{"id":15297,"date":"2019-09-03T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=15297"},"modified":"2019-09-03T08:24:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:24:29","slug":"dear-natan-if-im-a-christian-should-i-keep-the-dietary-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/dear-natan-if-im-a-christian-should-i-keep-the-dietary-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Natan: If I’m a Christian, should I keep the dietary laws?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sherly asks, I know that you’re a Messianic Jew who keeps the biblical dietary laws, but I’m a Gentile Christian, so should I keep them too?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Here is my answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have hundreds of articles and video teachings answering your question. Start searching then out and learning! In the mean time, here is the briefest answer that I know to give to your question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I am not a Messianic Jew. Whether one is Jewish or non-Jewish has nothing to do with anything. What\u2019s important is that one is a disciple of Jesus Christ\/Yeshua the Messiah and is obedient to the Word of Elohim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Christian, by definition, is one who follows and imitates Christ\/Messiah. This is what Paul did (1 Cor 11:1; 4:14) and John did (1 John 2:6) as well as all the other New Testament disciples of Yeshua did. If I\u2019m a follower of Messiah, then I will be doing what he did. He kept the commandments of Elohim; if he didn\u2019t he was a sinner and not our perfect and sinless Savior. Likewise, if we don\u2019t, we\u2019re sinners. So shouldn\u2019t we be following the examples of Yeshua and the NT saints? Isn\u2019t this what the whole message of the NT and the whole Bible is all about\u2014living righteous, holy and sin free lives? Any philosophy of men (I don\u2019t care how many men, denominations or churches teach and believe it) that says otherwise doesn\u2019t line up with the Word of Elohim. Period. So toss it and get back to the Bible!<\/p>\n

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