Dear Boanerges, Thank you for responding. Yes, I have re-read the scriptures you quoted. So you are saying then that as long as we regard everything unto the Lord, we can do whatever we like? Can I even attend a mass then if I like, if I regard it unto the Lord, when I know that
it is an abomination to the Lord, as the "Christ-mass" also is? What about the Reformed Martyrs who were burned at the stake, - they could have partaken of the mass instead of refusing it and saved their own skin, saying they were regarding it unto the Lord?
What about the scripture in Philippines then....chapter 3 v. 7-8 "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea, doubless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ."

I know I have a lot to learn, and always want to have a teachable spirit, but when one is shown the Truth of a matter, how can one possibly not abstain?

Your further comments would be appreciated. Thank you.

English Rose