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Originally Posted by I follow Jesus  I am not talking about works-salvation, I am talking common sense, Jesus warned "watch" when he said that do you think he meant "Watch for me in a gambling den or a hash-bar."? Look, he died for our sins, when we say it does not matter where we are or what we are doing when he returns we come pretty close to trampling the cross of Christ underfoot.  |
So, we are really talking about subjectivism. Such an attitude may appear common sensical to you, but it does not to me. And I am not called to subject my Christian liberty to someone else’s “common sense”.
Since Jesus does not describe the correct physical posture in which we are called to “watch” (unless to take an extremely literal view of the story of the virgins and their oil lamps) this doesn’t really seem to be much of an issue. If you can make a case for drinking whiskey in a bar as objectively sinful, then such activity is to be avoided at all time, not just when Jesus is about to return. Likewise with gambling.
All you are left with is pious sounding advice that, frankly, does not resonate with all believers, esp Reformed ones.