Talk Table of Contents The Word of Wisdom
The Word of Wisdom

Work in the church with computers going on now take words or phrases used alot and then translate the meaning of the phrase not word for word. "Arm of the Lord" means

 

Scriptural intertrupation of the phrase Word of Wisdom might be...

"Word" translates as...

by taking all the verses that use the word "WORD" To have a knowledge or understand the principle of what the Lord would have one do. (Genesis 15:1,4 ) The Command of one (Exodus 8:31,9:21, 12:35, Numbers 3:16,51, 11:23, 15:31, 22:38, 23:16, 36:5, Deuteronomy 4:2, 8:3,30:14, 33:9, 1Samuel 15:23,26, A Title for Christ. God speaks his word, which the son by the power of the spirit puts intos operation, and thereby becomes the word himself (Moses 2:5, JST John 1:1)

In other owrds it is an unwise servent that must be commanded in all things.

 

"Wisdom" translates as...A knowledge of all things in both heaven and earth. (2 Samuel 14:20) Wisdom of solomon who used good judgement, understanding and disgression informed and learned. (1 Kings 4:29-34;

 

Exodus 28:3, 31:3,6, 35:31,

 

 

If one picks up the paper, One reads of the fact that Cigarettes, pipes, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco kill more than 434,000 Americans each year which accounts for almost one in five of every premature deaths in this country. Not only is it the single biggest killer but it is also the one of the biggest maming agents at work. From the Journals of Medicine we read that...

 

Smoking is a major risk factor in recovery from back pain (the leading cause of worker disability in the US) this is because of poor oxygen levels of those who smoke prevents lumbar disks from being properly oxygenated.

 

Smoking causes 40% of all cases of bladder cancer about 4,000 cases annually.

 

Women who smoke are 75% more likely to develop breast cancer.

Up to one-third of all cases of cervical cancer about 7,000 new cases a year are directlty attributed to smoking.

 

Youngsters exposted to smoking have six times as many respiratory infections as kids of non smoking parents.

 

Diabetes can be brought on by smoking as smoking decreases the about of insulin that the body will absorb. It will then increase the damage done by diabetes of small blood vessels in the eyes, ears and feet of diabetes patients.

 

Ear infections to the children of smokers are greatly increased.

 

Smoking accounts for up to 85% of all deaths of Emphysema.

 

Smoking is attributed for 80% of the 15,000 americans killed each year by esophagael cancer.

 

Research indicates that smoking will double the risk of cancer to the stomach and the doudenum (the portion of the small intestine just downstream from the stomach).

 

Smokers are 4 times more likely to have heart disease than non-smokers.

 

Couples in which one partner smokes are three times more likely to have touble conceiving than non-smoking couples.

 

Smoking causes 40% of all cases of kidney cancer.

 

Smokers are 25 times more likely to get cancer of the larnx than non-smokers.

 

Research has shown the the tar from tobaccco smoke contains carcinogens including benzene and the radioactive form of the element polonium both known to cause leukemia.

 

Women who smoke face a signifacantly higher risk of giving premature birth to an unnaturally small, lightweight infant.

 

Men who smoke, dip snuff or chew tobacco face a 27 times higher chance of getting cancer of the mouth, gums, lips, cheeks,tongue, salivary glands, and even tonsils.

 

People who smoke tend to have lower levels of nutrition than non-smokers.

 

Last year 3,650 americans were killed by throat cancer the vast majority were attributed to smoking.

 

Smokers have delayed wound and bone healing. They enjoy a greater risk of complications during surgery, including pneumonia.

 

Smoking doubles the risk of stroke.

 

In addition, smoking is the leading cause of fires in the home in America. The toll here is astronomical in terms of suffering and economic loss.

 

And from passive smoke a preliminary report from the government estimates that each year on a nationwide basis, passive smoke causes...

...2,500 to 3,000 lung cancer deaths.

...150,000 to 300,000 cases of bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections.

...8,000 to 26,000 new cases of childhood astma.

 

In addition some people have likened the addictive potential of nicotine to that of heroin.

 

 

 

We can extend the length of life, but why if we do not improve what we do with it.