[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Is being fat a sin?

Is this what you call an introduction?

[Sister Blister]

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After another discussion with my husband, he has decided that 130 lbs is okay but no more than that so I better not go gaining anymore weight or I'll be meeting the business side of his belt. Praise the Lord! He did stipulate that I must regain some tightness in my abdominal region so I thank the good sister for setting me on the path to such. I tried to be more active while I was pregnant with Joachim. I stopped scrubbing the floors by hand after delivery but I am going to start doing that again. Thank you all for your input and I hope you have a very blessed evening, if the good Lord sees fit, that is.

[Jayson.J]

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I gave you a serious answer and you mock and persecute me?

I didn't intend to do either of those things. I apologize.

[Nobar King]

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I added a tag to your thread so that you could read some other entries by people who were concerned about their expanding size.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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What if the True Christian™ husband was not really a True Christian™ at all and was instead one of Satan's agents?

I gave you a serious answer and you mock and persecute me?

[Jayson.J]

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But why would a True Christian™ wife question a True Christian™ husband?

What if the True Christian™ husband was not really a True Christian™ at all and was instead one of Satan's agents?

[Mary Etheldreda]

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and my wife cannot question it?

But why would a True Christian™ wife question a True Christian™ husband?

[Redeemed Papist]

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I may tell my wife to lose weight because her grotesque body disgusts me because God speaks to me, and my wife cannot question it?

Why do these people ask such silly questions? What did their fathers do in their homes?

Apart from God not speaking to you because you are unsaved trash, you are her superior and if you like her plump then she should be plump and vice versa.

What poor lives some people lead to not have taken this in with their mother's milk...

[Jayson.J]

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A True Christian™ man is the head of the household. A True Christian™ woman is not. The direction of correction isn't from the subservient to the master.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah 10:15

As a follower of Christ, a True Christian™ woman would recognize that God speaks to the head of the house (Ephesians 5:23). Her contribution would be worse than living the life of a hermit (Proverbs 21:19).

So, and please do correct me if I'm wrong (as further enlightenment to becoming a True Christian is why I'm here), my example would be perfectly fine as my gender places me as the head of the house, and yet in your case, or the reverse, it is wrong?

I may tell my wife to lose weight because her grotesque body disgusts me because God speaks to me, and my wife cannot question it?

[Mary Etheldreda]

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I most certainly do. Were I married and my wife to present herself sinful in the eyes of God, I would do my best to set her in the right path.

A True Christian™ man is the head of the household. A True Christian™ woman is not. The direction of correction isn't from the subservient to the master.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah 10:15

If my wife were to tell me that I require washboard abs, and use religion as a reason for why, I would not be concerned with whether or not having a slim figure is a sin, but rather what my spouse's intentions truly are.

With this ambiguity involved, and thus a chance of participating in sinful activity, I am simply advocating something I think she should think about as a follower of Christ.

As a follower of Christ, a True Christian™ woman would recognize that God speaks to the head of the house (Ephesians 5:23). Her contribution would be worse than living the life of a hermit (Proverbs 21:19).

[Jayson.J]

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If you have a problem with something her husband is (or is not) doing, why are you bothering her about it?

You don't expect her to go correcting her husband, do you?

I most certainly do. Were I married and my wife to present herself sinful in the eyes of God, I would do my best to set her in the right path.

If my wife were to tell me that I require washboard abs, and use religion as a reason for why, I would not be concerned with whether or not having a slim figure is a sin, but rather what my spouse's intentions truly are.

With this ambiguity involved, and thus a chance of participating in sinful activity, I am simply advocating something I think she should think about as a follower of Christ.

[Didymus Much]

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Please be mindful that your husband's intentions and wishes for your body should not be based in lust.

If you have a problem with something her husband is (or is not) doing, why are you bothering her about it?

You don't expect her to go correcting her husband, do you?

[Jayson.J]

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Please be mindful that your husband's intentions and wishes for your body should not be based in lust.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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I have no unnecessary fat on my body, of course, because I am a True Christian woman of faith, richly blessed by my Heavenly Father (Psalm 37:4). But there are some truly faithful exercises you can do to stop offending your husband without fear of offending the LORD:

[James Hutchins]

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You are not working hard enough. My wife, Mrs. Hutchins, has not an ounce of weight on her.