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IMO, it has little to do with "an exercise of liberty."
There are many reasons why Christians today should not drink alcohol.
If one is wise they would read some of the links I post instead of me posting what they have to say.

http://www.andrewcorbett.net/articles/alcohol.htm

http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor...ohol/Wine-Drinking in New Testament Times.htm

http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nowine.html

http://www.johnhamelministries.org/wine_lie_Jesus.htm

http://www.lwbc.co.uk/Feet/a_biblical_perspective_on_the_us.htm

 

DHK,

I want the unequivocal, biblical mandate against it. I am not trying to be obtuse. Either the bible prohibits it or it does not. Are we not people of the Book? Is not the Bible the sole authority for all matters of faith and practice? Where is the unequivocal, biblical mandate?

 

First, if you don't know what wine is (the wine of Biblical times), then you will remain forever ignorant. That is why reading is important. In no way can one drink our alcoholic beverages of today "moderately" and compare that to what they drank "in moderation" back then. It is not the same drink. Find out what they were drinking.

 

Here is one of the better explanations that I have found:

http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/Bible/Doctrines/Holiness/Drugs%20&%20Alcohol/Wine-Drinking%20in%20New%20Testament%20Times.htm
Now take into consideration that many sources (including MacArthur) believe that the ratio was eight to one--a rather impossible mixture to get drunk on. This author believes it was only 3:1.




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First, godly men on both sides of the debate disagree on this point. It is not an unequivocal, biblical mandate. If you remember, in one of the previous threads on drinking, I shared with you part of an article by a recognized scholar who takes the opposite view. So, where does that leave us? It leaves us without a clear biblical mandate that says, "Thou shalt not drink alcohol." You can post all the articles you want. You can insinuate I am ignorant all you want. At the end of the day you cannot say, "Thus sayeth the Lord!" It is a matter of Christian liberty whether you want to admit it or not, and you have you the liberty not to imbibe.

 

The game is similar to dodge ball.:BangHead:

 

It is frustrating, although consistent.

 

Yea...so is a patient with OCD