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1 | According to Jesus, can we eat pork? | 1 Tim 4:4 | onthebrink247 | 237072 | ||
What does the bible say about pork in the New Testament? Can we eat pork? | ||||||
2 | According to Jesus, can we eat pork? | 1 Tim 4:4 | DocTrinsograce | 237099 | ||
Hi, onthebrink... I taught my children to distinguish between the words, can, may, and ought. The words are so different that it will make a huge difference in the answers you are seeking. A Jew could eat pork if he chose to do so. A Jew might eat pork at some point in the future. A Jew ought never to eat pork for it is proscribed by the law (Leviticus 11:7-8). I will assume that you are using the colloquialism "Can we eat pork?" (sic) to mean, "Is the eating of pork prohibited in the New Testament?" The Biblical basis of our liberty would be: "And He [Christ] said to them, 'Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?'" (Mark 7:18-19a) Then Mark asserts "Thus He declared all foods clean." (Mark 7:19b) Paul additionally asserts, "I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself" (Romans 14:14a NASB). Nonetheless, we limit our liberty to eat and drink anything in deference to the conscience of our brothers (Romans 14:21). I would go on to add one more point relative to the pastoral epistolary references: Prayers of consecration do not transform unclean food into clean food. (Doing something in the natural in order to achieve a supernatural affect is what we call magic. We surely want nothing to do with that kind of junk.) Paul writes, "For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer." (1 Timothy 4:4-5 NASB); and, as Paul states in another epistle, "To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled." (Titus 1:15 NASB) The impurity is not inherent in the nature of the food itself, rather the issue is in the heart of the person eating -- food is impure when eaten without gratitude to and dependence on the Father; i.e., failing to honor and be grateful to God in His Providence like heathens do (Romans 1:21). On the contrary, the apostle says of the redeemed, "he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God." (Romans 14:6b NASB) In Him, Doc |
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