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Kobojunkie:
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is not about good intentions but about the absolute Truth of God.

Jesus Christ sent His followers out to teach His Truth as He taught them to men, not feed them the confusions they have gleaned from ransacked the thoughts of others.

The teachings in the passages taken directly from the very Gospel of the Kingdom of God attributed to Jesus Christ more than respond to the topic here as it indicates that being born-again means eternity in damnation for those who continue to live in disobedience aka sin. And good intentions are that which will lead many into place of Eternal damnation at the end. .

Kindly explain more, I still don't understand your explanations?
Are you telling us now that the good intentions of the topic is falsehood and not the truth?

Kobojunkie:
Why not look to the source of Truth himself for the answers to this? He makes it simple.

According to Jesus Christ, one must be born-again in order to enter into the Kingdom of God - no exception to this rule - John 3 vs 1 - 8 - and this can be done via 1 of 2 gates; the broad gate which leads to destruction aka Hellfire and the Narrow gate which leads to True Life aka Heaven at the end - Matthew 7 vs 13 - 14 & Luke 13 vs 22 - 30 - meaning that every last one of those who will end up in Hell after judgement day will all be born-again as they all possess eternal life which they will intend spend in eternal damnation, and their sentence is to be served out in the Kingdom of God where only those who are born-again have access to - Matthew 25 vs 40 - 46. And according to the judgement which will be doled out by the King in the Kingdom of God at the end, the punishment of eternal damnation is meant for those who refuse to do as God commands aka those who believe yet continue in disobedience aka sin.

The Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ is a Logical system that only those who have not sacrificed their ability to properly reason, particularly at the altar of lies that is the doctrines and traditions of men(and their churches).

Meaning what?

Why destroying the good intentions of the topic?

When there is no problem and the problem is not about money,atheism seems to come to bear but when there is wahala that is choking throat, then God comes to bear.

Besides, what message do you want to preach to an uncertain atheist who does not exist.

Romans 9:15
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.




Romans 9:16
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Let's assume that you had sex with him. What do you gain?
You gained guilt.
You gained incurable diseases.
You gained dishonor.
You gained lack of respect.
You gained more craving for sex.
You gained barrenness.
You gained abuse.
You gained loss of relationship.
You gained unforgiveness.
You gained sin.
You gained shame.
You gained sickness.
You gained stolen of your virtue.
You gained late marriage.
You gained miscarriage.
You gained premature babies.
You gained punishment from God.
You gained hell fire.

What shall it profit?

What you are trying to run away from will eventually caught up with you.

Patience is a virtue.
Reject left over.
Go for the original person.

Think deeply.

Nowadays, there seems to be confusion about the possibility of living holy without sin because of some scriptural verses, the body of sin we carry and the wickedness of this world.

Some scriptural verses are to be read to understand the standpoint:

1 John 1:8 " If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us"

Again (repeated)

1 John 1:10 " If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us"

The next chapter seems to be more confusing.

1 John 2:1" My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"

You now see another two verses in
I John 3:8-9" He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God"

It is an error to believe that a born again Christian cannot sin and that God forgives his sin readily without any confession.
It is also a false doctrine to believe that God does not see the sin of a christian but God only sees the blood of Christ after commiting sin.

Another misleading teaching is that God forgives his sins past, present and future.

The issue of sin should not be handled by preachers with carelessness or levity, that is, teaching a serious matter of sin, which Jesus Christ suffered, humiliated and beaten to death and shed his innocent blood as a living sacrifice for us to have access to the throne of God Almighty with a careless attitude.

We are living in a wicked world of sin, left, front, back, right, center and 360 degree. Sins abound around us.

With man, it is impossible to live without sin as stated in Psalm 51:5" Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."

How then can we be delivered from sin?

See

John 1:12" But as many as received him, to them gave power to become the sons of God, even to then that believe on his name"

Power has been given to us to become the Children of God, we received the new nature of Christ when we received Christ as our Lord and personal saviour.

This is just the beginning, there must be a CONTINUOUS relationship with the seed, the word of God, that is, obeying the word of God, observing it living the word of God CONTINUOUSLY, then we can be sure that we cannot sin because seed of God is inside us.
If, however, we fall into sin, the Bible says 1 John 1:9" if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleans us from all unrighteousness"
It also said, 1 John 2:1-2 that we have advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for sins:"

The problem with sin is, after you have done what you think is commanded by the scripture, how do you know whether you have sinned against God or not? How do you know which sin to confess?

What you think is your best may just be 50% before God.

You might have done something unconsciously with good intentions which before God is above the limit, presumptuously done without thinking twice. It could be a sin before God.

It is possible to be rightly wrong. So to say, it is possible to be innocently wrong.

You are doing something you feel is okay but you have slapped God on the face unknowingly. You have committed a sin before God.


So, there is need for us to do daily checking, daily examination, continuous relationship with the God the father, God the son and God the Holy spirit in order to be Holy without any blemish or trace of sin.

Our prayers of checking or examining ourselves should be prayed like this:

Lord, is there anything wrong? Help me.
Give me the grace to follow you to the end.
Have mercy on me.
Open my eyes, let me see myself and if I am wrong, correct me.

It is only God that can detect the smallest sin, minute, tiny sin in our hearts.

You say, you are holy but God said you are arrogant then you have fallen short of the glory of God.

All have sinned. All, I mean, All have fallen short of the glory of God.

If Jesus did not die on the cross and resurrected on the third day, we are doomed.

Thanks be to God for his mercy.

We are not entitled to anything before God but we have access to the throne of God only by GRACE and MERCY through the blood of Christ..

We must continuously ask for grace, mercy and forgiveness through the BLOOD of Jesus.

The more we move closer to God, the more we see ourselves clearly in the right picture of God.

That's why prayer is essential in our relationship with God.

Someone has said, prayer will keep you from sinning and sin will keep you from praying.

It depends on the prayers.

The answer to the above question is that a christian can live without sin if and only if , he abides with the seed, the word of God and continuously be in friendship with God in his Christian walk. Just like Enoch.

Enoch walked with God: Genesis 5:24 and he was not; for God took him.

May God take us away on the rapture day. Amen.

gigdip999:
Simply dont call them back, cos if u do all ur credit and bank details will automaticaly transfer to their phone. Cos i no a close friend that runs it

Hmnnn.

priceactionx:
They are scammers. It is called "one ring", where they call numbers and immediately disconnect with hopes that curious people will return the call. The scammers use phone numbers bought on the dark web that they use to call other numbers.
The aim of the scam is to encourage those who get a missed call to call the number, after which they will be ripped off as the call will be re-routed to premium rate number overseas & will be subsequently billed exorbitant sums for listening to pre-recorded messages.
Then they get heavily paid as a commission for referring people to a premium call rates that likely pinch adverts to the listeners.

Hmmn

Lord have mercy!

Lord have mercy!

Nigeria is blessed. We have the capacity in this country to be the envy of the earth but we are yet to see it, not to even talk of utilizing the enormous land God has bestowed on us.
I have posted an idea like this before but the only difference here is that this seems to look like subsistence farming which is not so because you sell these agricultural products.
Now , imagine one Governor of a state in Nigeria with vast resources of hectares of land to begin mechanized farming with industrial capacity of the highest standard, the state would have turned to heaven on earth.

We don't need to import any agricultural products. Everything is here. Cow, rice, pig, beans, fruits, vegetables and so on. Just name them.
They are plenty inside the land of Nigerian but hidden, only a good leader can see it.

Raw materials for manufacturing industries are here.

By divine and God's program, Nigeria is supposed to be the richest country on Earth.

Forget about attack from fulani herdsmen, forget about kidnapping, forget about armed robbery.

When we get to where God has designed us to be, all this malaise will stop.

Come to think of it, what caused the kidnapping, ritualism and all other bad menace in Nigeria, it is poverty.
Poverty of ideas, poverty of good leader, poverty of money and poverty of good people to stop the bad people.

We don't need to travel to any county.
We don't need to japa.

Everything dey for Nigeria.

I see a new Nigeria.

Amen.

Hmmnn

God2man2again:
Media houses should organize a compromised conference involving the 3 major political parties not only to interview them but to sit down and share ideologies on how to move Nigeria forward.

We don't have to be desperate on a particular Presidential candidate.

Enikan ma gba fun enikan.

Town hall meeting didn't go well.

Town hall meeting hosted by Arise didn't yield enough solutions to Nigeria challenges.

Atiku was absent.( Sent somebody)

Tinubu was absent. ( Sent somebody)

Obi was present.

In this kind of setting, it would be difficult to get any solution to Nigeria problem.

The sun is smiling.

Never say never. Only God has the final say.
This time around, we will surely get it right.

#SundayWorshipService
October 30th, 2022

Topic: THE ABNORMAL BLINDNESS
Text: Acts 28:25-27, 1 Kings 18:41-46
Minister: Dr. Daniel Olukoya (G.O MFM Worldwide)

Please listen to this message very carefully. Paul was telling them the truth but they were arguing. And you know, argument is always an evidence of ignorance. There is a saying that if someone closes his eyes and says he is sleeping, only he can tell you he is awake.

Beloveth, there is a tragedy that has been plaguing men for years and is still plaguing them as I speak. Many are in a place of divine blessings, yet the place cannot become a place of celebration for them as was meant to be. Some are in a place of celebration but it has become a place of fear and defeat for this. This is what I am trying to make you understand. It is possible to be in a place of blessing and not enjoy the glory of that location.

It is possible to be inside MFM and not enjoy the glory of that location. It is a tragedy. God has brought many to a place of blessings. I have tons and tons of testimonies of people who never came to MFM because somebody invited them; they saw it, God said "go there".

I have heard testimonies from so many people who in their dream came under attack and a man came and commanded them to be released, and they were released. And then one day when they were looking at the internet, they came across my picture and remembered me as the man who commanded their release in that dream.

It was not me they saw, it is an angel of God they saw and from there, they began to look for this church and started coming here. God has brought many to a place of blessings but some are not conscious of the enemy. Some are so fearful instead of keying into the truth of the moment. So they come to church and remain aloof. No group, no house fellowship participation. They just come and go the same. You are in a location of blessings but you are making yourself a temporary resident. It is a strange spiritual blindness.

There is nothing as powerful as this united prayer we pray here. I pray that one day when we are praying here that God should open your eyes briefly to see the transactions taking place. If you see it once, and I say "open your mouth to pray", you will pray with violent madness. A lot never see it, that is why they remain where they are. The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries is Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, it is not any other church. Our focus is different. Our prayer is different. Our deliverance is different. We do not copy anybody.

We take instructions from heaven, download it to the earth and people begin to key into it. So it is one thing to arrive at the place of blessings, and it is another thing to know that you are there. A man could be in the very centre of blessings, but he is destroyed because of lack of knowledge. Until you know that you are there, you cannot begin to do what you should do to maximize your opportunities. Jacob ran away from home. His brother was waiting to destroy him. He arrived at Bethel but he did not know that where he was, it was not only the place of God but the very gate of heaven.

He said "surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not". Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem. He said "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, all the prophets sent to you, you killed them. Destruction is coming to you". Why? They did not know the time of their visitation. They cried for a long time to Jehovah for salvation. When that Jehovah eventually came, they did not recognise Him. What a strange blindness.

Can you raise up your right hand to the heavenlies and shout this loud and clear if you love your destiny:

PRAY: Spiritual blindness, I am not your candidate, die in the name of Jesus!

This is why parents here have to be very careful. You came to MFM, had a child anointed by God inside the MFM and now you lost the control over that child who was birthed in prayers. So the child now leaves MFM to go to a place where his destiny cannot be sustained and now you are crying that there is a problem. God brought you and that child for a purpose, so whatever you need to do to see that they do not run away from where they need the prayer cover, you better do it.

Majority of those running to Prayer City for deliverance are people who heard the truth before but they took it lightly, or were even previously laughing at those who were saying it. Parents have to be very careful. When something is conceived, incubated and birthed in prayers and you take the person out, the prayer cover goes away. Certainly, the person will run into trouble later because that is what is supposed to sustain him. That is why he was brought here in the first place. Unfortunately, sometimes they become 40, 50 years old before they realise they have lost speed.

Sometimes they try to come back but it is never the same for them. Maybe such a person has been drained by the enemy for 25 years because he ran away from a place of blessing that God brought him, but he was not aware of. The Israelites cried for the Messiah to come. Messiah came but they did not recognise Him. They were unable to tell where they were at that time. They could not avail themselves of the opportunity that the Messiah offered. They were still looking ahead for another visitation which was already overtaking them. They had reached the point of answered prayers, but unfortunately they did not know.

A lot of people come to MFM, reach the point of answered prayers and then leave. Ask them why and you hear responses like:
- one pastor did something bad.
- somebody spoke to me in a way I did not like.
- they asked me to take off my lipstick at the door.
- they asked me to remove my chain at the gate.
- I am tired of prayer.
- I do not like their dressing.

They had arrived at the arena of answered prayers and decided to close their eyes as the Bible has said. They got out of the place, roaming around the mountains, going from prophet to prophet when a greater prophet is inside them, thinking that all who call themselves prophets are prophets of God, not having read the scriptures that said that false prophets and Christs shall arise and even deceive many. Are you here listening to me, and you are still going around from prophet to prophet, from mountain to mountain, I am sorry for you.

The simple thing is this: your head is not correct. Because if it is correct, you will see that God has brought you to an arena of answered prayers, all you need to do is to key into that arena and then follow all they are telling you, step by step; stage by stage. The Israelites reached the point of answered prayers but they did not know it. They were blinded to the moment of their blessing. That was what caused Jesus to start crying. The Bible said Jesus started weeping. He kept wondering how someone could be so close to breakthroughs and yet jump out of it like that. They failed to maximise the moment.

Like I told you before, Joseph while fleeing from Esau got to Bethel, the house of God; yet he did not realise where he had reached until God graciously intervened in a dream. Only then did he realise that that place was not only the residence of God, but the gate of heaven. Has God brought you to this place of blessings? And you are yet to realise it? Has He brought you at last to the place of freedom after many years of painful oppression by the enemy? Is it possible that you cannot even know the time of your visitation? Are you hiding whereas the time for you to manifest has come?

Have you arrived at this right place but you are still doing the wrong thing? Are you coming to MFM and still the woman beside you is not your wife; your true wife is at home? Your head is not correct.

It is a tragedy not to know where you had reached in God's journey of your life. It is a strange blindness. I am asking you now before we start praying: what time is it in your life now? I must tell you, that this is not the time of the enemies' triumph over your life.

This is not the time of captivity and trouble. It is time to discover yourself and your place in God's agenda. It is time for you to realise that if you are in this church, those you fear, fear you even more, unknown to you. They are afraid that one day you will just wake up and marshal all your weapons against them, so they are trying to keep you from using those weapons. That is why armed robbers come to houses of MFM members, see the logo and return all they have stolen from them, and even beg them not to pray against them. They fear you even more than you are afraid of them.

Those witches are scared that one day you will just wake up and take some warfare against them. They know you are loaded and so they are scared of you. But when you do not use those weapons, it is not the fault of the Almighty. You have to learn the principles of converting sound into rain. It is not all that glitters that is gold. The place of blessing may not be attractive to you but it is still the place of blessing. If you are here in MFM and you are still shopping around, it means you do not know where you are.

If you understand the power and covenant thereof, you will not try it. Rather, you would try and obey all the instructions you are given. So you must learn that principle of turning sound into rain. There was no rain yet, but Elijah said "I can hear the sound of abundance of rain". Prophet Elijah went into the laboratory of intercession to convert the prophetic sound he was hearing into tangible rain. We therefore urgently need to understand how we can be converting our sound into rain through prayer.

Many hear the sound but do not convert it to rain. They hear the sound, but they run away. They do not realise the power of the moment.

Today, you need to:
- become a friend of God.
- repent from all your sins.
- follow all the teachings they are teaching you here, carefully and cautiously. Do not pick and choose. Do not dress differently in church and differently outside. Do not pretend. Do not be a hypocrite before God. The Lord is waiting to bless you.

===> I am praying that that strange blindness plaguing so many believers, shall not be your lot! in the name of Jesus!

You must violently and mercilessly deal with this kind of blindness. You must pray for the miracle of open eyes so you can catch the opportunity of the moment. Your coming to MFM is an opportunity. Your coming here to pray is an opportunity. Your getting to know us here is an opportunity. God's best gifts to us are most times not material things, they are majorly opportunities.

A lot of people were following Jesus but the woman with the issue of blood seemed to know Him better than all those people. A crowd was following Jesus but only blind Bartimaeus realised that the people following Jesus did not really know who He is, that He has the power to do anything, and he stole the moment. He did not waste the opportunity.

PRAYER POINTS
[Before Message]
(Pray this 3 hot times) Witchcraft embargo, placed on my star, die in the name of Jesus!

[After Message]
1. (Lay your right hand upon your eyes) My eyes, hear the Word of the Lord, open by fire, in the name of Jesus.
2. I bind and cast out, every spirit of error, in the name of Jesus.
3. Every sacrifice placed in the coven, against my celebration, catch fire, in the name of Jesus.
4. Every feet of the wicked, assigned to walk over me, I cut you off, in the name of Jesus.
5. Powers that want to cover my glory, I crush you to powder, in the name of Jesus.

Then there is a possibility that in
1 Timothy 5:23 that the little WINE recommended to Timothy by Paul the Apostle is not the Alcoholic WINE, there is a probability that the little WINE might be grape juice or Unfermented drink, that is, the drink that was not exposed to microoorganisms, Bacteria or yeasts.

Nobody is willing to tell us the good effect of drinking Alcohol in the body.

midastouch:
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT ALCOHOLIC CONSUMPTION?



Rev Fr Justin Chinaka Mbaeri





Many religious people believe that God has forbidden any use of alcoholic beverages — that any use of alcohol is wrong and sinful. They claim that the Bible supports this prohibition, just like you claim too. Wine/alcoholic drinks are frequently mentioned in the Bible. If something sinful or beneficial exists about these beverages, then the Bible will show it. What does the Bible really say about wine and alcohol?



WINE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT



One of the first mentions of wine in Scripture is by Melchizedek, priest of the Most High God at Salem (Jerusalem) during the time of Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham. Melchizedek “brought forth bread and wine” for Abram and his companions (Genesis 14:18).



Since the scriptures was born out of the Jewish context, it is better we consider the “sitz im leben” (life setting or cultural context) of the words of the scriptures in relation to the Jewish culture in order to aid better understanding. In this vein, language comes into play.



From the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), the Hebrew word for wine in Genesis 14:18 is “yayin”. This word is used over 130 times in the Hebrew Bible to mean “FERMENTED WINE”, not grape juice as you may think. This same beverage (yayin or alcoholic wine), when used excessively, causes drunkenness. Genesis 9:21 says that Noah drank too much yayin and became drunk. Lot also became drunk on this beverage (Genesis 19:30-36), and so did Nabal (1 Samuel 25:36).



Nevertheless, God told his people to enjoy yayin at the yearly festivals (Deuteronomy 14:26). In addition to using wine as a beverage, God also commanded the Levitical priests to include in the sacrifices a portion of wine (yayin) as a drink offering (Exodus 29:40). These scriptural passages make it clear that there can be a right and a wrong use of wine.



Naturally fermented wine is between 10 percent and 14 percent alcohol. Higher alcoholic wines are fortified wines. On special occasions, God even allowed use of what is translated as “strong drink.” This term comes from a different Hebrew word — “shekar” — which is used 22 times in the Old Testament, and refers to alcoholic drinks made from dates and other fruit.



The Bible says that God gave wine to make men glad (Psalm 104:15). Why have some people turned this blessing of God into a curse? The answer is that many people do not follow God’s instructions. A blessing of wine was prophesied as a heritage to the chosen people in Genesis 27:28: “May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness — an abundance of grain and new wine (tirosh).”



The Hebrew word tirosh, meaning “new wine”. People sometimes conclude that this word means grape juice, or fresh-pressed juice of the vine. However, Hosea 4:11 states: “Old wine (yayin) and new wine (tirosh) take away their understanding.” Grape-juice do not possess this effect. Put differently, Tirosh is an intoxicating wine if used in excess.

Having journeyed through the Old Testament, let us take a look at the new Testament.



WINE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT



While the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, the New Testament on the other hand was entirely written in Greek. Hence, we shall focus our mind on the Greek language in which the New testament was written. John the Baptist did not drink wine (oinos in the Greek) or any other form of alcohol because it was prophesied that he wouldn’t (Luke 1:15).



However, Jesus Christ drank oinos (wine) (cf. Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34). Jesus did not preach against the use of wine; instead he drank like most other Jews of his day. He drank wine in moderation. In ancient times it was normally diluted with water for drinking, and was one of the principal beverages at that time — as it is today.



According to the Greek Bible, Jesus’ first miracle was to change water into wine (oinos) NOT grape juice. Some people who preach total abstinence claim that this miracle was to turn water into grape juice. LOL… This is because, they tend to interpret the Scriptures based on their “myopic understanding”. Can you imagine a Jewish wedding banquet where everyone drank only grape juice?! (which is very difficult to imagine). The ancients did not have refrigeration or any other method of preventing grape juice from fermenting.



On this occasion, Christ turned six jars of 20 or 30 gallons each into wine (oinos). This was no small miracle. This wine was of the finest quality — “You have saved the best wine till now” (John 2:10). At wedding feasts, the hosts normally started with the best wine, and they would bring out lesser-quality wines later.



Jesus gave a parable involving the fermenting process of oinos (alcoholic wine) in Matthew 9:17. At that time, instead of having metal or glass bottles to enclose wine, the skins of animals were used. The fermentation of the wine could burst an old skin, but it would not break a new stretchable skin.



Another proof that oinos is fermented wine is the fact that the apostle Paul said, “Do not get drunk on wine (oinos)” (Ephesians 5:18). Paul did not mean to avoid getting drunk on grape juice! Paul instructed Timothy, “Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine (oinos) because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses” (1 Timothy 5:23). He said to use only a little wine, not a whole lot. The purpose of this wine was Timothy’s frequent stomach ailments; small amounts of wine can help some stomach problems.



Some of the Corinthian Christians were getting drunk at the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:21). They were using fermented wine, following the example that Christ had set for them. Paul did not tell them that they were using the wrong kind of wine. He simply told them to eat and drink at home, and to participate in the Lord’s Supper in a respectful way.



In Romans 14:21, Paul says that it is good not to drink wine or eat meat if it offends a weak brother. He is referring to fermented wine; grape juice wouldn’t offend anyone. The implication is that there’s nothing wrong with the wine in itself, except when it is abused. Therefore, Scripture does not necessarily forbid a Christian from drinking beer, wine, or any other drink containing alcohol.



Alcohol, consumed in moderation, is neither harmful nor addictive. In fact, some doctors advocate drinking small amounts of red wine for its health benefits, especially for the heart. Consumption of alcohol in moderation is a matter of CHRISTIAN FREEDOM.



If you’re weak, then do not consider drinking it. Drunkenness and addiction are sinful; and this is exactly what the Bible condemns.

Above all, I am not proposing that alcohol must be consumed by all; if you maintain that intake of alcohol is bad for you, ok! That is simply your opinion; as pointed out, It is a matter of “Christian Freedom”, hence, do not look with disdain on someone who consumes alcohol in moderation or consider him/her a sinner.



Besides, not only excessive intake of alcohol is a sin, the bible also condemns gluttony (such as excessive intake of food etc.) Hence, if you consume an excessive amount of soft drinks or other foods, it is also a sin!



So, my dear friends in Christ, do not be scandalized when a fellow Christian, consumes alcoholic drinks.



Shalom!

This post is encouraging drinking wine and yet discouraging too much wine. Kinda twisted.
Can you medically confirm that the intake of little Alcohol is good for health?
Google it, make your research and give us feedback about the good effect of Alcohol on the body.
Thank you.

A little drop becomes an addiction. The devil will give you One thousand reasons including Paul admonition to Timothy to take little wine because of his illness and tempt you to drink alcohol but he will not be there when you are finally addicted to it and then you graduated to a womanizer, start beating your wife then you smoke, then you begin to carry women around.

The question is: which wine did Paul told Timothy to take? Can Alcoholic wine heal Timothy the Apostle?
We read Jesus turned water to wine. Was it alcoholic wine?
Wine?
Are all wines Alcoholic? No!
Are all wines non Alcoholic? Yes and No.

How do we know which wine to be taken or avoided?

Fruit wine or Alcoholic wine?

Strong drink was mentioned in the Bible.

Proverbs 31:6' Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more'

Isaiah 5:11" Wow unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!"

Now, let's check 1 Timothy 5:23" Drink no longer water, but use little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities"

Titus 1:7 " For a Bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to WINE, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;"

The answer to some of the questions, especially, how do we know which one to drink or avoid? is impossible to identify which wine the Bible is warning us to avoid but we know that STRONG drink must be avoided because a little of it will make you drunk.


Yayin is the Hebrew word for all wines, Fermented and unfermented.

Fermented wine makes you drunk while unfermented wine will never intoxicate.

What is Fermentation?

The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microoorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.
More broadly, fermentation is the foaming that occurs during the manufacture of wine and beer, a process at least 10,000 years old.
More, fermentation is a metabolic process in which an organism converts a carbohydrate, such as starch or a sugar, into an alcohol or an ACID.
For example, yeasts perform fermentation to obtain energy by converting sugar into alcohol.
Bacteria perform fermentation, converting carbohydrates into lactic ACID.

Alcohol is ETHYL, Ethanol. C2H50H.
It is an ACID.

What is unfermented wine?

Isaiah 65:8 " This saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it: so will I do my servants sakes, that I may not destroy them all"

Unfermented wine means the grapes were never exposed to yeast.
Simple, no yeast, no alcohol.
You have grape juice. It is called unfermented wine.

So, whether you believe it or not, if you drink fermented wine or yeasts fermented drink or intoxicating wine, you are drinking ACID. ETHYL, Ethanol, Alcohol. Though, WEAK ACID.

God is love. God can't turned wine to Acid.
Paul cannot advise Timothy to drink Acid for his infirmities. It can never be Alcoholic. It must be grape juice drink.

Alcohol can't heal the infirmities.

Google is your friend.

Let's see various wines as anotated by Dake reference Bible.

(1) TIROSH : newly made wines from grapes. Genesis 27:28
(2) ENAB: Grape drink. Hosea 3:1
(3) ASIS : Fresh grape drink. Isaiah 49:26
(4) SHEKAR: An intoxicant; alcoholic liquor; strong drink. It was made from barley, honey, and dates. Deuteronomy 14:26
(5) YEQEB:: Juice from the lowest wine vat into which wine the wine drains to purify it when first pressed in the press. Deuteronomy 16:13
(6) CHEMER: Wine of the grapes as fermenting; pure red wine. Isaiah 27:2
(7) CHAMAR: Red wine. Ezra 6:9
( GATH :Treading out Grapes. Winepress. Judges 6:11. Winefat isaiah 63:2
(9) SOBE: Wine; Mixed wine. Isaiah 1:22
(10)MIMSAK: Mixed wine with water or spices. Proverbs 23:30.

As stated before, the word WINE is used for both strong drink or fermented and wine or unfermented drink in the Bible.
It is impossible to know which of the wine the Bible is telling us to avoid.

Surely as it is written in 1 Corinthians 6:10' Nor thieves, not covetous, nor DRUNKARDS, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

No DRUNKARDS shall inherit the kingdom of God..

God bless you all. Amen.

Offpointng:
How would a man of God be attacked? dont he have angels bla bla. Buhari's convoy was attacked in his hometown, so mai una rest this insecurity is everywhere

Did God not reveal it to him?? Abel was killed even after offering the best of sacrifices and God was watching while he was getting killed, John the Baptist wey baptise Jesus was beheaded on a request from a lady, Steven was stoned to death, James wey dey serve God, Herod carry am kill and More over, Paul the Apostle was sent on a mission and along the line snake bit him and he had to bear the pain for a long while. All these things happened to these great men of God without being revealed to them afore times

We really can't understand the ways of God so push aside every iota of mockery, now is not the best time

No man can really understand the ways of God.

What could have happened?

Talking is good, action is better, overall, implementation is still the best.

Knowledge shall increase.

Righteousness2:
To begin with you are a Fake and Lukewarm Christian.
Guilty conscience is what is tripping you.

You should be happy that you have the privilege to hear the word of God that will save your soul. Many in Hell right now will do anything to be in your shoe.

They have done nothing wrong. They are doing the Commandments of JESUS Christ.If you didn't like the word, you block your ears.

Millions of souls are Departing the world day after Day. So Many are going to hell. The greatest need of any human being today is the to Hear the Gospel of JESUS Christ.

Besides, it is called aggressive Evangelism.

History is very important

Bad business for both parties.

Are we really making progress with this year in year out in every election campaign?

Love is not the law - a lie from the pit of hell.
If there is no law, there will not be sin but there is law so there will be sin.

True love is to abide by the law of God, which is writtenly against same sex marriage in the Bible.

Failure is not final. The backward movement of the ram is to regain more strength to stabilize and fight back.
The evidence of great warrior is to fight and flee from the battle in order to restrategize.

Tyson fury knew Joshua needed time to rest, so why the rush in signing another contract after a defeat.

Joshua took the best decision.