why do Christians use peters vision for proof that Gods law ?

Question

of clean or unclean meats was repealed ?
when he was told to kill and eat he replied 3 times
"not so Lord for i have never eaten anything common or unclean" acts 10 :14
surely if it was repealed he would have known.
yet he still "wondered within himself what this vision he had seen meant" (verses 16-17 )
so he already knew what the vision did NOT reveal
later God revealed the true meaning of the vision
"God has shown me that i should not call any MAN common or unclean"( verse 28 )
none of Gods laws were ever or could ever be repealed

the old testament says that Gods law can never be changed
in the new testament Jesus says that Gods law can never be changed .
only mans corruptions of Gods laws

it goes on to say that recognising the true meaning of the vision Peter babtized the first gentiles into Gods church (verses 34-35 45-48 )

yes Father know ALL about the history of the church and the corruption of the translations DO YOU !

old and new testament warn of misinterpretation and false teachings

Answer 1

I agree with you. The purpose of Peters vision was not related to food. Jesus didnt die to clean food, he died to clean human souls. Peters vision was to clarify that he wanted to cleanse all humanity, not just the jewish.

Eating unclean foods is as unhealthy today as it was when God gave this command. Our body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, it is our responsibility to take the best care possible of it. The sanitary portion of the law by which people were deemed as unclean was given to Israel so they could remain healthy with their limited scientific knowledge. As God is our designer, he knows what is the best source of food for us.

It should be noted however that this is not part of God's moral law (the ten commandments) which are a reflection of God's character and purpose for us. This has nothing to do with salvation.

Some people however use as an excuse the fact that Christ has given us a "new pact" to disregard everything in the Old Testament that is not convenient. The new pact is actually a continuation of the same old pact. If you read the "Gallery of faith" you will see that from the beggining salvation is by faith.

Answer 2

Jesus came and made everything ceremonial clean. The vision was shown to Peter because everything was made new and Jews were no longer subject to God's laws that were given to Moses.

Judaism is still under Moses' law, since they rejected Jesus, the still abide by them, but what Jesus came for was to show that the laws no longer applied. The ten commandments still apply though.

Its just the laws that were about touching or eating unclean stuff. The Pharisees created laws for everything, which Jesus said its not important anymore. what is important is having a personal realtionship with Him and God

Peter was the leader of the first Christian church. The Holy Spirit also revealed to him that even Gentiles were offered salvation.

In the book of Revelations, the Jews will start with animal sacrifices again once the temple is rebuilt by the Antichrist. Animal sacrifices stopped when the temple was destroyed, because they only could do them in the temple. Jesus did away with the animal sacrifices, because JESUS IS THAT LIVING AND PERFECT SACRIFICE TO GOD.

Answer 3

Prior to the vision, Cornelius - a Centurion and a Gentile - had been praying to God. He was devout and also gave alms to the poor. Whilst praying, an angel appeared to him to tell him to send men to Joppa to find Peter (saying where he would be staying). As the men were on their way, Peter fell into a trance whilst on the roof-top, mid-day, having prayed then asking for a meal. After the third time, the voice told him three men had arrived and not to hesitate to go with them (to Cornelius). Upon hearing of the angel's appearing to Cornelius, he invited these men in to be his guests. This was unthinkable for a Jew. Peter would never have done it had he not been given that vision. He even told Cornelius's household, "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean..." God was begining a new work. The gospel was going out to the nations.

However, the dietary laws of Moses were not to apply to Christians, or any of the ceremonial laws. Paul had a raging battle on his hands persuading new converts not to go along with 'the Judaizers' who tried to get new Christians circumcised. If they did that, they would be obliged to keep the entire Mosaic Law and Christ would have effectively died in vain for them. He died to set us free from the burden and the condemnation of the Law. Because only Jesus lived perfectly, he fulfilled the Law and was not under its condemnation. By fulfilling it, he put it aside as completed. It had served its purpose - as a shadow, pointing to the reality - himself. He established the New Covenant. Christians keep the Ten Commandments (for the New Testament shows those moral principles are valid for all time to come). The dietary and ceremonial laws, however, were perfected in Christ and, as he was the once-for-all-time perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world, they no longer applied. I hope this clears things up for you. God bless you.

Answer 4

Peter's vision had nothing to do with clean and unclean meats, but that was God's way of getting his message across to Peter. However, when Christ died on the cross, all the dietary laws and all other ordinances that were followed under the Mosaical Law was nailed to the cross and are no longer binding on people today. Hope this helps you.

Answer 5

Jesus was the fullfillment of the law. The whole point of Peter's dream was God teaching Peter not to be a stumbling block to the gentiles. The greatest commandment was to love God with all your heart, mind and strength, and to love your neighbor as your self.

Do you still follow the laws of sacrifice? etc.

The most important thing is that Jesus fullfilled the law and adopted us as a child of God. There is now a heart circumscision, and that is what will be judge, your heart. If you have a pure heart and want to follow the food laws, then God will take that as a loving sacrifice. However, warning, being a pharisee is something easily done.

Answer 6

The Lord was telling Peter that it is not what goes into a man through eating, that is unclean, but what comes out of his heart which is unclean. Peter accepted this and went into the house of the Gentile.

Answer 7

I don't really consider myself a Protestant, but most people would label me such. I am not a Catholic. The conclusions drawn from Genesis 38 that you mentioned are entirely wrong. God did not kill Onan for masturbating, and to try to draw that conclusion is very much stretching the account. God killed Onan for the hatred that he had for his brother. He was intentionally failing to do his duty to not let his brother's name die out. If the act described was masturbation, then many Protestants are guilty of doing the same, since what's seen there is a frequently practiced method of birth control. What can be seen in how people use that passage to make declarations about masturbation is an example of how people will use any possible passage to support a conclusion they have already made. Masturbation is a very sensitive topic, especially among Christians. It has a lot of confusion associated with it and strong feelings from many people. You do have to separate it out properly to properly deal with it. Many automatically assume lust and fantasies are inherently part of it, but that is not the case. Those two things are sinful and should be denied, but arousal and masturbation can take place without either. I can't see anything in scripture that would call masturbation that occurs without lusting and fantasies wrong.

Answer 8

Jesus put Peter in charge. The Church dealt with these matters at the First Council in Jersalem. Do you not know the history of the Church? Do you not read the Book of Acts?

Answer 9

Please continue the passage--
vs 15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."

You intentionally left out the most important part of the passage to make your point. What is it that God says about those who take away from the words in the Book? That He will take away their part of the Lambs Book of Life.

Rev 22:19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

If you left that verse in, like you should have, It would prove to you that NOTHING (not man plant or animal) that God made is unclean.