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1 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | Bob Y. | 25373 | ||
I agree that Christians are not bound by any diatary OT laws, but it's interesting that James does discourage the eating of blood in Acts. Act 15:19 "Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, Act 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. Maybe it is because as Christians we have to be conscious of how others view us. |
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2 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | retxar | 25376 | ||
You are correct. The dietary laws the Gentiles were to keep were a safeguard to not offend their close Jewish brethren, not to protect the Gentiles from defilement. We as Christians should never exercise our "rights" if it will cause a brother to stumble. I guess I was a little off base before, as the Gen9:4 ref was before the law of Moses that I eluded to, but it was reiterated with the law (Lev17:10-14). This was a command to Noah in the new world after the flood. I think the idea here is don’t be cruel to the animal being eaten and, since life is in the blood, don’t treat it as a common thing. retxar |
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3 | how can I eat flesh | Gen 9:4 | Bob Y. | 25742 | ||
Hi Retxar, I agree with you but the way I look at it, you were not off base since the law was "revealed" to Moses but existed from the beginning since God revealed the law to expose man's sin or the fact that man was already breaking the law. "for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin." (Rom 3:20) God might have been giving Noah a little preview. Rejoice in Jesus, Bob |
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