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We should not condemn them but we should not like their sin either.
Love the sinner but hate the sin.
BTW drinking alcohol is not a sin unless it is in drunkeness.
When you are not drunk it is easy to tell that you are not.
But when you are drunk it is not always easy to tell that you are.
Not me. I get drunk just looking at a drunk person, my tolerance is shameful since the time I got alcohol poisoning and stopped drinking for a while.You know you aren't drunk with a glass of wine.
I understand and appreciate your posiion. Alcohol can be very destructive and has ruined many lives. But I can't find any scriptures that forbide drinking. If you have, please share them.
Here is one to ponder: Ephesians 5:18, "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit." Consider who Paul was writing this to, the city of Ephesus was known in ancient times for its orgies and debauchery. They would drink fermented wine and all hell would break loose, these were the type of Gentile Christians that Paul was writing to, to encourage them in their walk with Jesus and warning them to avoid going back to their former lifestyle. Paul's words apply with just as much force today, have ever been to Las Vegas?
You know you aren't drunk with a glass of wine.
I understand and appreciate your posiion. Alcohol can be very destructive and has ruined many lives. But I can't find any scriptures that forbide drinking. If you have, please share them.
It states don't get drunk with wine. Drunkenness is a sin just like being a glutton and eating too much. It would be a lack of self control. The fruit of the spirit is temperance.
Yes, I have been to Vegas only long enough to preach to a dying man.
Smoking is not a sin, afaik.
It says use of drugs and not illegal drugs, it continues with those that inflict grave damage to human health and life. Cigarettes have been proven to be a serious health risk and even to cause deaths.2291 The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense. Clandestine production of and trafficking in drugs are scandalous practices. They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law.
Do you really think that you have enough self control to drink wine or beer or any number of other alcoholic beverages and at the same time you will have complete self control? The safest path is to not even go there! That is the only way to not grieve the Holy Spirit.
I just use wine when my heart gets a little overweight:
Pr 31:6 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Do you really think that you have enough self control to drink wine or beer or any number of other alcoholic beverages and at the same time you will have complete self control? The safest path is to not even go there! That is the only way to not grieve the Holy Spirit.
You do realize that this is a manufactured picture, do'nt you?
Pope Benedict smoking a filter king
I think a king has a right to smoke a cancer stick if he wants to.
Reve 17:2 with whom prostituted the kings of the land and are made drunk the ones dwelling on the land out of the wine of the prostitution of Her
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