Can a christian believer eat kosher food?

Answer 1

A vegan can eat any food, as long as it's vegan.

Some kosher food is, some isn't.

If the food is marked "Kosher Parev" or Kosher Pareve" this means the food contains no meat or dairy ingredients, that might suit a vegetarian, but these products may contain fish, eggs that a Vegan would not be permitted. At the end of the day, you just have to check the ingredients list.

Answer 2

Mark 7: 6-8:
So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?"Â He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: "These people honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules. You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions."

Â[Jesus was declaring all foods clean.]

Romans 14: 5-9, 14-21:
One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

Answer 3

The New Testament instruction on this was confusing to many in the 1st Century AD - especially those in Corinth and Rome. Paul addressed the primary issue - as Jewish converts and new gentile Christians wondered if it were permissible to eat 'ceremonial' foods or foods offered to idols which was a common practice at that time. Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 8 that the main concern for Christians is the matter of defiling oneself or another by going against one's conscience or the conscience of others. This simply means if the person truly and deeply feels that it is wrong to eat ceremonial foods or his neighbor fells strongly this way, the Christian should avoid doing so - not offending himself or his neighbor. So in effect today, Christians may eat foods blessed by anyone or offered to any idol god as long as it does not conflict with their conscience or another's - always adhering to the dietary laws of clean and unclean meats still firmly in place for all mankind.

It is interesting to note that the commonly used passage of Scripture alleged to do away with the dietary laws - Romans 14 (especially verses 14 and 20) - that there is no original Greek word used for 'food or meat' in these verses. These words were inserted in later translations. Indeed, in this chapter there is no specific object mentioned relative to cleanness or uncleanness. The simple sense in context here is that 'nothing is unclean - (Greek 'koinos' meaning 'common or ceremonially defiled') of itself and 'all is clean - (Greek 'katharos' or free from impure admixture, without blemish or spotless). The forced interpretation into this paragraph associating food with idolatrous activity, had no bearing on the suitability of the food for eating.

Answer 4

Yes. There are no Christian dietary laws that conflict with the Jewish laws of "Kasrut".

Answer 5

Yes.