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NASB | Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from [consuming] blood, and from [eating the meat of] things that have been strangled, and from sexual impurity. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell." |
Subject: Does "abstain" include more than eating? |
Bible Note: Hi, knucklehead! You totally missed my point! I respect your opinion... my point is that God has determined that the animals are eatable (and yes, that was meant as a metaphor for people which the Jews concidered uncleaned--not uncleaned animals!)... it is not the blood that makes an animal pure or impure; it is God's command (read Genesis--Garden of Eden) that sets limits or raises them! Jesus tells us that there is great joy in Heaven for just a single sinner that repents and turns back to God... this suggest that God is constantly appraising our corporal existence. So it falls to reason that God cares for our well-being even in the flesh! A transfusion of blood (or a human organ transplant) is as close as we can come to offering our own life for our brethren, which is following Jesus example! I can only pray that the Holy Spirit enlighten you so that you can come to the full understanding of the Word! God Bless! Angel |