• The Use Of Wine

  Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Dec 22, 2018 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:5-9, 1 Peter 5:1-4

  Tags:  Wine, Elder, Preacher, Drink, Deacon, Member  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An aged brother told me jokingly one time regarding the difference between the elders and deacon’s use of wine, in 1 Timothy 3:3. He said Brother Freeman: “It’s simple. The deacon can drink, ‘a little wine’; however, the elder can only sip it, swish it around in his mouth, and then spit it out.” He is not to be “given to wine.” And there was laughter in the house!

I thanked him for his comment.

“A bishop then must be blameless... not given to wine....Likewise must the deacons be grave... not given unto much wine,” 1 Timothy 3:1-10; Titus 1:7.

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