Subject: Hank - Diet ??? |
Bible Note: Steve: Please feel free to bring up more verses for our discussion but I do not think your are adequately dealing with my prior discussion points. 1) Paul was openly accusing Peter of being a hypocrite because he would treat the gentiles differently depending if there were Jews there or not. The issue was circumcision. Many Jews did not accept the gentile Christians because they were not circumcised. Peter was being a hypocrite - not wanting to be seen with the uncircumcised Christians in front of the Jews who did not except the uncircumcised Christians. Paul was about to straighten everything out. (Read Gal. 5) When Peter ate with the gentile Christians they ALL would be eating clean food according to God's diet. Just because you see the word gentile does not mean they did not follow the laws of God once they accepted the Gospel. That is why the gentiles went to the synagogue as detailed many times in the NT because they knew they should keep the Sabbath (4th commandment). 2) Lev. 11 - Obviously they were clean or unclean because God declared it. I do not argue that point - if you took my response a different way that was not my intention. I was just letting you know some of the reasons why I believe they were unclean. These animals were carnavores. Now I really do not understand what your point is about "dirty hands had nothing to do with it". It is a obvious point that God laid down the law about what was clean or unclean. With reference to our Mark 7 passage the jewish laws said you were considered unclean unless you wash you hands before you eat. I do not understand what is so hard to understand about that. By Jesus's own statement that "eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man" - then the obvious conclusion is that eating with unwashed hands - according to the jewish laws - would defile the person. Jesus said no !!!!!! He made reference to what comes from the heart defiles a man. No where at all is there any once of proof that this text is talking about the defilement from eating a unclean piece of meat. Jesus spoke of the true defilement of what comes from the heart and not what goesinto the stomach. But you have to understand the context was only about unwashed hands and not the diet of the Lord. Jesus therefore said things cannot be unclean due to not washing. Merv |