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NASB | Deuteronomy 14:26 "You may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 14:26 "You may spend the money for anything your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or [other] strong drink, or anything else you want. You shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household. |
Bible Question: Can this verse mean what it sounds like. I have been raised in a church that looks on any form of alcohol as sin. I am having a hard time proving that in the word of God. Being a drunkard, yes, I find that condemned but a glass of wine or a drink? Can someone help? I want to move from what I have been taught traditionally and find the truth God intended. I have never been a big consumer of alcohol so this does not come from that. But when I teach my children right and wrong I want it to be what God teaches as such. |
Bible Answer: I’m not sure what Deuteronomy 14:26 sounds like to you, but in context, it says nothing and concludes nothing as far as the consumption of alcohol in the day in which we live. Consumption of alcohol was always forbidden for kings, priest, and prophets (Pro 31:4, Isa28:7-8). Since we have been made kings and priest by Jesus Himself (1Pe 2:9, Rev 1:6), I would say that alcohol consumption is always forbidden for us also, and that your church is teaching the WORD. Isa 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, And through intoxicating drink are out of the way; The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink, They are swallowed up by wine, They are out of the way through intoxicating drink; They err in vision, they stumble in judgment. retxar |