And this is applying to the notion of "unclean foods" aka forbidden cloven hoof stuff and those darn pigs. Parts of the Law of Moses, which was fulfilled in Christ. Not declaring that all things that enter your mouth are good for you. Meth defiles a man. Hardcore.mcusick wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2017, 9:27 pmMark 7:14-23 (RSV)Crackers wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2017, 6:35 pmI guess I disagree. If you choose to pollute your body, which is a temple, that is a sin. A very, very minor one in the big picure, but could it keep you from God? No unclean thing can enter His presence.
And he called the people to him again, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”
And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”
To sum: Christ fulfilled the Law. Not "all you do is cool".