Common Conservatism
“But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.” And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”” Acts 10:14-15 NKJV http://bible.com/114/act.10.14-15.nkjv Struggling with the distinctiveness between cultural conservatism and scriptural sanctimony is common to all. Without a proactive intervention of God, the Jewish culture would have taken the priority of Peter's attention, compared to the fellowship with the family of a gentile Captain. Nevertheless, the interaction shows one of the benefits of intimacy with God as the perfect guide for the expected life of believers' consecration. Unfortunately, sensitivity to God's inspiration is always uncommon to a normal sensual lifestyle: Where we used to eat, go, wear, say, etc; and how we used to do, live, work, etc. However, God always demand higher sensitivity to our knowing His consecration better than our conservativeness. There ...