Heb 13:9,10 Beware Strange Doctrines
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Beware Strange Doctrines
Heb 13:9,10 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them. We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Strange doctrines often involve some kind of ceremony. Sacramental theology is strange doctrine, such as the Catholic doctrine deifying the eucharist, as are things like "holy laughter" of Charismatism, using the symbol of the cross as a kind of luck charm, and the like. As for ceremonial foods, "food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do." 1Cor 8:8
Paul instructs Timothy, "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly." 1Tim 4:7 "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth." 1Tim 4:1-3
What does it mean for one's heart to be strengthened by grace in contrast of that by food? The latter is sort of an occultic idea that the food contains some kind of magic in it, and thus the object of one's faith is the food. When Popeye got into difficulty he did not look to God. He looked to his spinach! What do you look to when you face difficultly. How else would you end this sentence:
It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by __________________.
Drugs? Money? Sex? Food? Entertainment?
Heb 13:9,10 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them. We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Strange doctrines often involve some kind of ceremony. Sacramental theology is strange doctrine, such as the Catholic doctrine deifying the eucharist, as are things like "holy laughter" of Charismatism, using the symbol of the cross as a kind of luck charm, and the like. As for ceremonial foods, "food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do." 1Cor 8:8
Paul instructs Timothy, "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly." 1Tim 4:7 "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth." 1Tim 4:1-3
What does it mean for one's heart to be strengthened by grace in contrast of that by food? The latter is sort of an occultic idea that the food contains some kind of magic in it, and thus the object of one's faith is the food. When Popeye got into difficulty he did not look to God. He looked to his spinach! What do you look to when you face difficultly. How else would you end this sentence:
It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by __________________.
Drugs? Money? Sex? Food? Entertainment?
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