Bible Questions & Discussion PAGE 49

Acts 16:30-33 states: And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

This passage shows what appears at first glance to be a statement that supports the idea of infant baptism; or that entire households as a given are saved as a result of one person coming to faith. I would take it more as a word of knowledge on Paul's part. We see in this passage in verse 32 that the Gospel was spoken to the entire household of the jail guard first; and immediately afterwards baptism occurred (although it is not clear where that was done in the middle of the night).

The main concept here is that with the earthquake and releasing of chains at midnight of Paul and all the prisoners brought great fear; and that this shows the Biblical prescident for faith; that is an emphasis on the fear of the Lord and a desire for the individual to come to faith without prodding or compulsion by others as is the style today. When we see other verses such as in Acts when Agrippa almost was convinced to be a Christian ( Acts 26:28) it was through Paul's eloquent appeal. Repent and believe is a general call; but I can't find any specific verses where an individual is called to make a confession of faith such as in modern day "altar calls". This shows that a heart must be ready; and how frequently such commitments are made due to pressure from man; rather than genuine conviction. The appeal in Acts to the Jews was that the one they had crucified was indeed the Christ ( Acts 2:23). Such response brings persecution as all who are giving a genuine convicting message of truth; this is opposed to today's easy believism without counting the cost which happens often.

Indeed, that Scripture can be considered in a couple of ways. Firstly, the language used here as part of the prophetical word to God's people was so that they would understand that in that coming day, all flesh would worship God continually; that is, not on any particular day that was set aside, but at any time & in a continual worship.

Of course, the other way of reading those verses is that if there was to be times & seasons (e.g. new moons, sabbaths) reinstated in the new heavens & new Earth (which seems doubtful, from Revelation 21:22-24), then the recognition of these would typify what God had once ordained for Israel, would be understood as a no longer looking forward to a future event, but an accomplishment of what those commands represented. So, it may well be that a Sabbath rest would represent more than the actual day, but a continuation of what all believers experience now in Christ & the fullness of it in that coming day in God's Presence.

This is fine, Bennymkje, that you have now said that it does not matter here nor there. If this is how you feel then why did you speak so poorly about the U.S.A.? It seems that you wanted to have your say about the ills of the U.S.A. and then not enter into discussion with anyone who may think differently than you do. But I may be wrong on that. Taking "stabs" at the U. S. A. or any other country and then walking away from conversation is a cheap shot.

I have always found Isa 66:22,23 interesting to say the least.

That is true Rainwalker, in reference to Genesis 26:5. But the question: what were the "commandments, statutes and laws" that were given to Abraham to obey? We aren't given the specifics apart from God's clear directions to him. And even if they were the same as those given to Moses (and that's an IF), how would those laws given to Abraham & later to Israel, come to bear upon those now in Christ Jesus & been given God's Spirit to reside in them?

As even the apostle stated in Romans 7:10, "And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death"; could there be any Law given, whether to Abraham, Moses, & Israel, as pure & righteous as those Laws were, have given to any of them, life (i.e. the promise of eternal life)? Each one had to stand by their faith before God, the Law giving them absolutely no justification before God ( Romans 3:20).

Likewise, the Law can have no bearing on those now In Christ, for we stand by faith alone in Christ's finished Work for us & for all who would come to Him & believe on Him. Do we then remain lawless? Rather, the Law of Faith ( Romans 3:27) now stands, as it did before to those under the Old Covenant, but now this Law (of Faith) is energized in us by the Holy Spirit giving us power to live triumphantly & acceptably before God - that which the Old Law could never do & was never designed to do. Abraham wasn't accepted simply on how well he kept whatever Laws were given him, but that it was his faith that took him beyond the letter, where he obeyed God, claimed God's Promises, & looked beyond what the physical eye & mind could apprehend ( Hebrews 11:8-10).

Genesis26:4-6 affirms that the Laws of God existed before Sinai.. Abraham kept my statutes, my commandments, my laws..

Hi Gigi,

What can I say about country which is whether in the US or in Asia or Europe are run by men in various stages of corruption? what can it offer a child of God than what God makes circumstances cushion me from reeling under? Love of my life makes my days as Jacob felt in the house of Laban see seven years as a few days. Last week a chipped enamel in tooth gave me discomfort and God healed me amazingly, and today before my visit to the dentist I felt lifted up. I still manage by God's grace my days. So I have no need compare here or there.

Matt.24:8 "For the elect sake"

" All these are the beginning of sorrows"

One peculiar characteristic of this chapter is beginning of sorrows have different emphases and signs for nations and for the elect When Jesus sent the twelve he warned them of sorrows that shall visit them. Wherever they were rejected they were to shake the dust off their feet for a witness.(10:14-15) Here is what we are interested in.(vv.17-22) Not only cities they were to beware of men. "And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death./ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. (vv.18-22). In 24:23 "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Jesus isolated their case separate from the sorrows that shall come upon globally. They also have a label: the church of Philadelphia covers them. "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." (3:10)

Second feature of this chapter is of the great tribulation. Time is shortened or reconstituted time, which is the parlance of the Spirit to make it bearable. We have an example in the world of the flesh. Jacob's love for Rachel made seven years pass like a few days. (Ge.29:20). Here s another where the world of the Spirit also takes a hand. " And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him./And being in an agony (Jesus) he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground" Luke 22:44-45). The world of the Spirit comes to rescue. Jesus shall help those in need though for others it is a great tribulation. "Such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be

O.K. Bennymkje,

I thought you lived in the U.S.A.

It is as good as a country as any, and better than almost all others. Government serves its purpose allowed by God. As a citizen, I make us of my rights and freedoms in the U.S.A. to vote, speak up for what I believe and contribute to the welfare of others through taxes and through my time and monetary contributions. I get to choose where I would like to live and can move to another area of the country freely if I wished. It is a very big country with much beauty and I can travel freely anywhere here to enjoy what God has created in this land. I can worship freely in the church fellowship of my choice.

This is where God chose for me to be born and live out my life. I am thankful He chose this for me.

There certainly are things that have occurred in the U.S.A. that were wrong, but have been set aright now. There are things going on now that need correction. I pray for God to do this according to His will and plan for this country.

I really don't care that there are those who are very wealthy here. It does not affect me in my daily life. I have had the opportunity to earn a living and now retire. We are not wealthy, but have what we need. The wealthy have not wronged me.

But those who refuse to work and take welfare yet are able to work wrong everyone who works and pays their taxes. They are taking what they have not earned from those who have earned it. I do want those who are disabled and unable to work to be provided for, but able-bodied people should be working and paying their own way in life.

What can you tell me about your country? What are it's plusses and minusses?

Matt.24:1-14 "For a witness"

" And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."

The epistle of Jude, "exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." The world of the body is a closed system as mentioned in an earlier post so those who are earnest shall be outside, having died to sin and the world their faith places them hid in Christ in heavenly places.This is the world of the Spirit. For them the everlasting life has already begun. Physical death is merely a signal, "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." (2 Co.5:1; Col.3:1-3) What Christ warns here are those who are serving God and mammon and the end comes for them when they shall least expect it.

The word sent forth shall never return in void. (Is.55:11) This knowledge of the glory of God was revealed to Moses as 'the back parts.' As with Moses the Law he dispensed by commandment serves as the gospel. In short the word has gone out and when the gospel preached to them from former times mentioned by the writer to the Hebrews points to the Advent of the Son. "Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son" (He.1: 1-2) is not merely a message but the life of the Man which is to be live. Without it the Fellowship of God with Man does not connect with the gospel.

This gospel by principle of Association shall stretch far ends in the closed system. No man may ever know it. Hence this warning. " But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."(v.36)

"Then shall the end come" consequently would mean "now". Jesus cites Noah's case which was only a partial judgment and not the end which refers the day of the Lamb.

Matt.24:1-5 "in my name"

"And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you./For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."

When Christ sent his disciple he laid down the principle of Association."He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.". He that received in the name of Jesus received the Father who sent him.(10:40). If this is the case, where is the deception? We see in our times, how preaching of gospel is a ruse for Televangelists to add to their acquisitions Universities, real estate, fleet of sleek autos and aircrafts. It is of them Jesus warned, "For mayy shall come in my name and shall decieve many. They do not have to say, "I am Christ" but the principle is already laid down. They are collecting 'in my name; since the gospel stands as witness against them. All the while camera is rolling under the lights controlled to set off the preacher performing his spiel it is not for the glory of Christ but for his own brand name.

We see already the beginning of sorrows.(v.8) "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. In the post-pandemic days uncontrolled wild fires and monster surges snowstorms inundating cities are merely the beginning. Famine in Gaza, Ethiopia or in Sudan, street violence in Haiti the list can go on endlessly. These sorrows ought to make the complacent nations realize that manifest destiny for them is no different. Seek the Lord while he may be found.

Gigi,

Sure I have been to the US a number of times but I chose to live elsewhere. I am fine. God has a purpose and I hope to follow from where He has chosen for me, Joy and peace in him,

Hello Jpiegaro. This is a subject that has been debated often & it really boils down to how one approaches & understands God's Word on this matter, as also with other subjects.

My understanding on this, indeed on all matters pertaining to Israel, is that the Ten Commandments which includes the necessity of keeping the Sabbath Day holy was wholly incumbent upon Israel & Israel alone. No other people received the Decalogue, as also with circumcision, the festivals, sacrifices, priestly functions, other laws, etc. Unfortunately, when the Jew turned to Christ, as also with the Gentile, the knowledge they had or we received from the Old Testament are presumed to be automatically passed onto & applied to those now In Christ. We readily acknowledge the laws concerning our relationship to God & to one another, as given in the OT, but then imply that Sabbath-keeping must also apply to us. We do so in ignorance.

Shabbat (Hebrew, from the root, Shin-Bet-Tav), being the seventh day, means 'to cease, to end, to rest', & Israel was to sanctify (set apart) this day for cessation from all activity, even as the LORD Himself hallowed it ( Exodus 20:10,11). There could be no transposition of this Sabbath Day to any other day; hence, it was never 're-converted' to become a Sunday, thus the term 'Christian Sabbath' really is a misnomer. One can use the 7th day, or any day, as a day of rest as desired, but I don't ever see it as a requirement for those who are In Christ Jesus, as those now under a new Law given us (even, imputed in us) by the Holy Spirit ( Romans 8:2) & also being led of the Spirit ( Galatians 5:18). When we look at the Gospels & the Acts of the Apostles, we find many references to the Sabbath Day, since either the Law was still in force (pre-Cross) or the apostles took advantage of the day for ministry to the Jews in synagogues (in Acts). But in NT Church practise, they met on the 1st Day of the Week, with no reference to the old Law of Sabbath(s).

Hello, nothing in the Bible has changed. The sabbath has not changed, it is a day of rest indeed. We go to church on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.

Can anyone offer information located in The New Testament, KJB, regarding the Sabbath? I would like to know if Jesus changed the commandment regarding Saturday as the Sabbath, Holy Day of Rest, according to God? And replaced it with Sunday or as I was also informed any day of the week is proper for worship. I keep reading but there are no direct or indirect notations/references regarding the Sabbath or 7th day if the seek, Saturday or Sunday Or??

I want to understand the New Testament's perception of the Sabbath and how it represents Saturday and it's view of

Sunday as the Sabbath?

Hi Rethamae4: In reading the scriptures of Adam and Eve it says that Cain was the FIRST male child. I think we can believe that Eve had daughters before Cain was born which is why she was thrilled to finally have a male child. Abel is Cain's brother but it doesn't say he was born right after Cain; just that she again bare another man child, Abel. Again Eve could have had daughters in-between Cain and Abel. After Seth was born, Adam lived another 800 years bearing sons and daughters. They were told by God to replenish the earth so brothers marrying sisters and cousins marrying cousins was allowed by God then.

"The biblical narrative focuses primarily on these three sons, as they played significant roles in the early events of human history. Seth's line is particularly emphasized because it is through him that the godly lineage continued, leading to figures such as Noah and eventually to Abraham and the establishment of the Israelite people." Quoted from Bible Study Tools

I hope this reply helps. God Bless :)

Dear Bennymlje,

You can always move to another area of the world that would work better for your mindset. As for me, I will stay in the U.S.A. because it offers the greatest amount of personal freedom and inalienable rights than ANY other country. None are perfect, but some are better than others for every tier of society. Those who are in poverty in America would be shocked to know the depth of poverty in other parts of the world and see that their own poverty is not near as difficult as billions of others.

I am long on America, with all of its warts and wounds, it is still a great place to live. Focusing on all the negative things you bring up is certainly your prerogative, but for me, I will look at the good as well as the bad. In doing this, I know that U.S.A. is far from a perfect republic of the people and by the people and for the people, but it has offered opportunities for advancement that no other country can say they possess. I come from a multigenerational legacy of poverty with ancestors coming here from Europe to get a better life. There have been much success through the generations and my generation is the first to raise our kids outside of poverty. It took 5 generations. My ancestors worked hard and faced more severe difficulties than most people alive today in our country, but they did not speak against the country that gave them opportunity and better prospects for their futures. Why do you feel a need to do this?

I have two relatives who came here from Africa through marriage. They speak of what happens today in their countries, slavery, raping of women, kidnapping of women, physical abuse of women, violence and death of relatives at young ages is more common than here. So many children are orphans due to AIDS and abandonment by their parents or children are sold to other Africans. Tribalism is very strong there and so people do not help people from other tribes or are discouraged from marrying outside of their tribe.

Sin is worldwide.

Sure. God Bless :)

America is merely a showcase for the Age of Enlightenment. The Founding Fathers were product of it. Making wealth is not unique for the nation. Vanderbilt Carnegie could exploit the vast resources of a virgin continent. Opening the west for the pioneers was an adventure but Prairies becoming dust bowl and reducing the native Americans to reservation and to squalor shows the bad side of individualism. There is nothing heroic about nations whichever way you look at it. Christianity was systematically used to whitewash the Simon Legrees of the new mercantile class. The Bible Belt has their Lots and daughters. What has the Bible taught these?

Capitalism spawned banana wars and the migration from the South is one of its consequences and hunger for sugar made Cuba go red and its aftershocks has not left the nation completely. Similarly the foreign policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and Cambodia still reverberate. Fear of Communism and exploitation of natural resources are not unique to the USA. But much of wealth created has went into the pockets of a few while the opioid crisis has made much of manpower thrown into ineffectual. Momsage, it is rather waste of time to dwell too long in social fabric of a nation steeped by its own funk and stupidity. Let us stop the topic.

Hi Bennymkjr: You already sent me this reply. I was wondering, as I asked in my last reply, if you can tell me if you believe the USA has done any GOOD since it's founding. I know about the bad even in very recent history. God Bless :)

Matt.24:1 "Your house"

This places the entire indictment stated in Ch.23 as a final denouncement in context of his visit to Jerusalem the great city of the great King, and he was within the temple precincts. When he caps it with this as malediction "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate./For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth" we can place it in historical context.

The temple stood facing eastward and we have in the vision of Ezekiel this verse clearly referring to the entry of Christ.The east gate consequently shall be shut, "because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut."(Ez.44:2) Here the visions of Ezekiel and of John are setting the two worlds of the body and of the Spirit in juxtaposition. Ezekiel speaks of the historical temple. This symbolic shutting of the gate presages desolation that Jesus refers. In the New Jerusalem only it shall be opened, "And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day."(Re.21:25). It is opened for the saved nations to enter therein.

Jesus leaving the temple is characterized as the glory, "Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims."(Ez.10:18).This sets the way to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 and beyond.

The Prince, the Lord of heaven proved his deity with his Ascension. " This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.(Ac.1:11). Ezekiel foretold, "And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof."(Ez.46:8;44:3)

In this context the temple worship of Israel was merely a shadow of the House of Prayer for all Nations being prepared in heaven. So 'your' qualifies the house fit for hypocrites, no better than a whitened sepulcher, hiding behind every uncleanness.

Husband of E.

I agree with Blessed 90.

Just as I would say to any woman who is being abused by her husband or boyfriend, get away from the abuser. Separate from your wife so this behavior can stop for both of you. I am not saying divorce, but legal separation which will afford you some rights as to property, home etc. so you do not have to give up all and become in a financially burdensome situation. My prayers are with you and for E. as well.

I just received the words earthen wall...what might this mean biblically?

Matt.23:32-33 "Measure of your fathers"

"Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers." Here we can understand the world of the body is a closed system where law of sin run through the whole lump of flesh and blood, so being 'woke and cancel culture' are merely BandAid that nation applies to a sepulcher of the past. Statues erected to commemorate men of yesteryears fall in disrepute but fighting the past is only to clear the way for those who shall be thrown down in future. Thus man fights the phantoms of the past. The real culprit is the law of sin.

The Don Quixotes who tilt at the windmills are themselves "whited sepulchers,"and as such Jesus observes,"Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity"(vv.27-28).

St Paul writes of being born again. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new./And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ."(2 Co.5:17-18). What is this new creation but brought out of the world of the flesh to the everlasting life. Father of mercies accepted us in his Son. "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:/Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son."(Col.1:12-13).

Despite of this liberty if man would prefer darkness what shall we call them. They are enemies to Christ. Jesus denounced the Pharisees and scribes and it applies in our times as well. Their culture wars shall continue since they have by rejecting the prince of life has rejected the wisdom that Jesus Christ of God signifies to us. (1 Co.1:30)

v.33 "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption(2 Pe.1: 4)

Matt.23:24 "straining at a gnat"

"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel"

The Pharisees would prove they are separate from the rest which when taken to excess so their sanctimonious humbug drew condemnation from Jesus. "for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." (v.24)

St Paul would annotate this verse in his own manner, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."(1 Co.13:1) Eloquence of the tongue is mere sounding brass without Christ in you putting words to sound. Paying tithe does not sanctify your Maker when your actions are to show you off before others. Paul's discourse on Charity is preached so frequently but with congregants separated into White and ethnic divisions does it sound right? God's word so worked over in order to explain the slavery question is a case in point. "Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren."( Ge.9:18-27). The curse was on Canaan but for those who wanted to justify slavery on Biblical grounds, arbitrarily put the curse on Ham instead. Ham was made black, and his descendants were made Africans. If the inerrant word of God could be set as foundational text to perpetuate a myth and an abhorrent doctrine, it speaks volumes of the perversity that the churches have largely turned a blind eye on. St Paul's warning of 'the hireling' has come to pass." For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock./ Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."(Ac.20:29-30; John 10:12)

Matt.23:13-22 Hypocrisy

v.13 "For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." Scribes and Pharisees cause others to stumble to which Jesus had commented on another occasion, "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."(18:6)

v.14 " hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer." Hypocrisy of Pharisees is to sound holier -than- thou while they hear only the sound of money coming in.

v.15 "for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." Church planting is well and good. After big fanfare and cheers who shall water them daily and attend to their growth do get lost. St Paul faulted churches in Corinth and ensewhere on their partisan spirit. Heresies find a fertile ground in this spirit of contention.

vv.16-18 :Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?" Wherever the vitality of the doctrine of God is glossed over from Christ to the tradition of man it becomes idolatry. In the age of televangelists it is what celebrities thrive upon. The disciple pointed at the temple in admiration "And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."(24:2). Glory of what is seen is temporal and shall fade off. Without taking two worlds of the Spirit and of the body as one and our everlasting life is assured on jour Redeemer Lord what we witness about us is hypocrisy. The Pharisees and scribes were content with praise of men and God swept them off as filth from the face of the earth.

Hello, Bibleman72,, I will be praying for you this evening. Thanks for letting me know your needs.

Hi Adam,

this is a good topic to discuss. The bible does say in Ez. 47:12 concerning the plants being for healing. So it may be that God has given us many plants that have healing properties. Aspirin comes from a plant, as well as other herbs that bring relief from pain, upset stomach, and others that boost our immune system and others that reduce inflammation. So, we are free to use herbs, flowers, etc for medicinal purposes.

As for using marijuana or mushrooms or opiods, they have their uses in some things. But again, medicinally, not recreationally. We are allowed to drink wine or beer or other strong drink to soothe our stomachs or help relieve worries and anxieties, but not to depend on them without depending on God who provides them for our welfare.

We are to be thankful to God for the medicines that help us, for the plants that provide us with nutrition, vitamins, minerals, and substances that heal us. But we are to honor God in all that we do and use our bodies to bring Him glory.

While we can consume alcohol, but we are not to use it to get drunk. So the same can be said of plants that can relieve pain or anxiety but we are not to use them solely for getting high. Altering our mental state to a point of being compromised in judgment, actions, witness, and in our ability to carry on our daily lives responsibly does not honor God, give Him glory, give a godly witness to others, or keep us from folly, but makes us more likely to sin. We are to watch our lives carefully and go about our daily activities with soberness of mind and body.

So, I cannot justify the use of so many things that are used recreationally to get high. Addiction is a very insidious and debilitating. It is always wise to steer away from things that will entrap us and enslave us or compromise our actions towards ourselves or others.

I know that marijauna does help some people dealing with anxiety, but there are also other options than this substance.

Wondering what others believe about this verse about everything God created being "good"- Some use this to say it's morally ok for them to do drugs like weed, cocaine, mushrooms, meth?

"For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:" 1 Timothy 4:4 KJV. Also Genesis 1:31, Romans 14:14, Acts 11:7-9

At what point do we believe something is no longer God's creation, but a man-made creation, like a drug made in a lab? And how do we balance that with harming the body? "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" 1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV

Thank you.