Is it a sin to have an occasional (one) glass of wine with dinner?

Thank you for your question. It is one that is on the heart of many people. The best short answer that I can give you is this:

Many people believe that it is not a sin to drink an alcoholic beverage and will site some old testament passages and even twist some passages and say that Jesus Christ himself drank alcoholic wine. In short, no, Christ did not drink alcoholic wine. When Christ came, many Old Testament practices changed.

Some people go to the passage in 1 Timothy 5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
See All... that says to take a little wine for you ailments, and say, "See, the bible says it is O.K. to drink." without looking at the context of the passage. He said to take some for ailing purposes, not for secular, personal enjoyment.

Since facts are supposed to be supported in the mouths of two or more witnesses, (John 8:17It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
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1. Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
   See All... WINE is a MOCKER, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2. Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
   See All... Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

The most picturesque description of wine and its' attributes is found in Proverbs 23:29-35 [29] Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? [30] They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. [31] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. [32] At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. [33] Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. [34] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. [35] They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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