Do Christians follow any dietary Laws?

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 honeto wrote:

Can you show me a command where the dietary laws of the OT were changed by God?

 Hasan

Gretings Hasan,

I am not sure why you addressed me but I am happy to answer.
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
 ²And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
 ³For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
 ⁴And
 when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And 
many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the 
washing of cups, and pots, brassen vessels, and of tables.
 ⁵Then
 the Pharisees and scribes asked Him[Jesus], Why walk not thy disciples 
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen 
hands?
⁶He replied, �Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
��These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
⁷Howbeit in vain do they worship me, 
    teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ⁸For
 laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as 
the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
 ⁹And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
^...
¹³Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
 ¹⁴And when He had called all the people unto him, He said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
 ¹⁵There
 is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: 
but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the 
man.
 ¹⁶If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
 ¹⁷And when He was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
 ¹⁸And He saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not 
perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it 
cannot defile him;
 ¹⁹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?  (*see below)
 ²⁰And He said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
 ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
 ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
These are the words spoken by Jesus.

* NIV version has this note at verse 19
(In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

Wishing you well,
CH

Edited by Caringheart - 13 January 2013 at 5:16pm