Alright we're in Genesis chapter number one and the title of my sermon this
evening is vegetarianism in light of the Bible. Vegetarianism in light of the
Bible. Now what is a vegetarian? According to the dictionary, a vegetarian is a
person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or in
some cases any food derived from animals as eggs or cheese, but subsists on
vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, etc. Now the point of this sermon tonight is I
submit to you that eating meat is a good thing and that eating meat is actually
something that God wants us to do, that it's something that's a blessing in our
lives, and I don't think that God wants us to be vegetarians. And I'm gonna show
you from the Bible why that is, but the reason I'm starting in Genesis chapter
number one tonight is because for those that would subscribe to vegetarianism
and for those who would say that even the Bible supports this lifestyle, this
is the chapter that they're gonna go to. And this is their strongest point
basically of why they believe this, so we're gonna go ahead and start with that.
So let's start reading Genesis chapter number one verse 29. The Bible says,
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face
of all the earth, and every tree in the witch is the fruit of a tree yielding
seed. To you it shall be for meat. And if a vegetarian was gonna take you
anywhere in the Bible to show you why they believe that their lifestyle is the
best, this is where they're gonna turn. Look at verse 30, it says, And to every
beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth
upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every herb for meat, and it
was so. So what are these two verses saying? Basically, God is saying, Hey, for
you man, I've given you these herbs, I've given you these trees, these greens, if
you will, and it's gonna be food for you. Not only is it gonna be food for you, but
also for all the animals, for the beasts, for the things that creep on the earth,
that stuff is also going to be food for them. Now, I will grant that that is what
the Bible says. I mean, we just read those verses, that's what the Bible clearly
says. But here's the thing, I have strong doubts that Adam and Eve were strict
vegetarians. Now, I also concede that it is possible that before the fall that
they ate a vegetarian diet. I'm gonna explain why that does not prove that we
should be doing this today, or why that this is a good lifestyle. I'm just simply
trying to explain their argument, we're not gonna have any straw man arguments
tonight, this is where they would go, this is what they would tell you. Now, here's
why I have some doubts as to why Adam and Eve were vegetarians. Well, look at
Genesis chapter 3 verse number 21, Genesis chapter 3 verse 21. Notice what
it says, it says unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of
skins and clothed them. So here, God, you know, Adam and Eve were naked, they sinned,
they realized that they were naked, they sewed themselves fig leaves, but that
wasn't enough for God, so he made them coats of skins. Skins is telling us that
this is from an animal, right? So God himself killed an animal for what
purpose? For human use. So Genesis 3 verse 21 proves beyond any shadow of a doubt
that it is okay to kill an animal for human activities, for human use, and in
fact it was God himself that did that. God's the one that made those coats of
skins for Adam and Eve. Look at Genesis 4 verse 2, Genesis 4 verse 2, and she,
that's Eve, again bare his brother Abel, and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain
was a tiller of the ground. So notice Adam and Eve's son, Abel, he was a keeper
of sheep. Well, why do human beings keep sheep? Isn't it usually to eat them? Now,
here's the thing, I'll grant, the Bible does not specifically say that they were
doing that, but just by power of deduction here, it makes sense that they
were eating these sheep, all right? Look at verse number three through five, it
says, and in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of
the ground an offering unto the Lord, and Abel he also brought of the firstlings
of his flock, notice, and of the fat thereof, and the Lord had respect unto
Abel and to his offering. So here's the thing, Abel, Adam's son, brings an offering to the
Lord, and what is that offering? It's a firstling of his flock, so it's one of
these sheep, right? And it says that he brought the fat too. So Abel had the
knowledge of butchering an animal and rendering the fat from that animal. Where
did he learn that? Well, it would make sense to me that he would learn that
from his father. Why would his father have known how to butcher animals? Well,
because if you're eating animals, that's one reason why, or sacrificing to the
Lord, that's another reason why, but I'm just saying it is a little bit of a gray
area in the book of Genesis to say for sure Adam and Eve for sure were
vegetarians, and it's a little bit of a gray area to say that they were eating
meat. I leaned more towards the side on I have doubts that they were vegetarians
and think it's possible that they were eating meat, but the reason I start here
is because I just want to give you their strongest point, but the rest of the
sermon is gonna be very, very clear as to my position that we should eat meat. Now
here's another thing. So that's one reason I have some doubts. I think these
verses could lead to a little bit of doubt as to saying that they were
vegetarians, but here's another reason why I don't think that this story proves
their point is because what if I told you that the situation with Adam and Eve
in a pre-sin idyllic world is not exactly applicable to us today. Let me
give you an example of that. Look at Genesis 2 verse 21, Genesis 2 verse 21,
and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept and he took
one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the
Lord God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her unto the man and
Adam said, this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be
called woman because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave his
father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be one
flesh. Now there's one aspect of this story that for sure does apply to us
today from the pre-fall world and that is that a man should leave his father
and mother and cleave unto his wife. That absolutely applies today, but look at the
next verse. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now here's the thing, Adam and Eve were just walking around the garden
completely naked. Why? Because there was no sin in the world at this time so even
if we just grant to the vegetarians we say okay you can have Genesis chapter 1
let's just say for sake of argument that Adam and Eve were vegetarians. You know
what they also were? They were nudists too. And are you saying that in 2024 oh
Adam and Eve were vegetarians so that we should be vegetarians today? Okay Adam
and Eve they were walking around naked in the garden. Should we all be walking
around naked today? No. Okay and man if I had to choose between meat and that it'd
be a little bit of a tough choice. No I'm just kidding obviously all right just
joking. But do you see what I'm saying though? Even if you grant them Genesis 1
that is not a just absolute proof that we should be doing this today. Now so
that's that's the Garden of Eden. God made a change there but here's the rest
here. Go to Genesis chapter number 9, Genesis chapter number 9. That's the
situation with the Garden of Eden but number one this evening the Bible speaks
positively about eating meat. The Bible speaks positively about eating meat. You
know you should expect that if that if my position is true that God wants us to
eat meat that there would be a lot in the Bible of God saying positive things
about eating meat. Look at Genesis chapter number 9 verse 1. And God blessed
Noah and his sons and said unto them be fruitful and multiply and replenish the
earth and the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the
earth and upon every fowl of the air upon all that moveth upon the earth and
upon all the fishes of the sea into your hand are they delivered every
moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you even as the green herb have I
given you all things so now there's no gray area here he's saying hey I gave
you the herb to be meat for you in times past but he's saying but now you're
gonna have dominion over all the animals of the earth the creeping things the
beasts the fowl the fish and God even struck into the heart of animals a
natural fear of human beings if you've ever been hunting if you ever been
around wild animals you know usually they're very afraid of you you know when
you are going hiking and also you come a bunch upon a bunch of deer usually what
do they do they get up and they just sprint away why because God put man at
the top of the food chain on this earth we are the apex predator in this world
and God made animals afraid of us and what does he say in verse 3 every moving
thing that liveth shall be meat for you so this was before the law this was
before any dietary restrictions and we see that God was giving Noah just a
complete open menu here he could eat the shellfish he could eat the bacon he
could eat anything he wanted and it was God Almighty God that told him that so
you know you could take the Genesis one story you could say okay maybe they were
vegetarians but what about Genesis 9 where God is specifically telling them
that every animal is on the table literally on the table sounds to me like
God is speaking positively here about eating meat now go to Leviticus chapter
number 11 Leviticus chapter 11 once the law was given yes there were dietary
restrictions and those things were given for a reason but when the dietary
restrictions came what you're gonna find when we look into this chapter a little
bit is God didn't say hey you guys are all vegetarians now hey you guys are all
vegans now no there was certain animals that were on the table certain that
were not there was restrictions but let's look through this chapter and see
there's still a lot of meat on the table here Leviticus chapter number 11 verse
4 nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that oh I'm sorry verse verse 1 I'm
sorry and the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron saying unto them speak unto
the children of Israel saying these are the beasts which ye shall eat okay so
God's saying you will eat these animals among all the beasts that are on the
earth whatsoever parteth the hoof and is cloven footed and cheweth the cud among
the beasts that shall ye eat and you know what great wonderful creature fits
into this category cows thank God for that today and in the Old Testament you
could eat steak and in fact God said ye shall eat these animals and man that is
an easy commandment to follow I mean someone could command me to eat steak
any of the day of the week and I will obey I don't care who you are I will
obey that command any time cows fit thank God verse 4 though says
nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud or of them that
divide the hoof as the camel because he chew at the cud but didn't divide if not
the hoof he is unclean unto you so the Middle East is not where you want to be
don't be eating camels okay God didn't want them at this time to be eating
camels verse 5 and the coney because he chew at the cud but divide if not the
hoof he is unclean unto you and the hair because he chew at the cud but divide if
not the hoof he is unclean unto you and the swine though he divide the hoof and
be cloven footed yet he chose cheweth not the cud he is unclean to you of
their flesh shall ye not eat and their carcass shall ye not touch they are
unclean to you so notice God's giving these stipulations they've got to be
cloven footed they've got to park the hoof they have to chew the cud and it
has to be a whole package they can't just have one of those qualities they
have to have all of those qualities so beef was on the table but unfortunately
for the people living at this time bacon was not on the table pork chops were not
on the table you know that is sad for them but great for us this is not apply
today and I'll get to that in a minute but we didn't see here God say hey I'm
implementing some laws just so you know it's kale only it's seaweed only it's
lettuce only it's grass only no it's like here's a bunch of animals that you
can eat here's a few that are off the table look at verse 9 these shall ye
eat of all that are in the waters so we're going to talk about aquatic life
now whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters in the seas and in the rivers
them shall ye eat and of all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in
the rivers of all that move in the waters and of any living thing which is
in the waters they shall be an abomination unto you they shall be even
an abomination unto you ye shall not eat of their flesh but ye shall have
their carcasses in abomination whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in
the waters that shall be an abomination unto you so if it had fins if it had
scales and it lived in the water you're good to go and hey praise God we can eat
fish and even at this time you can eat fish don't be a fish hater okay fish is
good fish is okay fish is on the table I've done a lot of fishing in my life
and up north in Idaho you got beautiful fish clean water sources and when you
pull a trout out of the river you throw some butter on that sucker you throw
some salt and garlic and it's really good and thank God for providing for us
some fish some salmon this is good now at this time unfortunately for them
shellfish was off the table okay octopus was off the table that stuff now we can
eat but back then that was something that was to be held in abomination but
notice they're not vegetarians and not saying go eat grass saying eat fish you
just can't eat shellfish now what about birds look at verse 13 birds there seems
to be way more restrictions in the Old Testament on birds verse 13 says and
these are they which he shall have an abomination among the fowls they shall
not be eaten they are an abomination the eagle and the ossiferage and the osprey
and the vulture and the kite after his kind every Raven after his kind and the
owl and the nighthawk and the cacao and the hawk after his kind and the little
owl and the cormorant and the great owl and the swan and the pelican and the
guyer eagle and the stork the heron after her kind and the lapwing and the
bat all fowls that creep going upon all four shall be an abomination unto you so
birds it just seems like way more birds were off limits but you know what you
didn't see here restricted were things like chickens or things like turkey and
those are some good birds that we enjoy today I've eaten dove before doves
really good and today even if you were you know in a pinch you need to eat one
of these today you can do that because this has been done away with in the New
Testament look at verse 21 this one's a little bit sad to my flesh but I
acknowledge that his ways are higher than mine and God's right about
everything verse 21 says yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing
that goeth upon all four which have legs above their feet to leap with all upon
the earth even these of them ye may eat the locust after his kind and the bald
locust after his kind and the beetle after his kind and the grasshopper after
his kind that's what the Bible says folks I mean this is hard preaching for
me but you can eat beetles you can eat grasshoppers you can eat locusts and I
thank God I live in America and this is not something that I even have to think
about doing but if I was starving and if I was in the wilderness and I saw that
cicada I would figure out a way to cook it and I would eat it I would survive
okay but I mean John the Baptist he ate locusts and wild honey right so you know
be thankful for what you have because it could be it could be a lot worse right
but you can you can eat this stuff now the next one the whole continent of Asia
is gonna be really disappointed okay this one's gonna break the Asians hearts
in the room here says Leviticus 11 verse 27 and whatsoever goeth upon his paws
among all manner of beasts that go on all four those are unclean unto you
who so touch it their carcass shall be unclean until the even sorry no dogs no
cats you know at this time that was unclean that's off the table all right
now today if you wanted to I don't recommend it all right probably is
gross you could do it but at this time saying no dogs and why is that well
because dogs are filthy animals which is why sodomites are represented by the
dogs because they're filthy they're gross they eat their own vomit okay it's
just a disgusting creature and it's not something that I want to eat now go to
Colossians chapter number two Colossians chapter number two so we saw Leviticus 11
we saw Genesis 9 okay God said whatever you want to eat Noah you're in charge of
this world you get to eat whatever you want Leviticus 11 there's a little bit
of a change there's some restrictions but meat is still on the table God still
wants us to eat meat look at verse 13 now what I want you to understand is
that these dietary laws are not in effect today how do we know that
Colossians chapter 2 verse 13 and you being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh hath he quickened together with him having
forgiven you all trespasses blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nailing it to his
cross and having spoiled principalities and powers he made a show of them openly
triumphing over them in it let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink
or in respect of and holy day or of the new moon or of the Sabbath's which are a
shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ so notice today no one is
allowed to judge you about what kind of meat you eat you get to eat whatever
meat you want you want to eat bacon that is on the table today thank God for that
you want to eat shellfish that's on the table and no one's allowed to look at
you and judge you or think less of you because you want to eat a certain type
of meat that's the case now in the New Testament why because the meat the
drinks the Sabbath's the holy days they were a shadow of things to come they
were shadow of Christ what is a shadow a shadow is a physical representation a
picture of something but it's not the thing itself and the Jews today they got
just obsessed with the shadow rather than getting obsessed with the thing
itself you know they should have looked to the Lord Jesus Christ and realized
hey that Old Testament's done it's perishing it's ready to vanish away and
now in 2024 it is gone it's vanished away it's perished what do we have now
now we have Jesus Christ the thing that all of these other things were picturing
and so thank God today that we live in the better Testament the Bible literally
says that the New Testament is the better Testament that has a better
covenant better promises better meat laws thank God for that right because I
had bacon for lunch I had a big old BLT for lunch and I enjoy that I'm glad that
I get to have that for lunch now go to second Corinthians chapter number six
second Corinthians chapter number six now why is it why is it that God in
Leviticus established these dietary laws some people harp on the fact that they
think it was for health reasons and here's the big problem that I have with
people that claim those for health reasons is because if it was unhealthy
then then that means it's unhealthy now so if that's true then you should be
able to judge someone for what they eat and their meat but God's saying that
that's not the case saying you're not allowed to judge any more for this stuff
why I don't think that there was a health benefit to that and some people
they have that personal opinion oh you know pork is unhealthy for you I don't
believe that okay you think that whatever do whatever you want to do but
this is why I think God established those dietary laws second Corinthians
chapter number six verse 17 says this wherefore come out from among them and
be separate sayeth the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive
you here's the thing God's telling you hey this beast is unclean this beast is
unclean this beast is unclean and God often uses physical truth to illustrate
spiritual truth so when you're living your day-to-day life and you're
constantly thinking I can't eat that I can't eat that I can't eat that I can't
eat that what it's reminding you of is that God wants you to be spiritually
separated and realize that there's things in life that God wants us to
avoid God wants us to be separated from spiritually what things like sin right
touch not the unclean thing you know there's things that are off limits to us
alcohol fornication idolatry covetousness witchcraft hatred sedition
variants emulations right there's things that God says those are unclean
things be separate from those things don't touch those things and he was
using a physical thing to help remind those people hey we're a special people
we're separated unto the Lord we need to be separated but I know for sure that
it's not that those beasts were unclean in and of themselves because in the New
Testament the Bible is going to talk about how you're not supposed to call
anything common or unclean referring to animals we'll get there in a minute but
go to Deuteronomy chapter number 12 Deuteronomy chapter number 12 what are
we talking about we're talking about the Bible speaks positively of eating meat
here's another example Deuteronomy 12 verse 19 take heed to thyself that thou
forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth when the Lord thy
God shall enlarge thy border as he hath promised thee and thou shalt say I will
eat flesh so what are they saying they're saying I want to eat some meat
because thy soul longeth to eat flesh thou mayest eat flesh whatsoever thy
soul lust it after it sounds to me like God is endorsing eating meat here he's
saying hey you're gonna get to this place I'm gonna enlarge your border
you're gonna say I want to eat meat why because your soul wants to eat meat and
I'm gonna say to you whatever you want to eat go for it I mean is that what
your Bible just said hello look at verse 21 if the place which Lord thy God have
chosen to put his name there be too far from thee then thou shalt kill of thy
herd and of thy flock which the Lord have given thee as I've commanded thee
and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lust it after even
as the Roebuck and the heart is eaten so shalt thou eat them the unclean and the
clean shall eat of them alike he's not saying eating unclean or clean animals
he's saying whether you're ritually clean or unclean according to the laws
of the Old Testament hey you're still gonna be able to partake in this and
you're gonna be able to eat whatever you want for the sacrifice now go to Acts
chapter number 5 Acts chapter number 5 you say well I'm confused because in
Leviticus it did say that some animals were clean some were unclean it did say
that some were an abomination some that you can't eat well the New Testament's
gonna clear it up for us in Acts chapter number 5 this is a famous vision that
the Apostle Peter had starting in verse 10 and he became very hungry and would
have eaten but while they made ready he fell into a trance and saw heaven opened
and a certain vessel descending upon him as it had been a great sheet knit at the
four corners and let down to the earth wherein we're all manner of four-footed
beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air so
get the picture here Peters in a trance and all of a sudden he's seeing this
vision where he's just seeing every animal you could think of under the Sun
not just animals that we would think are common to eat for us we're thinking of
cows we're thinking of chickens we're thinking of turkey I mean he's seeing
everything he's seeing giraffes he's seeing elephants he's seeing you know
gazelles and he's seeing elk and deer and bears and mountain lions even he's
just seeing everything here and look what verse 13 says and there came a
voice to him rise Peter kill and eat now notice God's showing him a vision of all
these animals many of which would have been considered unclean in the Old
Testament but here we are in the New Testament Peter is getting this vision
and God tells him rise kill and eat now look at verse number 14 but Peter said
not so Lord for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean and
the voice spake unto him again the second time what God hath cleansed that
call not thou common this was done thrice and the vessel was received up
again into heaven so notice Peter sees all these animals that in the Old
Testament would have been considered off-limits and unclean but here we are
in the New Testament and God's telling him rise kill and eat he's confused
because he's saying wait a second this was unclean stuff but he's saying hold
on what I have cleansed don't call common and of course another picture of
having all these unclean beasts was to show to the Apostle Peter and to people
like him that Gentiles while in times past would have been considered by God's
people unclean or common or something that you should not touch something that
should be an abomination unto you but now you know what don't call them
unclean because God has cleansed those people now God wants to make sure that
Peter goes and does what preaches the gospel to Cornelius a Gentile and that
he doesn't just stop at Cornelius but that he's gonna go preach to every
creature like the Great Commission commanded him to do and so that's why
God gave him this vision it's a spiritual vision but there's a carnal
aspect here where God said rise kill and eat so you know there's nothing
wrong with going out into the woods and getting a gun or getting a bow and arrow
and killing an animal ending its life for you to eat it there's nothing wrong
with that and you know what only a complete idiot would say that that's
murder and you have leftists today that love to protest and they say meat is
murder no it's good to kill animals to eat them I've done it I love it I will
eat animals till the day I die and you know I don't recommend this but just a
funny story I had this Russian friend and we worked at a rebar fabrication
shop that was right by a slaughterhouse and this slaughterhouse always had all
these liberals out with their little you know signs meat is murder and my Russian
friend being a Russian if you've ever been around Russians this is gonna make
sense to you he just goes and buys all these burgers and he just walks up to
all these little liberals and he just starts just just pounding the burgers in
front of them and they're losing their mind and they're crying but yeah I'm
not saying you should do that but you know what it is kind of funny because
those people are a bunch of idiots let's just be honest thinking that that kind
of stuff is murder I mean you are a fool if you think that no God created
animals for our pleasure and our enjoyment and I'll chop a chicken's head
off any day of the week and fry it up on the grill I'll shoot a cow and eat
that sucker I love steak and you know what thank God for farmers and ranchers
and people that raise food and kill food and bring it to my table you know thank
God we're in the New Testament I'm you know I'm not really sad for these
vegetarians why because God speaks positively about eating me number one
the Bible speaks positively about eating me number two Jesus condoned of eating
and did eat meat himself and to me that's really all I need to know my Lord
and Savior ate meat sounds like this is not a bad thing because Jesus never
sinned go to John chapter number six John chapter number six I don't know how
you can be a Christian look at something that Jesus Christ did and be like oh I'm
too good for that I'm so much better I'm on a moral high ground because I don't
eat me really because Jesus ate meat are you telling me you're more moral
than Jesus Christ no that's fake spirituality I don't buy that John 6
verse 5 when Jesus then lifted up his eyes and saw a great company come unto
him he saith unto Philip whence shall we buy bread that these may eat and this he
said to prove him for himself knew what he would do Philip answered him 200
penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one of them may take
a little one of his disciples Andrew Simon Peter's brother saith unto him
there is a lad here which hath five barley loaves and notice two small
fishes what is that that's meat but what are they among so many and Jesus said
make the men sit down now there was much grass in the place so the men sat down
in number about 5,000 and Jesus took the loaves and when he had given thanks he
distributed to the disciples and the disciples to them that were set down and
likewise of the fishes as much as they would so our Lord and Savior saw that
there was some bread and saw that there was some fish and he's about to work a
miracle here where he's gonna multiply that stuff to feed 5,000 people but
notice what he doesn't do he doesn't say all right we got bread we got fish the
bread's okay but go ahead and change this fish into kale let me go ahead and
do a miracle here and change this fish into lettuce or broccoli I mean could
Jesus have done that if he wanted to yes he could have but yet what did he do he
said hey this is actually good this is fine this is a good balanced meal here
you got your grains you got your carbohydrates on one hand with the bread
and what do you got on the other side you got protein you got all sorts of
vitamins and fish oils it's really good for you he says hey this is a really
good balanced meal here sit down and I'm gonna feed it to you if eating meat
was wrong why would Jesus have served 5,000 people fish you can't claim you
can't make that claim you might be able to you know argue a little bit about
Adam and Eve and whether they were or they weren't vegetarians but you know
who wasn't a vegetarian Jesus Christ the God man our Lord and Savior he saw some
fish and he said hey I'm gonna feed people some fish why because meats good
meats good for you God wants us to eat meat in fact he fed people meat go to
Luke chapter number 24 Luke chapter chapter number 24 so this is after Jesus
rose again it says in verse 39 behold my hands and my feet that it is I myself
handle me and see for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have and
when he had thus spoken he showed them his hands and his feet and while they
yet believed not for joy and wondered he said unto them have ye here any meat and
they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of an honeycomb and he took it and
did eat before them so here we have the risen Savior the Lord Jesus Christ he's
showing unto his disciples hey it's really me I really rose again check out
the holes in my hands and in my feet touch me handle me I'm not just a vision
here and he says man I'm hungry give me some meat they give him some broiled
fish some honey and he eats it gladly you know I guarantee you that if the
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ showed up to one of our fellowship events you know
what he'd get him a big old plate of meat how do I know that because he ate
meat the first time he was here and he's not gonna go to your vegetarian club
he's not gonna you know be some prissy soy boy asking for the vegetarian menu
no he's gonna go ahead and just eat the protein he's gonna go ahead and eat the
fish and you know what you have a warped mentality when you think there's
something wrong with eating meat when God ate meat you know what that is
that's blasphemous right there you know there's you could have a difference of
opinion you could say oh I'm just doing this for health reasons but look if you
think it's wrong to eat meat you know what you're saying you're saying that
Jesus did something wrong or you're saying that the Bible is not true that
he didn't eat meat which one is it you know I have no tolerance for someone
that wants to make it seem like it's bad to eat meat you have your own opinion
but don't you dare sit here and say that it's wrong or bad or sinful to eat meat
first Peter chapter number two I'll read for you you could go and turn to Romans
Romans 14 Romans 14 now I'll read for you first Peter 2 21 says this for even
here unto were ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an
example that ye should follow in his steps now I recognize that the context
of this passage is talking about the suffering of Jesus Christ and the
suffering that he endured as an example to us that we should follow but let's
expound that a little bit because I think that anything Jesus did is a good
example for us to follow and the steps that he took in this world and in his
life are steps that you and I are always safe following it's not like there's
just some special rule for Jesus well well Jesus can eat meat because he's
Jesus but we can't know any step that he took you're safe and following that step
so if Jesus ate me hey I'm gonna eat me point number three vegetarians are weak
vegetarians are weak you know I had someone tell me that I'm not allowed to
say this but what I'm about to show you is that the Bible literally says this
and just so you know don't ever tell me what I can and cannot preach unless you
want that to be the very next sermon it's a really bad idea okay number three
vegetarians are weak you say is that your opinion look at Romans 14 verse 1
him that is weak in the faith receive ye but not to doubtful disputations for
one believeth that he may eat all things another who is weak eateth herbs now did
I make this up or is this what the Bible says in front of you now let's talk
about different ways that a person can be weak from being a vegetarian okay
because one way is talking about is in the faith but let's just talk about
being physically weak for a second because you know when I lived in the
Vancouver Washington Portland Oregon area there's a lot of vegetarian men in
that that town and you know what you see in that town is a bunch of weak men much
of a feminine men and there there are exceptions of course where vegetarians
can be very strong because they're supplementing a lot of protein because
they're supplementing a lot of other things there's exceptions but the rule
is when you're vegetarian you're weak and you know I had a family member who
tragically died in her 20s from cancer and she was one of these vegans that
lived her entire life never eating meat living a vegan lifestyle and you know
left her kids dying in her 20s of cancer and I think a huge part of that was that
she ate a really terrible diet because God didn't intend for us to be
vegetarians now how are vegetarians weak well I found this article it's from
healthline.com and it says this seven nutrients that you cannot get from
plants so if you want to be real strict and say I'm only gonna eat plants not
gonna supplement I'm just gonna be a strict vegetarian there are some
nutrients that your body cannot get number one is vitamin b12 vitamin b12 is
an essential nutrient that's almost exclusively found in animal sourced foods
such as fish meat dairy products and eggs so God created all these animals to
sustain us and to give us nutrients and one of the things that all these animals
have inside of them is vitamin b12 when you don't eat animals you're not getting
the vitamin b12 that you need also known as cobalamin it's a water-soluble
nutrient involved in developing red blood cells and maintaining nerves in
normal brain function studies have shown that without supplements or enriched
foods vegetarians are at a high risk of vitamin b12 deficiency lacto-ovo
vegetarians can get adequate amounts of this nutrient from dairy products and
eggs so some vegetarians they'll eat dairy products and eggs because they're
hypocrites so so vegans who don't take supplements are at a higher risk of
vitamin b12 deficiency symptoms of vitamin b12 deficiency include ready for
the first thing weakness how funny that the Bible says that he that eateth herbs
is weak here's this scientific article saying if you don't eat meat you're
gonna have vitamin vitamin b12 deficiency and the very first symptom of
being deficient of this is weakness it's almost like God created animals for us
to eat fatigue impaired brain function neurological disorders that's why
they're voting for Kamala psychiatric disorders neurological disorders in
babies of breastfeeding mothers mega megaloblastic anemia I don't even know
what that is but it doesn't sound fun all right possible links to Alzheimer's
possible links to heart disease I mean those are some serious side effects this
is just one nutrient that you're deficient in if you're not eating meat
and you're not eating animal products here's another one
creatine creatine is a molecule found in animal foods most of it is stored in
your muscles but significant amounts are also concentrated in your brain it
functions as an easily accessible energy reserve for muscle cells giving them
greater strength and endurance so if you're if you're deficient in vitamin b12
what's the first thing that you're deficient in strength okay
creatine what does that help with strength it's almost like the Bible's
true here that he that eateth herbs is weak
cardinosanine is another thing that you're deficient in if you don't eat
meat vitamin d3 vitamin D is an essential nutrient with many important
functions also called the sunshine vitamin it doesn't have to come from
your diet your skin can produce vitamin D exposed to sunlight however if your
sunlight exposure is limited or you live far from the equator you must get it
from food or supplements so you know you might be able to get your vitamin D
intakes when you live in the south or in the equator but if you're living in you
know Iceland Norway Russia you're not gonna get the vitamin D that you need
from the Sun where do you get it from you get it from animals or supplements
which is just hilarious to me how they want to claim vegetarians want to claim
that their life is so much healthier but yet they have to take so many
supplements just to get their body functioning like God intended doesn't
really sound like it's that healthy DHA is an acid it's an essential omega-3
fatty acid that's important for normal brain development and function that
people that don't eat meat are often deficient in it could have a deficiency
can have an adverse effects on mental health and brain function especially in
children in addition inadequate DHA intake and pregnant women may adversely
affect fetal brain development it's mainly found in fish fish oil and
certain types of micro algae so again it's just talking about all the mental
problems that you're gonna have when you're deficient in this it just it's
starting to make sense now why certain parts of the country seem like they have
more mental illness and mental disease iron iron only found in meat especially
red meat it's much better absorbed than non hemi iron which is commonly found in
plant foods hemi iron also improves your absorption of non hemi iron from plant
foods this phenomenon is not entirely understood but is called the meat factor
so even even the iron that you do get from plants and stuff like that when
you're getting the iron that comes from meat it's helping your body absorb the
iron that comes from plants and here's the thing God never said thou shalt eat
only meat I'm not against vegetables I'm not against fruit I'm not against greens
I love those things I think we should eat both and even the scientific article
saying hey all the positive iron that you can get from greens your body can
only really absorb that if you're also getting the iron from meat taurine is
another chemical is another compound that you can be deficient in if you
don't eat meat it's found in various body tissues including your brain heart
kidneys while its bodily function is not entirely clear it appears to play a role
in muscle function how funny you know I'm not just making fun of vegetarians
for making fun of them here I'm saying like they're literally weak because
they're deficient in all these nutrients that God intended you to be eating
through meat and so what you're gonna see if you see someone that's a strict
vegetarian and they're not taking all these supplements I promise you you'll
see a weak person physically and the only people that are the exceptions to
this are the people that are spending tons of time tons of money tons of
effort and energy and research and to figure out all the other things that
they need to add to their diet just so that they can be normal and you know
what I don't really think that God wants us to spend that much time on what we
eat look at verse where were we here first Timothy chapter number four first
Timothy chapter number four
first Timothy 4 verse 4 for every creature of God is good and nothing to
be refused if it be received with Thanksgiving you know I think God wants
us to be healthy I think God wants us to put some level of care and thought
into what we're putting into our bodies I'm for that I'm for eating healthy you
know I don't think God just wants us obsessed with every micronutrient that's
entering our body and every single you know supplemental pill that we could
possibly get God saying look every creature is good nothing's to be refused
if you just receive that sucker with something with some Thanksgiving pray
for your food and you know what just down the hatch it goes you'll be good to
go but vegetarians they're like oh I gotta be a vegetarian I don't want to
murder me so I'm gonna make sure I get all these other supplements I'm gonna
put all this thought energy money effort into this it's like dude nothing is to
be refused it's all good God said just thank God for your food and eat it now
go back to Romans chapter 14 now another way that vegetarians are weak and I
think this is the primary application of what Romans 14 is actually saying is
that they're spiritually weak okay look at Romans 14 verse 1 him that is weak in
the faith receive ye but not to doubtful disputations for one believe it that he
may eat all things another who is weak eateth herbs now why is someone who is a
vegetarian who eats herbs why are they spiritually weak well have you seen all
the Bible that we've looked at this evening where the Bible is speaking
positively of meat where Jesus Christ is feeding other people meet where Jesus
Christ is eating meat himself I mean not trying to be offensive to you but if you
don't understand that you are spiritually weak you are spiritually a
baby go to Hebrews chapter number five and in fact the Bible likens someone who
is spiritually mature to someone that eats strong meat why because God uses
carnal truths to illustrate spiritual truths look at Hebrews chapter 5 verse
12 for when for the time you ought to be teachers you have need that one teach
you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God and are become
such as have need of milk and not of strong meat he's saying look you guys
your spiritual growth has been retarded and I mean that in the scientific term
there it has been retarded you guys should be eating strong meat right now
but you know what your babies your immature you're weak so you need to
drink milk and right aren't our babies in this room they're weak and what are
they eating right now milk and when they grow up and when they get strong
they'll eat meat look at verse 13 for everyone that uses milk is unskillful in
the word of righteousness for he is a babe but strong meat belongeth to them
that are of full age even those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil so here's the thing the verses we've
been looking at it's not really strong meat guys it's verses about meat but
spiritually this is some milk stuff right here the verses we're looking at
we're just saying like hey God's saying every creatures good hey here's the
dietary laws of God saying what we can eat hey here's Jesus eating me here's
Jesus feeding people me this is not hard stuff to understand so if you're having
a hard time grasping this you might just be a babe in Christ you might just be
spiritually weak and you know you need to keep getting the milk here and
keep feeding yourself some milk so that you can grow and get some meat
spiritually maybe you might start eating some meat physically too if you do that
now here's the thing just because someone is a vegetarian and just because
I am strongly against that lifestyle and I'm against it because I think that the
Bible is very positive about eating meat that does not mean that a vegetarian
cannot come to our church that does not mean that a vegetarian would not be
welcome to be a member of our church to hang out with us to be in good
fellowship and standing with the church why we'll look at Romans 14 verse 1
again let's focus on a different aspect of this verse says him that is weak in
the faith receive ye but not to doubtful disputations so look hey you're
vegetarian you're the weaker brother we will receive you but not to doubtful
disputations we're not going to agree with your stupid beliefs because it's
wrong it's just dead wrong the Bible is against it I'm not going to listen to
you try to convince me or try to convince other people that they should
be a vegetarian because the Bible is against that mentality but if you want
to come here and learn and grow you're welcome that's absolutely fine now Roman
chapter 14 before I read verse 3 here's the thing I'm not I'm not for us being
mean to them if a vegetarian comes into our church you will see me being very
gracious and kind of them unless they start teaching other people to be
vegetarian and stuff like that but here's the thing in our country right
now in our in our culture right now and in the way things are going we don't
need a ton of preaching to balance people out from being mean to
vegetarians like we need a ton of preaching saying like hey that idea is
stupid that idea is wrong it'd be one thing if our country was just full of a
bunch of carnivores that were like beating up vegetarians and being mean to
them but you know what our country is full of a bunch of soy boys a bunch of
effeminate men a bunch of liars telling you eggs are bad red meat is bad and to
those people I say shut up that's what I say to them you want to come and be a
church member that's great we'll be nice to you but we're not gonna have your
doubtful disputations okay you're welcome we're not gonna be mean to you
but quite honestly this type of preaching is needed a lot more than the
be nice and hold hands with the vegetarian type of preaching all right
that gets there you know maybe you'll hear that someday but I highly doubt it
look at verse number three let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not
so look I'm not gonna just hate someone I'm not gonna just despise someone just
because they're a vegetarian but that being said they can cross the line to
where it's just going from this is my personal opinion this is my own choice
for my life to them saying like it's a sin to eat meat or it was wrong for
Jesus to eat meat no that stuff you better believe that's gonna be a
different conversation but notice this let not him which eateth not so this is
the vegetarian let not him judge him that eateth for God hath received him
and again in our culture what we don't need a ton of preaching right now saying
like hey don't despise the vegetarians we need the opposite because constantly
everywhere you go the vegan messaging is being pumped that oh yeah it's so good
to be a vegetarian it's so good to be a vegan it's like no we don't need that
culture right now we don't need the culture of being nice and coddling to
them we need the culture of telling them hey you're not allowed to judge us us
for eating meat yeah we won't judge you yeah we won't despise you but remember
this goes both ways and usually it's the vegetarians usually it's the vegans that
are so judgmental about their lifestyle and it's like how do you know you meet
a vegetarian because they'll tell you they'll tell you hey did you know I'm a
vegetarian hey do you want me over to your house I'm a vegetarian though it's
like no I don't want to invite you over I mean you're welcome to come to church
I love you as a brother in Christ let's go soul winning but if like you think
that me and my family are gonna bend over backwards for your weird lifestyle
that's not biblical the answer is no and our society is way too coddling of these
people way too coddling we're too coddling of feminists from this morning
sermon we're too coddling of vegans and the vegans and the vegetarians are the
ones that they want to go judge everyone about their food just shut up and pray
for your food look at verse 15 but if thy brother be grieved with thy meat now
walkest thou not charitably destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died
let not then your good be evil spoken of for the kingdom of God is not meat and
drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost for he that in
these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men
let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace and things where
with one may edify another for meat destroy not the work of God all things
indeed are pure but it is evil for that man who eateth with offense it is good
neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor anything whereby thy brother
stumbleth or is offended or is made weak pass thou faith have it to thyself before
God happy is he that condemneth not himself and that thing which he alloweth
and he that is doubteth is damned if he eat because he eateth not a faith for
whatsoever is not a faith is sin so here's the thing if someone is weak in
this area first of all let's just acknowledge what the Bible says that
they're weak in this area say step one this person is weak in this area that
doesn't mean I'm gonna despise him that doesn't mean that I'm gonna treat him
poorly that doesn't mean that I'm gonna try to force him to eat meat or trick
him and try to serve him meat or something like that to wound the weaker
brothers conscience right if you see me interact with a vegetarian I will be
kind I will be polite I don't care what people's personal opinions are but
behind the pulpit I'm gonna preach what the Bible says I'm gonna preach what
God's perfect will is I'm gonna preach that God speaks very positively about
meat but don't hear a sermon like this and think like oh man I'm gonna call my
vegetarian sister tonight and just tell her what an idiot she is and that you
know she's voting for Kamala because she has brain disorders because she has
a lack of all these essential you know things in your body and you know it may
be true but I'm just not saying that may not be the wisest thing to do we're not
trying to destroy the work of God for meat or anything like that but like I
keep saying we are living in a culture that doesn't need more hand-holding to
the vegetarians we need them to feel a little bit uncomfortable about their
weird lifestyle not like oh man here's a church of a hundred people and one
vegetarian walks in let's just change everything about us let's just bend over
backward for their weird lifestyle no you could be a vegetarian you can have
that to yourself but just keep it to yourself don't try to convince people to
be a vegetarian and dead sure don't try to say that the Bible teaches that you
should be a vegetarian why well that leads me to point number four go to 1st
Timothy chapter number four those people point number four people who teach
vegetarianism as a commandment are demonic demonic devil-filled wicked
people there's a difference for someone that's just has stupid health beliefs
and that's their personal ideology whatever that's one thing it's a whole
different ballgame when you say the Bible says you shouldn't eat me or God's
against you eating meat or eating meat is murder no actually you are demonic
let me prove that to you first Timothy 4 verse 1 says this now the spirit
speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith
giving heed to seducing spirits and notice doctrines of devils so what we're
about to explain is a doctrine or a teaching or an understanding an ideology
of what devils verse 2 speaking lies and hypocrisy having their conscience seared
with a hot iron forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which
God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and
know the truth for every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it
be received with thanksgiving for it is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer
you know the but what the Bible saying is very serious saying that in the
latter times there's gonna be people that do what they depart from the faith
so they depart from this right here and they give heed to they give credence to
they pay attention to doctrines of devils what are those doctrines of
devils one of them is forbidding to marry and let me tell you something if
some person tells you God doesn't want you to get married it's wrong for you to
get married you need to be a man going your own way you need to be like
Andrew Tate you need to be like Tristan Tate and be like those guys you know
what that person's a devil and if someone commands you to abstain from
meat that's a doctrine of devils that's something that's not gonna be tolerated
yeah we'll tolerate your opinion we'll tolerate you don't like me you don't
want to eat it that's your personal thing cool you start saying that someone
has to do that you start saying that's what the Bible teaches that will never
be tolerated that will never be allowed we're not gonna bend over backwards
backwards for that at all you know isn't it funny how you have false religions
the religion of Satan called Catholicism and isn't it funny how they they both
give credence to both of these doctrines right Catholics teach all of these
doctrines of devils the abstaining of marriage right because if you're gonna
be a priest a bishop a cardinal a Pope what do you have to do in order to get
that high in the Catholic Church you have to not get married and it's just so
obvious for us that are saved that have the Word of God I mean it's just there
they have a giant red blinking sign on their church saying like we're of the
devil we are satanic we are demonic why because they're teaching to abstain for
marriage not only that you know what else the demonic wicked satanic
Catholic Church teaches to abstain from eating meat during certain times you
think that's a coincidence why would I want to get yoked up with some ideology
some health ideology that has more in common with Catholicism one of the worst
satanic religions that have ever existed then to eat me like the Bible says to
and like Jesus did here's some things that they teach you know they teach that
during Lent that you're to abstain from eating all meats on Fridays during the
season of Lent which is the 40-day period leading up to Easter Ash
Wednesday Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent where they teach staying from
eating meat Good Friday which it's Good Thursday okay but Good Friday according
to Catholics you're not allowed to eat meat traditionally more staunch
Catholics abstain from eating meats every Friday of the year what a sad life
but let me just remind you of where you're sitting this evening this is a
Baptist Church this is not a Catholic Church we don't want anything to do with
the Catholic doctrines the doctrines of devils of saying no marriage no meat I
mean marriage and meat is like two of the greatest things on earth I mean
would we even want to live without marriage and meat that's a sad life I
mean Wow God punishes you for worshiping the devil I mean he really does he takes
away like the two greatest things in the world marriage and meat man it must suck
to be a Catholic stupid Catholicism verse 6 here's the thing I may seem a
little mean tonight but it's okay I've been nice the last couple Sundays all
right you've gotten the practical sermons sometimes we just need to be a
little bit mean I may seem like I'm being a little bit mean to the
vegetarians but here's what I want you to understand I'm not just being mean
for the sake of being mean here not just trying to be bombastic for the sake of
being bombastic look at verse number six remember what we just read look what it
says if thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things what things
the fact that these are doctrines of devils if you preach these things if you
put the brethren in remembrance of these things look what it says thou shalt be a
good minister of Jesus Christ nourished up in the words of faith and of good
doctrine whereunto thou hast attained and here's the thing not just trying to
be mean to the vegetarians for the sake of being vegetarians you know what I'm
trying to do I'm trying to be a good minister of Jesus Christ and sometimes a
minister of Jesus Christ has to say something that's a little bit offensive
but you know what it's not my fault that the world is so screwed up it's not my
fault that the Liberals have taught this lie for so long look the by why do I say
this stuff why am I putting the brethren in remembrance of this stuff well number
one because the Bible speaks positively of eating meat why am I talking about
this stuff because Jesus Christ himself ate meat and because Jesus condoned of
eating meat and because Jesus offered meat unto others why am I talking about
this stuff because the Bible literally says that vegetarians are weak and I
don't want anyone to be weak physically or spiritually why am I talking about
this stuff because the Bible says that commanding people to abstain from meats
is literally a doctrine of Devils you know what we are a Baptist Church we
care about what the Bible says more than hurting anyone's feelings and you know
what there might be some vegetarian that listens to this and they're upset and
look if you're my brother in Christ I love you even though I strongly disagree
with on this but you know what teaching that it's a commandment of God is a
doctrine of Devils and I'm never gonna back off from that that's what the Bible
says you so let us be a church that no matter what the topic no matter how
offensive it may be no matter how culturally unacceptable a certain view
is that we're just gonna stick with what the Bible says regardless of whose
feelings it hurts with that let's pray Lord thank you for this day thank you
for the blessing of meat thank you that you've just given animals to us to be
used in so many different ways from clothing to soap making to food to
transportation just you've blessed us with animals and thank you so much for
it I pray that we would never get this fake liberal attitude that meat is
murder and I dead sure pray Lord that no one in here would ever think that it's a
commandment of God to abstain from meat I pray that people's hearts would be
open to this message and that we would eat meat to be spiritually and
physically strong love you in Jesus name we pray amen