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It's simple. Different people make up different things, and say it was God. OK, theoretically, it's possible that some of them are right. How can we tell who is right and who just makes things up? Can't. How can the person getting the convictions tell if it really was God or not? Can't.

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I have convictions, by the way. I don't claim they're from God, though. Such as "it's bad to say God told you something when He didn't".

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If what we do doesn't violate biblical principles,I would say we are safe.
Some people can't accept this but in non-essential matters differences of convictions are allowable.
I would hate to think God has a cookie cutter mentality,and cuts us out of the same mold.

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I agree. But don't you think God may just want everyone to make up their own minds about things? The paramount Biblical principle of "love your neighbor as yourself" should be enough. And it has no effect whatsoever on hair, tattoos, TV, etc. etc. etc. Is it really necessary (in God's view) to "convict" different people of different things, to achieve diversity?

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convictions are good but should not be used as a Bible principle for salvation...some things may hinder one person and have no effect on another person....

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God deals with people individually. He knows my weaknesses, and may convict me of something that will protect me from falling, but He may not address it to anyone else.

Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

I do not believe that simply because God speaks one thing to one person, He does or must speak it to everyone, or that everyone must abide by what God spoke to one person. What is written in His Word is for everyone; beyond that, we must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.

Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Phillipians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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I posted this on the makeup thread, I'm going to copy it here because I think it's relevant:


Sometimes, it's not the *thing* God is dealing with you about, it's your heart condition at the time. Then, if your heart condition changes, what you thought God prohibited might again be allowed.

And sometimes we can get confused about what exactly God is dealing with us about. For instance, I know someone who was reading a LOT of fiction.... plowing through entire series in just a few days, neglecting other things they should be doing. They started feeling convicted about that. So they concluded that reading that type of fiction was wrong for them. When in reality, it wasn't the fiction that was the problem, it was time management. Spending too much time reading fiction. They later realized that. When they started reading that fiction again, they weren't going against what God showed them. They had become better managers of their time, the fiction wasn't the issue.

I believe that God always concerns himself with our hearts.

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Interesting thread. I sometimes think our convictions are a result of what we like or don't like, or are how we are raised. As an example, when I was small, my pastor preached against amusement parks. I do not like to go to them to this day, and feel uncomfortable there. However, my wife and children have no issue with them! So, they get a break from me when they go!

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Timmy some people have liberty in some areas where others don't ,why this is I don't know ?
I don't want to be crtical of others in non-essential matters.

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Great Post, Bro. OneAccord! Happy Birthday!:heart