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Originally Posted by chette777
you go to wine makers pages on the web and when you do you see pictures of wine in glasses so don't tell me about not looking upon it while it is in the glass my friend. when your eyes have beheld it on these sites. you have looked at in the stores and your see it every day. so don't be so legalistic with your views. 
you are not as righteous as you think. and what will your righteousness of obdeince to "look thou not.. which by the way is found where? I did a search of the KJV and these three words are not found in it as you quote them.  add to God anyway.  |
Look thou not in Proverbs 23 is speaking of looking at the wine to desire it. There is nothing in that poison that attracts me to drink it and disobey God.
Look up the phrase 'Look not'. It has more than just a meaning of look. It also means 'do not experience.' One cannot have experience with alcohol without first disobeying God's command first. It means 'do not consider'. Don't even consider disobeying God by drinking it.
Why not just admit that God's Word clearly tells us it is forbidden for us to drink alcoholic beverage?
As to my righteousness, it is nothing but filthy rags. That is why I had to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. I had to be clothed in His righteousness. It is because of Jesus Christ and His Holy Word that I am made righteous.
His Word commands "Look thou not." I do not look at things to lust after them. I do not desire to do that which is commanded by Him I am not to do. I do not approve of alcohol... another meaning of "Look not" in that verse. I do not make it appear to be enjoyable to others because Scripture clearly tells us it is poison and to abstain from it.
To be disobedient is to incur God's wrath. I will not do such.