But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.” - Matthew 15:11-20 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? 18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. We can also recall what Our Lord about saying that it is not what goes into a man that defiles him.ġ1 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth this defiles a person.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”ġ5 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”ġ6 This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. Kill and eat.”ġ4 “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. 13 Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. Kill and eat.” and “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”ĩ About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. Peter having a vision about eating unclean animals and a voice spoke to him: ”Get up, Peter. The New Testament makes up the writings that make up the New Covenant. The Ancient People of Israel, the Jews, were and still are under the Old Covenant (Old Testament).Īs Christians, we are under the New Covenant, established by Jesus Christ. Looking at Christianity from the outside, one could see that the eating of pork is a contradiction, but in reality it is not.įirst of all, the prohibition of abstaining from the flesh of pigs is not part of the Decalogue. Why do most Christians eat pork, in light of Deuteronomy 14:8? Is this a contradiction? But now that the faith has arrived, we are no longer under a tutor.”-Galatians 3:24, 25 (NWT) “The Law has become our tutor leading to Christ, that we might be declared righteous due to faith. Ultimately, Christians are no longer under the Mosaic Law. Paul also counsels Christians to not stumble or cause problems for fellow Christians by doing things that would make them question their faith. In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul talks about the need to not judge our fellow man about what they eat. Some of these foods were sometimes 'leftovers' of sacrifices made to false gods or idols. Later, the apostle Paul addressed the issue of some of those within the Christian congregation having a problem with Gentiles eating foods that were purchased in the local markets. While this vision was to indicate the acceptance of Gentiles (non-Jews) into the congregation of God, this also corroborates Jesus's statement at Mark 7:19. “Stop calling defiled the things God has cleansed.”-Acts 10:15 (NWT) (Acts 10:9-16) In this vision, a voice spoke to him saying: In a vision, the apostle Peter saw a large linen sheet with unclean animals. So he said to them: “Are you also without understanding like them? Are you not aware that nothing from outside that enters into a man can defile him, 19 since it enters, not into his heart, but into his stomach, and it passes out into the sewer?” Thus he declared all foods clean.-Mark 7:18, 19 (NWT) In his explanation, Jesus made a very interesting statement: Jesus later was explaining to his disciples the hypocrisy of the religious leaders of the time. Interestingly though when here on earth, Jesus was confronted with a situation that dealt with uncleanness in Mark 7:1-8. You must not eat their flesh or touch their carcasses. 8 Also the pig because it has a split hoof but does not chew the cud. However, you must not eat the following animals that chew the cud or that have split hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not have split hooves. Initially, the prohibition against pork was part of the Law giving to Moses as Deuteronomy 14:7, 8 states.
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