Not a sin if in moderation, which to me means minimal. I believe things God intended for us which are good can be abused and used to harm ourselves or others and that is sin. Food = can be used for obesity, feed additions, or idolatry. Money = can be abused and used for greed, coveting, idolatry, etc. Sex intended within confines of one lifelong marriage can become adultery, fornication, lust, etc.
Some things are like playing with fire, with very little benefit with an enormous downside risk. People know their own temperaments and weaknesses for whether some are appropriate for them to dabble with.
Being that alcohol is one of the biggest destroyers of families and lives, I would think the the Lord would want us to stay away from something that so easily becomes ok, which is exactly how the devil operates.
No, it is not a sin to drink alcohol. We know that Paul advised Timothy to drink a little wine for his stomach's sake.
1 Timothy 5:23 |
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
And we know that Jesus changed the water into wine at the feast of Cana.
Moderation is required when drinking alcohol. We all know what can happen when a person drinks too much alcohol. Paul instructs us to stay away from drunkards.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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[There are 549 scriptures on strong drink, meaning fermented.]
Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isaiah 5:22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isaiah 28:7
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.
Judges 13:7
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink,
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is RAGING; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 56:12
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Proverbs Chapter 23
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? (tears)
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
I mean drinking things like beer, brandy an ciders
Some things are like playing with fire, with very little benefit with an enormous downside risk. People know their own temperaments and weaknesses for whether some are appropriate for them to dabble with.
1 Timothy 5:23 |
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
And we know that Jesus changed the water into wine at the feast of Cana.
Moderation is required when drinking alcohol. We all know what can happen when a person drinks too much alcohol. Paul instructs us to stay away from drunkards.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isaiah 5:22
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isaiah 28:7
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.
Judges 13:7
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink,
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is RAGING; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 56:12
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Proverbs Chapter 23
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? (tears)
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet AGAIN.
Life is easier without being under the influence of anything that causes the brain to harden and go dark.
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