Christians & Alcohol

[txgirlmaddy]

You're new here, so I'll keep this civil. It is against our ToS to promote drinking Diet Pepsi. Drinking alcohol in moderation may be a matter of the heart, but drinking Diet Pepsi is always wrong. Diet Coke is the only biblical choice. Jesus didn't drink Diet Pepsi. He was all about Diet Coke and sharing it with others:

Luke 6:29 "If someone takes your Coke, do not stop him"

Now, back to topic.

Okkay.. well I've never heard of that. Your joking with me right? Otherwise, hmmm... don't knoww what Bible your reading King Coca Cola Version? LOL

 

[joethemechanic]

I must be old, I can remember people smoking in church, the supermarket, restaurants,,,,,,,,,,,,

AND

In high school we had two 10 minute "smoke breaks" during the day.

 

[Classik]

What makes you think the wine Jesus turned the water into was nonalcoholic?

The bible didn't say tho;) But the bible commands(ed) no priest shoult take alcohol. We are HIS priests

 

[Classik]

Erm, I'd prefer NOT to get lung cancer thankyouverymuch.

 

[Classik]

Everyone has been great about giving their honest opinions, and some excellent wisdom in this forum. Glad I came across it.

Me too. I like it here....just that I don't like American Football

 

[reba]

I don't drink despite the pressure from my friends to drink with them at restraunts. I always just have a diet pepsi and be the des driver. I too grew up thinking that alcohol is a substance you don't wanna get involved with bc it can go out of control fast, my dad has been sober for 5 yrs. running. Praying he stays that way.

 

[Classik]

Okkay.. well I've never heard of that. Your joking with me right? Otherwise, hmmm... don't knoww what Bible your reading King Coca Cola Version? LOL

Indeedtotopic

 

[pdpilgrim78]

Me too. I like it here....just that I don't like American Football

It will be my goal to convert you to American Football Classik....:yes

Looks as though I've just found my ministry!

 

[Classik]

It will be my goal to convert you to American Football Classik.... Looks as though I've just found my ministry!

Noooooooooooooooooooo

 

[ATRiuM]

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart (Ecclesiastes 9:7)

Surely the fact that it is said the best wine was saved until last when people are drunk means that the wine Jesus turned from water was the same type of wine (regular) they were drinking.

And also, is it not what we do when taking alcohol that is bad, not the alcohol itself. I mean, an occasional drink that doesn't affect your behaviour cannot be bad?

 

[Carolyn]

The point is that God clearly spoke to your heart and told YOU to avoid alcohol.
1 Sam 15:23 is Samuel speaking to King Saul. "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold. to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams, for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king." NKJV

We each must obey and avoid those things that may be our downfall when God has written that on our hearts.

I found the references to fundamentalism interesting. None of the pastors of fundamentalist churches that I have attended have claimed that people did not drink fermented wine in the Bible. Nor did they require that the congregation abstain, but they made a practice of choosing leaders who set a good example by not drinking.

Perhaps that writer is thinking of the Holiness movement as taught by Wesley which may still cling to this idea. Nevertheless, I tend to lump any "legalism" with "the traditions of the pharasees". The law is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ--teaching us our need for His grace. But Romans 8 shows us that the way to be freed from the tyranny of the law is to walk in the Spirit. Thereby we do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

 

[Nick]

I drink alcohol. I don't believe it is condemmed in Scripture, although drunkendess is. One must be careful. Luckily I have not had the drunk experience yet. Being 20 I guess I've got a long way to go, but those first two years - a lot of people exploring alcohol and a lot of pressure. I've come out of that at the most tipsy, but not drunk.

What I will say is this: there is no command against consuming alcohol, and as such I believe it is a personal conviction issue. If the OP chooses to abstain, given their circumstances that may be a good idea. And if I was at dinner with the OP, I would not drink alcohol if it could be a stumbling block. In other words, Romans 14 applies here:

 

[jasoncran]

not for me. alcohol is best for combustionable engines.:shocked!

 

[Nick]

Okkay.. well I've never heard of that. Your joking with me right? Otherwise, hmmm... don't knoww what Bible your reading King Coca Cola Version? LOL

Yeah. It's in our ToS, 2.15. :yes

 

[joethemechanic]

not for me. alcohol is best for combustionable engines.:shocked!

What about on Purim?

 

[jasoncran]

What about on Purim?

getting drunk to remember the first shoah while dressing up as mordecai and or esther et all? no thanks.

 

[joethemechanic]

getting drunk to remember the first shoah while dressing up as mordecai and or esther et all? no thanks.

I don't drink but I find that you can eat enough hamantaschen and drink enough milk to become confused

 

[jasoncran]

thats a first the messianic site i looked into purim didnt say that. they mentioned a an bad tradition from the talmud of getting so drunk to forget.

 

[joethemechanic]

thats a first the messianic site i looked into purim didnt say that. they mentioned a an bad tradition from the talmud of getting so drunk to forget.

You don't know what a hangover is until you've had a hamantaschen and milk hangover

“Cursed be Haman†“Blessed be Mordechai,â€

“Cursed be Haman†“Blessed be Mordechai,â€

“Cursed be Haman†“Blessed be Mordechai,€

 

[jasoncran]

You don't know what a hangover is until you've had a hamantaschen and milk hangover

“Cursed be Haman†“Blessed be Mordechai,â€

“Cursed be Haman†“Blessed be Mordechai,â€

“Cursed be Haman†“Blessed be Mordechai,â€

show me a link to the either an orthodox site or messianic one describing what you say. i find it hard that orthodox do that.i drink milk alot.