Subject: Hank - Diet ??? |
Bible Note: Tim: Ok yes we agree about the idol issue. Vs. 14 says "but to him who considers anything to be unclean". Ok if we look at this food as all being acceptable to God then we can assue that it is all clean according to his dietary laws. But what makes a clean piece of meat "unclean" by man is the fact that it has been offered to an idol. I think if you look at 1 Cor. 8:7-8 you will see the same use of the word food and it being labelled defiled is by a person who has consciousness of the idol. So i think there is a difference between what God says is clean/unclean according to his dietary laws given in the OT. What man considers clean/unclean based on possibity of being offering to idols is a different story. The overriding principle is that the bible is consistent and when at the Jerusalem council they told gentiles "to abstain from things offered to idols" this is where this issue started to grow as a controversial issue. If it was so simple we would not be hearing Paul discuss it so many times in his writings. A comparable issue is circumcision. I look forward to your comments, God bless, Merv |