there is this thread by alBHAGDADI that says the Bible dopes not support drinking wine, Well I am here to burst this lie. A lot were said in that thread but I just want to quote JESUS himself. At Matthew 11:16 to 19 Jesus said "To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: "'We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' {pay a rapt attention to verse 19} The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is proved right by her deeds."

Can one be called a drunkard if all he drinks is fruit juice, or soft drinks? HELL NO!

The Bible condemns over eating and over drinking. The act or habit of loosing control when you see alcohol or food is what is condemned. If all you eat is one plate of food then one day you eat like 3 plates, you will be out of shape, so is it with alcohol, over eating and over drinking are sins. Why? each one of them, makes you loose self control.

Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding feast in Cana, then the wine was given to the feast director to taste, he then said (form the tone of his speech you can see he was surprised and a bit angry) "every other man gives the guests the fine wine first and when he guests are drunk, he serves the inferior wine, why have you reserved the fine wine until now?" Which means that the wine Jesus miraculously made is alcoholic, and should have been served first, then when the people are drunk they are served the first one that they were served.

Please Mod send this to the front page.

You know something? intention is the acid test for heaven's judgement on all actions, check it ask this question with all sincerity, "why do you want to take the alcoholic drink? " you might say for health, who then is the great healer? ask the Holy Spirit, Lord please give me the grace to know I do not need a alcoholic drink when I know you are the most high!!

thank you OP. there are many fake preachers here on nairaland, whom the evil spirit is using in one way or the other to imbibe trash in the lives of the believers of Christ. They are so many in this platform. So I would urge all Christians on nairaland to be very very cautious and be guided on what they read from this fake preachers of the gospel. Some of them might be doing this things because they love God and wants to do his work, but they don't really understand the Bible and lack the Holy Spirit in their lives so they are prone to preach in errors focusing on what they believe and not really going deeper with the Bible and relying on the interpretation of the Holy Spirit.

I have seen a lot of this fake preachers here....if you are not careful, they will lead you astray with what they think is correct.

Let's follow the steps of the fathers of Christianity... St Peter, St Paul, and all the Saints. Read your bible and if you don't understand, make personal research and also consult the Church. You will know if the Church is hiding the truth or leading you astray....and above all, as a Christian, you need the Holy Spirit in your life who is the number one interpreter of the bible. pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit so that you can detect heresy or fake people when you see them. Thanks and God bless you all, Happy Sunday.