there are quite a few Christians-
That interpret -that indeed it WAS all Grape juice-
nothing was fermented.
just sayin...
And they are wrong, and normally among the most pharisaical among us…..
“And That is when Jesus changed the water into pure unfermented grape juice!”
That interpret -that indeed it WAS all Grape juice-
nothing was fermented.
One time in my tea-totalling AG church (about 1,000 folks in the congregation that particular morning) the pastor was reading the scripture on which he was basing his message. His message was not about wine or drinking, though wine was mentioned in the particular scripture. At the word “wine”, the pastor stopped, looked at the congregation, and said, (I paraphrase), “Folks, the word translated into wine here means fermented juice of grapes”. And then he went on with the reading and the lesson where it was never mentioned again.
I have no problem with being careful to correctly interpret scripture, but I learned long ago not to entertain a certain belief about scripture simply because other “Christians” believed it. Many “Christians” believe Mary died a virgin. Many “Christians” believe that if you don’t accept Christ you will consciously suffer unimaginable torment for eon on unending eon.
But with all of these issues, it is best to accept their teaching as what they believe and what might be true, but research it yourself. It’s absurdly easy in the day of the internet and search engines. Ignorance is even less of an excuse now than ever.
And they are clearly wrong.