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NASB | 1 Timothy 4:3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 4:3 who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from [certain kinds of] foods which God has created to be gratefully shared by those who believe and have [a clear] knowledge of the truth. |
Subject: cannot eat pork,seafood? |
Bible Note: EdB, I totaly agree with you. I was incorrect with my last post. I was thinking of the sheet that came down from heaven in a vision. This is what i was refurring to. I lost track of were I was with this subject. My appologies. However, concerning 1Timothy chapter 4. . Apparently some specific end-time group is described that forbids marriage, it is full of hypocrisy, and is seduced by evil spirits. In addition, this group commands its followers to abstain from obviously clean foods, "which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." My purpose here is not to dwell on the identity of these evil perverters of the gospel, but to see IF the idea that merely praying over food can make it good to eat. Becuse I see alot of people use this verse to call unclean and abominable foods clean. Paul shows that any created thing in the food line is acceptable as long as it meets TWO tests-it must be APPROVED (or sanctified) by the Bible, and it should be prayed over with thanksgiving. Please take note that both of these requirements MUST be met in order for the food to be suitable for the Christian diet. Incidentally, the word "meats" in the original language is not limited to flesh foods. The Greek word "broma" simply means "food." Should I take these verses to suggest that rats, bats, and swine may be sanctified for food by simply praying over them? Quite the opposite! Nothing is made suitable unless it has passed the FIRST TEST of being approved by the Word of God. If the Bible says it is clean, then and only then can prayers of thanksgiving be assured the seal of God's acceptance. So I do agree with receiving every creature of God with thanksgiving, as long as it has been APPROVED(sanctified)by the WORD of GOD first and then Prayer. I have a question about this text :"And commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." I see that God was talking about the creatures he had already DECLARED to be received as FOOD. Does 1Timothy chapter 4 give evidence that God SANCTIFIED unclean foods? And I only brought the cannibalism thing up because we to are Gods creatures, But were never DECLARED and SANCTIFIED to be eaten and received with thanksgiving. Matt |