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1 | Abstaining from things strangled, blood? | Acts 15:20 | DocTrinsograce | 192128 | ||
Dear Brother WOS, I am no expert in such things, but I will express to you what little I do understand. Consuming blood or animals that have been strangled is utterly odious to anyone with a Jewish upbringing. Even though the new Jewish believers were learning to live alongside gentiles in the faith, I think such requirements were primarily a kind consideration for the Jewish brethren. Much later, Paul doesn't reiterate this dietary prohibition. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Abstaining from things strangled, blood? | Acts 15:20 | skccab | 192131 | ||
WOS and Doc, To me that's a very sad thing - the gentiles should have learned to live along side the Jewish believers. After all it was(is) their Messiah that brought salvation to us. It was through the Jewish people that we can have the Torah (and it is alive and well). I do not believe that we can pick and choose which of the Lord's commandments from the Tanakh to observe than we can pick and choose of those in the NT. :-) Lev 18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. Lev 18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. What does America look like? Deu 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. We have been grafted into this promise. Jos 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. And grafted into this. The Lord's yoke is not difficult or burdensome, it's easy and a delight. Psa 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psa 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Pro 6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Pro 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Pro 6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. Pro 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Cheri |
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3 | Abstaining from things strangled, blood? | Acts 15:20 | DocTrinsograce | 192146 | ||
Dear Cheri, Your sentiments were echoed by many of the Jewish believers. There was a whole faction of them (called Judaizers) who were pushing to do exactly what you've suggested. Interestingly enough, that is exactly why Paul wrote the book of Galatians. He speaks directly to this issue. I'd encourage that you make it a careful study. It might change your perspective. By the way, we don't simply "pick and choose" from the law. Anything of an external nature in the Law (i.e., the ceremonial and dietary laws) foreshadowed the better things to come (e.g., Hebrews 10:1; Colossians 2:17). Just as we will not celebrate communion after we've sat down at the wedding feast of the Lamb -- who needs the old shadow when you've got the real thing? The moral law is still a guide (Romans 2:20), reflecting the very nature of God Himself. By imputation it has been fully complied with by the perfect life of Christ (Romans 10:4). Furthermore, by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, we are enabled to live a life in compliance with the moral law (Romans 8:4). Please note that the Law has no power to save, only to convict. I rather like what John Calvin, paraphrasing Paul in Romans 8:15, wrote "Is it your desire instantly to terminate the controversies in which you are now engaged? Walk according to the Spirit. You will then be free from the dominion of the law, which will act only in the capacity of a kind adviser, and will no longer lay a restraint upon your consciences." I really appreciate that idea of the Law being a "kind adviser" to the believer. Anyway, the long and short of it is this: If you want to follow the whole Law -- something the Jews failed at miserably (Galatians 6:13) -- even if you drop the stuff to do with the temple sacrifice, etc., go ahead and try. However, you should be aware that it will not make you one iota more or less holy before God, nor will it increase or decrease His pleasure in you. God's love is made fully manifest in you through your salvation. His justice is satisfied because your sin was imputed to Christ, and Christ's righteousness was imputed to you. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Abstaining from things strangled, blood? | Acts 15:20 | azurelaw | 192152 | ||
Dear WOS and Doc WOS - thanks for the question Doc - thanks for the answer which helps a lot for Chinese christians especially when we are facing so many grey areas in concern with morality. Shalom Azure |
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