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Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by SherUnlock: 10:01am On Jan 24, 2021
BOLLD:



Do you know if it's was an alcoholic wine or just ordinary?
Clown, all wine contain alcohol, if it doesn't then it's just grape juice not wine. What you think is "non-alcoholic" wine contains between 0.5% - 0.05% alcohol.
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by P1PrinceKT(m): 10:05am On Jan 24, 2021
MJBOLT:
grin
You do create yourself??
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by aribisala0(m): 10:10am On Jan 24, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
7 Reasons Why A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol

1. It is misleading and deceptive.

It has the tendency to make people become vulnerable to sin and to fall into temptations.

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2. It is addictive.

It's easy to say "take a little", but many who have become addicted to alcohol today didn't start by taking much. And once one becomes addicted to it, it's hard to come out of it. That's how many found themselves trapped today. So don't start what you can't finish.

Isaiah 5:22 (KJV)

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

3. It impairs people's judgment.

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV)

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Proverbs 31:4-5 (KJV)

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.


4. It's not meant for the consecrated.

In the church or the House of God in the old testament, it was prohibited for the consecrated.

Leviticus 10:8-10 (KJV)

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;


Ezekiel 44:20-21 (KJV)

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.


If that's anything to go by, then every individual in the church or House of God of the new testament is not supposed to take alcohol, since the church ought to be a gathering of priests.

5. It does more harm than good.

Whatever benefits there were of taking alcohol, health experts advise that it's best to avoid taking alcohol at all, because it does more harm than good to one's health. It's not even a necessity to begin with, which makes it even more avoidable.

6. It's a counterfeit intoxicating spirit to the original which is the Spirit of God.

Luke 1:15 (KJV)

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

The above sayings show that they both have a similar function in the respect of intoxication, however alcohol is the counterfeit while the Holy Spirit is the Original. It's actually the lack of the original that makes people go for the counterfeit which is alcohol, but if e no be the Spirit of God, e no fit be like the Spirit of God. Hence the garbage that comes with taking alcohol, because it's the counterfeit and hence of inferior quality when compared to the Original which is the Holy Spirit. That's why the difference was clearly distinguished in those sayings, and the advise not to be drunk with alcohol but with the Spirit of God, because the difference is very clear. Hence every Christian ought to be filled with the Spirit of God and not alcohol. And when one has the Spirit of God, he wouldn't need alcohol for anything, because any good thing alcohol could give to him, the Spirit of God would give him more of it, and even those good things alcohol lacks and cannot give, like the power to heal the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, cure the lepers etc. So why would a Spirit-filled Christian want to get high on the counterfeit, when he's already got the Original in the person of the Holy Spirit?

7. It causes spiritual drowsiness.

It makes people to fall asleep and not watch as Jesus had commanded us to do, and that would be one of the reasons many would not be prepared and miss the rapture or His second coming.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Matthew 24:48-51 (KJV)

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


So let alcohol not be the reason you miss heaven.

God bless.

But jJesus drank alcohol na

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Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by aribisala0(m): 10:11am On Jan 24, 2021
uglodoh:


There is nothing like ordinary wine. Wine naturally contains alcohol.

What about extraordinary wine
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by biguncle2(m): 10:12am On Jan 24, 2021
My brother I'm shocked and ���
Topmaike007:
why thanking The same God you don't believe?
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Topmaike007(m): 10:13am On Jan 24, 2021
biguncle2:
My brother I'm shocked and ���
the guy is confuse
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by MrNipplesLover(m): 10:17am On Jan 24, 2021
Thank you, Lord. ❤❤❤

Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Cutehector(m): 10:20am On Jan 24, 2021
All these hypocrisy sef
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Horlufemi(m): 10:22am On Jan 24, 2021
BOLLD:



Do you know if it's was an alcoholic wine or just ordinary?

Wine from it's beginning was alcoholic.

The first non alcoholic wine was in 1869

The method of pasteurizing grape juice to halt the fermentation has been attributed to an American physician and dentist, Thomas Bramwell Welch in 1869. A strong supporter of the temperance movement, he produced a non-alcoholic wine to be used for church services in his hometown of Vineland, New Jersey.

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Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Horlufemi(m): 10:25am On Jan 24, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
[s]7 Reasons Why A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol

1. It is misleading and deceptive.

It has the tendency to make people become vulnerable to sin and to fall into temptations.

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2. It is addictive.

It's easy to say "take a little", but many who have become addicted to alcohol today didn't start by taking much. And once one becomes addicted to it, it's hard to come out of it. That's how many found themselves trapped today. So don't start what you can't finish.

Isaiah 5:22 (KJV)

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

3. It impairs people's judgment.

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV)

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Proverbs 31:4-5 (KJV)

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.


4. It's not meant for the consecrated.

In the church or the House of God in the old testament, it was prohibited for the consecrated.

Leviticus 10:8-10 (KJV)

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;


Ezekiel 44:20-21 (KJV)

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.


If that's anything to go by, then every individual in the church or House of God of the new testament is not supposed to take alcohol, since the church ought to be a gathering of priests.

5. It does more harm than good.

Whatever benefits there were of taking alcohol, health experts advise that it's best to avoid taking alcohol at all, because it does more harm than good to one's health. It's not even a necessity to begin with, which makes it even more avoidable.

6. It's a counterfeit intoxicating spirit to the original which is the Spirit of God.

Luke 1:15 (KJV)

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

The above sayings show that they both have a similar function in the respect of intoxication, however alcohol is the counterfeit while the Holy Spirit is the Original. It's actually the lack of the original that makes people go for the counterfeit which is alcohol, but if e no be the Spirit of God, e no fit be like the Spirit of God. Hence the garbage that comes with taking alcohol, because it's the counterfeit and hence of inferior quality when compared to the Original which is the Holy Spirit. That's why the difference was clearly distinguished in those sayings, and the advise not to be drunk with alcohol but with the Spirit of God, because the difference is very clear. Hence every Christian ought to be filled with the Spirit of God and not alcohol. And when one has the Spirit of God, he wouldn't need alcohol for anything, because any good thing alcohol could give to him, the Spirit of God would give him more of it, and even those good things alcohol lacks and cannot give, like the power to heal the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, cure the lepers etc. So why would a Spirit-filled Christian want to get high on the counterfeit, when he's already got the Original in the person of the Holy Spirit?

7. It causes spiritual drowsiness.

It makes people to fall asleep and not watch as Jesus had commanded us to do, and that would be one of the reasons many would not be prepared and miss the rapture or His second coming.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Matthew 24:48-51 (KJV)

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


So let alcohol not be the reason you miss heaven.

God bless.[/s]

Why do people who call themselves Christians Major on the Minor and Minor on the Major. Why?

Why do you want your opinion on others? Why?

Why do you wanna force your traditions on people?

Stop doing like Muslims
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by uglodoh(f): 10:26am On Jan 24, 2021
aribisala0:
What about extraordinary wine
Is their anything called extra ordinary wine? What we have is dealcoholised wine (wine in which the alcohol content has been removed almost to zero percent.

God himself created everything including the Palm tree that contained palmwine. Does talking palm wine now makes you a sinner?
There are some foods especially fruits if left for a long ferment and start tasting alcohol. Does taking such foods makes you a sinner?

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Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by aribisala0(m): 10:27am On Jan 24, 2021
uglodoh:

Is their anything called extra ordinary wine? What we have is dealcoholised wine (wine in which the alcohol content has been removed almost to zero percent.

God himself created everything including the Palm tree that contained palmwine. Does talking palm wine now makes you a sinner?
There are some foods especially fruits if left for a long ferment and start tasting alcohol. Does taking such foods makes you a sinner?
Na joke I dey joke o
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by uglodoh(f): 10:35am On Jan 24, 2021
aribisala0:
Na joke I dey joke o
No wahala sir o
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by femi4: 10:35am On Jan 24, 2021
Timothy took alcohol for his stomach

Taking of alcohol for medical reason should be encourage

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Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Ogbeniomo: 10:42am On Jan 24, 2021
Trueigbo:
Nmaya gbuwe nwanyi obu oru di ya.
Are u leaning how tospeak lgbo? if Yes then contact me to teach u ur own language o, I'm versatile in ur language to the core, Omo ibo self.
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Deadlytruth(m): 10:42am On Jan 24, 2021
Topmaike007:
why thanking The same God you don't believe?


You got him there very badly.
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by LadyTianna(f): 10:43am On Jan 24, 2021
theenchanter:
Thank God I'm an atheist.

Thanking a deity that you don't believe in...
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Deadlytruth(m): 10:44am On Jan 24, 2021
BOLLD:



Do you know if it's was an alcoholic wine or just ordinary?

All wines are alcoholic or else it is not wine.
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by CorleonOfSicily: 10:50am On Jan 24, 2021
Tnx
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Beverlyjean(f): 10:50am On Jan 24, 2021
mansakhalifa:


Not always! Not always.

I said mostly...mostly dont equate to always
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by OBIPLUS(m): 10:51am On Jan 24, 2021
[quote author=illicit post=98384802]Your own rules for your own pocket....


Alcohol that Jesus himself took

And Paul admonished Timothy to indulge.
Please quote the verse so we can learn.
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Habeyy(m): 11:01am On Jan 24, 2021
NaijaMutant:
Thanks Op. This is scripturally based.


Pls, don't mind all those drunkards quoting you.


They want to justify their actions.

Be sober, be vigilant.

How do you call someone what he is supposedly not just to give credence to an argument you can't substantiate

Mind you,Jesus was and is never like this
Shalom
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by Yoighaman(m): 11:02am On Jan 24, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
7 Reasons Why A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol

1. It is misleading and deceptive.

It has the tendency to make people become vulnerable to sin and to fall into temptations.

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2. It is addictive.

It's easy to say "take a little", but many who have become addicted to alcohol today didn't start by taking much. And once one becomes addicted to it, it's hard to come out of it. That's how many found themselves trapped today. So don't start what you can't finish.

Isaiah 5:22 (KJV)

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

3. It impairs people's judgment.

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV)

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Proverbs 31:4-5 (KJV)

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.


4. It's not meant for the consecrated.

In the church or the House of God in the old testament, it was prohibited for the consecrated.

Leviticus 10:8-10 (KJV)

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;


Ezekiel 44:20-21 (KJV)

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.


If that's anything to go by, then every individual in the church or House of God of the new testament is not supposed to take alcohol, since the church ought to be a gathering of priests.

5. It does more harm than good.

Whatever benefits there were of taking alcohol, health experts advise that it's best to avoid taking alcohol at all, because it does more harm than good to one's health. It's not even a necessity to begin with, which makes it even more avoidable.

6. It's a counterfeit intoxicating spirit to the original which is the Spirit of God.

Luke 1:15 (KJV)

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

The above sayings show that they both have a similar function in the respect of intoxication, however alcohol is the counterfeit while the Holy Spirit is the Original. It's actually the lack of the original that makes people go for the counterfeit which is alcohol, but if e no be the Spirit of God, e no fit be like the Spirit of God. Hence the garbage that comes with taking alcohol, because it's the counterfeit and hence of inferior quality when compared to the Original which is the Holy Spirit. That's why the difference was clearly distinguished in those sayings, and the advise not to be drunk with alcohol but with the Spirit of God, because the difference is very clear. Hence every Christian ought to be filled with the Spirit of God and not alcohol. And when one has the Spirit of God, he wouldn't need alcohol for anything, because any good thing alcohol could give to him, the Spirit of God would give him more of it, and even those good things alcohol lacks and cannot give, like the power to heal the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, cure the lepers etc. So why would a Spirit-filled Christian want to get high on the counterfeit, when he's already got the Original in the person of the Holy Spirit?

7. It causes spiritual drowsiness.

It makes people to fall asleep and not watch as Jesus had commanded us to do, and that would be one of the reasons many would not be prepared and miss the rapture or His second coming.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Matthew 24:48-51 (KJV)

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


So let alcohol not be the reason you miss heaven.

God bless.

If your brother got a job at Nigerian Breweries or Guinness, please tell him to reject the offer....
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by illicit(m): 11:09am On Jan 24, 2021
[quote author=OBIPLUS post=98387386][/quote]


1st Timothy 5 vs 23
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by govomotors: 11:11am On Jan 24, 2021
Can someone explain this to me or it's an old practice.


"Neither shall they shave their heads". I found out that everyone, I mean everyone do this.
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by SaturnNick(m): 11:13am On Jan 24, 2021
Topmaike007:
why thanking The same God you don't believe?
Help me ask am ooo
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by SaturnNick(m): 11:18am On Jan 24, 2021
Pls, don't mind all those drunkards quoting you.


They want to justify their actions.
[/quote]
Na wa for you ooo
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by ojtech8291: 11:30am On Jan 24, 2021
Is it every wine that is an alcohol?
JeffreyOraz:
One thing about most religious people is that they are hypocrites

And also all you wrote simply explains that people shouldn't get drunk, as simple as tbat

If Jesus could turn water to wine for people to consume who am I to believe this nonsense you wrote above
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by lereinter(m): 11:31am On Jan 24, 2021
ignis:
Your personal opinions

You no see quotes from Bible verse
Re: 7 Reasons A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol by lereinter(m): 11:32am On Jan 24, 2021
samx4real:
Drink but don't get drunk...



Know your gauge.


That's the difficult part

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