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Originally Posted by houston
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Question, Paul says to drink no more water, but a little wine for your infirmities. If a new believer comes into the faith, and thinks that it's absolutely wrong to drink wine, and that it's a sin, (remember this person is innocent and honest) do you still go ahead and say "aw there's nothing wrong with it," and offend the saint by drinking the wine in front of them anyway, and end up causing the saint to look down upon you and the faith, and end up turning away due to your careless actions, or do you refrain from drinking it, until the person comes to understanding?
This is the problem with people in religion today; No judgment, no understanding, no wisdom. Hardly anyone knows how or is willing to suffer and sacrifice their wants and desires, to help save and win anyone's souls to Christ. You either have them too strict, and push people away by being too judgmental, without truly listening (or seeming to care for that matter,) what the person is dealing with, or going through. Or you have them too loose, and say you can do whatever you're comfortable with, God doesn't care, just say that you "believe" and that you're a christian, and your saved...
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