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daywalker:

It's all depends on the intention of the heart...

A group of guys hanging out, having a barbecue, watching football and drinking a few beers is one thing...

Going out to a club or bar or party with the intent of getting wasted and possibly doing something stupid, that's obviously sin.


Daywalker 8)

kenny:
unfortunantly my days as a drug abuser causes me to collect kidney stones every few years and i use beer to help swell up my kidney's and bladder causing the stones to pass easier if they do not pass that way it cost me around 21,000.00 to have them removed so i say 10 to 20 dollars is a little easier on the pocket book

kenny

arion:

--- Quote from: daywalker on September 20, 2009, 11:42:49 AM ---
It's all depends on the intention of the heart...


--- End quote ---

That's good.  Religion always looks at the externals doesn't it?  Back in the day we sure thought we were holy because we wouldn't think of having a beer or seeing a movie or any of those external things.  By observing these rules and regulations we thought we were seperating ourselves from the world but the whole time we were priding ourselves in how 'holy' we were compared to those who partook of those things.  Good Christians kept all the rules and the bad Christians didn't follow our rules.  Of course we thought that the Amish were taking things a little too far and we couldn't hold a candle to the sabbath keepers of course but a lot of it came down to just observing rules and regulations and we were just as carnal (if not more so) as those who we were judging because they didn't keep our rules.

stephen:
John 2:10: And saith to him, Every man at the beginning presenteth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

It is interesting to note that the word drunk (Strong's G3184 - methoo) stems from the Greek word methe (Strong's G3178)
which means "intoxicant".

The Ruler of the feast was thus saying it was custom to serve good wine until everyone was drunk (intoxicated) and then the less good wine.

Stephen

cjwood:
perhaps its' like our Father God presents us with the weaker drink
'of our own watered down belief systems' in the beginning of the feast.
thenafter, He draws us to His Truths, as presented through His Spirit.

(...Truths He has portrayed on this website and this forum)

afterwhich, if we remain faithful, He presents us the 'Stronger Drink' of His Living Waters.
and the Power of That Water. That Drink.
Jesus Christ.
in us.

perhaps. :)
claudia

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