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by Guy C. LaMar
The LORD God (the family of God, which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) emphatically tells us that it is an abomination to eat pork.
The consumption of a pig is an act of rebellion AGAINST the LORD God!
Now, that is not just my opinion, that’s not just my take on things──that is the living word of God. The instruction of the Lord our God.
But, sadly, our peoples of this present evil age would rather fulfill their own lusts and desires than obey the commands of the LORD God.
It’s the same as homosexuals, they justify their homosexuality by telling themselves “no one can judge me, except God.” They substitute their satanic lusts for what they call love.
Folks, here’s the deal──absolutely NO ONE under heaven has a true connection with the LORD God unless they are obedient to the LORD God! And this truth is found from Genesis to Revelation in God’s living word.
Unfortunately, this world is filled with Satan-influenced and Satan-led people, and they aren’t even aware of it. They claim that God and them “have a connection.”
Yet, God’s living word──the Holy Bible──completely debunks that.
Indeed, it is truth that the LORD God is no respecter of persons. However, your opinion to the LORD God does not matter. The LORD God’s Way has been established since time immemorial──before the foundation of the world.
The LORD God’s Way is perfect.
All throughout God’s living word, the LORD God instructs us not to consume swine – which is a pig.
Anyone who is “cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars” ── and yes, all who partake in the consumption of pork (cf. Isaiah 66:17) is committing an abomination in the eyes of God ── which means that without heartfelt repentance they will “have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” – Revelation 21:8.
So, if you want to do something that makes the LORD God hate what you do──then, by all means, do those abominable acts.
No matter how hard one tries, no one can justify sin.
It continues that people try to pervert and twist Scripture so that they can justify their acts.
In 1st Corinthians 10, the apostle Paul speaks about “All things are lawful for me” (NKJV). What did he mean? Are all things permissible for a true Christian? Can we do anything we want? Here is the whole verse –
“All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify” (NASB).
Brethren, freedom in our Lord Jesus Christ is truth that the apostle Paul constantly emphasizes. As in, “So Christ has made us free. Now make sure that you stay free and don’t get all tied up again in the chains of slavery to Jewish laws and ceremonies. … For, dear brothers, you have been given freedom: NOT FREEDOM TO DO WRONG, but freedom to love and serve each other” – Galatians 5:1, 13, NLT. We are “not under the law, but under grace” – Romans 6:14. The apostle Paul makes it clear that “we have been delivered from the law [the Mosaic law], having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter” – Romans 7:6.
There in ancient Corinth──as a great many people are today──they were saying, “All things are lawful for me,” repeating this mantra to cover their sinful behavior. In my New International Version, there are even quotation marks to truly bring out the understanding that it was the Corinthians that was saying this: “’ Everything is permissible’” ──but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible’──but not everything is constructive” – 1 Corinthians 10:23, NIV.
GRACE is not a license to sin. True Christians are not to live as if “I have the right to do anything.” The LORD God’s living word makes it crystal clear that freedom in Christ does not equate to freedom to sin.
In the Appendix of The Holy Bible In Its Original Order by Fred R. Coulter, he says, “Contrary to the belief of many professing Christians, the New Testament does not nullify God’s laws of clean and unclean meats. … The apostle Paul upheld the laws of clean and unclean meats as a requirement for Christians. He described the meats that Christians are permitted to eat as those “meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, even by those who know the truth [the Word of God is Truth──John 17:17]” (I Tim. 4:3). Paul was clearly showing that some meats were created to be eaten, and others were not created to be eaten. Paul continued, “For every creature of God that He designated for human consumption is good, and nothing to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is sanctified [set apart] by the Word of God [as revealed in the Scriptures] and prayer” (verse 4).” 1
Anyone who is truly obeying the LORD God──from the beginning until now──would not dare partake in the consumption of pork! It is just pure Common Sense 101. 2
Yet, there are multiple billions of people claiming to be Christian who will not acknowledge the fact that “Christian” means a follower of Jesus Christ.
And, our Lord Jesus Christ was and is the God of the Old Testament – cf. John 1:1-3, 14.
Absolutely the Lord Jesus did not consume pig. In fact, He makes several references to this disgusting creature that is a pig. When our Lord Jesus encountered a couple of demon-possessed men in the countryside of Gergesenes, He cast them out into a herd of swine. It was fitting that these demons would be cast into creatures that are “disgusting.” To note: “As a General Rule, a pig will eat anything, which means it eats unsavory things such as dead animals, rotting garbage, and even human feces.” 3
Sadly, our peoples defile their own flesh when they go against the LORD God and consume pork. And even more so──when they are taught and shown from God’s living word His truth, and they continue in their refusal to accept this truth. Because they want to continue in their lusts and desires.
It’s their lust in the heart to continue in their rebellion against the LORD God, justifying their sins. They continue to interpret God’s living word to fit their lifestyles.
I have been through these many years teaching and showing God’s living truth concerning this vital subject. I have great sadness in watching our peoples continue their refusal of God’s TRUTH all because it will cause them to change their lifestyles.
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It certainly shows that TRUE REPENTANCE is something they have no understanding of.
God’s living word shows us that unless you have truly repented from your past sins──which is the breaking of God’s holy and righteous Law (1 John 3:4) ──and indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you, then you are not His (Romans 8:9-11).
Yet, the peoples of this present evil age, who proclaim to be Christian and are not led by the Spirit of God, are just that──of the world.
2nd Corinthians 4:4 – shows us that the minds of the majority are blinded by the “god of this age” ── Satan the Devil.
Yes. Friends, such people, in reality, have substituted the Almighty and Eternal God with the “god of this age”!
Truly, every time a person partakes in the consumption of pork, they are pleasing the evil one──and it is displeasing to our CREATOR GOD.
Whether one realizes it or not, when peoples partake in the consumption of pork they become servants of Satan the Devil──because they’re serving his pleasure in furthering their destruction. □
Bibliography
1 Coulter R. F., The Holy Bible In Its Original Order A New English Translation, Appendix M, XXVI. Clean and Unclean Meats, York Publishing Co., © 2009, pg. 1305.
2 Andrei, M., Why is pork bad for you — a look at what the science says, ZME Science, 14, Sept. 2023. Retrieved 15 Nov. 2024.
3 Gaines, G., 31 Foods: What Do Pigs Eat Anything and Everything? (2024), Farm Animal Report, 10 Jan. 2024, Retrieved 15 Nov. 2024.
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