Jon Jorgenson | – Can A Christian DRINK ALCOHOL?


Is drinking alcohol a sin? How much can you drink? What about getting drunk? What does the bible say about alcohol? In today’s video, Jon tackles this difficult topic in a practical way.

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WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON ALCOHOL?

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JonJorgenson Jon Jorgenson is an author, speaker, and spoken word poet whose YouTube videos have been viewed by more than 15 million people. Jon partners with numerous organizations including Awana International, Moody Bible Institute, the Willow Creek Association, and hundreds of other churches, colleges, and conferences all over the globe. His spoken word poetry provides a dynamic and creative experience that captures the imagination of audiences everywhere. As a former Broadway actor, Chicago native, and very lucky husband, Jon hopes to provide a fresh, unique voice to some of life’s most difficult and challenging questions. JonJorgenson

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  1. no we can't drink alcohol, it is the only drug he called out as a sin, drunkeness is a sin, any sip gives a high….any other drug is cool though seeing as God either didnt say anything about them or told us He gave them to us to use (if they are a plant in its natural form)

  2. The translation of wine in hebrew has two meanings one means the alcohlic and the other doesn't.
    Alcohol leads to a lot of sins with out control of body,so you don't know what you are going to do and simply Jesus gave them wine without alcohol,would you be satisfied if the gospel said "alcohol-free wine"?
    Even that kind shouldn't be drank a lot because it may also affect the control of body

  3. Could you clarify something for me please? Just because there's a greek word for wine how do we know the wine in the bible is the alcoholic kind as it doesn't quote the word Oinos when it talks about turning water into wine

  4. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
    2 Peter 2:1 KJV

  5. The people who would flip out at someone drinking a glass of wine will pay no mind to over eating at any fast food place. LOL. As I recall Paul, also told Timothy to drink a little wine which is a bit confusing as he had just before said, " a bishop must not be given to wine",???

  6. Drinking some alcohol is healthy. That is why it is in cough syrup. I grew up Baptist then became SDA, and both taught that drinking alcohol was bad. But I noticed over and over how the people known for drinking alcohol seldom to never got sick. When I mentioned that to pastors etc. They would reason out that God was giving them more time to repent. Then later I discovered that the Bible actually promotes drinking alcohol responsibly.
    Not only did Christ teach us that drinking alcohol is good, but to be a true Christian even requires it.
      Christ said in Luke 5:37-39 "And  no man putteth new wine (grape juice)  into old bottles (brittal leather animal skins) ; else the new  wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish (from the stretching caused by the fermentation process) But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better."
        In parenthesis added to make sure you get what is being said. Any true Christian must drink wine, because it represents the blood of Christ. Christ said  
    John 6:54 "Whoso eateth  my flesh , and drinketh my  blood, hath eternal life; and  I will raise him up at the last day." Drinking wine represents the blood of Christ, not grape juice. We know Christ died on Passover and Passover is six months after grape harvest. Grape juice only take about 2 weeks to turn to wine. Therefore we know for certain that Christ was using the real fermented wine which he said once you taste you should not desire unfermented grape juice again! It is sad that most Protestants are against the teachings of Christ

  7. Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me." John 6:53-57

  8. Here is the silver bullet to end the debate… Luke 7:34! It says, "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a DRUNKARD, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!”

    If this wasn’t a reference to alcoholic wine- but rather to some nonalcoholic grape must (or grape juice)- why would the Pharisees call Jesus a “drunkard?”

    Here is another one… 1 Corinthians 11:20-22! It says, in reference to the church community, “therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink?”

    If the wine used in the Lord’s supper was nonalcoholic, then how did the Corinthian church get drunk? It was clearly alcoholic wine that they used in Lord’s supper, which proves that drunkenness is not the sole purpose for wine.

    Finally, the same passage in 1 Cor 11:20-22 says that the Corinthian churches had homes where they can eat and drink. Since it’s indisputable that the Corinthian church used wine in the Lord’s supper, then it also must follow that they had wine to go back to in their own homes- meaning wine was part of the normal, everyday life of the 1st century Christian.

    Boom! Therefore, a “true conservative” would conserve these practices of the original church, not oppose it

  9. Yes, it is a sin. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler. Whoever is deceived by it is not wise" Proverbs 20:1 "Do not look on the wine when it is red,
    When it sparkles in the cup,when it swirls around smoothly". Proverbs 23:31 These young millennials DO NOT understand that it doesn't take a lot of alcohol to become intoxicated. The Bible is clear: stay away from it. Nobody ever got drunk if they never took that very first sip. Oh and by the way, the spotless Lamb of God would NEVER make anything that would bring harm to your body, wreck families, marriages, break homes, impair your senses. People who use the "Jesus turned water into wine" argument are not wise. And let me say that I am not trying to judge. I just love people who I know who drink and I don't want them harmed. I want them to know the truth about alcohol.

  10. At the beginning of Islam , alcohol wasn't Haram (illegal) ,than after some years (Muhammad a.s period) God banned alcohol as big sin because He (God) knew that people will get drunk .
    I just tried to give this information to you as a Muslim guy . sorry for my bad English . Peace

  11. I choose not to Drink any Alcohol, because I do not want to become addicted to it. What other people do, is not my concern, because they will have to answer to God one day for their actions, not me. People do drink in front of me, but that doesn't bother me, because no one can make me stumble. I am fully in Christ, and no action, of another person, can pull me away from Him.

  12. love how you dont take sides….but Jesus say I drink wine they call me a drunk….a sip of wine is good for your stomach but to get waisted drinking bottles make you sloppy you will never find Jesus sloppy

  13. That was pretty good man. I like what you said and I can see what you mean on both sides. Would you have a thought on the love of alcohol? I am in the dating scene right now and a recurring theme from Christian girls I keep hearing is how much they love to drink hard liquor (Gin) and do often out at the bars or clubs or with their girlfriends. They all say the same thing, "I like the way it makes me feel and I like the taste." Are they getting drunk? Not that I can perceive, HOWEVER, their behavior does change. They become louder, flirty with the men around them, they are no longer empathetic or nice, more wild, more difficult to carry on a civil conversation, and a bit rude to others around them. Your thoughts on the love and strong desire to want to drink 2-3 Gin and tonics excessively throughout the week and definitely every weekend?

  14. A lot of people are lacking common sense here,   When Jesus made wine, lets say the people in the wedding were drunk already and then Jesus made more alcoholic wine for them so they can get even more drunker, wouldn't Jesus be going against what he preached?   If God forbids getting drunk why would Jesus help them get more drunker?   what does the bible have to say?  Habakkuk 2:15-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!                     1Corithians 10:31– Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.            Proverbs 23:19-21- Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.…

  15. The Bible is very confusing always contradicting because of it's human author, even the most righteous man in his generation Noah got drunk just right after the flood.. Lmao Noah started the first sin of his generation because all the sinful people is dead of the flood and now there they are again sinning in the leadership of Noah God's chosen man lol!!

  16. If someone gets drunk on that wedding and kill many people there then Jesus is participant of that Sin you can't deny the fact that he created this alcoholic wine in abundance it means he gave them permission to drink in abundance, its simple logic.

  17. You guys need to wake up and have some knowledge from the Holy Spirit to interpret the Bible. You guys are misunderstanding what Jesus did in the wedding in converting the water into wine. THE WINE WAS NOT ALCOHOL !!! It was a juice of the grape. Why would Jesus make “alcohol” if He knows that’s against His will and holiness ?? Stop interpreting the Bible your way to make Christians think they can drink alcohol.

  18. Regarding giving a tenth of their goods as a contribution to the church …
    Deut 14:24-26 says, "But if the journey should be too long for you and you are not able to carry it (their contribution) to the place that Jehovah your God chooses as the place for his name because it is far away from you (because Jehovah your God will bless you), you may then convert it into money, and with your money in hand, travel to the place that Jehovah your God will choose. You may then spend the money on whatever you desire—cattle, sheep, goats, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, and anything you please; and you will eat there before Jehovah your God and rejoice, you and your household."

    Proverb 31:6-7, "Give ALCOHOL to those who are perishing and WINE to those in bitter distress. Let them drink and forget their poverty; Let them remember their trouble no more." Check these verses in your Bible. Some people shouldn't drink alcohol but others can drink just fine without becoming intoxicated. So each should decide for himself.

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