In many past posts I have shown and taught that the real (spiritual) meaning of the phrase “food sacrificed to idols” in Scripture is interpreting doctrine or truth according to the idols of our own hearts. When we see this then we understand how Christians come to the place where they allow blatant sin to reign in the midst of their various churches. Today virtually every church has its own set of sins that it tolerates, and not only tolerates, but actually condones and encourages the practicing of those sins. Churches which ordain homosexuals as ministers and/or teach that abortion is a “blessing” top this blasphemous pyramid of churchianity, but all churches I know have their pet sins they will not judge.

Jesus, though, goes even beyond what has been my definition of food sacrificed to idols. He says, “My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34 KJ2000) Interpreting, then, he teaches us that true food is the doing of God’s will and that anytime we engage in activity that is not God’s will, we are sacrificing food (our own willful works) to idols, to demons.

In his letters to the seven churches (Revelation 2-3) Jesus often remarks that he “knows” each church’s works. Most people, I think, when they read this think that Jesus speaks of their “good” works. I very highly doubt it. I believe that we will all one day find that most of the works we did were our own works, works that originated in our own minds and were performed for our own glory. I am firmly convinced that most missionary trips that people go on fall into this category. We travel to Russia, Asia, and Africa and “convert” the indigenous people into the twice the sons of hell we ourselves already are. Most of us have no clue what God requires of us; much less do we know what God would have us teach people of cultures we do not even understand. We cannot even teach the things of God to the culture we do understand, so is it not gross presumption to those whose language we cannot even speak and attempt to teach the Word of God?

Jesus teaches us that true food is to do God’s will, but we have not understood, even after 2000 years, what that will is. Clearly, none of us perfectly does the will of God. Nevertheless, this is the high calling of all of his sons. At the present time only his overcomers even desire this ability, this nature which only wants to do the will of the Father. We will only and finally be able to actually do the perfect will of God when our resurrection, our glorification, comes. Until then let us seek to know his will by first learning his ways. He has shown us that much, but the vast body of Christianity began to discard his holy way a long time ago. Now we swim adrift in an ocean of lawlessness, just about drowned. Come LORD Jesus, while we still have breath!