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Originally Posted by Luke
To be honest i will have to admit that i have never noticed that verse before though i am sure that i have read it. That being said i also cannot take one obscure scripture and by it discount and passover all other sriptures that deal with the same topic. As i can find and reference multiple passages that condemn both wine and strong drink for nazerites, priest ( when in the service and prescence of the Lord) kings, and even just the common man it would be faulty hermenutics to take the one (out of 20 that i found) obscure passage that deals with strong drink in a seemingly ok way and by it nullify all of the warnings and woes against it.
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First off, every verse you have posted in this thread has had to do with drunkeness.
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!
Habakkuk 2:15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and
makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness
Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
(Reading the rest of that scripture in
Prov 23 actually describes a drunken fellow)
Yes, nazarites and priest when in service were not allowed to drink, BUT, the common Israelite was no where forbidden
That one verse in
Deut 14:26 (if you believe in bible inerrancy) should be enough to show that wine and STRONG DRINK (my emphasis on strong drink..lol) are ok. But you shouldn't go against your conviction
Also, in
Eph 5:18 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" shows Christians should not have excess wine. Now, how can Paul be warning against excess wine if the Ephesians were not to even drink wine at all?
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