[Renee]

Hi Chette,
In reply to post #73

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Acts 15 is the ordenances given by letter by Paul and Barnabas to the Gentiles. these things are restated Old Testament commandmets for today. No one but the Holy Ghost can inforce them upon us. that is something the Jerusalem council knew. that is why they worded it so.

I would submit as much a s possible to Acts 15. for example a dinner held in honor of a superstar Actor, or Politician, nobel prize winner could be considered meats offered to Idols today, strangled animals blood remains in the meat of them, fornication is obvious Paul tells Christians constantly to abstain from that. also here in the Philippines they eat a dish of cooked pork blood (nasty stuff).

No worries about me not trying to submit to:

Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

It is this very verse that first made me really doubt the Catholic Church. I have eaten that "nasty stuff" it is prevelant in Filopino homes here in the islands and I would asume wherever "Flips" live. I was 16 at the time and had been raised as a Catholic. I attended four years of Catholic school and was such a good Catholic: I attended Mass every school day and Sunday for years! When George wouldn't eat it, He told me why, I went and checked out those verses. I would not believe even after I read it for myself. The next time I went to eat it, I could not swallow it and it tasted awful. God convicted me and I have obeyed to this day. Also the part about idols and fornicatioin.

If one part of that scripture applies to us the other parts would too.

Thanks for replying to me Chette. I do hold beliefs that God has given me and I praise God that he keeps me in many ways.

In Christ Love,
Renee