Subject: making wine.Did Jesus make a mistake. |
Bible Note: 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! |