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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: Hello Matt, Food is food whether or not one receives a command from God. The Gentiles ate these foods--only the Jew could not. You ask: "Don't you at least kinda think that maybe if God has called somthing abominable and unclean in times past, that it still is?" No. Here in Mark 7 and again in Acts 10, God made a change. And consider this: Galatians 2:12 (ESV) For before certain men came from James, [Cephas] was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. To eat with Gentiles means consuming what Gentiles consume. He didn't bring his own kosher food. What did Paul say to him? Galatians 2:14 (ESV) But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?" There is the crux of the matter. How can anyone force Gentiles to live like Jews requiring them to live under the Law? This same type of thing was addressed in Acts 15. Believing Jews wanted Gentiles to live like Jews. The council at Jerusalem said that there was no reason to force this burden upon Gentiles. The question to you is: Why do you want to force this burden on yourself? Steve |