What were the Gentile believers told to abstain from?
Gentile believers were instructed to abstain from anything polluted by idols, from gross immorality and fornication in all its forms, and from things strangled. These requirements trace back to Genesis 9, when Noah and his sons came off the ark, establishing a standard for the Gentile believing world.
Les teaches that these instructions were to be carried out to the Gentile believing world, the true believers. They were to abstain from anything polluted by idols, from gross immorality, and from things strangled. He connects the prohibition of strangled things all the way back to Genesis chapter 9, when Noah and his three sons came off the ark. Up until that time, nothing was ever killed to be eaten; they ate only that which grew naturally. Les also clarified that this does not promote license for the believer, for when a believer sins, they do not beg for forgiveness but confess it, calling it what God calls it, and it is forgiven.