If we must confess in Christ to be saved, where does that leave the mentally disabled?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi there, and happy Friday. I'm Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez.

This is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. Our

phone lines are open right now, and we'll be taking calls for the next 25 minutes or so. So give

us a call at 833 The Core with your question. That's 1-833-843-243-2673. You can also post your question at one of our social media sites, and you can always email us your question at questions at core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners. This is Keanu from Sacramento.

My question today is, I'm in the Old Testament, Deuteronomy 14, to be exact, and it's going over their diets again like they did

back in Leviticus. And I got a little stumped because I'm breeding here that it says you should not eat anything that has died naturally.

You may give it to the saudener who is within your tongue, but he may eat it or you may sell it.

And I'm just kind of confused.

If God made everybody, if God made every living thing and he loves us all dearly.

Why would he allow other people to eat something that died naturally, but not the Israelites?

Wouldn't he want all of us to be holy and set apart?

I'm just a little confused.

So if you could clear that up for me, it would be much appreciated.

Thank you, Pastor Sanchez. I hope you all have a great day. Hey, thanks, Kiana. You know, you're absolutely right that the intent has always

been, yes, that the entire world would turn to the Lord, that they would be a part of the holy

people. So in Deuteronomy, right, we have the children of Israel getting ready

to enter into the promised land. And one of the things that's reiterated here in this book is God's

law, and in particular how they're going to need to live and relate to their neighbors there in the

promised land. There are all these laws that are given in particular here in chapter 14 as well that helps to that help to distinguish them as the holy covenant people. And so, you know, even the very next phrase there in what you quoted, you know, we read, for you are a people holy to the Lord, your God. In other words, you're to be distinct from the people

of the land. You're not going to have the same customs that they do. You're not going to worship me

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