CHRISTIANITY & ALCOHOL
Can a child of God drinks alcohol, at least little? Please read!

Judges 13:7, “And He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

The Nazirite!

Samson was conceived as a Nazirite of God and was to be a Nazirite through out his lifetime. In Old Testament, a Nazirite was a person who separated and consecrated himself unto God for a period of time and followed the law of Nazirite. One major law of Nazirite was abstinence from wine. Samson was conceived and born nazirite of God who was to be a life nazirite of God, the angel of God warned the parents not to drink wine during the pregnancy and since Samson would be a life nazirite, he was supposed to stay away from wine.

Drinking to Destruction
After many years, Samson began to drink wine and that led to his destruction, because as a nazirite of God, he was forbidden to drink wine. It was actually the drinking of wine that laid the foundation of Samson’s destruction. It was not a sin for others to drink wine then, but because Samson was a nazirite of God and nazirites don’t drink wine. Numbers 6:1-4.

Nazirite of Jesus
When you become a child of God through Jesus Christ, you become a nazirite of God for life, separated unto God fully and forever. As a nazirite of Jesus Christ, no drinking of alcohol, not even a little.

Here is the answer to the above question, it is not a sin for you to drink beer or alcoholic drink as long you are not a separated born again Christian, as long you are not a nazirite of Jesus, but when you genuinely surrender your life to Jesus and become an heavenly recognized Christian, you become a nazirite of God and it is forbidden for you to drink any alcohol.

Do Not Be Drunk With Wine!
Ephesians 5:18, “And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,”
When Apostle Paul said, “Do not be drunk with wine” does that implies a child of God can drink alcohol moderately but not to stupor? The answer is no! What it means is that a child of God can drink wine but not alcoholic wine, not any wine that has the capacity of alcohol to make people drunk at any level of drinking. Any wine that can make you drunk contains alcohol and a child of God must not drink such.

It was not every wine during the time of Jesus and Paul contained alcohol as it is in our present time. At least you will agree with me that the wine which Jesus Christ used for the Holy Communion was not alcoholic since we still have and use the same wine today. It is a fruit of the vine, juice wine, and non-alcoholic. Matthew 26:28. So, some wines then were not alcoholic and also today; such fruit, juice wine, non-alcoholic wines are meant for a child of God who is interested. Anything apart from that is dissipation and will hinder the free flow of Holy Spirit in one’s life.

No Drinking, No Selling and No Abetting!
As it is sinful for a nazirite of God to drink alcoholic drink, so it is sinful to selling or to work at where they produce alcoholic drinks. Those who aid and abet alcoholic drinks are working directly against God and walking directly into God’s judgment. ““But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’ Amos 2:12

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Thank you.Sound teaching of righteousness.Our body is the temple of the holy spirit & not a single alcohol drop should pollute this holy temple.Not a single sin spot should be spared.