PORK AND THE UNCLEAN - Keep Reading

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PORK AND THE UNCLEAN – Keep Reading by Bro H

Verse 1 They pointed to the sheet from heaven And said, "The food laws ended there" "Rise Peter, kill and eat" As if the answer was that clear But Peter stood there still refusing "Not so, Lord," was his reply Then Cornelius sent his servants And the meaning came to light "God hath shewed me..." hear the witness The meaning wasn't hard to see "That I should call no MAN unclean" Not beasts upon a heavenly sheet Chorus Keep reading Don't stop halfway through The answer's often waiting A verse or two from you Keep reading Let Scripture make the case A lot of doctrines disappear When context takes its place Verse 2 Pharisees complained of unwashed hands Traditions of the elders' way Of cups and pots and washing rituals Observed before a meal each day Then Jesus said what truly defiles The evil thoughts within that grow wild The issue wasn't Leviticus But a little dirt upon the skin Verse 3 Then Romans fourteen gets repeated As though the matter ended there But one man lived on herbs alone While another ate without a care Paul was teaching peace and patience Speaking of doubtful disputations One brother feared and ate but herbs Another ate with thankful hands Paul said receive one another Not quarrel over your demands The chapter speaks of weaker conscience Of judging hearts and passing time Not rewriting God’s design No changing what He once defined But nowhere does it say the swine Became acceptable to dine Chorus Keep reading Don't stop halfway through The answer's often waiting A verse or two from you Keep reading Let Scripture make the case A lot of doctrines disappear When context takes its place Verse 4 "Every creature's good," they quote it And close the book before it's done But Paul kept writing in the next line And that's where all the trouble comes "Sanctified by Word and prayer" Those were the words he chose to write So where did God make swine and catfish Holy in His sacred sight? Verse 5 Isaiah looked beyond his own day Past the kingdoms and their fall And saw the Lord return in judgment Still addressing one and all The swine was there among the warning The abominable thing remained The prophet's vision of the future Didn't say the law had changed Bridge Noah knew Moses knew Daniel knew in Babylon Peter knew Paul knew The distinction carried on Verse 6 The nations eat whatever pleases Whatever crawls or swims or flies But God called out a holy people To be a light before their eyes "Be ye holy, for I am holy" Still echoes through the years today A people set apart and different Walking in the ancient way The world erased the old distinctions The churches often followed too Yet holiness still means separation From what God never called food You serve whom you obey. But you are what you eat…