Heredity

Heredity is another health factor. Because of laws broken by our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents - all the way back to Adam - we inherited a less-than-perfect set of genes and a less-than-perfect body. While we can do much to compensate for inherited weaknesses, we are limited to working with what we were born with. Furthermore, our bodies are subject to decay and, ultimately, physical death. We are, after all, mortal (1 Corinthians 15:42-49; Romans 8:21).