For those of you who believe and teach that it matters not what a Christian eats or drinks, can you explain how this passage fits into your thinking? Thanks in advance :).
To me, that verse includes FAR MORE than JUST what we "eat or drink" as it contains the word "WHATSOEVER". How we dress, how we live, what we read, what we listen to, how much we eat (yes, I believe overeating is a sin).
And to set the record straight, I do not believe I can WORK my way to Heaven at all. I just believe that the Bible says, JESUS SAYS, that if we truly LOVE HIM, we will strive to obey Him. And I believe it's IMPOSSIBLE to obey Him, on our own....but the Bible is very clear, WITH GOD, ALL THINGS are POSSIBLE. He doesn't ask us to do anything that He won't enable us to do.