Hi everyone!
I just want to add a disclaimer- y'all hopefully know me by now, and know I wouldn't come in here to cause troubles or problems. I'm asking this question sincerely, seeking a conservative answer.
One of the things that I have always struggled with is the idea of personal conviction of the Spirit. For example, being from a *very* conservative church and attending a *very* conservative college, I saw people who were convicted by the Spirit to wear dresses only (well, women.
The men didn't wear dresses) or to not cut their hair.
How can the Spirit convince one person of something like this and not another? I've *never* been lead to that, and I've asked and prayed, to make sure I was open to Him saying something about it.
One of the reasons I lean more liberal is because of this issue.
Thanks for any light you can shed.
I would also like to add something. The problem with the question that you are asking seems to be in the way you understand personal conviction. Honestly, the way most people talk about personal conviction is that their "personal conviction" is absolute right, and anything other than that is standards from Satan. (The "anyone with lower standards is a heathen and anyone with higher standards is a hypocrite" deal)
I also understand the idea that if their is this idea of "if you're convicted about it, then it's right for you, but if I'm not, that's right for me" which leads to moral relativism. The problem is that, in some sense, is setting up a false dichotomy.
It is not just a matter of right and wrong, it is also a matter of wisdom.
But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.Let not then your good be evil spoken of:For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin. Romans 14:15-23
Paul says here that if someone thinks that eating meat offered to idols is wrong, then he is wrong if he eats it, regardless of whether it actually is wrong or not, because in his heart he is doing something he thinks is wrong. For example, if my wife bakes cookies for our kids, and, while she is out of the room, one of them goes in, sneaks a cookie, and rearranges them so it looks like he didn't take one, then hides in the other room to eat it, he has sinned. Although he didn't technically steal, because the cookies were made for him in the first place, he did steal because in his heart he thought that what he was doing was wrong.
Again, this is not about moral relativism, taking the cookies, or eating meat offered to idols, or women wearing pants, or going to the movies, is not wrong in and of itself, but if you are not convinced that God allows it, it is wrong for you to do, because you are doing it despite the fact that you think it is wrong.
I do however, have a problem with people putting their convictions on the same level as the Bible, although it happens often. "If you go to the movies, you are a child of Satan" is foolish to say, and unBiblical. Personally, I do not go to the movies. You could say that is my "personal conviction". I don't think that going to the movies is a sin, nor do I condemn people that do it. I also couldn't show you from the Bible why you shouldn't go. I don't go for several reasons. The first being stewardship. I can rent a movie for 10% of what it would cost me to go to the theater with my wife. Secondly, control, if something objectionable plays on a movie at the theater, I am far less likely to get up and leave, than I would be to turn off a movie in my own home, specifically because I had spent $20 or $30 for a nice evening and I wouldn't want to waste it. So again, this is an example of how I view personal convictions. It's not about moral relativism or one person being right and everyone else is wrong. There are some things that are clearly spelled out in the Bible that are right and wrong, but some things are not. In those things God allows us the freedom to use wisdom from His Word to make those decisions for ourselves.
I hope this makes at least some sense.
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