Subject: making wine.Did Jesus make a mistake. |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, You concluded : "The whole thing here is there was both alcoholic wine and non alcoholic wine in the Bible. Therefore the Bible does not really endorse drinking alcohol, so why attempt to endorse it on this public forum. Why grease the slide someone may be on by saying the Bible says it is okay to drink when the Bible does not conclusively say that? Would it not be better to error on the side of righteousness than on the side of liberty?" Do you really read with uderstanding what I write? Slow down and read the following paragraph carefully (I am not angry but merely frustrated). I am NOT promoting the use of alcohol by anyone! I can't seem to get that through to you, even though I have repeated it ad nauseum. What I am doing is fulfilling a biblical mandate in not allowing others to call evil that which I consider as good. Please give me an example of where I endorsed alcohol. If indeed you have evidence, then I need to apologize for mistakenly misrepresenting my own position. I have tried to be scrupulous in aviding that very thing! I have warned others, and with Scripture, to shun anything that offends their conscience. For you to accuse me of "greasing the slide" is an unwarrented assumption. I'm certain that you do not mean to "grease the slide of legalism". Why assume that I may be endangering anyone? I have not put my liberty on DISPLAY, but have spoken with humility. The fact that Jesus has set us free from the bondage of sin is to be celebrated and all to His Glory As to your last remark in your post you asked: "Would it not be better to error on the side of righteousness than on the side of liberty?". Righteousness and liberty go hand in hand. Like love and marriage they go together like a horse and carriage (all of a sudden I feel like singing) :-) You cant't have one without the other. Fortunately for the forum we don't have audio. God Bless you Ed. I commend you for fighting for what you see as right. Allow me the same freedom and we'll be just like "Hon' and Dearie". 1 Cor 10:31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Your Brother, John |