1. Health and healing come from The Lord God.
   • OT=Ex. 15:26; Deut. 7:15; Psalm 30:2-3; 103:2-3; 147:3; Is. 30:26; 35:4-6; 53:5; 57:18-19; Jer. 17:14; 30:17; 33:6; Hosea 6:1
   • NT=Matt.4:23-24; 8:16-17; 9:35; 10:1,8; 12:15; 15:30-31; Luke 4:18; 5:15; 9:6,11; Acts 3:1-3,6-8; 9:33-34

2. It is obediance to God's law that brings health and healing.
   • OT=Ex. 15:26; 23:25; II Chron. 7:14; Prov. 3:1-8; 4:20-22
   1. Clean animals that God has declared His people may eat.
      • OT=Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:4-6
      • NT=Acts 10:12-14 is a vision showing that no person should be called common or unclean.
      1. Of the waters
         • OT=Lev. 11:9; Deut. 14:9
      2. Flying, creeping things.
         • OT=Lev. 11:21-22
      3. Birds
         • OT=Deut. 14:11,20

   2. Unclean animals that God has forbidden His people to eat.
      • OT=Lev. 11:4-8,26-43; 20:25; Deut. 14:3,7-8
      1. Of the waters.
         • OT=Lev.11:10-12; Deut. 14:10
      2. Of the fowl.
         • OT=Lev.11:13-20; Deut. 14:10
      3. Flying, creeping things.
         • OT=Lev. 23-25; Deut. 14:19

      3). Foods forbidden by God for His people to eat.

      1. Fat and blood.
         • OT=Gen. 9:4; Lev. 3:17; 7:23-27; 17:10-14; 19:26; Deut. 12:16,23-25,Deut. 15:23
         • NT=Acts 15:20,29; 21:25
      2. Flesh torn of beasts or that die of itself.
         • OT=Ex. 22:31; Lev. 17:15; Deut. 14:21; Ez. 4:14
      3. Food offered to idols.
         • NT=Acts 15:20,29; I Cor. 10:28; Rev. 2:14
      4. Fruit of young trees.
         • OT=Lev. 19:23-25
      5. Things strangled.
         • NT=Acts 15:20,29; 21:25
      6. Innards of animals
         • OT=Ex. 29:13; Lev. 3:3-5, 8-11, 14-16; 4:8-9; 7:3-4

      4). Israel admonished to avoid strong drink.

      • OT=Lev. 10:9; Num. 6:3; Prov. 4:17; 20:1; 23:20,29-35; 31:4-7; Is. 5:11,22-23; 28:7; Ez. 44:21; Hosea 4:11; Hab. 2:15
      • NT=Matt. 24:48-51; Luke 12:19; 21:34; Rom. 13:13; 14:21; I Cor. 5:11; 6:9-10; I Thess. 5:6-7
      1. Pregnant woman not to drink.
         • OT=Judges 13:4,7,14; I Sam. 1:15

      5). Admonishment against overeating.

      • OT=Prov. 23:1-3,21
      • NT=Phil. 3:18-19

3. Factors which God declares will increase the length of life.
   1. Obedience to God's Law.
      • OT=Deut. 5:33; 30:15-16; 32:38; I Kings 3:14; Prov. 3:1-2 13:13-14
   2. Wisdom and understanding.
      • OT=Prov. 3:13-16; Eccles. 7:12
   3. Prayer
      • OT=II Kings 20:1-6
   4. Honoring parents.
      • OT=Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16
      • NT=Eph.6:2-3
   5. Fear of the Lord.
      • OT=Prov. 10:27
   6. Righteousness
      • OT=Prov. 12:28

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