Published 2002-4
Bud Powell
Trinity Covenant RCUS, Colorado Springs
Eating
Meat; Wearing Skins!
Doctrine
of Devils
Unto Adam also and to
his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:21
Deuteronomy 12:21 If
the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far
from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD
hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in
hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to
marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to
be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and
prayer. --I Timothy4: 1-5
In
spite of sentimentality, Walt Disney, and eastern religions, animals were
created for the use and service of men. Those who would forbid their use
to men are teaching the doctrines of devils, according to the apostle Paul.
There
are many ways to attack the true faith, which alone saves the soul from
hell. Satan is familiar with them all. It was God who clothed Adam
and Eve with the skins of animals after the fall, and God who ordained that
Israel should rejoice before Him with feasts of the flesh of animals.
On
the lowest level the prohibitions come from thoughtless sentimentality.
Human attributes are given to animals through imagination. I suppose that
the book Bambi and the Disney movie did as much as any thing to
sentimentalize deer and allow emotion to replace ideas in people.
Deer
are not cuddly and gentle animals. In fact, they are wild and dangerous
to the unwary. They are beautiful in the wild, and even better when they
are prepared properly in meat pies. They also make a delicious sausage
when mixed in the proper proportion with good ground pork and seasoning.
Their antlers make good trophies and the skins make good coverings for the
floors of manly dens.
Of
course, those who would be wiser than God would prohibit their use for food,
adornment, or clothing. Unbelief often tries to substitute imagination
and emotion for the clear principles of Scripture.
