.
10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, may He supply and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness
25 The soul who gives freely shall be made fat; and he who waters shall also be watered himself.
24 Pleasant words [are like] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
10 Then he said to them, Go eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for [whom] nothing is prepared. For [this] day [is] holy to our LORD. And do not be sorry, for the joy of the LORD [is] your strength.
Gratidão e moderação
Nada trouxemos para o mundo e nada levaremos. Tudo o que fizerdes, fazei para a glória de Deus — inclusive comer e beber.
7 For we brought nothing into the world, [and it is] clear that we can carry nothing out.8 But having food and clothing, we will be content.
31 Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
46 And continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food with gladness and simplicity of heart,47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me.
3 Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat; and do not let him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has received him.
16 Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.17 For these are a shadow of things to come, but the body [is] of Christ.
3 And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, and then He fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know [it], so that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every [word] that comes out of the mouth of the LORD man shall live.
9 These you shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales you shall eat.10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat. It [is] unclean to you.
29 And God said, Behold! I have given you every herb seeding seed which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is the] fruit of a tree seeding seed; to you it shall be for food.
3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb.4 But you shall not eat of flesh with the life in it, [or] the blood of it.
3 I ate no food for delight, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.