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08-27-2013, 03:44 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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Ya, that argument is nearly as classic is the explanation that the reason Roman soldiers were able to pluck out whiskers from Jesus is that he hadn't been able to shave for a few days.
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In all fairness if he had an electric razor the utility companies were notoriously unreliable in those days and electrical outages were widespread. 
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08-27-2013, 08:38 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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Ya, that argument is nearly as classic is the explanation that the reason Roman soldiers were able to pluck out whiskers from Jesus is that he hadn't been able to shave for a few days.
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08-27-2013, 03:42 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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Oh goody. It has been a long time since I have seen old time Pentecostals try to spin that tale that the wine that was ok to drink was just grape juice and not real wine. I feel that one coming on any minute now!
If a person takes an honest look at the scriptures pertaining to wine as a whole and in context it is clear the condemnation is for drunkenness, not drinking wine.
Having said that I personally can't stand wine. Hate the taste.
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Thus God allowed man to invent whiskey, vodka, bourbon, and tequila!
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08-27-2013, 04:05 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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Thus God allowed man to invent whiskey, vodka, bourbon, and tequila!
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Yes He also allowed man to make meth, herione, cocaine, porn, houses of prostitution...... the list could go on and on but i am sure we would all agree that just because God allows man to make something that does not mean He is ok with it.
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08-27-2013, 04:13 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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Originally Posted by CC1
Oh goody. It has been a long time since I have seen old time Pentecostals try to spin that tale that the wine that was ok to drink was just grape juice and not real wine. I feel that one coming on any minute now!
If a person takes an honest look at the scriptures pertaining to wine as a whole and in context it is clear the condemnation is for drunkenness, not drinking wine.
Having said that I personally can't stand wine. Hate the taste.
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I guess that if you buy it and or make it with your eyes closed then either pour it into a container with your eyes closed or turn the bottle ( whatever the wine is in) up to your mouth with your eyes closed then you could drink it and not disobey the following scripture.
Hopefully you dont sit it on a counter beside anything that might be poison.
Pro.23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
If you somehow manage to do all of the afore mentioned things with your eyes closed you had better be by yourself or atleast dont offer it to anyone or then you are violating the following scripture.
Habakkuk 2:15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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08-27-2013, 05:15 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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Habakkuk 2:15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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The issue is that you look at the verse as it appear above. You pretty much stop reading once you come to the end of the bolded.
However, it is meant to be looked at THIS way (below).
Habakkuk 2:15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
It is called 'context' and divining the intended meaning of the verse.
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08-28-2013, 02:26 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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The issue is that you look at the verse as it appear above. You pretty much stop reading once you come to the end of the bolded.
However, it is meant to be looked at THIS way (below).
Habakkuk 2:15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
It is called 'context' and divining the intended meaning of the verse. |
I agree context is king and looking at scripture as a whole is important. I am glad that you pointed out what i had inadvertantly looked oved namely that both this scripture condemns both the offering of intoxicating beverages to a person and the making of a person drunk so as to look upon their nakedness.
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08-28-2013, 03:14 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
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I agree context is king and looking at scripture as a whole is important. I am glad that you pointed out what i had inadvertantly looked oved namely that both this scripture condemns both the offering of intoxicating beverages to a person and the making of a person drunk so as to look upon their nakedness.
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No it doesn't. It is saying don't do one thing in order to do the other. To make a modern day analogy, it would be like saying "Do not buy that girl drink after drink so you can spend the night with her!". The person is NOT saying do not buy her a drink, but rather is saying do not buy her one for the obvious ulterior motives.
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08-27-2013, 04:59 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
Sure.......Christians shouldn't drink...right...just like they should not go to the buffet line for the third time.
Seriously, there are many things preachers love to preach on, and some others not so much,.. Oh well.
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08-27-2013, 05:38 PM
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Re: Wisdom In Witnessing (or the lack thereof)
So white wine is ok!!!! Got it.
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