CoreyD
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If I love violence, and being entertained by it, according to God's word, that is not a matter of conscience.It sounds to me like you are merely engaging in moralism. Which I have no interest in entertaining. If you would like to assume that I don't know the Scripture, or that I lack knowledge of God, you are free to hold to that opinion about me.
I've met and known both moralistic and legalistic forms of religion; I've seen what that particular form of spiritual bondage does and how it kills the conscience, confuses Law and Gospel, and ultimately shipwrecks faith in Christ.
Moralism, at the end of the day, is so concerned with trying to please God by creating rules to follow that have nothing to do with the commandments of God that the actual commandment of God is ignored. It becomes an act of washing the outside of the cup while the inside remains dirty, it is the path of hypocrisy.
If you watch a horror movie that isn't a moral issue.
How you treat the least of these, the marginalized, that's a moral issue.
What you watch, that's a matter of conscience.
What you eat or drink, that's a matter of conscience.
What you wear, that's a matter of conscience.
How you treat others? That's a matter of the commandment of God.
-CryptoLutheran
That is a direct command, based on a principle laid out in God's word, for servants of God - those who love God - to follow.
The command : Psalms 97:10
The principle : Psalm 11:5
These all stand on the foundation of a command that must be obeyed.
You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Leviticus 19:2
But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 1 Peter 1:15
Thanks for listening and responding. I really appreciate that.
I am happy to have tried, to share God's view on this matter with you, because whether you accept it or not - which it is my hope that you would see it as it is written - I am innocent of the blood of all men, for I have not withheld the counsel of God. Ezekiel 3:19; Acts 20:26, 27
Acts 18:6
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