Since they posted twice about the alcoholic beverages they like I'm guessing that's not what they mean.meaning you don't drink alcohol at all?
Perhaps they're referring to Heineken.
Since they posted twice about the alcoholic beverages they like I'm guessing that's not what they mean.meaning you don't drink alcohol at all?
I couldn't get past Heineken's slogan to ever try one. So, even though I can recognize a nice Heine, you won't catch me ever grabbing one. Sheesh, I am no grabbing no Heine, no way, no how!meaning you don't drink alcohol at all?
Of course. there's nothing in the Bible that forbids the ingestion of alcoholic beverages.Is it okay to drink a beer?
Is it okay to drink a beer?
Ask an alcoholic who hates his addiction. Then ask him how his addiction got started.Is it okay to drink a beer?
That indeed is the slippery slope isn't it?Ask an alcoholic who hates his addiction. Then ask him how his addiction got started.
A child born to a full blown alcoholic can already be one, just like a drug addict.
Those who think it's alright... take your cold brew to church at the next pot luck & tell me how that turns out.
BTW, if you can offend a christian drinking one in the church, you can do it outside the church as well.
Romans 14:20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
for someone who drinks alcohol occasionally, he or she is not responsible for the alcoholic's actions. so if an alcoholic sees someone drinking & falls by the wayside & starts drinking again, it's his or her's fault, not the person they saw drinking. everyone has to be strong in spirit, soul, mind, body & conscious to best help yourself with your problems.That indeed is the slippery slope isn't it?
On 1 hand a beverage is nothing but a beverage.
On the other hand, it could be an offense and stumbling block to another who sees you.
So for the hand where a beverage is just a beverage no harm is being done.
But for the hand where it could be an offense and stumbling block to others, it would have been better had a millstone been thrown on you and you were tossed into the sea.
On the first hand you will not go to eternal damnation.
But on the second hand you might cause many to fall and go to eternal damnation.
No wonder at the end of Solomon's life he wrote in Ecc.. I have seen, done, had, experienced it all and in the end it was nothing but just pure vanity.
You tell yourself that when Jesus preached about not being an offense and stumbling block to someone else.for someone who drinks alcohol occasionally, he or she is not responsible for the alcoholic's actions. so if an alcoholic sees someone drinking & falls by the wayside & starts drinking again, it's his or her's fault, not the person they saw drinking. everyone has to be strong in spirit, soul, mind, body & conscious to best help yourself with your problems.
1. Is it really a sin?Is it okay to drink a beer?
a person's innocent actions are not responsible for people who can't help themselves & don't even try their best to help themselves. Jesus means do not deliberately try to offend someone who may fall back into alcoholism. & it's not my excuse. you have misunderstood what i said but we all do that once in a while. i do not have nor have i ever had a problem with drinking or anything. even when i was drinking 30 to 40 drinks in 3 to 4 hours time, i didn't have a problem with drinking. i was always a gentleman. & never stammered or staggered. peace to you FollowerofShiloh.You tell yourself that when Jesus preached about not being an offense and stumbling block to someone else.
You sound like an excuse.
Don't bring your excuses to me. Take them to God. I am only repeating His words.
I really wasn't thinking about alcoholics per say. If an alcoholic is trying to keep sober but hangs at places where alcohol is served they are not trying very hard to remain clean. And I don't see the issue having a drink here and there or at dinner when out and about. And if someone wants to down a 6 pack+ I see no issue doing it at home.a person's innocent actions are not responsible for people who can't help themselves & don't even try their best to help themselves. Jesus means do not deliberately try to offend someone who may fall back into alcoholism. & it's not my excuse. you have misunderstood what i said but we all do that once in a while. i do not have nor have i ever had a problem with drinking or anything. even when i was drinking 30 to 40 drinks in 3 to 4 hours time, i didn't have a problem with drinking. i was always a gentleman. & never stammered or staggered. peace to you FollowerofShiloh.
Dude. This thread was started by a troll.I really wasn't thinking about alcoholics per say. If an alcoholic is trying to keep sober but hangs at places where alcohol is served they are not trying very hard to remain clean. And I don't see the issue having a drink here and there or at dinner when out and about. And if someone wants to down a 6 pack+ I see no issue doing it at home.
I am talking about being known for what you represent in your calling with God.
One should always try their best to keep, because of personal belief, because God's honor is everything, the image of a follower of God to the Standard of Godly living. And when one is in the company of people they know or do not know, others may know them. I meet many people who say aren't you that preacher, or that guy we saw talking about Jesus to this person or some other example they remember me by. But I have no idea who these people are especially to realize they know who I am by my conduct of being a Christian.
It's these people I walk away from thinking, "God, thank you for not letting me have been doing something that could have distorted Your Image of what I should be in You."
This is what my posts in this thread are intending to mean and be saying![]()
If you read my first post I have been talking to Everlasting Grace the entire time and only answered Karlon because he quoted me. No one in this thread exists but to whom I am talking to. Not even a troll. Not even you until now because you quoted me.Dude. This thread was started by a troll.
Not even a very energetic troll. He just grabbed a stereotypical hot button topic and threw it out there.
I mean you can post arguments all you want, but it's just feeding the troll in this case.
Just to be clear here, I do not think having a couple beers is a sin.
As a Preacher, I don't do it because it could lead others to question God.
My Job is to teach the Word of God, not to be an offense and stumbling block to other people.
Then I am so glad I quoted you. I would hate to think I don't exist. =^.^=If you read my first post I have been talking to Everlasting Grace the entire time and only answered Karlon because he quoted me. No one in this thread exists but to whom I am talking to. Not even a troll. Not even you until now because you quoted me.
God loves you Brother as do IThen I am so glad I quoted you. I would hate to think I don't exist. =^.^=