Acts 10:15

"And. voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common"What God hath cleansed" "What God has pronounced pure you must not call defiled" (TCNT).

In His earthly ministry Jesus had already indicated that the various foods laws found in the O.T. would be removed (Mark 7:19 "Thus He declared all foods clean"). "Many things certainly must have begun to go through Peter's mind. If the distinction between clean and unclean meats is now abolished, how much more of the Law is abolished?" (Reese p. 386) (Galatians 3:24). In this vision, God says nothing about "unclean" people, that is Gentiles. With the events that follow, Peter will necessarily infer that God was not just talking about "food" (Acts 10:28). Unfortunately, various modern religious groups that claim to be "Christian", still insist upon observing the food laws found in the O.T. In doing so they find themselves contradicting what God has said in this chapter and others (1 Timothy 4:1), and they also identify themselves as part of. religious apostasy. The people of God always need to be careful about adding laws to the will of God or insisting upon adhering to. religion that goes beyond the will of God. Salvation is not found in being more strict than anyone else, rather adding rules to the will of God is just as much an evidence of unbelief as in deleting God's commandments (Revelation 22:18; Galatians 5:1).