Asceticism
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- (A philosophy that leads to severe austerities in subordinating the body to the control of the moral attributes of the mind)
- Extreme application of
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Rebuked by Jesus
Matt 11:19; Luke 7:34
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Matthew 11:1934 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Luke 7:34 -
Rebuked by Paul
Col 2:20–23; 1 Tim 4:1–4, 8
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Colossians 2:201 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1 Timothy 4:18 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 4:8 - See Stoicism
- Instances of the practice of
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John the Baptist
Matt 11:18; Luke 7:33
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Matthew 11:1833 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Luke 7:33 -
Those who practiced celibacy “for the kingdom of heaven’s sake,”
Matt 19:12
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Matthew 19:12
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
