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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 calls in no uncertain terms for Christians to "be sober". (I Peter 4:7).

===Summary===

*The New Testament replaces the blessing of wine, found in the Old Testament, with the blessing of the Holy Spirit.

*Intoxication was condemned in the Old Testament.

*When you buy a bottle of beer, you are supporting the advertising of that product by whatever means and methods the manufacturer chooses.

*The children of Israel abstained from wine for 40 years before they went into the promised land.

*Alcohol deceives (impairs judgement),

*Alcohol is often in the posession of a wrongdoer.

*Some people are recovering alcoholics, and Christians should be good examples to them.

*Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament, priests were not allowed to consume alcohol while performing their duties in the temple.

*Alcohol is accepted for use as a medicine in the New Testament.

*Jesus left us the example that ''I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.'' (Matthew 26:29)

All of these reasons are Biblical support for William Branham's routine condemnation of the moderate consumption of alcohol by Christians.

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