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Clean Meat and Unclean Meat
Dave in Tenn:
I'll only add this: The Lord didn't specifically tell Peter that he could eat any any animal for food on the whole earth. He said, "Arise, Peter. Kill and eat." Then once again he argued with the Lord in his own righteousness--just as he did when the Lord told him he would deny Him.
Kinda makes you wonder why the Lord gave the keys to the Kingdom to this guy. ;) Or maybe not.
octoberose:
Dave, that was hilarious. :)
Just to bring up one thing to make this a little muddy, Acts 19 says in talking about the Gentiles-
20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
but then later Paul says to not worry about food from idols. My paraphrase version is if it's not sin to you, then it's not sin.
So, I don't know what to think of the blood issue and I know this has to do with pagan worship.
Funny, I know Christians who are vegetarians because they think that's what Adam and Eve ate, and I know Christians that eat everything from the land and animals because it's biblical. So, I eat whatever I think is good for me that man hasn't polluted. ;)
John from Kentucky:
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17
Kat:
--- Quote from: octoberose on September 01, 2016, 09:16:47 PM ---Dave, that was hilarious. :)
Just to bring up one thing to make this a little muddy, Acts 19 says in talking about the Gentiles-
20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
but then later Paul says to not worry about food from idols. My paraphrase version is if it's not sin to you, then it's not sin.
So, I don't know what to think of the blood issue and I know this has to do with pagan worship.
Funny, I know Christians who are vegetarians because they think that's what Adam and Eve ate, and I know Christians that eat everything from the land and animals because it's biblical. So, I eat whatever I think is good for me that man hasn't polluted. ;)
--- End quote ---
Acts 15:5 But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses."
Acts 15:19 "It is my opinion," James went on, "that we should not trouble the Gentiles who are turning to God.
v. 20 Instead, we should write a letter telling them not to eat any food that is ritually unclean because it has been offered to idols; to keep themselves from sexual immorality; and not to eat any animal that has been strangled, or any blood.
You know when you think about it, these Jews were bringing in Gentile converts, and there was a very big difference in how they observed rituals and things. Gentiles commonly drank blood in their ceremonies, where as Jews were very strict in not doing so (Gen 9:4), it was quite repugnant to them... so the strangling was keeping the blood in the animals, not properly blood out as the Jews would.
So I believe what was said in that verse was an attempt to try to bring the two groups of believers together, so at first to deal with their differences in the most harmonious way they could.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
octoberose:
Works for me, Kat !
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