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12-16-2008, 12:18 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Amos
This is the most insidious kind of legalism--the kind that wants to turn the New Testament into just another rule book, sort of a kinder, gentler, more permissive version of the law.
And if we can't find a specific Scripture forbidding it, it is fair game.
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"let the Spiritual judge"
Brother, you can use your code words all day "legalism", "Pharisee" (others use), "rules", but I'm just telling you that you're wrong. It's not a rule book to make spiritual decisions on issues. It's responsibility.
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12-16-2008, 12:21 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by 2020Vision
"let the Spiritual judge"
Brother, you can use your code words all day "legalism", "Pharisee" (others use), "rules", but I'm just telling you that you're wrong. It's not a rule book to make spiritual decisions on issues. It's responsibility.
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Bro, I agree with you.
I am describing the mindset of the Pharisee hunters here--that is how they view the Scripture.
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"Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
--Amos 7:14-15
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12-16-2008, 12:23 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Amos
Bro, I agree with you.
I am describing the mindset of the Pharisee hunters here--that is how they view the Scripture.
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Sorry, Amos. I misunderstood your post.
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12-16-2008, 12:25 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by 2020Vision
Sorry, Amos. I misunderstood your post.
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I knew you did.
The kind of legalism we are seeing on this thread is the worst kind--the kind that says "If you can't show me chapter and verse specifically forbidding it, it is ok."
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"Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
--Amos 7:14-15
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12-16-2008, 12:32 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Amos
I knew you did.
The kind of legalism we are seeing on this thread is the worst kind--the kind that says "If you can't show me chapter and verse specifically forbidding it, it is ok."
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Lol, you guys kill me.
No one is saying smoking is ok, we're just asking why the same amount of emphasis is not placed on other things that are just as dangerous to one's health?????????????????????????
Argh, I give up!
Back to work!
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"Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
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12-16-2008, 12:35 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
Lol, you guys kill me.
No one is saying smoking is ok, we're just asking why the same amount of emphasis is not placed on other things that are just as dangerous to one's health?????????????????????????
Argh, I give up!
Back to work!
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Phelps just a few posts ago YOU said smoking IS okay (not a sin). Don't go ballistic. It's what you said. Remember, you were being honest...
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12-16-2008, 12:36 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by 2020Vision
Phelps just a few posts ago YOU said smoking IS okay (not a sin). Don't go ballistic. It's what you said. Remember, you were being honest...
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Ha, sometimes I think you're St. Mark in disguise.
Where did I say smoking was ok?
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"Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
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12-16-2008, 12:35 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
Lol, you guys kill me.
No one is saying smoking is ok, we're just asking why the same amount of emphasis is not placed on other things that are just as dangerous to one's health?????????????????????????
Argh, I give up!
Back to work!
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I bumped several posts where members said it wasn't a sin.
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"Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
--Amos 7:14-15
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12-16-2008, 12:36 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Amos
I bumped several posts where members said it wasn't a sin.
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I only saw the one post you bumped.
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"Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
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12-16-2008, 12:33 PM
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Re: May I smoke here??!
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Originally Posted by Amos
I knew you did.
The kind of legalism we are seeing on this thread is the worst kind--the kind that says "If you can't show me chapter and verse specifically forbidding it, it is ok."
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That is not what I am saying - I am just asking why the same logic is not used - I know what scripture is used for smoking but it seems to me we should use the same scripture for things other than just smoking.
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