Subject: making wine.Did Jesus make a mistake. |
Bible Note: Dear Gracefull, Thank you for your post. I would like to address your statement concerning tha addictive properties of alcohol. You stated: "I would like to ask you about your statemnt that it takes a great deal of alcohol to become addicted..Having family history with alcoholism, what I have learned is that in most cases of alcoholism there is a chemical imbalance and with a single drink the alcohol becomes a very strong compulsion. First of all, if you were correct in deducing a chemical reaction that would lead to compulsion, then all who indulge (even moderate users)would become addicts. If you re-read my statement, you will notice that I spoke of "physical" addiction. This stage of bondage is accompanied by serious physical reactions to the -absense- of a certain level of alcohol in the bloodstream. It leads to the "DT's and may result in a grand mal siezure. It is a very serious condition. Note: I am not an expert on this subject and what I am telling you is merely "common knowledge" acquired through experience during 70's and 80's. I have not been actively involved since that time. I do not deny that some people take to alcohol like a fish takes to water. It becomes their sin of choice that enables them to go farther into sin they would not dare to while sober (my opinion based on personal experience and Romans 1 and 2). Science has been studying this so-called disease to find a genetic link that would explain why approximately 10 percent of those who drink become drunkards. But the bible says it is a form of sin and not a physical ailment. For instance: God would not condenm a person for being born blind. Do you see the danger in putting the blame on the substance itself? And the defense that the devil made me do it will not wash either! The devil may tempt us to sin by presenting us with forbiddon pleasues, but he has no power to force us to indulge in them. It is the wickedness of the human heart that causes us to rebel against the law of God. Alcohol does not make people do evil things, the natural man is already bent in that direction. He merely uses alcohol to drug his mind against the witness of his conscience. Having begun on this course, God turns him over to a reprobate mind and allows him to go deeper and deeper into the miery pit of sin. John |