3They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
Acts 10:12-15 (NIV) in Context
12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."
14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
Romans 14:20-21 (NIV) in Context
20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
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I must admit this has been very hard for me to rap my head around, because of the passages of Scripture referenced above. I have heard pastures site these verses as a sort of justification to eat what ever you want, and not to worry about the consequences. This has troubled me to the point of writing this article. I have spent a lot of time looking to clarify this apathetic view of what scripture says we should and should not be eating. I feel like there is a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation being spread out there about what the proper food is to eat according to the Bible, by many people, including church leaders.
By proof texting 1 Timothy one might come to believe that anyone preaching to eat an "Organic Diet" is one of these hypocritical liars mentioned by the author of this Pastoral Epistle. Which, by the way, authorship has been in debate for quite some time now. Trust me I am telling you the truth, even if this Epistle is God-Breathed, in no way does it imply that people who chose to eat a healthier diet consisting of whole Organic foods that nourish the temple of God, their bodies (1 Corinthians 6:12-20), are false teachers and/or demons. Beware of church leaders who tell you it's okay to gorge yourself with synthetic man made highly processed foods. Why!? Because I am certain that God wants all his children to live long, healthy, abundant lives, and if you don't believe this maybe we're not serving the same God. The Bible warns us, not to put our faith in man (Isaiah 2:22). Therefore, since conventional farming methods are the result of human wisdom from the last 200 years, what do you think the Bible has to say about us humans thinking we no more then YHWH? Read 1 Corinthians 3:19-20; Proverbs 21:2 to find out.
You may have also heard someone site from Acts chapter 10, where a voice tells Peter, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." A proof texter would choose to focus on this one statement, ignoring the fact that Peter was on his way to meet with a man by the name of Cornelius, a devout man who feared God. Cornelius was accustomed to eating all kinds of creatures, not allowed according to Jewish law, so the Lord tells Peter in this vision that he can eat what is given him. The point is... that everything made by GOD is clean, I can assure you this doesn't include animals pumped full of hormones to increase size and milk production, or food sprayed with herbicides, pesticides & other dangerous chemicals, all in the interest of the for profit CORPORATE MACHINE, you know what God has to say about serving two masters, if not click the last link in this sentence.
Another verse I sited above was Romans chapter 14. Here is a great example of instructions given to not judge someone based on which of God's foods they choose to eat. We shouldn't judge each other for being vegans, vegetarians, or for being meat eaters. In the time this letter was written, over 1500 years ago, there weren't any chemicals to be worried about. Unfortunately, this is not the case any longer, so ask yourself...if God came to your house for dinner, would you feed him food grown by his design, or that of imperfect, greedy, self serving human beings?
My personal opinion for the support of my "Organic Diet" is quite simple. Conventional farming employs the use of "CHEMICALS" to speed up the harvest of God, the Creator of everything, yes he even set the time for the harvest!!! And since man thinks he is smarter then & that he can do things better then God, he will come to ruin (Proverbs 14:29). Proverb 3:5-6pretty much sums it up for me. Many that read this article will probably be offended, if so, you should probably realize that I am not here to make you feel warm and fuzzy, and neither was our Lord (Matthew 10:34-39; Luke 12:50-53). To learn more about Gentiles & Christians who subscribe to this type of lifestyle please visit this site (www.bragg.com)
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