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To: imardmd1

If Jesus Christ wanted to turn water into alcoholic wine, why should we demean Him for that? I don’t see any need to do so.
It was done for a celebration of a wedding.


23 posted on 05/29/2014 7:25:59 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr
If Jesus Christ wanted to turn water into alcoholic wine, why should we demean Him for that? I don’t see any need to do so.

You're simply insisting that beverage alcohol was being served at this event, with Jesus contributing it, so you can make him take the blame to justify your (and Satan's) preference for recreational use of intoxicants. (BTW, in the Bible the English term "strong drink" does not refer to distilled spirits, or even fortified wine/sherry. The distillation process was not discovered until about--IIRC--800AD, and that for the purpose of making accelerant for the use of fire in warfare.

It was done for a celebration of a wedding.

It was, but you have not one shred of evidence anywhere in the Bible to prove that alcoholic wine was present, served, approved, used, or made at this event. You hsve only baseless assumptions heavily weighted by your prejudicial opinions, not a valid argument.

So, why don't you give up on that. I don't even have to defend my position on this wedding, because my argument is Jesus' purity and innocence of any sinful activity. I do not think (my opinion) that he would even have agreed to provide the refreshment if a non-alcoholic juice would have been unwanted.

In fact, I don't believe that godly Mary, highly favored by Him, would even thought of asking Jesus' to supply more intoxicanr if that was what was wanted.

I'm pretty sure that by now you know of the verse following, but I'm including it anyway, whether you think it out of context or not, regarding the Cana affair:

"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!" (Hab 2:15 AV)

33 posted on 05/30/2014 8:34:14 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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