[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Again...where does it say this is a commandment for one person and NOT a commandment for the other? Where does it say GOD condemns that person for not obeying God? It's not there. This is not contrary to my point in the thread. I never argued someone can't have a personal conviction. I am asking where does it come from?

In this case Paul speaks of faith and doubt. He speaks of NOT putting a stumbling block. There is nothing here about God giving someone a conviction that HE did not give another and that it will decide his eternal fate

In fact in Paul's mind the issue here is between those that are weak and those that have faith. Really not related to the topic of this thread

Those who are weak have faith and those who are strong have faith, Prax. They each believe different things. One believes it is okay to eat meat and the other believes it is not. Paul doesn't condemn those who hold a conviction that it is wrong to eat meat.

We have come to call these personal convictions. Maybe you are tripping over the word, conviction. It doesn't have to be a commandment of God that would be a sin if disobeyed. It truly can be sinful for someone who believes that it is wrong in God's eyes to eat meat if they were to eat meat in a doubting frame of mind.