According to the Bible is it OK to drink alcoholic beverages?

Answer

The first recorded miracle in the New Testament is Jesus changing water into wine, draw your own conclusions.

Yeah i think its allright as long as you can control it and do you dont get totally drunk every day, even allone...thats the sign of alcoholism...;)

Not OK

Numbers 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:20-21 Be not among winebibbers.... For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.

Proverbs 23:29-30 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:31-32 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

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 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.

Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank.

Habakkuk 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken.

Luke 1:15 For he [John the Baptist] shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness.

Romans 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Galatians 5:21 Drunkenness ... and such like ... they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Eph.5:18 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess."

Summary of the above

As several of the passages above state, drinking to excess, or getting drunk, is not in God's will. For some, it is a temptation too great to overcome, which is why some, including Paul (Romans 14:21), chose to refrain from drinking in the company of some who might be offended, or be tempted to get drunk.

On the other hand, if drinking at all is bad or a sin, then why was Jesus' first miracle to turn water into wine? Some say that it wasn't really wine, but grape juice. The problem here is that there was no grape juice per se at that time, because there was no refrigeration; grape juice had to be preserved by fermenting it into wine. Granted, the alcohol content didn't have to be high, so it wasn't necessarily "strong drink."

One can conclude, therefore, that a glass of wine isn't something to be avoided, unless it could cause another to stumble into drunkenness. Getting drunk, though, is prohibited.

It's OK

Judges 9:13 Wine, which cheereth God and man.

Psalms 104:15 Wine that maketh glad the heart of man.

Proverbs 31:6-9 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.

Song of Solomon 5:1 I have drunk my wine.... O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly.

Habakkuk 2:16 Drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered.

John 2:3-10 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. ... His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. ... Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine ... the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake

It's OK

Jesus came eating and drinking. They even called him a wine-o.

if you are a christian your old ways pass away & God give you a new life by Grace, the more you read the bible & love Jesus the more He will change your Heart you wonytwant to drink any thing that is bad for you, jesus says your body is your temple,&WE ARE MADE OF THE SAME FLESH AS JESUS so why would u wat to hurt the Holy Spirit,He guides you threw your Christain life.to be Holy.

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