Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
Oh, parties. Now that is sinful. Wasn't that against the 11th commandment, thou shalt not attend a party?
It wasn't forbidden, but Solomon did caution against getting too caught up in certain "social" occasions:
"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." -Eccl. 7:4
Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 - The House of Mourning
I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his laborit is the gift of God. -Ecc 3:12,13
Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his laborthis is the gift of God. For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart. -Ecc 5:18-20
A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance; -Ecc 3:4
I don't think Solomon was one to enforce sadness on others, as if it's wrong to be happy and to enjoy life.
I do believe I said it wasn't forbidden.
As a side note he also tends to seperate the enjoyment which comes from God from the temporal enjoyment which comes from worldly pursuits. Probably not a good idea to confuse the two.
I don't think that we agree on what constitutes a "worldly pursuit." I for one do not consider the earth or anything that God has made to be evil.
What are you talking about when you say "anything that God has made?" Material objects? Or principles (thoughts, ideas, beliefs, ect.)?
Matter, its form and function, and everything else which He made that I may be unaware of.
Of course, but the capacity for evil is not the same as evil itself. Nobody argues that God did not make evil possible, without arguing that evil does not exist, in which case we'd be justifying terrible things.
Yeah, I'm really not sure what you're trying to get at here. Did I say somwhere that I thought the capacity for evil was the same as evil itself?
You asked me. What are you trying to get at?
A real regenerated born again christian lives a life of constant repentance. Though a real christian may not be perfect, they desire holiness and kill sin by the grace of God. Pride and haughtiness are killed, because they know that the only good that abides in them is from God. I know I have no good in me apart from The Holy Spirit working through me. I know that apart from Christ, I am wretched, vile and depraved. I desire holiness. I desire to know God more and make Him known constantly. I believe that by The grace of God, this attitude is perfection; humbled and hungry for holiness. Humbled and loving. Love is not only 1 Corinthians 13....that's what love looks like. If we love God, we love His statutes and desire to love Him more. If we say we love God but hate our neighbor, we are lying. Indeed we must stand firm in the faith and pray for others and ourselves
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?