One area where God's law has been disregarded is in the matter of clean and unclean meats. God's law, applicable to all of mankind, is vital for Christians to keep in order to grow in righteousness. The clean and unclean laws are mentioned early in God's Word, in the account of the Noachian Flood, when Noah was commanded to take seven each of every clean animal. After the Flood, Noah offered burnt offerings of every clean animal and bird, suggesting these laws were known and practiced from the earliest days of mankind. Genesis 9:3 states that every moving thing that lives shall be food for man, but this authority is within the same parameters as eating vegetation, excluding harmful substances. Just as certain plants are poisonous, so are certain meats. All reviewed scriptures confirm that the law concerning clean and unclean meats remains in effect today. God has good reasons for the laws He gives, and since there is no variation or shadow of turning with Him, we should trust that our Maker knows what is good for His creatures and put these laws into practice in our lives.

Let us be clear that in no case brought forth from Scripture is the eating of things that God lists as unclean involved. Every example pertains solely to clean, God-created foods, and in each circumstance, idolatry emerges as the closest sin, either directly or indirectly. In Exodus 32, with the Golden Calf incident, and as Paul refers in I Corinthians 10:7, all they had was clean food, yet they were severely judged by God. In Romans, I Corinthians, and I Timothy, where food is the subject, it never involves things God created as unclean. God never calls such things food; men do, but God does not. The subjects covered in these New Testament chapters concern clean foods offered to idols through a religious act, resulting in idolatry. In I Corinthians 10:25-32, the issue remains clean food offered to an idol, with the concern always being the conscience of the other person. Similarly, in Romans 14, the doubtful things do not involve unclean items by creation, but real, clean foods, and Paul advises not to judge, as Christ can make the weak stand. Furthermore, in Matthew 15:17, Christ speaks of clean foods, stating that what we eat goes into the stomach, is processed, and expelled, showing that God made our bodies with the ability to handle such matters unless overloaded.