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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: We observe Jewish Dietary Laws in our home, kashruth, because we are Jewish. I have been a Completed Jew for nearly 6 years. All of the same reasoning about "law and grace" which some attempt to apply to do away wit the Sabbath and Holy Days is also used to do away with any adherance to "keeping Kosher." By abstaining from unclean meats,trephah, I am making an effort to be consistent in the way I view the issues of law and grace. What I eat or don't eat doesn't earn me salvation. It doesn't make me more spiritual than the next person. It doesn't earn Brownie Points with God. And, having avoided pork and catfish for over 50 years, I don't have any desire to try it now. Pork to me is merely like brussel sprouts to someone else. Enlightened Jews know not only how to keep Kosher, but why. Kashruth may be defined as a part of Judaism's attempt to hallow the act of eating by teaching us reverence for life. Just as fasting is an aspect of our worship, so is fulfilling the commandments,mitzvah,of Exodus 22:30; Leviticus 11:44-45 and Deuteronomy 14:21. What makes this and other tenets of Judaism so hard to follow is the centuries of needless ritual, custom and rabbinic law that tries to improve on God's Word. The Orthodox of today have imposed the same stumbling blocks in front of the observant that the Pharisees of old tried to set before our lord. And so, fewer and fewer Jews are willing to undergo the task because it is so difficult to get it right. Like grace before and after meals, it should be a part of our recognition of God who provides all things. |