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Wed, 05 February 2014 11:59

Gary
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Registered: August 2008
Location: Indiana

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James wrote: Bickering and pointing fingers over personal preferences concerning what one eats, drinks, wears, celebrates, observes, or doesn't eat, drink, wear, celebrate, or observe only places burdens on others...remember the scribes and the Pharisees described by Jesus in Matthew 23? They placed burdens upon others while they themselves were only hindering people from entering The Kingdom of God (Matt.23:13) It not only hinders and causes others to stumble, it reflects the spiritual immaturity and hypocrisy of the finger pointer.

I was thinking about this further and somewhere there is a balance and I don't know if that is even the right word to use.

Take any subject, let's say sports for instance. While we can point the finger at all the evils behind any certain sport, there can be some good as well.

I would rather see young teenage boys involved in sports then running the streets involved in idleness and drugs. I can see where involvement in sports would burn up all that youthful energy and can be geared towards more positive goals in life.

What about drinking an occasional beer or glass of wine, certainly it can lead to evil if abused. But if the scriptures do not forbid it then why should anyone point the finger at someone saying their in sin for drinking.

I know of someone who recently was going to a relatives wedding, a young niece, someone in the family told me they were not going to the reception afterwards because his family was Prebysterian (misspelled) and they would be drinking. I agreed with the person at the time, but later was thinking Jesus showed up at the wedding reception and even created more wine for the guests.

What if a person has a disease to make them overweight do we point the finger and say their gluttonous?

For some people TV or even the internet becomes the great evil. So they cast these items out of their houses and point the finger if anyone mentions some movie they recently watched. If a Christian writes a book and it becomes a major movie, then is it evil if it contains wizards and occult. Some don't think so its just fantasy while others point the finger and say its occult and evil.

Is this stuff really evil in itself?

It depends on what side of the fence your standing on, or which group your running with and what they believe on the matter.

In reality Christianity is a narrow road that each individual will travel and they have to make decisions for themselves what is right or wrong in light of the scriptures. Granted some groups only take what the preacher says and believes and they never take a look at what is in the Bible, and what it says.

I realize there are over sensitive Christians that will never listen to any Godly counsel as well. But the Bible does give instructions if that's the right word to use.

There are times when a person refuses to participate in some of these situations mentioned and even if you do not say anything people will accuse you of legalism. I heard someone say recently at a funeral about the person who died, They said; I think they refused to go to a doctor like the JW's. They were acting like the person was wrong because that dead person did not want to go to a doctor. I guess they even point the finger at you when your dead and in the grave. People will point the finger whether you do or you don't, I think its just human nature whether your a Christian or not a Christian it will happen.

BTW part of your post sounded like you are pointing the finger at the finger pointers. LOL

Lord Bless,
Gary

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