History, dictionaries, and the Bible teaches us that wine can be either fermented or unfermented. Unfermented meaning that the fermenting juice has not went thru the entire fermentation process yet. If you drink, and have no desire whatsoever to seek the truth objectively in the Bible on the warnings in the Bible against strong drink for the OT saints (And not the NT saint), and or in history, dictionaries, etc. then I am saying you are biased to what you want to see (And you are not being entirely honest with yourself). For how many believers who have abstained from alcohol actually believed that the wine Jesus made was intoxicating? My guess is not many.
Okay, fair enough, admiring your boldness to stand your ground. May be i have missed out the fermented and unfermented wine in the HOLY BIBLE. So please kindly show from the HOLY BIBLE Scripture, GOD has written about these that you speak of?
Yes, the saints are porhibited from strong drink which was brewed or was added with low or high alcohol content but not wine let to be fermented naturally and also depend on the period of fermentation. They are to be sober in their duties to their community and not be drunk with wine having to much of it. And true saints know their limitation not to get drunk and they have self control due to their faith in religiousness.
But strong drinks are not mentioned in the New Testament and what is the pattern of this world is porhibited to the church. Yet, wine is allowed because it was a customary drink served with bread during any occasion of invited guests. This was also in the customary of the Passover Communion in church. And Apostle Paul said some of them eat and get drunk before all have arrived after service together, for mealtime. He corrected them by saying, don't they have homes to practice such greediness, thinking about their stomach first or worried that the consumption will be insufficient later together. He also went to justify to the churches after witnessing all of this and drunkards, he proclaimed an order from the LORD, stating;
"Do not get drunk with wine, for it is debauchery(over indulgence to immoral or harmful pleasure), and being a drunkard Christian, it ruins a spiritual growing person, but rather allow the HOLY SPIRIT to fill you."
Christian believers must have or achieve that moderate contentment of GOD's kindness providence in their achievement given lives and not hold back these given or added extras, but give them away to those brothers and sisters or even outsiders who ask and who don't have.
Christian are porhibited from wild parties that can get out of control, disturbing the peace of the neighborhood, even to many vulgar and arguments. Their parties are spiritual, simple, not noisy, time limited and respecting neighbors.
Yet, the community of Israel written in the Old Testament, once a year when they go for the Passover to Jerusalem, they are allowed to bring strong drinks and wine, to share with one another, even to the unaffordable poor and they are allowed to celebrate together this required feast of remembrance.
- better to be Noah than Lot, especially regarding what happened as a result of wine.
