Do You Eat Well Spiritually?

Spiritual Contamination

Besides the threat of spiritual starvation, there is another danger we need to be aware of-the type of food that we may eat may itself be contaminated. taking in teachings  infected by dangerous demonic ideas can poison us just as easily as can  eating physical food that has been tainted with germs or toxins.  (Colossians 2:8) it is not always easy to spot poisonous food.  "Food," says one authority, "may sometimes appear quite wholesome and yet harbour pathogenic bacteria." So we all do well to examine the source of our figurative food, bearing in mind that some literature, such as apostate writings , may be infected by the introduction of unscriptural teachings and philosophies.  Some food  manufacturers even use misleading labeling to deceive their customers as to the contents of their product. We certainly can expect Satan, the great deceiver to do the same.  Make sure, therefore, that you can get such figurative food from a reliable source, so that you stay "healthy in the faith." -Titus 1:9, 13. 

Thomas Adams,  a 17th-century preacher, said of people in his time:   "They have digged their graves  with their teeth."  In other words, what they ate killed them. Make sure that what you eat spiritually does not kill you. Seek out good spiritual food supplies.  "Why do people keep paying out money for what is not bread?" asked Jehovah God when those who claimed to be his people turned out to be false teacher and prophets. "Listen intently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul find its exquisite delight in fatness itself. Incline your ear and come to me. Listen, and your soul will keep you alive."  - Isaiah 55:2, 3; compare Jeremiah 2:8, 13. 

Next time: Do You Eat Well Spiritually? - An Abundance of Spiritual Food

From the Watchtower magazine, 1997