Can A Person Overeat Pork Everyday & Be Saved?

[Neubill]

Paul didn't eat pork.
Jesus didn't eat pork.
Paul tells us to imitate him as he imitates Messiah.

Jesus died to give me freedom from sin, not to give me freedom from the commandments He gave to Moses in the wilderness.

Jesus didn't die so that I could eat pork.

Aren't we part of a royal priesthood? We're to be Holy unto The LORD. Verse 47 of Leviticus 11 is a command from Him to make separation between unclean and pure. Why? Because we're to be holy as He is holy. We're to not make ourselves abominable. When we nailed our lust for abominable speech and behavior to the cross, our lust to eat abominable creatures should have been nailed to the cross at the same time.

We say things like, "God said it, I believe it, and that settles it. The dietary laws? Oh, those are just for the ignorant Jews." Horse manure. There were Gentiles who received the Torah while in the wilderness, so it's not just for the Jews. Brothers and sisters, either all of the Bible is for us, or none of it is for us. To say that the Law is divided into civil, ceremonial, and moral statutes is nothing less than a slippery slope, because all of G-d's commandments are moral. Willing transgression of these statues is enmity with G-d and He deserves better from us than taking a back seat to our taste buds.

Torah is not legalism. Torah is what G-d gave to Moses. Legalism is what men who occupy the Seat of Moses gave to Israel. Torah is G-d's instruction. Legalism is man's perverted interpretation of G-d's instruction. Jesus didn't walk out legalism (The Oral Law), He walked out Torah. We're to imitate Him, just as Paul imitated Him, and neither of them ate pork. It's time for those who claim to be Israel and Abraham's adopted sons to stop picking and choosing Scripture and start believing that all of His Word is His revealed righteousness and instruction to His people.

Will you be saved? Yes, because we're saved by Grace. However, don't be surprised when you're asked to give an account for why you chose to eat pork when you knew it was an abomination unto you.