Did you know that Pigs are a garbage can for bacteria (bacteria that can cause cancer and other very bad diseases (swine flu, Covid-19, etc,)? https://drjockers.com/dont-eat-pig-meat/
Did you know that shrimp and shell fish are the vacuum cleaners of the ocean carrying bacteria that cause cancer, and other things?
https://drjockers.com/shellfish/
@speakthetruth But the N. Testament says all food is now clean if prayed for and received with thanksgiving, but if you can't eat it in faith, then don't. But we are clearly taught in the New Testament that all foods are clean. To follow the old law brings us back to bondage. I think the Lord did this because He knows their will be a day that we will need meat of any kind to survive.
@KarMarJo57 Is it bondage, to obey your parents when you are a child? Is it bondage for a fish to not be able to walk on land? Is it bondage for us to do as the Lord said? If you fully believe that there will come a day that you will need any kind of meat that is available to survive, are you trusting the Lord? Did he not provide a way for his children in the wilderness to eat or to drink? If you trust him, could he not provide a way for you to not break his commandments?
@speakthetruth Fred, you are free in Christ not to eat pork. But the New Testament is clear, all meat is clean now if prayed for and received with thanksgiving. The Lord gave Peter the vision that all meats (& people) are clean now. Galatians speaks about going back under the law. The dietary directives of the New Testament are found in Acts: nothing strangled, no eating or drinking of blood, and abstain from fornication.
@KarMarJo57 This law is the law of sin and death as Christ has conquered death and sin. The concept of the law of sin and death is in the entire old testament, you sin you die. This is the law that was done away with. Do you follow Christ or Paul? I follow Christ and he says in Matthew 5 that the Law shall not pass away but that he came to fulfill (complete) it.
@speakthetruth It's an unsafe statement to say 'do we follow Christ or Paul.' Paul was endowed with the Holy Spirit to be one of the men to write the oracles of the new covenant life. God chose to give both an Old Testament law and a New Testament grace and mercy. They compliment each other. But the old is worthless without the new. The old is to prove our inability to be sanctified my our own efforts. The new provides the means for us to be like Christ and His power.
@KarMarJo57 The only one who can have an oracle is God. an oracle is a Commandment from God directly. Yes, Paul did give commandments but, according to the noble Bereans it matched the scriptures which at that time, was just the old testament. Let's do the same and see if what he said is in line with what our father said. Not to mention, Paul is not our king. The Messiah is and so I want to follow the one who has the same authority as his father.
