Introduction
There is no way you eat, without killing. Kill the bacteria attached to any food before eating. Kill the indigestibles by boiling before eating. Who has eaten raw yam? You must first kill, to eat!
Main Points: Acts 10:9-28
Peter was instructed by God: "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." Peter, through his Jewish lens felt this instruction did not compact with his tradition. The Lord then said: "…Do not call anything impure that God has made clean". You see, this message can be interpreted in many ways: a) that God's blessings can be blocked though tradition or carnality; b) that God's blessings is undeserved. Another way to apply this message is to understand what killing means for God has prepared a table before us Psalm 23:5-6
.- Killing means knowing and taking the spoils: knowing and taking goes deeper "because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be". It is the spiritual mind of knowing that will tell you, 3 John 2 and John 14:12 are yours to take.
- Killing means the determination of who will be the slave: in 1 Samuel 17:8-10 , Goliath stood and shouted across to the Israelites. "Why are you all coming out to fight?". "I am the Philistine champion…. Choose one man to come down here and fight me! If he kills me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves! …This is the challenge – you either kill the Goliath attacking your destiny, so that it becomes your slave, or it kills you, and you become it's slave. It is a straight choice!
- Killing means never leaving any remnants: In Deuteronomy 25:17-19 , we read that the Amalekites attack the rear (weakest point, where children, wives and mothers resided) as the Israelites were coming out of Egypt. In generations later, this heinous crime was visited, with the instruction to King Saul 1 Samuel 15:3 . Saul disobeyed. In 1 Samuel 15:9 , we read that this same Amalekites later joined forces with Ammonites and Moabites, to attack Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms and made Israel captive Judges 3:12-14 . A point to also note: Goliath was killed, but his descendants (i.e., remnants) were not, so were much fiercer and terrifying 1 Chronicles 20:5-6 .
Memory Verse
When you kill to eat, just make sure your elevation does not blind you from your task of elevating God above you and your possessions. Indeed, when King David was granted rests from his enemies and now settled into his palace, he called Nathan the prophet, 'Here I am, living in a house of cedar (ie., luxury) while the ark of God remains in a tent.'. He, in effect did not forget to elevate God above himself and his station.— 2 Samuel 7:1
When you kill to eat, just make sure your elevation does not blind you from your task of elevating God above you and your possessions. Indeed, when King David was granted rests from his enemies and now settled into his palace, he called Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar (ie., luxury) while the ark of God remains in a tent." He, in effect did not forget to elevate God above himself and his station.