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2) What does Paul teach about foods in 1 Timothy 4:4-5?
In 1 Timothy, Paul addresses a cult-like group that taught that abstaining from certain foods and marriage could make one more spiritual and acceptable before God. Paul completely countered this false teaching by presenting truths from Genesis 1-2.
God created everything good. We can freely enjoy these things, rather than deceive ourselves, thinking we are more holy by abstaining from certain foods.
“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; 5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer” (1 Tim 4:4-5).
Prayer shows we recognize and appreciate God’s creation (God made everything good).
God’s provision for us (He takes care of us).
God reveals His purpose (He wants us to live and enjoy what He has made).
(Romans 14:3-4)
3 Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
That is about judgment, but the reason to not eat pigs, snails, crab, slugs, and fish that scrounge like catfish, is because they are scavengers. The first to eat a body dumped into the ocean are the crabs.