I just ate pepperoni, now what?

[ritelec]

When I first joined the forum I saw a discussion about people enjoying their bacon and chicken and shellfish.



Didn't think much if it but have come across clean and unclean food.

I ate some pepperoni yesterday and felt bad now knowing or having read this and feel very bad now having just eaten another piece.

Where do Christians stand with eating clean and unclean food.

Is eating unclean food now acceptable from NT writings??

Would really miss the clams and bacon and much of the food I saw on the unclean list.

Thank you

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

You should thank GOD for the pepperoni for giving you something that tastes so good. Was it on a pizza? Thank him again!

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

Nothing that a person eats can defile him, unless the person believes that it defiles him. I have scripture for this if you need it.

 

[ritelec]

Nothing that a person eats can defile him, unless the person believes that it defiles him. I have scripture for this if you need it.

Thank you Please. At your convenience.

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

Thank you Please. At your convenience.

There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person.” Mark 7:15

And he said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him? For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine”—[thus] declaring all foods clean. And he said, “What comes out of a person, that defiles a person. For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, envy, abusive speech, pride, foolishness. All these evil [things] come from within and defile a person.” Mark 7:18-23​

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

​All [things] are permitted for me, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted for me, but I will not be controlled by anything. Food [is] for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will abolish both of them. Now the body [is] not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 1 Corinthians 6:12-13

 

[ritelec]

Thank you !!!

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All [things are] clean, but [it is] wrong for the person who eats and stumbles in the process. [It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles. The faith that you have, have with respect to yourself before God. Blessed [is] the one who does not pass judgment on himself by what he approves. But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not [do so] from faith, and everything that [is] not from faith is sin. Romans 14:20-23

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

To the pure all [things are] pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled. Titus 1:15

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

Paul's speaking about food here

​All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] build up. Let no one seek his own good but the [good] of the other. Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for the sake of the conscience, for “the earth [is] the Lord’s, and its fullness.” 1 Corinthians 10:23-26​

 

[Miri]

Some more good verses are the following which was spoken by Jesus.

Matthew 15:11-18 NKJV
[11] Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth,
this defiles a man."
[12] Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were
offended when they heard this saying?"
[13] But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not
planted will be uprooted.
[14] Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads
the blind, both will fall into a ditch."
[15] Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us."
[16] So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding?
[17] Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the
stomach and is eliminated? [18] But those things which proceed out of the mouth
come from the heart, and they defile a man.

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For the one who serves Christ in this [way is] well-pleasing to God and approved by people. Romans 14:17-18

 

[crossnote]

Read Acts chapter 10...all foods have been declared clean.

...I love Pepperoni

 

[ritelec]

Will do.

Thank you all

 

[p_rehbein]

Next time try black olives and mushroom with double cheese............that's my pic

 

[p_rehbein]

Read Acts chapter 10...all foods have been declared clean.

...I love Pepperoni

Food is pagan! The eating thereof heresy ............

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

Eat Lamb, not Red Dragon meat.

 

[p_rehbein]

That reminds me of something I have always wondered: "What color is lambs blood?"

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

That reminds me of something I have always wondered: "What color is lambs blood?"

It's the color of Living waters.

 

[p_rehbein]

It's the color of Living waters.

yeah, that's why I used a small "l" ........... so folks wouldn't be confused............. now see whatcha dids