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Subject: Unclean food for the Christian? |
Bible Note: You wrote: "Nothing is more pleasurable than serving the Lord in perfection and if we were able to do I would join you." Am I to take from this that you only serve the Lord in ways that you can do perfectly? If so, I must concede that you are a better man than me for I can do nothing perfectly. I can however do what I can do. Since ALL my works are as filthy rags, I must needs depend on His grace and mercy to make up the difference. Do you refrain fromstealing perfectly? I don't. Committing adultery? Nope. Coveting? Darn, three strikes! The yoke that their fathers could not bear was keeping the commands to perfection, as in unto salvation. (See Acts 15:1) The notion that any imperfection should result in our throwing up our hands goes counter to the idea that we are to be salt and light to the world, doesn't it? Ed, it seems you are pretty well tired of defending the indefensible. Arguing with me is not the path to fuller understanding. For that you need to carefully examine your position in light of the whole of Scripture while setting aside your religious preconceptions. I can tell you from experience that doing this is hard. Those old interpretations keep creeping in. At this point most people with whom I have shared this challenge get insulting and stop making sense. They start with claimes of "Legalist!" or "Judaizer!" What they invariably miss is the obvious fact that being a real Christian means, among other things, acting like one. And acting like one means doing what He says to do. Rejecting the Torah results in degrees of picking and choosing what we will do without acknowledging that we are not on the path toward the revealed standard of godly behavior. Torah is the map to that path. Yahshua is the deliverer who ultimately takes us from as-far-as-we-got to the finish line of perfection. So the question remains: Why should we not simply wait at the starting gate for Messiah to carry us to the finish? One of many Scriptural answers to this question is in I John 5:2-4. " By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith." Is anyone else following this thread? Comments? Where's Asken? Grace and peace, Kwigger P.S. Ed, did you review my point about the attitudes Christians and evolutionists share? |