To Eat Or Not To Eat, That is the Question

One God

John 14:6 ESV

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Romans 11:26 ESV

And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;

idols are not God’s but god’s=people worship them as god’s but they are not God. demonic in ch10

Deuteronomy 32:15–17 ESV

“But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation. They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

The New Bible Commentary 8:1–13 Meat Sacrificed to Idols

7 But not all Christians firmly believe that an idol has no power. First-century worshippers would say of an idol, ‘That is Athena’, believing that the goddess was actually there. Christians were called atheists because they had no statues. The sacrificing of food to an idol was not a harmless custom for the weak Christian who, if he ate, felt defiled—a view still held by some Christians in the East today.

Your freedoms, rights and liberties in Christ Jesus should be governed by your love for the Church, your brothers and sisters

Philippians 3:15–17 ESV

Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

there is a serious danger in an unrestrained approach to Christian liberty, a danger that you may cause sin in a brother or sister in Christ

Romans 14:12–22 ESV

So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.

other peoples convictions may seem silly to me or legalistic to me but I am not called to change they’re mind unless they ask my opinion.