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to the music they listen to. They think that we

are strange.

Banqueting

The word “banquetings” in 1 Peter 4:3 is the

only time it's used in the New Testament, but it’s

used in the Old Testament. Before we got

saved, “we walked in lasciviousness, lusts,

excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and

abominable idolatries.” Now, what do we mean

by banqueting? We're talking about gluttony,

we're talking about drunkenness, parties as the

word would be used today, luxurious feasts,

rioting, immorality, worldly music – excess in

these things. That's what we're talking about. The

Romans and the Greeks did not understand why

the Christians did not participate in their worldly

activities. I've got writings also of pagan

Romans, and if somebody quit going to the

theaters or they quit going to the chariot races,

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