Is Drinking A Sin? - Ambassador College Production - 1970

Ambassador College Production

JESUS CHRIST set us an example that we should follow in His steps (I Peter 2:27). "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever" (Heb. 13:8). Jesus has not changed! He would still be living the same kind of life if He were to come in the flesh today as He did live 1900 years ago. Now notice His example in John 2:1-11. Here is the account of how Jesus turned water into wine. If you will look up the meaning of the word "firkin" (verse 6), you will see that this amounted to many gallons of wine! The account is very clear. It simply shows that - according to Jewish custom - they were having real wine at the wedding feast, and ran out. Jesus helped them out, for it was a time of rejoicing, and there were probably several hundred people there. So He turned the water into wine - and it was real, fermented wine. They would NEVER have said to the bridegroom, "Thou hast kept the good wine until now" - if Jesus had provided only grape juice, which they would have regarded as an inferior beverage for this occasion. Also, the original Greek word used here is oinos, and it always means the fermented juice of the grape - nothing else. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library