Preaching Today

I really wish that i could find a well informed person that lives and or works in St Paul, I have meny questions that should only come from a RABBI, these would be Questions in line to help the truck drivers that come in, all FAITHES,cam you help me,I am a retired truck driver, now after training a CHAPLAIN, and wanting to grow in the LORD, Thank you.!

Liquor is also called spirits - and is NOT the Holy Spirit. Jesus never 'made' or 'consumed' alcoholic drinks. Fermentation in God's Word always refers to sin, and our Lord Jesus Christ would have none of that.

The choice of drinking alcohol would depend on a person's decision on how they want to treat the body/temple AND what example they want to be. That decision should be made long before we are sitting in front of a margarita! The Bible teaches in Corinthians that the body is NOT our own; that it is a temple. Some say Jesus drank alcohol when he created 'wine' at a wedding; He did not. In fact, a little word study proves the 'wine' was new wine (juice) as opposed to 'old' wine (fermented). It's easy to justify drinking alcohol when we believe Jesus consumed it. ALL Christians should refuse alcohol. I am aware that for many Christians being a teetotaler is, well ...hard to swallow! Perhaps the pastor was being tested by the wedding host/server that served the alcohol. It would seem that the host would know his invited guests, and would know who drank and who did not. The pastor should have been asked if he/she wanted a drink. How many margaritas are enough? What's the goal? Why start?

This great passage has been beautifully exegitted even if I don't completely agree with the choice to drink the alcohol on the basis of not wanting to hurt someone. While this is not a judgement on the writer's choice, I believe that I do not have to choose to drink alcohol simply to please anyone when I would not normally drink alcohol. I have myself been in a similar situation but graciously declined and requested to be served an alcohol free beverage. Some people simply do not drink alcohol, and it has nothing to do with religion.

I am happy to read comments that indicate that there are pastors out there who are keeping God's perfect law perfectly. I folks would leave a church because their pastor participated in a toast at a wedding and allowed alcohol to touch his lips (against which, there is no law), immagine how they would react if their pastor actually sinned!!