Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Paul warns Timothy about the fable of bodily exercise

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Even in the day of the apostle Paul, there was a myth concerning the need for bodily exercise and how you would benefit if you did bodily exercise.

We see Paul warning Timothy as follows:

I Timothy 4 ...  1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 

3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
 

6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 

7 But refuse profane and old wives 'fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little:but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 

9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. 10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. 

11 These things command and teach.

We can see by this there was some kind of bodily exercise myth even in that time.


Paul warns Timothy not to accept it ... refuse this myth, this instruction concerning bodily exercise for it profits little.

Exercise rather unto godliness which is profitable for this life and the next life to come.