How do you know that? Where is your evidence?
It's simply a logical deduction. Would you accuse someone that does not drink alcohol of being a drunk?
I don't try to force my views on anyone but just like everyone, I express my views. I have taught kids in a Christian environment that God disapproves of all alcoholic intoxication of any degree and therefore Christians should not drink fermented, leavened, or alcoholic beverages.
If Jesus drank wine that moved aright in the cup, then how much did God want Him to drink or not drink in order to control His level of intoxication?
Didn't say you were. I said you're speaking where God hasn't.
No one here disagrees with that. It's very clear in the Bible.
Do you not see the disconnect there?
What I would do or not do is not the question here.
The Bible does not clearly distinguish between low blood-alcohol levels and high blood-alcohol levels. I have learned by education and experience the dangers of alcohol addiction, as well as the dangers of addictions to sex, drugs, smoking, gambling, and other sins and perversions. That is why I teach kids to stay as far away from those things as they can so they do not get tricked and trapped into a lifestyle that displeases God and will kill them.
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Odd. First you agree that the Bible condemns any degree of intoxication. That means the Bible condemns any consumption of alcohol as ingestion of any alcohol affects the body and mind. As an alky I know this. I can't drink, period, because of this as it sets in motion things inside me that I cannot control. Less than one beer or hard drink does that to me.
The Bible does not clearly distinguish between low blood-alcohol levels and high blood-alcohol levels. I have learned by education and experience the dangers of alcohol addiction, as well as the dangers of addictions to sex, drugs, smoking, gambling, and other sins and perversions. That is why I teach kids to stay as far away from those things as they can so they do not get tricked and trapped into a lifestyle that displeases God and will kill them.
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Substantial research has established that the effect of alcohol on the human depends on the blood alcohol concentration. At a very low blood alcohol level people usually feel relaxation and mild euphoria and some loss of inhibition or shyness. However, at blood alcohol levels that exceed the legal limit for driving in United States, significant impairment of motor skills may occur. At a blood alcohol level of 0.3% and higher, complete loss of consciousness may occur and a blood alcohol level of 0.5% and higher may even cause death
Just because a small amount of alcohol causes intoxication in you, that doesn't mean it causes intoxication in everyone else.
I think of myself as very sensitive to the stuff. Most people I know who 'drink socially' drink a lot more than I do to get the same effect I get from a half-beer. They'll drink 2-6 whole beers but I get 'buzzed' at half a beer, if I'm patient and let it set in. So I just recalibrated what I think of as normal drinking for me. It also lines up with Paul's biblical counsel to Timothy, to just have a little wine.
Tell me this. Is there any profit in preaching against those things? Do you think anyone hears?
Perhaps the Lord is convicting you about abstaining from alcohol.
There may be exceptions I am unaware of but apart from the unknown possible exceptions I do believe drinking intoxicating beverages is a sin.
I teach and preach the Bible. Whether people listen or not is between them and God.
Preachers who refuse to preach against sin do not serve as salt and light to the world.
I do know God banned leaven from some foods for some occasions, but I am not aware of God instructing people not to look on bread that is rising from fermentation.
The only people who ask God for forgiveness are people who are first convinced they are sinners.