Posted on 04/18/2014 8:25:38 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
>>> “Do not eat of the tree...”. It was a Kosher Law, about what to eat. One could then deduce that it matters to G-d what you eat.
Before they sinned, there was no “Law” except that of sin and death. The sin was not in the eating so much as it was disobedience and abandonment of God (Satan told them they could be like God if they ate it)
As far as deducing things, there is no need here, because we see clearly that the fruit of this particular tree had physical attributes which directly affected man’s spiritual and physical attributes. The fruit literally gave them the knowledge of good and evil. This is something they were NOT ready for, and in their sin they corrupted their flesh.
The tree of life as well had physical/spiritual qualities that would have rendered them irreconcilable if they had eaten of it as well, once they were corrupted. This is why God in His mercy drove them out of the garden lest they eat of it.
Kocher laws (what we should or shouldn’t eat) pertains to “unclean” food which represents a risk to physical health.
But remember also, that Peter was given the vision of the sheet which shows animals coming out and with these words, “take, kill, eat”. That means the believers in Jesus were to be freed from the kosher diet laws in Acts.
As long as bishops can make the call and never be questioned about their decisions, it will never change.
http://www.canonlaw.info/canonlaw915.htm
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Catholics in Political Life”, Origins 34/7 (1 July 2004) 97, 99, on-line here.
“Given the wide range of circumstances involved in arriving at a prudential judgment on a matter of this seriousness, we recognize that such decisions rest with the individual bishop in accord with the established canonical and pastoral principles. Bishops can legitimately make different judgments on the most prudent course of pastoral action”.
Absolutely every element of that statement is a LIE.
Circumstances are IRRELEVANT, because giving Communion to pro-aborts is ALWAYS gravely sinful. "Prudence" is never involved when it's a question of committing a mortal sin. The decision does NOT rest with the bishop, because NO ONE has the authority to command anyone to commit a mortal sin. Bishops CANNOT make different decisions because NO bishop has the authority to negate the mandate of Canon 915. Cf. http://tinyurl.com/pont915 See section #4.
Good. I am simple minded. You are covered.
That’s nonsense! Do you not know the Masters own words? ...that the Torah is Eternal and will never pass away? ...not one jot or tittle? Look at Peters words. “ Lord, unclean food has never passed my lips!” After the Spirit falls on the Gentiles Peter exclaims “now I understand what the vision meant! That we should not call other men common or unclean! For every nation that WORKETH righteousness is acceptable with Him! Righteousness is ascribed to us by Grace for our justification and it is fulfilled in us when we keep G-d’s commandments. That is why we are here. To obey His commandments and teach others to do so as we’ll. The Torah is not a buffet restaurant, where we can choose what we want to do. It is a living reality. It’s an organic whole and nobody, not even the pope has the right to dissect it and declare some of it null and void. The disintegration of Christianity, and consequently the West a large is due to the inherent weakness of this great betrayal. If the Kosher Laws have been abolished then who’s to say that sexuality laws haven’t been abrogated as well. This is what is meant by the statement that one who “breaks” one of the commandments is guilty of breaking them all. Torah is a unity just as G-d is a Unity. Like a chain, when you break ( Annul) one commandment the chain and its continuity is broken. Your structure may survive for centuries but when enough pressure is brought to bear upon it, it will fail. We are witnessing a catastrophe and it won’t stop until people do Teshuvah (repent) I.e. ‘return’ to the root and ground of truth, the teaching of Yeshua, the living Torah in the flesh.
In truth, Christians are only required to keep the 10 Commandments, the laws of Noah, and the two great laws to love God, and neighbors, that is it. It is NOT nonsense!
Please see post number 27, thank-you!
It is not doing kosher, that is for the Jewish people ONLY.
Christians are saved by the precious blood of Jesus which He shed.
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