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1 | wine and acohol | 1 Tim 5:23 | 413 furman rd | 111466 | ||
what does God/ the bible say about drinking wine and acohol | ||||||
2 | wine and acohol | 1 Tim 5:23 | Aniset | 111467 | ||
Because of the trouble alcoholic beverages can cause, some have labeled all drinking as 'evil.' Others say or imply that all strong drink is condemned by God. But that is not a balanced view. And it simply is not the truth, for it is not God's view. Do you remember reading about the first miracle that Jesus Christ performed? It was the turning of water into wine. (John 2:1-11) How reasonable would it be for him to make wine and then forbid people to drink it? And if God disapproved of all drinking, would he tell us in his own Word that he "will certainly make for all the peoples . . . a banquet of well-oiled dishes, a banquet of wine kept on the dregs"? (Isa. 25:6) Then, too, the apostle Paul advised Timothy: "Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent cases of sickness."-1 Tim. 5:23. So, of itself, drinking is not wrong. It is like many other things God created for man's enjoyment. They can be used for good or for bad. For instance, is eating food bad? No, but you can make it bad if you habitually overeat to the point of becoming a glutton. Is your hand bad? Of course not. It is a marvelous instrument for man's use. But you can make it bad if you use it to commit a crime, such as strangling someone with it. Yes, you can take things that are 'good' and make them 'bad' by the way you use them. It is the same with alcoholic beverages. It is not the drinking of alcoholic beverages that God's Word condemns. It is their excessive use: "Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards . . . will inherit God's kingdom."-1 Cor. 6:9, 10. |
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3 | wine and acohol | 1 Tim 5:23 | EdB | 111474 | ||
Aniset You state Jesus turned water into wine and that is true but can you offer any proof that wine was alcoholic? Bear in mind we have recently discovered that alcohol in any form is very bad for unborn infants. Jesus being God would of course have known that. At the time of wedding in Cana it would be fair to expect a number of pregnant women to be in attendance so if in fact the wine was alcoholic that would put Jesus into the position of providing something that could harm someone. I DON’T THINK SO! Also do you know without sanitation and adding sugar to fruit it will spoil, turn into vinegar and never achieve an alcoholic content higher than an 1-3 percent. This percentage would not kill any other thing in the water so using the old argument they drank wine instead of water because the water would make you sick is nonsense. Also a person drinking alcoholic wine instead of water would eventually died of thirst since alcohol is dehydrator, meaning it pulls water from the body that then is eliminated with the alcohol. Also are you aware that “New Wine” which is nearly non alcoholic is sought after in the wine country? However because of it’s short shelf life days most non wine country people are unaware of it. New wine is preferred by those that know wine and will often be the basis for judging the “old wine” that will be completed at a later day. EdB |
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