Is it a sin to drink alcohol

Incorrect. For the Bible, speaking of "temperance", has three categories:


Alcohol is the third category, even as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was:

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Many things that God made will harm you or even kill you. We shouldn’t consume them.

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I've heard confirming evidence from a home-care nurse here.

There was someone who joined a water-drinking contest. Drink a whole gallon of water in a certain, short period of time and win a prize. Their stomach ruptured and they died.

So why would you drink water if it could kill you?

How many people does sugar kill in a year? How many people eat too much meat and french fries and die from heart attacks?

Is it a sin to drink water, have a tea spoon of sugar in your tea, or to eat meat or french fries?

We know specifically from scripture that one may consume wine. It is clearly allowed. Wine and strong drink offerings were even to be made to the Lord. Viewing them as evil substances is not in line with the Bible.

We also know that early Christians used 'real wine' in their meetings. Paul said that one man was hungry and another was drunken in Corinth. He does not rebuke them for using wine. The problem was in the extremes, not feeding one man, and the other drinking to excess instead of a reasonable amount for the purposes in question.

Bacon. The guy is against bacon. I just knew he was a little "off".

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Great comparison.🤦‍♂️

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Thanks , I looked it up but wasn't sure what you meant ..

Read the context of Corinthians, and Paul was not advocating what they were doing. He in fact stated that they were doing it all wrong. The cup of blessing, was given at Passover (no leaven was to be present). The letter to the Corinthians showed what not to be doing. It was a bad example, that needed correction.


Did you see the connection to 'drunken" (alcohol) and "heresies"?

Notice the word "examine" (vs 28), and someone under the influence of even a little alcohol, cannot properly 'examine' rightly.

Notice, many were doing this wrongly, and causing weakness, sickeness and even death (all of which alcohol does):

Gentiles were treating the Lord's supper like a bacchanal.

I posted on this earlier. Christ said 'the scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do...'

The Jewish authorities did not want leaven in the wine. Therefore, it had to be complete fermented so the yeast would die and could be sloughed off the top of the wine. Wine that was not completely fermented was not considered kosher for Passover. In the 20th century, some of their authorities, falsely called 'rabbis' have approved certain processed nonfermented grape juice, but not in the first century. They did allow mixing with several parts water. Children drank as well.

Jesus had the Passover with His disciples too, and drank of the 'fruit of the vine.' Do you think he drank unkosher grape juice?
No, I don't see a connection between their heresies (divisions) and wine, except they weren't sharing the wine and others were over drinking. Paul does not rebuke them for using 'real wine.'

If you had a small quantity of alcohol, especially if it were diluted, that would not be the case.

WithinReason,

Do you think Paul taught against deacons being given to much Welch's grape juice?