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Alcohol refers to a fermented or distilled intoxicating beverage containing ethanol. During the period known as Prohibition, from 1919 to 1933, it was illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcoholic beverages in the United States. | Alcohol refers to a fermented or distilled intoxicating beverage containing ethanol. During the period known as Prohibition, from 1919 to 1933, it was illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcoholic beverages in the United States. | ||
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==King and Priests== | ==King and Priests== | ||
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*fornication, | *fornication, | ||
*from things strangled, and | *from things strangled, and | ||
*from blood. | *from blood.<ref>''For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.” (The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 15:28–29.) | ||
None of their instructions asked the Gentile Christians to abstain from alcohol. | None of their instructions asked the Gentile Christians to abstain from alcohol. | ||
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#The prophet Jeremiah then brought wine to the sons of Jonadab, and instructed them to drink (Jeremiah 35). They refused because of a vow they had made to their father, and Jeremiah blessed them for keeping their vow. | #The prophet Jeremiah then brought wine to the sons of Jonadab, and instructed them to drink (Jeremiah 35). They refused because of a vow they had made to their father, and Jeremiah blessed them for keeping their vow. | ||
#John the Baptist did not drink wine. | #John the Baptist did not drink wine. | ||
==Communion and Restoration== | ==Communion and Restoration== | ||
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Alcohol can lead to despair just like driving a car can lead to an accident. | Alcohol can lead to despair just like driving a car can lead to an accident. | ||
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==Living for others== | |||
The Bible says ''All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth...'' (I Corinthians 10:23-24,31-33) | The Bible says ''All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth...'' (I Corinthians 10:23-24,31-33) | ||
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*'''Deacons''': ''not given to much wine'' (I Timothy 3:8) | *'''Deacons''': ''not given to much wine'' (I Timothy 3:8) | ||
*'''Everyone''': ''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.'' (Romans 14:23) | *'''Everyone''': ''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.'' (Romans 14:23) | ||
==Intoxication in the Old Testament== | ==Intoxication in the Old Testament== | ||
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:''And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.''<ref>II Samuel 6:18-19</ref> | :''And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.''<ref>II Samuel 6:18-19</ref> | ||
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|''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. 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.'' (Proverbs 23:29-33) | |||
''Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.'' (Joel 1:5) | |||
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==Intoxication in the New Testament== | ==Intoxication in the New Testament== | ||
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In comparison, Peter said that before his conversion it was not unusual for him to get drunk (I Peter 4:3). After his conversion, however, Peter encourages Christians to "be sober". (I Peter 4:7). | In comparison, Peter said that before his conversion it was not unusual for him to get drunk (I Peter 4:3). After his conversion, however, Peter encourages Christians to "be sober". (I Peter 4:7). | ||
However, it is clear that those in the church in Corinth drank, and even got drunk: | |||
:''When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, '''another gets drunk'''. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 11:20–22.</ref> | |||
===Jesus and Alcohol=== | ===Jesus and Alcohol=== | ||