Leviticus 11:44-45 KJV
For I am the
LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy;
for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
For I am the
LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall
therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Acts 10:15
And the
voice spake unto him
again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call
not thou common.
1 Timothy 4:4-5
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.
The Old
Testament command was that certain animals were unclean to the Jews and were
not to be eaten. Modern students have attempted to give some reason besides the
plain command of God. Surely, they would suggest, God had a good excuse for
withholding these meats from them! Truth is that no reason is given except a
holy God commanded it.
In the New
Testament God clearly reversed and annulled this command. The only clear reason
to obey the Old Testament was that God said it and the only clear reason to
believe God reversed the command in the New Testament is that God said it.
The
sovereignty of God is what is at play in both Testaments. That is why our
holiness rests in obedience. We do not need to know why, we only need to accept
His will and Word as
· holy
· inerrant and
· for our profit.
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