Really please enlighten me as to what it is that i am not aware of since as you put it there is some knowledge that I lack. Where have made my mistake Biblically speaking?
I have a lot of respect for Christians who witness. They are being obedient to Christ. Those who do not witness are being disobedient. Yeshua Christ called people snakes and foxes in his witnessing.
People have FORGOTTEN that a sinner CANNOT BE SAVED unless they understand they are a sinner.
It is written that Paul preached righteousness, temperance and judgment to come. Im sure there were those timid souls who were offended by such preaching.
Don't forget that as many people get saved through the preaching of the fear of God as the love of God. Also understand you will get no one saved until they admit they are a sinner. Since most young people spend 12 years in school learning God does not even exist and that right and wrong are purely subjective their conscience is not an ally to your witness.
In witnessing their conscience must be educated by truth then pricked by it. Hats off to the brave people who take Christ seriously!
Nonetheless one should employ wisdom in the sense of being led by the Spirit in their witnessing. Sometimes it may seem gentle and kind. Other times it may seem hard and offensive.
Let us not use those who maybe lack such wisdom as an excuse for our own lack of witnessing. The world is filled with people who are not saved, dying to hear the truth.
Did the fellow use God's guidance and wisdom in telling the sinner he was a sinner and that God loves him?
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Really please enlighten me as to what it is that i am not aware of since as you put it there is some knowledge that I lack. Where have made my mistake Biblically speaking?
Ooh! Ooh! Let me!
Here's your mistake, Biblically speaking: there is no scripture that shows any correlation between drinking and one's status with God.
You're welcome!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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!
I do believe that some of those passages mention more that just being drunk. Allow me to point them out.
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.
Dont look at it.
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!
I do believe that some of those passages mention more that just being drunk. Allow me to point them out.
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.
Dont look at it.
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!
Dont offer it to anyone.
Paul the apostle told Timothy to use no longer water but a little wine for his stomachs sake. If the rest of first and second Timothy is for us this is too. My former Pastor Delbert Havens said the Evangelists gave him a funny look when they saw he kept a jug in his refrigerator. I have one in mine as we speak.
Paul the apostle told Timothy to use no longer water but a little wine for his stomachs sake. If the rest of first and second Timothy is for us this is too. My former Pastor Delbert Havens said the Evangelists gave him a funny look when they saw he kept a jug in his refrigerator. I have one in mine as we speak.
That is talking about medicine so i agree take medicine for when your sick.
1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
I do believe that some of those passages mention more that just being drunk. Allow me to point them out.
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.
Dont look at it.
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!
Dont offer it to anyone.
Deut 14
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household
Not just wine only, but strong drink too...
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