5.25-Is it possible for a hungry human to turn down food?
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Is it possible for a hungry human to turn down food?
Yes.
Matthew 4.
Yes, humans are not creatures of instinct. They can say, "No" to food for a certain purpose.
Proverbs 23.
When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note well what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not crave his delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.
Is it possible for a hungry human to turn down food?
Yes.
Matthew 4.
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[b]”Yes, humans are not creatures of instinct. They can say, "No" to food for a certain purpose.
Proverbs 23.
When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note well what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not crave his delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.
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