Stumblingblock Food
There are certain teachings that can result in people stumbling in their faith. That faith is faith in the living God.
Balaam tried to cause Israel to stumble by teaching Balac to cause them to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols (Rev 2:14).
Should Christians eat the sacrificed cattle (Kurbani) that their Muslim friends offer them? The sacrifice is to commemorate the offering Ibrahim made of his son Ishmael (according to Muslim traditions).
On the surface it looks harmless, and Christians may think that it is not a serious matter. The truth is that the things that the Gentiles (who don't serve the Lord Jesus) offer in sacrifice are not really offered to God but to devils (1 Cor 10:20) .
The word of God is saying that eating such food is equivalent to making friends with devils. God clearly does not permit that for His children. True friendship with God demands refusing the sacrificed meats of Muslims and other Gentiles. To do otherwise is to invite chastening from the Lord.
Muslims are now warned not to give their sacrificed meats to true believers in Jesus Christ to cause them to stumble. Don't add more sins to your accounts by putting a stumbling block in the path of the children of God. Their God is a jealous God. He does not delight in offerings of bulls and goats, etc. now. They are abominations to Him. Read what eventually happened to Balaam.
I know many Guyanese Christians are exposed to these trials of their faith. I hope that they are not treating the matter lightly. This may be a reason why many Christians are loosing blessings or are failing to enter into some blessings. Check up on your friendship Guyanese Christians. Devils are not good friends.
You Guyanese Christians owe it to your Muslim neighbours to draw the line clearly so that they also may receive the truth and escape friendship with devils.
Christians everywhere need to be on guard to please God rather than their Muslim neighbours in this matter. Do not be overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Do the good and God will be with you and bless you. Lost blessings may be restored to you. You may also enter into new blessings, even the winning of the souls of your Muslim neighbours.
Guyanese Christians should not fear to let their Guyanese Muslim neighbours and friends know about this demand of God. They should do so before their Guyanese Muslim friends and Guyanese Muslim neighbours prepare to do sacrifice. They will spare the Guyanese Muslims from approaching them with their sinful offerings.
May the Lord grant Guyanese Christians, and Christians everywhere, courage to refuse foods offered to idols or devils.
Let the Holy Spirit and the word of God be your guide and keep you from all evil.
Abdool N.
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posted by Abdool N @ 2:09 p.m.
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