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Five ways to overcome gluttony.

Now, we will also define what gluttony is, what is the Bible tell us about gluttony,

and how to overcome gluttony.

Gluttony is defined as overindulgence or lack of self-restraint with food or drink.

Dictionary defines it as habitual greed or excess in eating greedy or excessive indulgence.

Now let's start from the beginning. Food is good. Somebody say amen. God created food. He created the Garden of Eden with food. Food is necessary for survival. We actually see that in the Bible that eating is for survival in Nehemiah chapter 5 versus 1 through 2. Eating is a sign of life and health. Deuteronomy chapter 28 verses 4 through 11. And enjoyment of eating

is one of the gifts of God, Proverbs 13, 25, Proverbs 10, 3 and Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verses 13.

And God blesses his people with sufficient food. I mean, we see Jesus multiplying bread and we see

there was more than enough.

And so, you know, consumption of food is necessary for survival and occasional overeating is not gluttony.

Now, being overweight does not mean you are a glutton and we can't determine whether somebody overeats or is a glutton by the size of their

body. So we're going to look at few things that the Bible says about gluttony first, and then

we're going to deal with how to overcome this. Number one, the Bible tells us that gluttony is

actually making a God out of your belly. In Philippians chapter 3 verse 19 it says whose end is

destruction, whose God is their belly, whose glory is their shame, who set their mind on the earthly

things. So I want you to see this category of people they constantly think about food, they have

a compelling desire

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