did you notice that Paul says, all "food" is clean, not all "animals" are
clean? Maybe I should stop eating pig sausage, because I eat it in doubt?
Sharon
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From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:37 AM
Subject: Clean and unclean
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> Hay Brad,
> A thought to consider:
>
> Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on
> disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything,
> but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man
> who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the
> man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does,
> for God has accepted him. Romans 14:1-4
>
> As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I, Paul, am fully convinced that no
> food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as
> unclean then for him it is unclean. If your brother is distressed
> because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not,
> by your eating,destroy your brother for whom Christ died. Do not
> allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the
> kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of
> righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who
> serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by Him.
> Let us there fore make every effort to do what leads to peace and
> mutual edification. Do 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. It is better not to eat meat or
> drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
> So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and
> God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he
> approves. But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because
> his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from
> faith is sin.
> Romans 14:14-23
> Kathy
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> Hay Brad,<br>
> A thought to consider:<br><br>
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> </x-tab>Accept him whose
> faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One
> man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is
> weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must
> not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat
> everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted
> him. Romans 14:1-4<br><br>
> As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I, Paul, am fully convinced that no food
> is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean
> then for him it is unclean. If your brother is distressed
> because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not,
> by your eating,destroy your brother for whom Christ died. Do not
> allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the
> kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of
> righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who
> serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by Him.
> <br>
> Let us there fore make every effort to do what leads to peace and mutual
> edification. Do 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. It is better not to eat meat
> or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to
> fall. <br>
> So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and
> God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he
> approves. But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because
> his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from
> faith is sin.<br>
> Romans 14:14-23<br>
> Kathy</font></body>
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