Did the Scripture condemn taking of Alcohol? if 'Yes' where is it written in the bible?

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fredo648:

Did the Scripture condemn taking of Alcohol? if 'Yes' where is it written in the bible?

Alcohol is no sin but too much of it is. . . .
Just like having money is no sin but the love of it is sinful. . . . .

~Sauron~:

Alcohol is no sin but too much of it is. . . .
Just like having money is no sin but the love of it is sinful. . . . .

Jehovah hath spoketh. U can all throw out ur bibles now. Yahweezy is in da building!!

Yes

skfa1:

Yes

Do you mind explaining why you say it is?

Krayola:

Jehovah hath spoketh. U can all throw out your bibles now. Yahweezy is in da building!!

Shut up, Krayola.
U this Godless being!!!

~Sauron~:

Shut up, Krayola.
U this Godless being!!!

dnt mind him. He thinks we re in the sport section

Drinking wine is not sin but getting drunk is.

Even our Lord Jesus drank wine ,in fact his first miracle was the turning of water into wine.

The key word is moderation

islamic religion totally condem alcohol to extent Dt if U taste a drop,itz a sin.

This has been one of the controversial topic in the bible, which i have tried to search for the real truth.
The only place i found in the bible that directly warn against wine and strong drink was in the book of Judges 13:4
and Judges 13:14 and this warning was directly by and to a single person, a pregnant woman, the mother of Sampson I guess.

Another Important place bible gave a warning about wine is in

Ephesians 5:17-19 (King James Version)

17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Like some some people have already said, Drink wine is not a sin but the excess of it or getting drunk of wine. We can see the evil outcome of being drunk of wine in the new testament. Noah cursed a whole generation of his son out of drunkenness, Lot sleep with his 2 daughters out of drunkenness. I understand why some churches make as a doctrine, but not a sin, becoz many cannot determine the quantity intake where by they can get drunk, which might lead them into sin. So is better to stay away from it, just as Jesus said if you left hand will lead you into sin(hell fire) you better cut it off. So if you cant drink you better don't drink at all so that it will not lead you into sin.

If You met Your Pastor in a bar, holding a bottle/glass of beer . . . . What would You say/do?

yes it is a sin! written or unwritten

Missy B:

If You met Your Pastor in a bar, holding a bottle/glass of beer . . . . What would You say/do?

Must a drink be at the bar? After a hectic day i love relaxing at home with few glasses of wine while watching TV, movie or browsing and after that i take ny showers and go to bed , please tell me what sin i have commited?

princekevo:

Must a drink be at the bar? After a hectic day i love relaxing at home with few glasses of wine while watching TV, movie or browsing and after that i take ny showers and go to bed , please tell me what sin i have commited?

What if u were to slip a quick wa*nk (self-service) in there. Would it then be a sin?   

~Sauron~:

Shut up, Krayola.
U this Godless being!!!

haha. I'm not Godless. If u want me to ever answer any of your prayers again u betta start behaving urself. This your trophyless season was all me. 

Krayola:

haha. I'm not Godless. If u want me to ever answer any of your prayers again u betta start behaving urself. This your trophyless season was all me. 

I am not a GAYnner.

Dunno. Even though I don't drink.

Some advocate moderation others abstinence.

Did not jesus turn water into wine during a wedding party. Didn't paul tell timothy to take wine for the sake for his stomach. Nothin wrong with alcohol . Along as it done in moderation.

So are we allowed to do only things that the Bible explicitly endorses . . and forbidden to do things that the bible explicitly condemns? As in a straight up follow the instruction manual and never use your damn brain type thing . . 



Say I was locked out of my house and really needed to take a dump. Would doing it on my neighbors lawn send me to hell? Let's say i dont have a lawn, and i only dropped one lump and held the rest in . . so it was in moderation.

Krayola:

Say I was locked out of my house and really needed to take a dump. Would doing it on my neighbors lawn send me to hell? Let's say i dont have a lawn, and i only dropped one lump and held the rest in . . so it was in moderation.

Very funny
I guess you will be glad if all your neighbours that are unable to get into their houses to take a dump come and do it at your door step.
You wouldn't like that would you?
That's where "do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" comes in.
So my brother, I think that your argument doesn't hold water.

the bible is not the refernce if you want to sin    Drinking or not drinking is firstly human desire  even you said that bible  does not condamn this action but depends on you to choose what is Good for you. specially this question often comes from no christians side  or christians but bound  to this world desires .  even the church says   drink  but in Good manner   no one will accept to just drink only one glass and say that is all   you can see why other  religions  say that drinking is sin

FMK:

no one will accept to just drink only one glass and say that is all you can see why other religions say that drinking is sin

The bolded is very incorrect. I have some friends who do not drink beer and they don't take more than a glass of wine when ever they come visiting. So that's also not true.
Also, not all religions condemn drinking some are silent about it. Sometimes its the views of the teachers of the religion we advocate when we say do not drink, not the views of the religion itself.

Krayola:

What if u were to slip a quick wa*nk (self-service) in there. Would it then be a sin?
haha.

I don't understand what your meant by this, can you explain pls?

9-11:

The bolded is very incorrect. I have some friends who do not drink beer and they don't take more than a glass of wine when ever they come visiting. So that's also not true.
Also, not all religions condemn drinking some are silent about it. Sometimes its the views of the teachers of the religion we advocate when we say do not drink, not the views of the religion itself.

Exactly what am talking abt
I believe God deal with us individually and not collectively. That some people drink and get drunk, start misbehaving does not mean it should be generalised as sin. The manifestation of it is what matters. Some people get drunk, which might lead them into sin and i drink to relax at home before going to sleep. It is 2 different issues here. That is why the book of Proverbs 20:1 says

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Underline whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. It did not say whoever taketh it. So for some people to let wine or strong drink deceive them does make it general sin. I do not advice people to drink anyways becoz is very difficult to maintain the limitation that is why i mostly drink at home.
That is also why some wise governments places high tax on Alcohols to limit its citizen from the intake.

princekevo:

Underline whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

lol
How come I never saw that part before. 

I think I'm inclined to agree with you as it is clear that the bible did not outrightly condemn the drinking of alcohol it only advocates moderation of it. Some biblical references to back this up are:

"Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in sin assemblies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy." (Romans 13:13)

"But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat." (1 Corinthians 5:11)

"Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male love-peddlers nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)

"The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, sin assemblies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:19-21)

"Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit." (Ephesians 5:18)

"For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do--living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, sin assemblies, carousing and detestable idolatry. They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you. But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead." (1 Peter 4:3-5)


My suggestion would be that if you are a Christian who drinks alcohol, consider examining your motives carefully. Why do you drink? Is it so that you will "fit in" with the worldly people around you? If so then you may need to check yourself
Do you drink alcohol for the feeling it gives you? If so, that "feeling" means that the alcohol is affecting you, and therefore your body has reached the beginning stages of drunkenness and the habit needs to be checked

Iwish thank all for your wonderful contributions. I can now confirm that Scripture did no condemn Alcohol drinking but with moderation. But where you cannot control yourself better abstain.

But as one who do not take alcohol, can you give your visitor/Friend alcohol or is it a sin to give someone what you do not eat?

^^^Fredo, Imma be crossed with you if I come to your house and you offer me a glass of club soda instead of martini 
Mehn give to Caesar
. . . . 

fredo648:

Iwish thank all for your wonderful contributions. I can now confirm that Scripture did no condemn Alcohol drinking but with moderation. But where you cannot control yourself better abstain.

But as one who do not take alcohol, can you give your visitor/Friend alcohol or is it a sin to give someone what you do not eat?

it does not mean that you take profit from scriptures and abuse them for your alcohol desires

fredo648:

Iwish thank all for your wonderful contributions. I can now confirm that Scripture did no condemn Alcohol drinking but with moderation. But where you cannot control yourself better abstain.

But as one who do not take alcohol, can you give your visitor/Friend alcohol or is it a sin to give someone what you do not eat?

I guess you dont eat frog man, will it be a sin to prepared a frog to a Chinese visitor who visited your house? The answer is no. Where by you have no brewery in you house i wonder how a visitor can come to your house and get himself drunk. Meanwhile you can only offer what you have. If your do not drink alcohol i don't expect you to have one at home. Whereby u have non you offer what u have(juice/water/soda/ and if you any at home i see nothing wrong in serving your visitor with one even if you don't take it.

princekevo:

I guess you dont eat frog man, will it be a sin to prepared a frog to a chinese visitor who visited your house? The answer is know. Where by you have no brewery in you house i wonder how a visitor can come to your house and get himself drunk. Meanwhile you can only offer what you have. If your do not drink alcohol i don't expect you to have one at home. Whereby u have non you offer what u have(juice/water/soda/ and if you any at home i see nothing wrong in serving your visitor with one even if you don't take it.

I'm loving your comments mehn

fredo648:

drinking but with moderation.

That is the key where people abusing i have never seen someone drinking with moderation human and alcohol is like ants and sugar ants cannot leave sugar pot till they come to death

FMK:

That is the key where people abusing i have never seen someone drinking with moderation human and alcohol is like ants and sugar ants cannot leave sugar pot till they come to death

Um u mean never

tempest01:

Um u mean never

of course. try to buy 2 barrels of wine and invite People and tell them to drink with modaration you will see them swimming into the barrels of wine the barrels of wine will turn to a swimming Pool