Nutrition Bite 9
Did Jesus Use Low-Carb Bread to Feed 9000?
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with Registered Dietitian Diane Preves, developer of the 10-week N.E.W. LIFE program, author of Restoring the Blessing and Diet Book Reviews.
It is common knowledge that diets don’t work. Somewhat less well-known are the proven harms of dieting. Today I would like to share my concern about what else gets “slipped in” with some diets. For example, there are multiple carbo-phobic testimonies in the wildly popular diet book The South Beach Diet, even a “distrust” of all carbohydrates.
But think about it-Jesus calls himself the “living bread”. Without him we cannot have eternal life or his kingdom life on earth. All other attempts fall short and are merely counterfeit and temporary solutions. So why would Jesus use the analogy of bread to describe himself if bread is bad for us and something to be avoided? And why would he feed bread to 5000, and again to 4000?
Interestingly, South Beach dieters testify that they must keep bread out of their diet for the rest of their lives, and speak of bread as if it is the tempter. If we become convinced that we must keep bread out of our life, then could it be only one small associative step away from keeping Jesus out too since he calls himself bread? You might think that’s a stretch, but at the very least it might cast more confusion and doubt on God’s Word for using such a “useless” analogy.
Food for thought . . .
But think about it-Jesus calls himself the “living bread”. Without him we cannot have eternal life or his kingdom life on earth. All other attempts fall short and are merely counterfeit and temporary solutions. So why would Jesus use the analogy of bread to describe himself if bread is bad for us and something to be avoided? And why would he feed bread to 5000, and again to 4000?
Interestingly, South Beach dieters testify that they must keep bread out of their diet for the rest of their lives, and speak of bread as if it is the tempter. If we become convinced that we must keep bread out of our life, then could it be only one small associative step away from keeping Jesus out too since he calls himself bread? You might think that’s a stretch, but at the very least it might cast more confusion and doubt on God’s Word for using such a “useless” analogy.
Food for thought . . .
This has been a Nutrition Bite with Registered Dietitian Diane Preves.
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