Porfirio Cahall: What Ethan said, they're all wrong.
Misty Vagle: No..
Corey Rohleder: Just pray about it
Manie Labat: You have to read the Bible. It says that a little wine is good for the stomach 1 Timothy 5:23. Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Clinton Migliori: Paul was saying Abraham had the right to say he had won God's approval when he was willing to offer up Isaac but not that he did,he was saying as sinners we have no claim on salvation it is a free gift for God.I am afraid your translation seems to be very out dates and hard to understand.of Course God is always right but I do not think paul is not saying any thing wrong there.
Iris Shawcroft: No, I think you are missing the point of what Paul is trying to say. Abraham was not justified because he was willing to sacrifice his son, he was justified by the fact that he believed, and acted on his beliefs. Life requi! res actions, some informed by faith and others not informed by faith. It required a great faith on Abraham's part to actually do what God had requested of him.
Tomeka Hameen: Is Paul right...?"For if Abraham were justified by works, he had whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and was counted unto him for righteousness. Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness." (Romans 4:2-5)Or is God right...? "[B]ecause thou [Abraham] hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; b! ecause thou hast obeyed my voice." Genesis 22:16-18....Show mo! re
Clinton Migliori: No it gets stuck in a really big tree. Way up at the top where you can't reach it.
Christopher Calcano: What would be the result, if this course was adopted by the people of the United States? It would destroy the golden prospects of those who were seeking for gain alone, and men would be sought for, in the nation, State, or Territory, who were for the people, and would seek earnestly for their welfare, benefit, and salvation. We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame, or popularity.JD 7:12, Brigham Young, July 4, 1854Are there any such in the United States? Yes, plenty of them among all classes of men, though they have little or nothing to say about politics. Many of them are much like one Mr. Ho...Show more
Aubrey Tirri: Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, and He gave wine to his disciples at the Last Supper, so drinking wine in moderation is clearly OK. I! presume beer is OK, too, since it has even lower alcohol content than wine. But it's also clear that getting drunk habitually is a sin, and the Bible contains several warnings against imbibing "strong drink." So, if someone can't stop at a couple of drinks, it *may* be a sin for them to drink at all....Show more
Basil Blasingame: Be merry and drink , then have another, you'll be forgiven. Just don't embarrass yourself or others, and don't let out any secrets.
Marion Wieboldt: Its a sin to not drink.
Luis Mellon: AntiApollyon:Obviously if Abraham only believed and didn't do the works it would have been accounted to him as sin.
Jonathan Schlussel: It's not a sin to drink. Jesus' first miracle was turning water into wine and at the last supper he offered people wine and drank it. He clearly drank wine.
Nell Dipiero: Its not a sin to drink... It is a sin to get drunk......1 Corinthians 6:10 lists drunkards among those who will not inherit the ! kingdom of God. "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the! kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, NOR DRUNKARDS, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God., God does say he does not like a drunkard....Show more
Coleman Petropoulos: No. Drunks are condemned though
Esteban Lyson: it is a sin to be drunk, not to drink they used it for settling the stomach as Jesus said, not to get drunk on. plus, when it states drink of the vine that means grape Juice, not wine. it is forbidden to drink fermented wine at passover for it had yeast in it to make it alcoholic. yeast was forbidden on the passover and unleavened bread festival for a week. it is a sign of corruption 'sin'....Show more
Pam Rampadarat: Tim M:I think You are missing the point...GOD Said:"because thou hast obeyed my voice."OBEDIENCE... is the word God uses...Obedience to a commandment from God......Show more
Fannie Collingwood: I know alot of christian think its a sin to drink alcohol and it does say that our bodies are a temple for the holy spirit so we are to keep it clean for him.Jesus did turn water into wine at a celebration and he also asked us to remember him by drinking wine in communion. I feel that its ok to have a drink in company but in moderation. But I also think that you have to be aware of the company you are in and as not to offend them or lead them to do something that may be dangerous to them( alcoholic's)....Show more
Julieta Suleiman: He drank. He was called a drunkard. He wasn't, though. So it's Scriptural to drink but not get drunk. Moderation.
Denna Prudente: Do you think James sounds a little angry when addressing Pauls theology here,,,?
Merlin Fleischhacker: you wrote your answer in your question good go.,Yes people prefer calling it a sin and not do it because they protect themselves against doing bad stuff and they are sm! art.But there are also religious people who drink a glass of wine or a ! glass of beer and that ain't bad. But like you say do not get drunk thats bad.People somehow always think being religious mean you can not do anything...Show more
Bell Pasco: I'm stoned..
Emilie Santmyer: Two extremes: cold hot, good bad, male female.... if you subtract one extreme, you cancel out the remaining . Which one of you Yahoos can explain this to me in more detail?
Norine Lomonte: Can I convert, I own 4 Frisbee's and a Dog?
Nannie Kasee: Hi TJM,well, the first paragraph could not have been written before the year 1484! Up until then, the word wikka meant only wise (from the wikka or wise women - the natural healers widespread in Europe) After this date, Pope Innocent VIII had it decreed from the pulpit that wikka is the work of the devil (from there the work wicked, meaning evil) and the ex-military first aid corps declared the only divinely approved curers (from which the entire medico-pharmaceutical industry)."Saint" Paul was, in no way, ! inclined to follow the teachings of Jesus but comes, rather, from that part of the Jewish people who sought to remove the Romans by military means and "merely" abused Jesus' name to further their own ends - hence the violence he preached. Taking parts of Genesis out of context and assuming that this is literally meant rather than allegorical and instructive is the mistake which has lead you astray. The Old Testament is primarily a metaphysical treatise as adjunct to the Kabbalah and, without the codes which a Kaballah student would learn, impossible to understand. Your assumption that the Talmud and the Torah (the source of the Old Testament) are to be taken literally has lead you wildly astray.Reality, thank God, is very different.Blessed be.Karma Singh
Bob Nakamoto: contagiousjerm:So do you think that James calling Paul a "vain man" was his way of agreeing with him...?
Kelly Bistodeau: You are right...it's not a sin to drink but it is a sin to get drunk...
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Donald Caravalho: Habakkuk 2:16 - Drinking leads to shame.
Est! er Bryand: ur right- there is nothing wrong with drinking as long as you don't get drunk
Blair Abdi: That is correct!It is easy to spot Frisbeetarian households in your neighborhood, as well
Bianca Lannier: What is the disagreement between them again?
Troy Monsivais: When you come right down to it the entire question becomes moot. Faith and works are two sides of the SAME coin! Just merely mouthing the words: "I take Jesus as my personal savior" is worthless unless we make those words have REAL meaning. If we have truly taken love into our hearts then "works' will automatically follow.Another thought. The revered Rev. Billy Graham was also of the opinion that salvation was through Jesus, but actually knowing Him through the words in the scripture was not necessary. And that merely mouthing the words " I take Jesus as my saviour" didn't make it a fact. "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him." Thus bringing God's love in! to this world IS taking Jesus as our saviour. And unless we do that we give the lie to saying that Jesus is our saviour. Without "works" there IS NO FAITH!“What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? …You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only…? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.†(James 2:14, 24, 26)
Sol Allphin: Abraham did no works. That is, God did not put any expectations on Abraham, God simply said this and that, and Abraham believed Him.. God said "Go here," and Abraham went. God said, "Do this," and Abraham did it. Abraham simply obeyed and believed God, whatever God said.Paul is proposing a hypothetical situation. He said "IF Abraham were justified by works, [THEN] he had whereof to glory, BUT not before God." Paul then clarifies more by asking "What do the scriptures say?" and then goes to clarify that Abraham! simply believed God, and this belief, not any works, was counted unto ! righteousness. Paul then provides an answer indicating the hypothetical condition of works being accounted as righteousness is NOT the case, by saying HOWEVER "...faith is credited as righteousness."Essentially, Abraham demonstrated obedience and faith towards God, which is not works. Abraham actually DID nothing but obey what God told him to do. Romans 4:2-5 and Genesis 22:16-18 are complimentary, not contradictory.
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Long Woltjer: I love this question.My dog is a Frisbetarian!!
Ninfa Aronica: Drinking alcohol is a virtue not a sin. I believe everyone should have the right to believe whatever they wish . . . and I believe I'll have another drink!!!
Mildred Pombo: LOL
Stevie Goldey: GOD! Is always right!Everybody else is still got a lot to learn!
Malcom Bourek: Not that which enters a person corrupts or contaminates with sin the person; but what comes out of the person corrupts and contaminates with sin the person, because! it is what comes out of the person that comes forth from the heart. If we drink something with our meal with only that intention, then it is well; but if we drink with intention of desiring the drink to alter our feeling or thoughts, then is it contaminating us by our own want. The point is, is to do all things in moderation, but never in excess....Show more
Cole Desher: James agrees with God, "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by his works was made perfect?" (James 2:19-22) In no manner had Abraham "offered up" his son Isaac. He was ordered by God to sacrifice Isaac (as a test) and because Abraham obeyed God's commands, he was blessed. I believe that Paul rewrote this vital passage to reflect his own theology! , not that of God. What do you think...?...Show more
Mitzie Cloug! h: I don't really understand your question but I think I can explain the thing with the extremes. For example let's take cold-hot. You can say an object is cold or hot only compared to another one. All by itself an object cannot be neither cold nor hot. I can give an example. You can say that summers in Africa are hot compared to summers in Antarctica. But the same summer in Africa will be very cold compared to the temperature of the sun. If you remove the concept of Hot it will be impossible to define what Cold is. It goes the same with the pair Good-Bad. Another example of extremes which depend on each other is Big-Small. A human for example is big compared to an insect but small compared to the Great Pyramid. You can't just assume a human is big or small without a reference.So that's why when you remove one extreme from a pair, you completely cancel the meaning of the remaining one since you no longer have a term of comparison.This does not apply to male-female since yo! u're talking about extremes. By extremes you must imply that there is something in between those two ends. That's what extreme means: the very ends of a spectrum and you have a bunch of other states between them. Males and females are not two extremes since you cannot have something that is exactly half way between the two and you also can't have something closer to the male or female end. They will always be either male or female even in the complete absence of the other....Show more
Rona Ising: It took me a second to sound out "Frisbeterian," but once I got there, I thought the joke was actually pretty funny.
Betsey Muehlbach: Ah, the age old faith vs. works question. Of course the first point I should make is not which is right or wrong, because these passages are not mutually exclusive. God blessed Abraham because he obeyed. Paul said he was justified because of his faith. Why would Abe believe? Because he had faith. We could go further and say that Ab! e didn't actually sacrifice his son, but showed that he was faithful to! do it, except that would cheapen the truth of his obedience.Perhaps we should look to James 2, as mentioned. Taken in context, it is talking about the consequences of faith. IF we we believe, THEN we should act on it. It is easy to profess a belief, because it doesn't require anything to back it up, but what I truly believe is expressed by my actions. "his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did". IF we have faith, then it changes how we live.Even James, in quoting Gen, says "Abraham beleived God, and it was credited to him as righteousness". The key word is beleif - James point being that faith is carried out by action.We should be able to see in Paul's life what he did because of his faith. One author I was reading recently pointed out that Paul never tells his listener's that they are under any obligation to spread the gospel - but he does say that he himself is under compulsion. Why? Because his belief is so ! strong that silence is not an option. His faith led him to works. Similarly, if any man has faith, he will feel under compulsion to act.
