yes of course it goes into the stomach and into the sewer not into the hear or mind...as if a good Jew ever ate Ham it would not be the Ham that defiled him but the fact that his heart and mind were already defiled distracting him from what is expected...
Now please go back to read the context of Mark 7 the Pharisees were demanding what every good parent should do "wash your hands before you eat!" that was exactly the issue here...eating even clean meat with unwashed hands defiled...just as eating clean meat was defiled if offered to idols or full of blood or strangled...
This was not about eating Ham...no Jew would even consider Ham food...especially Christmas Ham...
there is nothing here purifying food but eliminating it as yes your text finally and clearly states but some earlier translations state purging and some even say purifying (even add something about that here Jesus cleanses all meat or something)
So do you eat human flesh? Why not?...did Paul lie when he said he continued to keep temple law? Did Peter miss something when he understood his vision meant goyim were no longer unclean...and no not to eat them but to preach to them and accept as brothers...as if it meant he could go and get a Ham sandwich...lol
And speaking of brothers...even clean meat was supposed to not be eaten if another brother were offended...
Three of the four demands of the Jerusalem council continued proscriptions to the Gentiles already found in the the church of the wilderness of the OT
1) abstain from food polluted by idols - Leviticus 17:8-9 'Say to them: 'Any Israelite or any alien living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice and does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD--that man must be cut off from his people.' " To guard carefully against idolatry, this command was interpreted by the Jews to prohibit eating any meat that had been offered in a prohibited manner. In Rev. 2:14, 20 the words of Jesus show agreement with that interpretation.
2)from sexual immorality - Leviticus 18:6-26 lists a wide range of sexually immoral activities and ends with, "The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things,"
3)from the meat of strangled animals - Leviticus 17:13,15 "Any Israelite or any alien living among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth,
"Anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then he will be clean." These were interpreted by the Jews to prohibit eating the meat of strangled animals.
4)and from blood - Leviticus 17:10 "Any Israelite or any alien living among them who eats any blood--I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people."
http://fogwhistle.ca/acts/evidence.html
Are you a citizen of Israel or not? Living JUST AS He is or not?
Yes yes yes...Let no one judge you in these things...but the body of Christ...
http://www.cogwriter.com/news/church-history/gods-holy-days-and-human-mistranslations/
These things ARE still shadows pointing to good things to come...not WERE ok? still ARE...thus still binding...
And to you fulfilled law means the law was made void annulled...also known as destroyed jots and tittles especially...well He did say think NOT...so why you insist?
This has everything to do with Grace...upon receiving it what do you wish to do as a show of appreciation for all that He did and will do for you? Upon dying to yourself and now living IN HIM...you going to return to your own vomit?
How will you declare to others your love as a love with which He loved...
How will you show your fruits are in the same family as the older trunk and root you were grafted into...
Will you testify you are no longer a foreigner but a citizen of spiritual Israel faithful to its Lord of the Sabbath...that gives rest but is not actually a day of rest...
We are still to work six days...and there is much work yet to do...a harvest...luckily for His people there remains a sabbath keeping...
Or did you expect the promise without being in His covenant? The covenant He signed and sealed at the cross right before His followers continued to hurry and keep the Sabbath as was the commandment...still...
where is this in the scripture? Weren't you warned of these wolves? Sacred tradition is merely peer pressure from pretty talking Pharisees...
Oh thank you...many were killed for less tolerance...killed for not compromising the Lord of the Sabbath and His way...
You do understand how that lordship thingy works yes? The rings give authority and power to the lord of them?
Think NOT that He would destroy the very thing that validates Him as our creator...
as with eating Ham the Sabbath was NOT a doubtful thing to dispute for a believing Pharisee...Paul was clearly speaking of days to fast on not abrogating a Law of God he himself continued to observe...teaching one thing and practicing another would be a LIE a hypocracy...
LOL seriously...you don't...he is outside of scripture WAAAAAY out...I didn't quote him as scripture...I quoted him his use of pagan ways including Sunday, to teach another gospel another way...despite fancy words...
You are the one who used him to elevate him, his way, above that which is in scripture...
As if Christmas Ham were the traditions the apostles taught...who died for being uncompromising....
holy mess? HalleluYah...better than a bloody mess of burnt flesh for not submitting to the traditions of man...
So Good...the more squabbling the better...faith comes by hearing...and hearing by the word of God...so the louder we squabble the more we will be heard...be mindful of what you say...there are those not even of flesh and bones that are listening...
Absolutely and HalleluYah as His yoke remains, we desire it, it distinguishes us as His bought by Him useful for His good works...gratitude and faith compel works, as salvation needs to be worked out with fear and trembling at times...
I can't think of no Greater Mercy and Grace He gives than by giving us a way to live and to show and prove our love and loyalty for Him...His way...
We actually don't keep His law...it keeps us...
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