Many Christian leaders are asking if we will continue to experience His. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. Today in America getting drunk is considered morally acceptable among one-third. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud. In Jesus’ mind in Matthew 11, they’re the standard for wickedness and judgment, and Capernaum is so bad that they reject Jesus, they’ll be judged even worse. Others say the fact that Jesus never explicitly denied the charges means He at least consumed moderate amounts of alcohol. Some have suggested that they would not have called Jesus a drunkard if He did not at the very least imbibe alcoholic wine on occasion. 2 Peter 2:6, they’re an example of what will happen to the ungodly. 04/16/16 - Alcohol In Luke 7:34, we read that Jesus’ critics called Him a drunkard. 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah your prayer has been heard. Sodom will become a byword in the rest of the Bible. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.
The Bible said John the Baptist never took wine and other fermented drink:ġ1 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.