Jason,
It is the job of the Holy Spirit to transform lives. We are messengers only. I told you I agree with you regarding the danger of alcohol and that I am a teetotaler myself. However, I am teetotaler because I don't like the effect of alcohol on me. The power of the Scriptures is not in the text itself, but in the Holy Spirit who makes the text alive. You use Scripture like a machine gun. Your posts will change only those who the Holy Spirit speaks to.
When I first became a believer with the new birth 30 years ago, I immediately threw out my coffee, inappropriate content and pot. Six months later I felt fatigue so much that I began drinking coffee again. I also began to drink so much that one morning I woke up with a severe head ache. I groaned, O God, I have a head ache. I was not intentionally praying only lamenting. However the Lord spoke to me and said, "You chose to". That was it. But the Word of the Lord is pure as silver refined in fire seven times. Those three words were pregnant with meaning that I understood immediately. First, He had delivered me from drinking coffee and my resumption consumption was my choice. Second, I have the freedom in Christ to consume what ever I want with out condemnation from God or others. Third, if I am stupid enough to drink coffee to the point of getting a headache, then I was not to complain to God for my choice.
You have not attacked anyone as far as from what I have read, but your use of the Scriptures puts readers off. People want to talk out their views in forums, not be inundated with Scriptures. To paraphrase Jesus, The Scriptures were made for man, not man for the Scriptures. Anyone can cut and paste verses into a forum. Such use should be poignant and brief to make a point - not to make your case. You had stated your case many times, but you continue in the vain belief that you are helping God, but you are not. No one helps God. He helps us. If He is not helping us, then we should stop doing what we are doing.
Your experience is similar to mine in part. the other part I have yet to accimplish or He in me
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