Drinking

[Oh Hamburgers!]

I sometimes use wine when cooking. I have eaten brats soaked in beer. Have I sinned by doing so? I don't think so.

I guess I have always been one who believed in the power of moderation in anything. One glass of wine during a meal will not impair my judgement. It will actually improve my health if I have a glass of wine every other day or so. As long as I don't use alcohol in excess, I don't believe I have sinned. Obviously Axxman you feel a bit differently to it, and I don't have a problem with it. I would be curious however to hear if you feel the use of alcohol in cooking is sinful according to your beliefs.

[Axxman]

I sometimes use wine when cooking. I have eaten brats soaked in beer. Have I sinned by doing so? I don't think so.

I guess I have always been one who believed in the power of moderation in anything. One glass of wine during a meal will not impair my judgement. It will actually improve my health if I have a glass of wine every other day or so. As long as I don't use alcohol in excess, I don't believe I have sinned. Obviously Axxman you feel a bit differently to it, and I don't have a problem with it. I would be curious however to hear if you feel the use of alcohol in cooking is sinful according to your beliefs.

Hey Hamburgers...

Nah...I try "real hard" to not be judgemental about it (although I realize its hard to control how you sound in a post...lol.) What you do in the privacy of your home in regards to alcoholic beverages is between you and God. My biggest thing is "social drinking"..I'm really against that simply because it is impossible to "always" know the scope of your influence. I think in our society it has been proven that alcohol, in even small amounts, has an effect. While one drink may not outwardly effect you, there is an effect. I also don't believe Jesus drank alcohol socially...or at least there isn't enough evidence that he did.

For me, most of the time, these convo's are just fun examinations. I don't put too much emphasis on trying to change the world through "forum chatter"...lol.

[Iryssa]

Eph 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

drunk

G3182

μεθύσκω

methuskō

meth-oos'-ko

A prolonged (transitive) form of G3184; to intoxicate: - be drunk (-en).

wine

G3631

οἶνος

oinos

oy'-nos

A primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin [H3196]);

[Axxman]

FoC...I will be directing all my comments in this discussion in the other thread. I think it will save us a both a bit of time, so we don't have to keep checking and replying in each thread.

Peace.

[Guest LadyC]

FoC, i'm sorry for the loss you've experienced. but may i remind you, it's not the USE of alcohol that destroys lives, it's the ABUSE of alcohol. which is exactly why scripture says not to drink to excess. alcohol does nothing wrong to people. people who abuse alcohol do wrong things which are destructive to their lives and others. i'm glad you recognize that scripture doesn't prohibit drinking, and hope that one day you can recognize that alcohol itself is not to blame for what happens to people.

[Axxman]

Alcohol is the most abused drug in our society. It is dangerous and lethal. To say "alcohol does nothing wrong to people" is almost unimaginable to me. Even in small amounts alcohol has an effect on your body. Irregardless of your position in regards to "wine" in the bible...it is not a good idea to promote even the slight use of alcohol.

One 4oz. glass of wine is enough alcohol to make a 120lb female have a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) too high to drive in most states.

[Metropolitan]

I believe that abstinence is always better than moderation...One glass leads to another one, then another and so on! Everybody starts with a just a glass of alcohol, and nobody downs a bottle at the first instant...They gradually increment their glasses from there on! So it is indeed the wines fault and not ours

Wedding at Cana, does give us an indication, that men indulged in wine in those days, and which may have been perfecty alright, then...I dont know how to proceed from here, cause I then wud end up contradicting myself

Axxman, I want to agree with you, but I wud be a hypocrite, if i said that you are practically in-correct

I still find it a lil un-biblical if I were to advocate 'moderation in wine is allowed' though