This question was put to me recently by someone whom, as the Pharisees did Jesus, was attempting to disprove my ministry, while at the same time calling me wicked for even making such a statement. While I don't claim to be anybody's Bible scholar, I can happily proclaim, with absolute certainty that "I know the man from Galilee." (See, that right there makes me want to break out into a sprint. Y'all just don't know.)
The answer is an unresounding "YES," Jesus did drink wine. In fact, Jesus's very first miracle, as most people probably know, was that He turned water into wine. I did not say that Jesus was a drunkard; that's how the Pharisees insultingly tried to label Him; but, as we see here, Jesus himself admittedly partook of the grape.
Matthew 11:15-26
Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand! "How shall I describe this generation? These people are like a group of children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends, 'We played wedding songs, and you weren't happy, so we played funeral songs, but you weren't sad.' For John the Baptist didn't drink wine and he often fasted, and you say, 'He's demon possessed.' And I, the Son of Man, feast and drink, and you say, 'He's a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of the worst sort of sinners!' But wisdom is shown to be right by what results from it." Then Jesus began to denounce the cities where he had done most of his miracles, because they hadn't turned from their sins and turned to God. "What horrors await you, ### and ###! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked ### and ###, their people would have sat in deep repentance long ago, clothed in sackcloth and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. I assure you, ### and ### will be better off on the judgment day than you! And you people of ###, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in ###, it would still be here today. I assure you, ### will be better off on the judgment day than you." Then Jesus prayed this prayer:
"O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!
This kind of contention derives from a lack of knowledge and understanding. It is to me, a classic example of "straining out the gnat and swallowing the camel whole:" We give far too much credence to man prescribed rules and rituals rather than focusing on the weightier things of Christ, such as love, truth, compassion, repentance, and forgiveness (on both sides of an issue, AMEN).
So, not only did Jesus drink wine, moreover, it is written, I believe toward the older generation: 1 Timothy 5:23 Go ahead and drink a little wine, for instance; it's good for your digestion, good medicine for what ails you.
Young people, and old alike, I DID NOT SAY GET DRUNK!
Note: I also like this text because it's nestled right in there along with Jesus's teaching on wisdom as related to the traversing of the cities. It's not just enough to say we know Him, we must truly get to know him. LOVE is in no way bias.
❤
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The answer is an unresounding "YES," Jesus did drink wine. In fact, Jesus's very first miracle, as most people probably know, was that He turned water into wine. I did not say that Jesus was a drunkard; that's how the Pharisees insultingly tried to label Him; but, as we see here, Jesus himself admittedly partook of the grape.
Matthew 11:15-26
Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand! "How shall I describe this generation? These people are like a group of children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends, 'We played wedding songs, and you weren't happy, so we played funeral songs, but you weren't sad.' For John the Baptist didn't drink wine and he often fasted, and you say, 'He's demon possessed.' And I, the Son of Man, feast and drink, and you say, 'He's a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of the worst sort of sinners!' But wisdom is shown to be right by what results from it." Then Jesus began to denounce the cities where he had done most of his miracles, because they hadn't turned from their sins and turned to God. "What horrors await you, ### and ###! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked ### and ###, their people would have sat in deep repentance long ago, clothed in sackcloth and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. I assure you, ### and ### will be better off on the judgment day than you! And you people of ###, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in ###, it would still be here today. I assure you, ### will be better off on the judgment day than you." Then Jesus prayed this prayer:
"O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!
This kind of contention derives from a lack of knowledge and understanding. It is to me, a classic example of "straining out the gnat and swallowing the camel whole:" We give far too much credence to man prescribed rules and rituals rather than focusing on the weightier things of Christ, such as love, truth, compassion, repentance, and forgiveness (on both sides of an issue, AMEN).
So, not only did Jesus drink wine, moreover, it is written, I believe toward the older generation: 1 Timothy 5:23 Go ahead and drink a little wine, for instance; it's good for your digestion, good medicine for what ails you.
Young people, and old alike, I DID NOT SAY GET DRUNK!
Note: I also like this text because it's nestled right in there along with Jesus's teaching on wisdom as related to the traversing of the cities. It's not just enough to say we know Him, we must truly get to know him. LOVE is in no way bias.
❤
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