IF YOU ARE A NEW CONVERT TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAWS OF GOD CONCERNING WHEN TO EAT, AND WHEN NOT TO EAT, WHAT TO EAT, AND WHAT NOT TO EAT. LET ME POINT OUT AT THIS TIME, THAT THE ORIGINAL SIN; WAS A TRANSGRESSION OF A DIETARY LAW. GOD HAD COMMANDED ADAM NOT TO EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. FOR IN THE DAY THAT HE EAT OF THAT TREE HE WOULD SURELY DIE. SATAN, THE OLD SERPENT THE DEVIL, WAS IN PARADISE, THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN OF EDEN. AND, HE BEGAN TO TEMPT EVE, CONCERNING THE EATING OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN. SATAN USES THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AS A WEAPON TO DESTROY THE CHILDREN OF GOD. Gn:3:1: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Gn:3:2: And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Gn:3:3: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Gn:3:4: And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Gn:3:5: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Gn:3:6: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Gn:3:7: And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. WHEN ADAM TRANSGRESSED THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD, AND SIN POLLUTED THE ANIMALS, THE FISH OF THE SEA, THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, THE GROUND, AND ALL THE PEOPLE, FOR ALL MANKIND WAS IN ADAM AT THE TIME HE TRANSGRESSED THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. AND BECAUSE OF THIS SIN MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, WENT OUT INTO ETERNITY FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITHOUT HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. DEATH, BOTH THE PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DEATH, REIGNED FROM ADAM TO MOSES OVER ALL MANKIND. WHEN MOSES WAS BORN GOD CHOSE HIM A PEOPLE AND ALLOWED THEM TO PUT OFF THE SPIRITUAL DEATH, BY USING THE SCAPE GOAT. AND GOD COMMANDED MOSES, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE NOT TO EAT OF CERTAIN ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY WERE UNCLEAN. READING FROM THE BOOK OF Lv:11:1: And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, Lv:11:2: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Lv:11:3: Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Lv:11:4: Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. Lv:11:5: And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. Lv:11:6: And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. Lv:11:7: And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Lv:11:8: Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. Lv:11:9: These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. Lv:11:10: And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: Lv:11:11: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Lv:11:12: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. SAINTS OF GOD, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, GOD'S CHILDREN COULD NOT EAT OF, NOR TOUCH, SUCH THINGS AS HOG, RABBIT, SQUIRREL, NEITHER COULD THEY EAT CATFISH. BUT WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, AND OFFERED HIMSELF UP ON CALVARIES CROSS A FOUNTAIN WAS OPEN THAT CLEANSED THE UNCLEAN BEAST, AND FISH, AND OTHER UNCLEAN CREATURES. AND, JESUS CHRIST IN A VISION REVEALED TO THE APOSTLE PETER, THAT THE UNCLEAN BEAST, BIRDS, AND FISH, AND OTHER UNCLEAN CREATURES HAD BEEN CLEANSED. IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE THAT I AM ABOUT TO READ, CORNELIUS, A JUST MAN HAD SEEN AN ANGEL, AND THE ANGEL HAD COMMANDED THAT HE SEND MEN FOR THE APOSTLE PETER. Acts:10:9: On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: Acts:10:10: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, Acts:10:11: And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Acts:10:12: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. Acts:10:13: And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. Acts:10:14: But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. Acts:10:15: And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. CHILDREN OF LIGHT IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS CLEANSING OF THE UNCLEAN CREATURES, THAT WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD CAN EAT SUCH THINGS AS HOG, RABBIT, SQUIRREL, CATFISH AND SHIMP. IF ANY MAN PREACHES, OR TEACHES THE DOCTRINES THAT A MAN SHOULD NOT MARRY, OR THAT A MAN SHOULD NOT EAT CREATURES THAT GOD HAS CREATED. HE IS PREACHING THE DOCTRINE OF THE DEVIL. 1Tm:4:1: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1Tm:4:2: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1Tm:4:3: Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1Tm:4:4: For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 1Tm:4:5: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1Tm:4:6: If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. HOLY CHILDREN THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS THAT WE AS CHRISTIANS ARE NOT TO EAT WITH, NOR FELLOWSHIP WITH. THEY ARE THE FORNICATORS, THE COVETOUS, THE EXTORTIONERS, AND THE IDOLATERS. LET ME DEFINE FOR YOU THE FORNICATOR. THE FORNICATOR IS ANY PERSON THAT ACCORDING TO GOD'S LAWS IS PERFORMING AN ILLEGAL SEX ACT. SUCH AS SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, OR ADULTERY, WHICH IS SEX WHILE MARRIED; WITH SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEIR SPOUSE. OR, A PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO SOMEONE ILLEGALLY, SUCH AS A WOMAN THAT MARRIES, WHILE SHE HAS A LIVING HUSBAND, OR A WOMAN MAY MARRY A MAN THAT DIVORCES HIS WIFE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN FORNICATION, OR A PERSON THAT COMMITS HOMOSEXUAL ACTS. WE THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE NOT TO EAT WITH THOSE THAT ARE COVETOUS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN UNSATISFIABLE DESIRE FOR WORLDLY GAIN. NEITHER ARE WE TO EAT WITH EXTORTIONERS, PEOPLE THAT OBTAIN MONEY BY THREATS. NEITHER ARE WE TO EAT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE IDOL WORSHIPPERS. 1Cor:5:9: I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 1Cor:5:10: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 1Cor:5:11: But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 1Cor:5:12: For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 1Cor:5:13: But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. BROTHERS, AND SISTERS IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT WE THE CHILDREN OF GOD EAT OF THE FLESH, AND DRINK OF THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. FOR EXCEPT A CHILD OF GOD EATS OF THE FLESH, AND DRINKS OF THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THEY WILL HAVE NO LIFE IN THEM. Jn:6:53: Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Jn:6:54: Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Jn:6:55: For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Jn:6:56: He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. Jn:6:57: As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. Jn:6:58: This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. HOLY CHILDREN WHEN MEN OF GOD, PERFORM THE RITUAL OF THE LORD'S SUPPER THEY MUST USE UNLEAVENED BREAD. BREAD THAT HAS BEEN BAKED WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF LEAVEN, SUCH AS YEAST, OR BAKING POWDER, OR BAKING SODA. FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER, OR THE EUCHARIST, HAD IT'S ROOTS IN THE FEAST OF THE UNLEAVENED BREAD. Ex:12:17: And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. Ex:12:18: In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Ex:12:19: Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ex:12:20: Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. BELOVED, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS THERE WAS NO LEAVEN IN THE BREAD BY LAW. AND, WHEN CHRIST INSTITUTED THE LORD'S SUPPER, THEY WERE EATING THE FEAST OF THE UNLEAVENED BREAD. GOD INSPIRED THE APOSTLE TO SPEAK OF LEAVEN AS SOMETHING EVIL, AND UNLEAVEN, AS SOMETHING PURE, AND GOOD. 1Cor:5:6: Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 1Cor:5:7: Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 1Cor:5:8: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. CHRISTIAN BRETHREN, THERE ARE MEN THAT WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE COMES OVER THE SPICIES OF THE UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND THE FRUIT OF THE VINE WHEN IT IS BLESSED. BUT WE HAVE A WITNESS; JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. WHEN CHRIST BLESSED THE UNLEAVENED BREAD, HE SAID TAKE EAT THIS IS MY BODY. AND, AFTER HE BLESSED THE FRUIT OF THE VINE, HE SAID, "THIS IS MY BLOOD." Mt:26:26: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Mt:26:27: And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; Mt:26:28: For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE SAINTS OF GOD, WHEN A MAN OF GOD COMES WITH THE INTENT TO PERFORM THE RITUAL OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, AND RAISES HOLY HANDS, AND BLESSES THE UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND THE FRUIT OF THE VINE. AND, PASSES THE SUBSTANCE AMONG THE CONGREGATION, I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HANDS THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE IN ALL THE WORLD; THE BODY, AND BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS THOUGHT, IF A PERSON EATS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER UNWORTHY THEY EAT, AND DRINK TO THEIR OWN CONDEMNATION. 1Cor:11:27: Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 1Cor:11:28: But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1Cor:11:29: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. BELOVED OF GOD, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY THAT I KNOW TO BE PERFECTLY RIGHTEOUS, AND THAT IS BY FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND FAITH IN THE BLOOD THAT HE SHED ON CALVARIES CROSS. WHEN A PERSON PLACES THEIR FAITH, AND TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS AND IN THE BLOOD HE SHED ON CALVARIES CROSS, GOD ALLOWS THAT PERSON TO DECLARE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS PASS. Rom:3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Rom:3:24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Rom:3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Rom:3:26: To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
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