Is it a sin to drink alcohol
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Melach, I'm guessing they think "strong drink" is chocolate milk
By the way, all one has to do is research the origin of Welch's grape juice to see that there are problems with their assertion. Grape juice could not be kept until modern canning techniques developed in the 1800's.
And, you are right..it's the product of women leading men around by their dress strings. This is especially true in charismatic/Pentecostal/free-willer circles.
What percentage of alchohol? I know of a moderate drinker who drank beer. He had to stop due to gaining too much weight and blood pressure.
i love you too bro and all is going good praise God in all states. and you know i didnt know that about grape juice. that doctrine is so ridicilous really. modernized christianity. people are more pastorally concerned than Jesus now? Jesus made wine and wasnt worriedMelach, I'm guessing they think "strong drink" is chocolate milk
By the way, all one has to do is research the origin of Welch's grape juice to see that there are problems with their assertion. Grape juice could not be kept until modern canning techniques developed in the 1800's.
And, you are right..it's the product of women leading men around by their dress strings. This is especially true in charismatic/Pentecostal/free-willer circles.
I think using grape juice reduces from the sensual perception of the experience that God intended. I believe it creates a feeling of warmth and joy and thankfulness.
It is the abuse of God's gifts that is the problem, not the use of them.
And God has definitely given wine to make man's heart glad.
Psalm 104:15 and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
What kind of a biblical ignoramus can come along and think he knows better than God on this issue?
Answer: Pentecostals, free-willers, Seventh Day Adventists.
They are more moral than God
There's definitely some health risks involved in overconsumption. I wouldn't deny that.
Complete prohibition as a measure of righteousness is the problem methinks.
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A drink is defined as 1.5 ounces of spirits, 5 ounces of wine, or 12 ounces of beer. The dietary guidelines recommend that anyone younger than the legal drinking age and pregnant women should refrain from drinking alcohol.
In a review of 84 studies, people who drank one or fewer alcoholic drinks a day were 14% to 25% less likely to develop heart disease compared to their teetotaling counterparts.
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https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20110224/moderate-alcohol-drinking-may-boost-heart-health
So you were right, and I was wrong... but your demeaning arrogance only confirms my previous estimation of you.
You said to drink alcohol is a sin; it is not. So by direct evidence (not a priori assumption) I already know your 'study' is bunk; it reaches a wrong conclusion, therefore it is in error, and not worth looking at.
I don't know what you presume is the 'lifestyle' which believers who know the freedom they have are in your words, 'practicing' ((there's an a priori for ya)) but if you truly have any knowledge relevant to the particular scriptures which have already been mentioned nothing stops you from giving that specific input. You don't have to copy-paste walls of error on other scriptures in order to address the things that have already been said, yet you decline - so again I have direct evidence upon which to reach the conclusion that you don't have legitimate arguments to make. What you do purport to have is a flood of text to bury the discussion with, and as demonstrated already, it's not germane to do so, because you've already given the conclusion, and the conclusion is false. The only purpose it would serve is to use it as a weapon, cutting off objection through information overload.
So basically not really drinking much of it then. Might as well just drink water. Not enough water is probably much of our problems.
So, you think that to "eat" means to drink?, yes?
Gen_24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
Do you see those two words? Are you telling me that it says to "eat" (drink) twice?
Hi!
1Tim 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Paul advised Timothy to drink wine for medicinal purposes.......
As mentioned before drink in moderation, just like food, eat in moderation..
And whatever we indulge in...
God Bless!
1Tim 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Paul advised Timothy to drink wine for medicinal purposes.......
As mentioned before drink in moderation, just like food, eat in moderation..
And whatever we indulge in...
God Bless!
Yes, it is. My study shows without a doubt, but you desired to not see it. I am clean from your blood.
you are arguing that this is for drink offerings?
that God's word to the people commands to offer to Him sinful, evil sacrifices at a place other than where He chose to place His name?
no, i really would rather not read such a study.
same word in Leviticus 7 & 17 - do not eat blood.
in Genesis 43:16, same word, is to dine - referring both to eating and drinking, to being fed
it is the same word in Exodus 12 referring to the seder meal, which Christ took with His disciples both meat and wine in 'the' cup.
it is the same word in Deuteronomy 8:10 & 12 saying in the land they will 'eat and be satisfied' referring both to partaking in the good foods in vv. 8-9 and also to drinking from the brooks, streams and deep springs in v. 7
it means to consume as at the burning bush, which did not.
moreover Deuteronomy 14:26 instructs to take the meat and the strong drink purchased with the LORD's portion of increase & with it to consume & rejoice - a word conjoined with wine in many scriptures, ex. Ecclesiastes 9:7 & Psalm 104:15
@WithinReason methinks your argument is spurious.
Poor kid, you’re another legalistic warrior who has no concept of grace. All you do is shut out the Kingdom of Heaven against others. I sincerely pity you. Now give me another Red X so your batting average remains 1.0000.
Now you are on to something.
, but what it is will remain ellusive to you until you desire truth. Yes, it was to be consumed.