Bible Quotes to Support Drinking

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* No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. 1 Timothy 5:23 * Its allowance is also spoken of in Isaiah 25:6 "On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine-- the best of meats and the finest of wines." Furthermore in John chapter 2 Jesus himself miraculously provides about 150 gallons of wine for a wedding he attended where they had run out of wine. * It says in Eph 5:18 "And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit" * Wine” is mentioned 260 times in the Bible and “strong drink” is mentioned 21 times. In the Hebrew and in the Greek, “wine” refers to fermented grape juice and “strong drink” refers to the alcohol fermented from fruits and grains and is called “beer” or “hard liquor” today * Jesus (Lk. 7:33-34) drank wine, Paul and Timothy (I Tim. 5:23), Isaac (Gen. 27:25), Abraham and Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18) * Both wine and strong drink were used in the worship of God (Gen. 14:28; Exo. 29:39-40; Deut. 14:26; Num. 28:7). If they were “the devil’s brew” or “demon rum,” God would have never commanded them to be part of worship. * They are viewed as the blessing of God in the Bible (Gen. 27:28; Psa. 104:15; Pro. 3:9-10; Isa. 55:1-2; Ecc. 10:19; Zech. 10:7). * Jesus not only drank wine but He even made it for others (John 2:1-11 cf. 4:46). * The wise woman prepares wine for a meal (Pro. 9:1-5). * The Bible clearly condemns drunkenness and addiction to alcohol (Pro. 20:1; 23:29-35; I Tim. 3:3, 8; Tit. 1:7; 2:3; Eph. 5:18). But you have to be responsible. * “exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything

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