"He that hath none, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword."

Lk 22

"Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him: and if he repent, forgive him."

Lk 17

{Edited from a conversation about "wine" in Scripture.}

A main part of the confusion here comes from translators to English, which, instead of using the foreign word for the foreign item (like is done today with "kvass", "ramen", and other foreign things), they used a word in English for something familiar to them: "wine". This was an error in judgement which has destroyed countless lives through the confusion they caused. The problem is that, especially today, the word "wine" all but exclusively refers to an alcoholic state of the drink. The drink referred to in Scripture, which is "yayin", is in truth fermented drinks in general.

Yayin wasn't even always grapes: "yayin of the juice of my pomegranate" Song of Solomon 8. And we know from history and from Scripture that it was certainly not always the alcoholic state of the fermentation. One would have to argue that it was normal biblically to give alcohol to little children: "the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. They say to their mothers, Where is grain and yayin?" Lam 2

The command is given: "Look not thou upon the yayin" when? "when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright" when it is seductive, alluring, alcoholic. Then you are not only to not drink it at all, but not to even look at it: do not let it tempt you. Why? "Thine eyes shall behold women strangers, and thine heart shall utter perverse things" Pr 23.

However little one drinks, one has decided to give up that much of their self-control. Some people sometimes still have enough control to stop drinking; many do not. Whether one does or does not have enough control left to stop, is it sinful to deliberately impair one's judgement, sinful to tempt one's self to sin.

"It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink yayin, nor for princes strong drink: lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted" Pr 31.
Not, "you should not drink so much that you forget the law", but, "you should not drink at all, lest you forget the law". Every Christian must be ready to judge justly: "Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?" 1Cor 6.

(The word "shekher", translated as "strong drink", refers to intoxication, and is often paired with "yayin" to clarify when it is speaking of intoxicating, alcoholic yayin.)

"Give strong drink unto him that has no hope", this is why God's law sanctions it for unbelievers, but for a believer to drink alcohol is to cast aside faith in God: "that ye sorrow not, as others which have no hope" 1Thes 4. Do we not have hope? Are we not Christians? "whatsoever is not of faith is sin" Ro 14.

If we obey the command of God and act like Christians, then we may say like righteous Hannah: "I have drunk neither yayin nor strong drink ... Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial" 1Sa 1.

#sabbathposts 2023/09/30

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Thought For Today: Sunday October 01:

You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I am glad to go through pain, but in a way one must in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

KIDNEY DISEASE

A healing prayer for you to use when you suffer from kidney disease (including kidney stones, Bright’s disease, nephritis, cystitis etc.)

References:
1 Peter 5:7 --- Malachi 3:11 --- Jeremiah 14:17 --- Jeremiah 1:12 --- Hebrews 4:12 --- Romans 10:17 --- John 16:23-24 --- Mark 7:27 --- Psalm 28:1 --- Proverbs 17:22 --- Jeremiah 8:22 --- Matthew 9:22

Healing Promise:
“Heal me O Adonai and I shall be healed; Save me and I shall be saved; for Thou art my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14)

Healing Prayer:
My Adonai and my YHVH, thank You for Your overwhelming love for me. I rejoice and bask in the fact that You care for me. Therefore, I cast my cares about kidney disease upon You. I know You are both willing and able to heal me and I ask You to deliver me from this sickness of ……......... Rebuke the devourer for my sake my Abba. Heal me and I know I shall be completely healed, for You truly are my praise. I thank You for always being ready to perform Your Word in my life. How powerful it is! The power of Your Word imparts faith to believe Your healing promises. Therefore Abba, it is with joy that I believe Your Word and I reach forth and receive healing from You for my kidneys now as I pray. Thank You for showing me, through Your Word, that healing is Your children’s bread. It is with delight that I partake of Your wonderful bread of healing as I pray my Abba and I thank You for providing healing for me. To You I will cry my Adonai, my Rock. I know that You will not be silent to me. You will always hear the voice of my supplications as I cry out to You. Help me to keep my heart merry my Abba, because I know this will do me far better than any medicine can ever do for me. In fact, You are my healing balm. You are faithful my Abba and I trust You to touch my kidneys, to bring complete and total healing to the disease that has afflicted me and to make me whole. Thank You Abba for healing me. In Yeshua Name I pray, amein.

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