when talking about being a meat eater or a vegetarian, it makes me think of verses like Exodus 16:8. Depending on what Bible you use it says something like this:
"And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall
give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to
the full............."
In the feeding of the 5 thousands, Jesus provided fish and bread. (Luke chapter 9). And oh yes here is another one Mark 7:18-23 and I quote from my Bible as Jesus himself spoke (again look up in your own Bible.)
"Are you so dull?" He asked. "Don't you see that
nothings that enters a man from the outside can
make him 'unclean'? For it doesn't go into his heart
but into his stomach, and then out of his body."
(In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean").
He went on: What comes out of a man is what
makes him 'unclean'. For from within, out of men's
hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft,
murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness,
envy, slander, arrogance and folly. all these evils
come from inside and make a man 'unclean'."
This impresses upon me that God/Jesus offered fish and meat(flesh) and bread etc. to use for our food. Man's reasoning is not the same as God's reasoning. If God blessed these things as food for our body, I don't see why I should see it as differently. I will be more concern about what I feed my soul. Thank you for the thoughts.
Van.
