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Matthew 16In acts they got saved and were added to the church. They counted the number added. They were not members of the church until they were added to the church.
Thanks! I wish she had never said those words because I wasted all those years being resentful and fearful of God instead of loving my Heavenly Father fully and completely.Awwww....a young couple at church recently married, finest young couple, perfect citizens from good families, like angels...it appears she is unable to carry a child, several miscarriages. When you influence somebody to become a Christian, you are not barren. God has special rewards for you. You sure have been a blessing to me and God rewards all service done for Him
You said Timothy cut his coke with water in the Bible, and Justin Martyr left the orgy to explain to Ceasar that they were not having drunk love fests because the wine wasn't strong enough to get drunk, it only kept them from getting dehydrated and the love feasts were started by Jesus and Mary Magdeline who conceived the grandfather of the guy who wrote the DiVinci DeCode.
I asked you to show where this stuff is in the bible, and all you come back with is Jude? You didn't explain how many people were involved in the first orgy trying to get drunk with Jesus on wine that was cut too much so Ceasar could excuse the love feasts as non-drunken orgies and Justin Martyr returned to the party with Ceasar's blessings.....Ceasar probably tagged along when he found out they were only orgies and not drunken orgies, but of course he went in disguise.
Frankly I find it quite comical to see people arguing about alcohol on the basis of maybe being "1% drunk" or "10% drunk", and throwing around ideas like "the only way to be sure of not getting drunk is not to drink alcohol at all". The way to avoid getting drunk is not to drink enough to get drunk.
What happens if we apply these same arguments to other areas of our lives? The only way to avoid gluttony is to never eat anything that isn't necessary for our survival. So best put away that very modest slice of cake, don't you know it's the first step on the slippery slope into gluttony? If you're eating anything other than boiled cabbage maybe you're taking the first steps towards sinfulness.
Maybe we should avoid driving at all. You know, we wouldn't want to sin by breaking the speed limit and the only way to be sure of never breaking the speed limit is not to drive at all. Or maybe we should take such drastic steps to make sure we're not involved in an accident that wounds or kills another person that we'd better just not get behind the wheel at all, ever.
What about going to work? That looks really bad, it shows the world that we don't trust God to provide for us, and if we're earning anything more than the absolute minimum we need to survive maybe we need to downsize because we're taking those first steps towards coveting money. And we know what the Bible says about the love of money, right?
Christians using the internet? We can't be having that. Everybody knows the internet is riddled with pornography, so we'd best avoid the appearance of evil by not using the internet at all. We wouldn't want to look like a people who downloaded pornography, so perhaps it's best to stay off the internet completely.
Or we could just maintain a sense of perspective, and make our own decisions whether to drink in moderation or not, rather than getting caught up in ever-sillier legalistic arguments that ultimately go nowhere.
Personally I would say yes. Romans 15 talks about how your personal preferences and to go against them is something you shouldn't do, even if it is allowable.
Personally I would say yes. Romans 15 talks about how your personal preferences and to go against them is something you shouldn't do, even if it is allowable.
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