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.
And Jesus said to them, I am bread of life; he that cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that believeth in me, shall never thirst.
Work ye not meat that perisheth, but that that dwelleth into everlasting life, which meat man’s Son shall give to you; for God the Father hath marked him.
Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God’s mouth, [or A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God].
Blessed be they that hunger and thirst rightwiseness, for they shall be fulfilled.
Therefore seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his rightwiseness, and all these things shall be cast to you.
Therefore I say to you, that ye be not busy to your life, what ye shall eat; nor to your body, with what ye shall be clothed. Whether life is not more than meat, and the body more than the cloth?
as now born young children, reasonable, without guile, covet ye milk [of full teaching], that in it ye wax into health;
Provisão divina
Deus provê alimento em abundância. Ele multiplica pães e peixes, enche os famintos e supre toda necessidade.
And when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he beheld into heaven, and blessed them, and brake, and dealed to his disciples, that they should set [or put] forth before the companies.
And all men ate, and were full-filled [or were filled]; and that that left to them of broken meats was taken up, twelve coffins.
For he [ful] filled a void man; and he filled with goods an hungry man.
Bring ye each tithe into my barn, that meat be in mine house, and prove ye me on this thing, saith the Lord, if I shall not open to you the gutters of heaven, and shall shed out to you blessing, till to abundance.
And he that ministereth seed to the sower, shall give also bread to eat, and he shall multiply your seed, and make much the increasings of fruits of your rightwiseness;
A soul that blesseth, shall be made fat; and he that filleth, shall be filled also.
Words well-set together is a comb of honey; health of bones is the sweetness of soul.
And he said to them, Go ye, and eat ye fat things, and drink ye wine made sweet with honey, and send ye parts to them, that made not ready to themselves, for it is an holy day of the Lord; do not ye 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.
For we brought in nothing into this world, and no doubt, that we may not bear anything away.
But we having foods, and with what things we shall be covered [or clothed], be we satisfied with these things.
Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or do any other thing, do ye all things to the glory of God.
And each day they dwelled stably with one will in the temple, and brake bread about houses, and took meat with full out joy [or with gladness] and simpleness of heart,
and praised together God, and had grace to all the folk [or all the people]. And the Lord increased them that were made safe, each day into the same thing.
Lo! I stand at the door, and knock; if any man heareth my voice, and openeth the gate to me, I shall enter to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
He that eateth, despise not him that eateth not; and he that eateth not, deem not him that eateth. For God hath taken him to him [or God hath taken him].
Therefore no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in part of feast day, or of new moon, or of sabbaths,
which be shadow of things to coming [or to come]; for the body is of Christ.
And he tormented thee with neediness, and he gave to thee meat, manna to eat, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not, that he should show to thee, that a man liveth not in bread alone, but in each word that cometh out of the Lord’s mouth.
Ye shall eat these things, of all that dwell in waters; eat ye those things that have fins and scales;
eat ye not those things that be without fins and scales, for those be unclean.
And God said, Lo! I have given to you each herb bearing seed on [the] earth, and all trees that have in themselves the seed of their kind, that they be into meat to you;
And all thing which is moved and liveth shall be to you into meat; I have given to you all things, as I gave the green worts before,
except that ye shall not eat flesh with the blood,
I ate not desirable bread, and flesh, and wine entered not into my mouth, but neither I was anointed with ointment, till the days of three weeks were [ful] filled.