WINE ON THE VINE

“Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of CORN and WINE.” Genesis 27:28 “Thus saith the LORD, As the NEW WINE is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a BLESSING is in it…” Isaiah 65:8

WHAT IS PRESSED OUT AT THE WINEPRESS? The Winepress

The Parable of The Wine And Wineskins/Bottles: Mt. 9:17 (Mk. 2:22; Lk. 5:37-39) “Neither do men put NEW WINE (non-fermented; jhb) into old bottles: else the bottles break, and THE WINE (fermented, jhb) runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put NEW WINE (non- fermented; jhb) into new bottles, and BOTH are PRESERVED.” The Parable of The Wine And Wineskins/Bottles: Mt. 9:17 (Mk. 2:22; Lk. 5:37-39) “Neither do men put NEW WINE (non-fermented; jhb) into old bottles: else the bottles break, and THE WINE (fermented, jhb) runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put NEW WINE (non- fermented; jhb) into new bottles, and BOTH are PRESERVED.” “Wine” Is A Generic Word

Cider: “an intoxicating drink, barley beer, Heb. shekar, strong drink of grain and honey [shakar, to become intoxicated] the juice pressed from apples or, formerly, from other fruits, as cherries, used as a beverage or for making vinegar: sweet cider is unfermented, hard cider is fermented.” Cider press: “a machine that presses the juice out of apples, for making cider.” Webster’s Dictionary, p. 256 A Similar Generic Word

“Works” (of Men vs. of God) “Church” (Universal vs. Local) “Sick” (Physical vs. Spiritual) “Angels” (Evil Spirits vs. Ministers of God) “Water” (Salt Water vs. Fresh Water) “Marriage” (Approved vs. Unapproved) Is There A Contradiction? (Cf. II Tim. 2:15) “Wine” Is A Generic Word

Prov. 20:1, “WINE is a mocker, STRONG DRINK is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Prov. 23:31, “LOOK NOT thou upon THE WINE when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” WINE IS ALSO REVEALED AS BEING EVIL “Wine” Is A Generic Word

Eph. 5:18, And be not DRUNK with WINE, wherein is excess; but BE FILLED with THE SPIRIT.” WINE IS ALSO REVEALED AS BEING EVIL I Pet. 4:3, “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, EXCESS OF WINE, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.” “Wine” Is A Generic Word

Vine’s Expository Dictionary, p. 343 DRUNK, (-EN, be), DRUNKARD, DRUNKENNESS I. METHUO signifies to be drunk with wine. The verb is used of being intoxicated in Matt. 24:49; Acts 2:15; I Cor. 11:21; I Thess. 5:7b... I. METHUO signifies to be drunk with wine. The verb is used of being intoxicated in Matt. 24:49; Acts 2:15; I Cor. 11:21; I Thess. 5:7b... Drinking is Drunkenness!

Vine’s Expository Dictionary, p. 343 DRUNK, (-EN, be), DRUNKARD, DRUNKENNESS I. METHUO signifies to be drunk with wine. The verb is used of being intoxicated in Matt. 24:49; Acts 2:15; I Cor. 11:21; I Thess. 5:7b... I. METHUO signifies to be drunk with wine. The verb is used of being intoxicated in Matt. 24:49; Acts 2:15; I Cor. 11:21; I Thess. 5:7b METHUSKO signifies to make drunk, or to grow drunk (an inceptive verb, marking the process of the state expressed in No. I [“to be drunk with wine;” jhb]), to become intoxicated, Luke 12:45; Eph. 5:18; I Thess. 5:7a 2. METHUSKO signifies to make drunk, or to grow drunk (an inceptive verb, marking the process of the state expressed in No. I [“to be drunk with wine;” jhb]), to become intoxicated, Luke 12:45; Eph. 5:18; I Thess. 5:7a An “inceptive” verb: “expressing the beginning of an action.” Webster’s Dictionary, p. 710 Drinking is Drunkenness!

Lk. 12:45, “But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall BEGIN to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken” (#3182, METHUSKO). Cf. 21:34 Eph. 5:18, And be not DRUNK (#3182, METHUSKO) with WINE, wherein is EXCESS (NKJV, NASV, DISSIPATION; NIV, which leads to DEBAUCHERY; jhb); but BE FILLED with THE SPIRIT.” Cf. Col. 3:16

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! I Thess. 5:6-8, “Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and BE SOBER (# 3525, NEPHO). 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that BE DRUNKEN (# 3182, METHUSKO) are drunken (# 3184, METHUO) in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, BE SOBER (# 3525, NEPHO) putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” Cf. Eph. 5:14 Drinking is Drunkenness!

Vine’s Expository Dictionary, p SOBER, SOBERLY, SOBERMINDED B. Verbs. 1. NEPHO, signifies to be free from the influence of intoxicants; in the N.T., Metaphorically, it does not in itself imply watchfulness, but is used in association with it, I Thess. 5:6, 8; II Tim. 4:5; I Pet. 1:13; 4:7; 5:8. 2. SOPHRONEO, akin to A, is rendered to think soberly (i.e. denotes of sound mind; hence, self-controlled, sober-minded, jhb)… 3. SOPHRONIZO, denotes to cause to be sound of mind… To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain!

Nepho # 3525 NEW ENGLISHMAN’S GREEK CONCORDANCE: “vb. to abstain from wine; thus, to be sober” (p. 592) ARNDT & GINGRICH GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON: “be free fr. every form of mental and spiritual drunkenness” (p. 548) KITTEL’S THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE N.T. Vol. 4: “completely unaffected by wine” (p. 936) STRONG’S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE Dictionary: “to abstain from wine” (p. 50)

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! NEPHO (# 3525) Within I Peter I Pet. 1:13, “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, BE SOBER, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” I Pet. 4:7, “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and WATCH unto prayer.” ASV, “Be ye therefore of sound mind and BE SOBER unto (NASB, ‘for the purpose of’) prayer.” Cf. I Thess. 5:17 I Pet. 5:8, “BE SOBER, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! Cf. I Pet. 4:2-7, “That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, EXCESS OF WINE (NKJV, NASV: ‘drunkenness’), REVELLINGS (# 2970, ‘of half-drunken...fellows;’ Thayer, p. 533; jhb), BANQUETINGS (NKJV, NASV, ‘drinking parties;’ jhb), and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you…” Cf. I Pet. 2:11

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! ARNDT & GINGRICH GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON: “drinking, esp. a drinking party” (p. 696) R. C. TRENCH (SYNONYMS OF THE N.T.): “not of necessity excessive” (p. 211) I Pet. 4:3 “Banquetings” (POTOS # 4224)

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! THAYER’S GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON: “a drinking” (p. 533) THE WORD STUDY CONCORDANCE: “lit. drinkings” (p. 650) I Pet. 4:3 “Banquetings” (POTOS # 4224)

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! YOUNG’S ANALYTICAL CONCORDANCE: “a drinking” (p. 70) Do Not Drink (Any Amount) / “BE SOBER” (v. 7) I Pet. 4:3 “Banquetings” (POTOS # 4224)

To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! Cf. Mt. 6:13, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...” Cp. Jas. 1:5 w. Prov. 20:1 Cf. Mt. 26:41, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but THE FLESH IS WEAK.” Cf. Rom. 13:14, “…MAKE NOT PROVISION FOR THE FLESH, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” How Serious Is It To Be Sober?

Jesus Made Water Into “Wine” Jn. 2:2-10, “…7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made WINE, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth GOOD WINE; and when men have well drunk, then that which is WORSE: but thou hast kept the GOOD WINE until now.”

Jesus Made Water Into “Wine” Jn. 2:2-10, “…7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made WINE, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth GOOD WINE; and when men have well drunk, then that which is WORSE: but thou hast kept the GOOD WINE until now.” What Kind of Wine Did Jesus Make? Cf. Gen. 40:9-11, “And THE CHIEF BUTLER told his DREAM to Joseph…And PHARAOH’S CUP was IN MY HAND: and I took THE GRAPES, and PRESSED THEM INTO PHARAOH’S CUP, and I gave THE CUP into PHARAOH’S HAND.” Nothing But The Very Best For Pharaoh!

Jesus Made Water Into “Wine” Jn. 2:2-10, “…7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made WINE, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth GOOD WINE; and when men have well drunk, then that which is WORSE: but thou hast kept the GOOD WINE until now.” Fermentation: “1. the breakdown of complex molecules in organic compounds, caused by the influence of a ferment [bacteria cause milk to curdle by fermentation].” Fermentation Is A Process Of DECAY! Did Jesus Make Decomposed, Contaminated (Bad) Wine?

Jesus Made Water Into “Wine” Jn. 2:2-10, “…7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made WINE, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth GOOD WINE; and when men have well drunk, then that which is WORSE: but thou hast kept the GOOD WINE until now.” Did the one who taught his disciples to pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Mt. 6:13): provide those who had already “WELL DRUNK” (Jn. 2:10) with a substance that causes many to stumble? Note Hab. 2:15, “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken.” Cf. Heb. 4:15; I Pet. 2:22

Drinking is Drunkenness! To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! Who Bears The Burden Of Proof: The Abstainer or The User? Cf. Col. 3:17; I Thess. 5:21 Can We Find A Book, Chapter, And Verse Which Proves, That We Are Authorized To Engage In Social Drinking Of Alcoholic Beverages?

Drinking is Drunkenness! To “Be Sober” Means To Abstain! Who Bears The Burden Of Proof: The Abstainer or The User? Cf. Col. 3:17; I Thess. 5:21 Can We Find A Book, Chapter, And Verse Which Proves, That We Are Authorized To Engage In Social Drinking Of Alcoholic Beverages?