Dealing with Lawkeeper issues (like pork and clothes) when witnessing

 "Why do you only follow some things in the Bible and not everything?!" 

Typically they'll say: 
" So do you follow ALL of Levticus or just the convenient ones? Do you cut the hair on the side of your head? Have any tattoos? Do you eat meat that isn't 100% well done? Eat any split hooved animals like pigs? (Bacon, ham...) I presume you observe the Sabbath. TV off, no phone, just worshipping. How about not eating any animals without fins or scales? Better put down those crabs, oysters and clams.”

The response to this is:

They misunderstand Christianity and the life of a follower of Christ.

Christians have "the righteousness of Christ", and live out the Fruit of the Spirit. We posess "spiritual life" [as God originally designed us to (though in sanctification since we are sin stained and not perfect)], so that means we as image bearers of God are living out the Communicable Attributes of God as seen by the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians. These are what are considered as morality (examples seen in the 10 Commandments), which reflects God's perfect moral nature and attributes. We don't need to follow religious rules that were temporarily given to Israel for particular purposes for that Nation. They failed to be the light to the world to draw men to God, instead Christians are now the ones given that tast under the new covenant and the Great Commission. The Scriptures tell us who God is, who man was, what happened, the restoration plan God had, and how He through Jesus completed that work for man's salvation. Those who obey the Gospel are born again by God and put back in right relationship to Him, love Him, live for Him and are progressively growing in righteousness (until Jesus perfects us when we leave this body for eternity; eternal life). If you want to be right with God and recieve Christ as your Savior too, needGod.com can tell you how. 


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