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1 | making wine.Did Jesus make a mistake. | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 68653 | ||
Greetings Joe! We can definitely agree on your last point my friend! :-) But, you shouldn't dismiss my point about gluttony quite so quickly! :-) Depending on the translation one consults, there are only about 4 to 7 verses which mention gluttony at all and none of them contain a prohibition. They are all descriptive passages about the effects of gluttony and not one of them uses the word 'sin'. So, I do believe my point is valid. What other 'sin' in the Bible is ambigious, or left to personal standards? Can some of us lie a little more than others and be okay, while others have less tolerance for it? ;-) Regardless, there certainly isn't a clear Scripture either way about drinking or not drinking. My point in responding to these kinds of threads is simply to ensure that one position isn't arbritarily relegated to the 'stupid' argument category. ;-) I simply want to remind people that words are containers with which we pack a lot of meaning that may or may not have been intended originally. Well, I've need to get to bed. I have been up for about 33 of the last 36 hours and I am tired! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | making wine.Did Jesus make a mistake. | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 68687 | ||
Wake up! I am not finished yet! :) "Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags." --Proverbs 23:21 "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin." --James 4:17 You wrote: "So, I do believe my point is valid. What other 'sin' in the Bible is ambigious, or left to personal standards? Can some of us lie a little more than others and be okay, while others have less tolerance for it? ;-)" I would say that some sins mentioned in Scripture are sins by their very commission (such as lying), while others are sins by commission to excess, thereby being a violation to the commandment to exercise self-control. For example, praying for (and therefore desiring) one's daily bread is not a sin, but greed is. Rest is commanded, but laziness is forbidden. I don't think that I would go so far as to limit it merely to unbridled "personal standards." We are called to act with wisdom, and Christ-like wisdom always comes into play where there is not the clear command in Scripture. --Joe! |
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