Eating Pork
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Q: Is it
right or wrong to eat pig meat (pork) and what does the
Bible say about this?
A: Eating pork was indeed
prohibited under the law. Leviticus 11:7 states,
"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be
clovenfooted, yet he
cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you." However, we are
not under the
same restrictions today. In 1Timothy 4, Paul warns Timothy
of seducing
spirits who will be teaching doctrines of devils in the last
days. Of
them he states:
1Timothy 4:3-5 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from meats,
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of
them which
believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be
refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
This passage clearly teaches that no meat is prohibited
today. It is not
unclean because it is "sanctified" (made clean) by the word
of God and
prayer. It is true that most cultures have certain meats
that they will
not eat. But this is not God's prohibition. I tell people
that if they
can thank God for it (1Timothy 4:4), then they can eat it.
Pork is not
prohibited by the Bible for believers today. In fact, the
Bible teaches
that those who teach it to be wrong to eat certain meats are
actually
teaching doctrines of devils. We need to be careful to stay
away from
such false teaching.
Till He comes,
Pastor David Reagan
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