Why Did God Teach Israel To Distinguish Between Unclean And Clean Food In The OT?

The Old Testament does not give us an explicit reason for this. But here are possible reasons for it:

First, the animals that were labelled as unclean back then may have contained harmful micro organisms at that time. Hence, the prohibition. Hygienic and health issues.

Second, it was to symbolically inculcate in Israel the spiritual lesson that, in this fallen world, there is such a thing as being clean and unclean and the need to be spiritually cleansed. The symbol was a sign that points to the spiritual.

Third, it was to separate Israel from the surrounding nations. The unclean food that were prohibited were the regular diet of pagan nations. Fellowship is usually illustrated by two people sharing the same meal together. The categorization that this food is unclean while this one is clean was to create a separation between Israel and the pagans.

Evangelism: What Is It?

As they say, evangelism, is simply, a beggar telling his fellow beggar where he got free bread. It is informing an unsaved sinner how to be saved by faith in what the Lord Jesus did on the cross and His subsequent resurrection.

What Does "Seasoned With Salt" Mean In Colossians 4:6?

Col 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Salt is a preservative. It prevents corruption. It means that one's speech should be without a talk that corrupts.

Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Does God Hear The Prayers Of Sinners?

By "sinners" in this question, we mean unsaved unrepentant sinners. Here's the answer---Generally, though there maybe exceptions, God does not hear the prayers of unrepentant sinners.

Isa 1:15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Pr 1:28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Pr 1: 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,

Mic 3:4 Then they will cry to the LORD, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds.

Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

To a man who has heard the Gospel and rejected it, here's what God has to say about him:

Heb 10:28 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Heb 10:29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Most assuredly, though, the prayer that God hears from a sinner is the cry of repentance.

How Can Saved Sinners Enjoy Heaven With Unsaved Loved Ones In Hell?

Saved sinners will one day be glorified. This glorification brings about a radical change in our attitudes. We will have a perfect love for God, a perfect sense of the despicableness of sin, God's holiness and justice. On that great and awesome day, we will be perfectly all out for God from the inside out. We will be perfectly satisfied that God has been vindicated in His judgment against unsaved sinners.

In fact, even unbelieving parents, with a sense of composure, on many occasions, have given their approval in the execution of their own sons and daughters who have committed heinous crimes against humanity.

Glorified saved sinners will be like Aaron, when God, in judgment, justly executed his sons, who did not recognize, as they should, the holiness of God.

Le 10:1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.

2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

3 And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.'" So Aaron held his peace.

How Do I Know If I Found "The One" As My Life Partner?

Listen or read well. "The one" does not exists. You read that right. He or she does not exists. You could be married twice or thrice or more in your life in the providence of God.

"The one" who is totally compatible to you, where your triangles are perfectly congruent, will only come until the cows come home. You'll wait forever. He or she will not appear in your radar evah!

Marriage is not about finding the person whom you are so in sync with totally. No, it's about finding the person whom you are willing to commit your life to in spite of his or her flaws and imperfections. A person whom you are willing to work it out for life.

Of course, if you are a Christian you are only to marry a fellow Christian. Beyond this parameter, God gives you the privilege to choose. Okay?

1CO 7:39 A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.