Okay this question is for those of you who read this and are of a religious bend. I understand in the Old Testament, under the Law that God handed to Moses and the Jewish people were to follow, pigs were unclean so eating them was forbidden as is the animals you get from the sea that don't have fins and scales so shrimp and catfish and other obvious sea creatures without scales or without fins or without both.
My question is, when did God make these things clean? I recall a quote, though I don't know the reference where Paul says something about "What God has made clean, how can it be unclean?" That is not the actual and real quote but I think you understand the meaning. Did God make all things clean when Jesus died for our sins?
The reason I've asked this is I've been watching a channel in the morning that provides a daily Bible study and one of the things mentioned was that pork and catfish and shrimp are unclean and should not be eaten even by Christians. There are a couple other issues I have with the teachings, but I'd say 95% of what he is teaching is correct and good, I just have questions regarding that 5%.
You KNOW you can post a message in response to this and I hope somebody does (I bet I know one person who will post).
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Your reference to what God calls clean and not to call common or unclean is in reference to people. ACTs 10.
But as for the dietary question, Acts 15. It is linked to the question of circumcision.
To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, " You must be circumcised and keep the law" —to whom we gave no such commandment— 25 it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
Farewell.
So except for strangled and blood all is ok to eat. But why pay attention it also sayed to stay away from sexual immorality. Do Christians even obey that or try? Perhaps I am being cynical.
I knew I would get a good answer from you.
You're right, I believe everybody chooses to obey or disobey certain laws as it pertains to them. Like there are people who while their religion may prohibit birth control or abortions, they still vote for those who want both. I believe it's called situational ethics. It's good for you to follow those laws but not me at least not all the time.
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