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Originally Posted by mizpeh
Dan, maybe I didn't express myself clearly but I agree with you. Wearing jewelry is not a sin but pride is and if you can't wear jewelry without feeling proudful, then don't wear it. Some folks would call it a conviction.
Dan, did Paul condemn the man that didn't eat meat? But what if the man that believed it was wrong to eat meat went ahead and ate the meat would that be sin to him? Rom 14. Make it black and white all you want, but there are grey areas.
What do you mean by equating personal convictions to the fruit of the Spirit? |
You're confusing the words temptation w/ sin ... Mizpeh ... God's Word declares what's sin ... sin is sin. A temptation can be something that is clean but will make you do what is unclean. The object in and of itself is not a sin ....
it's what we've been arguing about for the last few pages ... Can one declare that wearing pants is not a sin ... NO, IT'S NOT .... succumbing to a temptation that leads to breaking one of God's clearly defined laws ... is.
His Spirit gives testimony of that ...
If we're going to go around waiting on everyone's conscience to declare what is sin and not sin in their lives ... OH BOY.
The standards crowd ... cons and mods may differ on how to preach standards ... but in the end if you're not obeying the clothesline holiness standards ... one is not walking right w/ God ... or truly Spirit filled and led.
In their minds those convictions are universally instilled by the Spirit ... no good Christian woman will wear pants if she's got the HG ... or at the very least she should outgrow them.
I have no problem w/ people living according to convictions ... but when those convictions are preached and taught as canon or living right ... then laters.
As for your question about meat ... I think God has made some declarations in HIS WORD....
14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
I honestly believe if we spoke to Paul or Peter on the matter of meat they would not give is the Holy Ghost will be your guide spiel. They would be definitive in their answers ...
As to whether is or not a sin was definitively defined by the Council of Jerusalem in
Acts 15.
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