Should Christians Drink Alcohol? | Derek Prince 

This ministry has really hit home for me. Back in March of 2018 I fell into a coma for almost a month. My brain kept swelling and the doctors couldn’t figure out what was happening. They ran every test and tried every medicine, but they still didn’t have any answers. They even sent vials of my blood off to the Mayo Clinic, and they didn’t find anything wrong. The doctors told my kids that they needed to take care of my final expenses because they were sure that I wouldn’t come out of the coma alive. Well I came out of that coma on Easter Sunday and I knew then that God had performed a miracle in me. I wasn’t very strong in my faith before the coma, but I knew that God had more work for me to do. I believe that when I was in the coma that I was shown what hell would be like and I was terrified. I was praying to God to make the things stop and I couldn’t understand what was going on. By coming out of my coma on Easter Sunday, I knew that I was born again and that I am a walking miracle. Praise God for His goodness. 🙏❤️✝️

I don’t think it is a sin to drink but I do believe it is a sin to get drunk. I find it is best not to drink at all.

We are to remain sober and alert until the end

One important fact that our modern Culture needs to remember, it would take 10-23 glasses of wine back then to equal one glass today! Israel (except those seeking to get drunk or using it as medicine for the dying, etc.), boiled and diluted the wine to avoid getting drunk! The wine and sanitized the water if it was rancid and grape juice (new wine) is good tasting so they drank that before it fermented as well.

This is such a word Too much of a good thing can opens doors we don't want open

Please pray that God delivers me from curses and softens to my heart, thanks

I can relate to his spiritual warfare point about wine, although it's not Biblically prohibited. Also, for people with a vulnerability to alcoholism, it's better to stay away.

Come soon Lord! Amen. God is merciful. He always forgives. Never be ashamed to take your failures to him. He is for you, not against you! God is with you in the storm. He knows your troubles, he hears you! He is for you, on your side, always! It may feel silent at times, but he’s holding you close! May the Lord return soon! We are drawing closer. He is coming! Believe and trust in the Lord, you will be saved. Period. May the Lord bless you all! Hang in there family. Stay strong. It is not easy following the Lord. We are scoffed at. We give up our earthly dreams, our fleshly desires. What the enemy offers is short lived, but heaven is forever! Life may seem or be unfair, but God is with you! Always remember that. Things may get better or worse for you, but a kingdom awaits you! Finish the race! Repent daily and carry your cross. This world is fading fast. Your troubles are temporary! New channel here, I’d appreciate any kind of support. Don’t give up! God loves you so much! So do I. The Lord bless you!

This testimony brought this to mind. Hebrews 12:6-11 KJVS [6] For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. [7] If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? [8] But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. [9] Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? [10] For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. [11] Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Annointed people knows that they should not drink alcohol because when you are on the spirit of alcohol you are easily persuade by the devils. Annointed people meaning people who personally choose by God himself to do certain task..

Perfect message for me today...thank you Lord, for the service of your good servant brother Prince. In Jesus name I give thanks🙋❤️

Studies are finding alcohol is as bad as tobacco and asbestos. My loved one is dying of cancer right now, and he was an alcoholic for two decades. It's not to be toyed with.

“ Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Corinthians 14✝️ We should not drink to get drunk We should not drink to be an offence and a stumbling block to others We should not drink if it is not of faith Whatever is not of faith is sin We should not drink because we have the freedom in Christ to do so

Listen to Prince's true short story. It is not at all what I expected! Perfect wisdom!

No opinions…just the word. Thank you for clearing that up sir.

Praise God. A word of confirmation and not condemnation.

AWESOME.Answering All my questions THE REVEREND DEREK PRINCE FROM HEAVEN. Many thanks to those who are in Earth SPREADING THE MESSAGE TO US. From Egypt,and very very grateful .🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

Put God first ❤️ These Dereks videos are great

Praise God your a Great Good Father, may we follow your footsteps, I love you Jesus, thankyou for giving us a great Pastor Derick Prince🙏🏻✝️

Lord, thank you for Dinner. Lord, thank you for water. Lord, thank you for a place to lay my head. Lord, thank you for covers. Lord, thank you for clothes to wear. Lord, thank you for fans. Lord, thank you for a shower that works. Lord, thank you for a toilet that works. Lord, thank you for air conditioning. Lord, thank you for sight. Lord, thank you for air. Lord, thank you hearing. Lord, thank you for tasting. Lord, thank you for a brain that works. Lord, thank you for thought. Lord, thank you for memories. Lord, thank you for that breeze on a hot Summer day. Lord, thank you for family. Lord, thank you for friends. Lord, thank you for communion. Lord, thank you for the gift of forgiveness. Lord, thank you for the gift of repenting. Lord, thank you for love. Lord, thank you for a vehicle that runs. Lord, thank you for money in the bank. Lord, thank you for shoes without holes. Lord, thank you for providing a place to wash my clothes. Lord, thank you for friends that bring me clothes. I could go ON and ON as my blessings far outnumber anything this world may throw at me. Most of all Thank you Lord for paying the price for me. Lord, thank you for making it so easy for me. Lord, thank you for loving me before I entered existence. Lord thank you for dying for us, big brother I can never pay you back. One day I'll hug you and thank you and I'll wait until then. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Psalms 118:24 - This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Colossians 3:17 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Ephesians 1:16 - Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; James 1:17 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Wine is not bad, but too much wine is not good. Keep it safe, stay away

Best teacher of all times I mean 🤗

Ah what a wise man of God. Derek Prince was the best teacher of all ties for me. The way he doesn't condemn you if you do decide to have a glass of wine. We know the bible says in ephesians don't be drunk with wine, but be filled with the spirit. God is so good 🍀🇮🇪🙏🤗

Of course ! Jesus converted water into wine for celebrations, they drunk wine regularly during the stories of the new testament, and in the last supper he said wine represents His Blood 🙏🏻🕊️🙏🏼don't abuse it 👍

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself because God is not your last Hope...He is your ONLY Hope!

Abba Father's blessings brothers and sisters 🙏 dry 4.5

Jesus turned water into wine, the finest of alcoholic wine at a marriage feast, showing that it was okay to drink wine or alcoholic beverages. But Jesus did not intend for a person to get drunk, but exhibit self-control (see Gal 5:22, 23), though the director of the marriage feast said: "Everyone else puts out the fine wine first, and when people are intoxicated, the inferior. You have saved the fine wine until now."(John 2:1-11; Note: Jesus "Kingdom" teachings brought out "new things" spiritually [Matt 13:52] that should cause a person to "strip off the old personality" with its lack of self-control to the "new personality" that exercises firm self-control over their body and mind, see Col 3:9, 10) Wine was a "staple" for the Israelites, with many families having their own vineyards to grow grapes and mash down into grape juice to be processed into wine.(see Judges 6:11 regarding Gideon beating out wheat in a winepress) And at Psalms 104, it says: "Let me praise Jehovah (God's name, see Isa 12:2, KJV). O Jehovah my God, you are very great. With majesty and splendor you are clothed.......He is making grass grow for the cattle and vegetation for mankind’s use, to grow food from the land. And wine that makes man’s heart rejoice, oil that makes the face shine, and bread that sustains the heart of mortal man."(Ps 104:1, 14, 15) Alcoholic beverages, such as wine, was common in the nation of Israel (see Deut 7:13), but Jehovah's servants like David never allowed himself to get drunk when taking on wine. When King Saul requested that the teenage David serve as his musician on the harp to calm him when he was angry (due to Jehovah leaving Saul who proved to be apostate), Jesse (David's father) sent David to Saul with a "donkey (loaded) with bread, a skin bottle of wine, and a young goat."(1 Sam 16:20) When drank in moderation, wine can be a complement to a meal, if a person has a taste for it or other alcoholic beverages. But Proverbs 20:1 gives this warning: "Wine is a ridiculer, alcohol is unruly; Whoever goes astray by them is not wise." And Jesus used wine illustratively, to signify his perfect shed blood, saying to his eleven faithful apostles hours before he was executed at the demands of the Jewish religious leaders: "I tell you, from now on, I will not drink again from the product of the vine (or wine that represents joy as an assemble body of faithful ones in this context) until the Kingdom of God comes (at Armageddon, see Rev 16:14, 16).........Also, he did the same with the cup after they had the evening meal, saying: “This cup (of wine) means the new covenant by virtue of my blood, which is to be poured out in your behalf."(Luke 22:18, 20)

My Lord made wine, so I am going to enjoy it and praise him for it.

I love this

let us put away every encumbrance, anything that leads to bondage, and everything that opens a door for the enemy

Back in the Bible days all they had to drink was basically water and wine. We have so many other liquids to drink that you can’t get drunk on. Why not choose one of those? Don’t give your flesh a chance to mess you up with alcohol.

Por favor , tanta bendición y conocimiento de un varon de Dios, es un bálsamo en este tiempo , donde hay tanta necesidad de palabras UNGIDAS que no se escuchan, El testamento dejado por Dios en este ministerio es un tesoro

Yes, as often as possible

*DRINK WITH SELF CONTROL* Deuteronomy 14:26 KJV - And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for *WINE* , or for *STRONG DRINK* , or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt *REJOICE* , thou, and thine household, 1 Corinthians 9:25 KJV - And every man that striveth for the mastery is *TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS* . Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Psalm 104:14-15 “You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth 15 and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.” Ecclesiastes 9:7 “Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.” Isaiah 62:8-9 “The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored; but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.” Genesis 27:28. May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) John2:3-11 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

First of all the Torah, Prophets, writings and the gospels set the standard of righteousness. The Holy Spirit is a witness to what is written. If you abuse drugs like alcohol, remember alcohol did not abuse you, you abuse it and made it your idol. I am not trying to belittle your pain as I am a former addict myself, not alcohol though. For those of you that God has delivered from addictions, Praise him and stay away from what ever you were abusing. But please don’t set the standard of righteousness from your negative experiences. You are not above your Master who set the standard. Eccl 7:16 Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Shalom

A wonderful testimony of deliverance and complete obedience unto the Lord. Thank God he repented of his alcoholic drinking and allowed the Holy Ghost to deliver and purge him from his sin. I have the highest respect for the late Pastor Prince, and rejoice to know that he obeyed the Lord in this matter, thereby saving not only his life, but also his immortal soul. Holiness is *_STILL_* God's standard of living for His People, regardless of time, era, location, age, culture, geographical location, etc. We are called to be *HOLY* and to present our *BODIES* as living sacrifices unto the Lord; knowing that our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Ghost, and it is *still* a sin in the sight of the Lord to defile them.

In Lord and my Master Jesus Name, Amen.

Jesus teaches people how to dodge bullets, no martial artist could ever teach that

interesting. maybe that is one of the reasons why Paul said to Timothy to drink a little bit of wine , and not too much?

It's so funny listening to Derek Prince casually say luckily I know something about spiritual warfare. He's so humble, he practically wrote the book on it!

Beer is Proof that there IS a God & that He LOVES Us!! - Ben Franklin

Proverbs 31:4-5

Yes and Amen 🙏

Don’t give any room for the devil. Period. Don’t be a stumbling block.

You evil spirit of stroke be gone from my life in Jesus Christs name Amen

A fine line drawn in-between..I suppose it's ok to drink but not get drunk.. Disciplining one's body does take a great deal of effort and would be better with the Divine intervention..

Iam not a prophet but sometimes God communicates to me through pictures and visions. When God shows me visions of bottles of alcohol, I realize God is communicating to me CONFUSION. There is nothing good from Alcohol

Amen..

Thank you.

I don't drink wine, I detest it, it tastes like $#!# to me. And I don't drink spirits (very rarely now and then a rum or a gin and tonic). But I do like cold beer. As a matter of a fact I have a long time hobby of brewing my own ales and beers - and I've become very very good at it. I detest drunkenness, and the annoying way some people behave and talk when they have had even just a few (I don't think those people should have any kind of alcohol at all). I don't brew 'rocket fuel' (which seems to be some people's main objective), I stick to mostly some way under 5%. I do not intend getting drunk when I crack open a nice ice cold ale, and mostly only have have one two (or eventhree) in an evening, or when I'm sitting with a fishing line in my hand. I remember 'overdoing it' and getting drunk numerous times when I was younger (a lot, lot younger - it was a big badge of honour thing then) and I remember that back then, and do not have any intention of ever being anywhere near that again. I don't smoke or do any other drugs. Whenever some legalistic Lordshipper type trys to disqualify my Christianity, or tries to tell me I cannot be a Christian, because I admit I enjoy a cold beer, then I immediately know they are a heretic and (even for all their 'show') have nothing to do with Jesus.

The thing for every minister to consider is that, in every gathering of people, there are sure to be those addicted to alcohol and/or drugs, which go together. And a lot of ministry is to be done around seeing people delivered from addiction. For this reason, though the Bible doesn't expressly prohibit drinking, it would seem that a serious minister would not want to drink. Also, we're commanded to be sober and vigilant, because the devil is prowling like a roaring lion. How are we going to be sober and vigilant when we drink even one or two glasses of wine? It lowers inhibitions and opens doors. As one of my friends says, alcohol is called "spirits" for a reason!

Yes: If it keeps you from cheating on your wife, beating on her, killing her, or divorcing her, then heck yea, have a few drinks once a month after she and the kids have gone to bed. The rest of the days of the month you have to workout and pray !!!

Yes wine or any alcohol opens door to spirits of evil..

Jesus's first miracle was turning water in to wine-------and ever since the church has been trying to turn it into water-----

If the wine of biblically times was not in any way alcoholic, can some one then explain to me Paul's words to the Corinthian Church in which he rebuked them by saying" For eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others;and one is hungry and another is drunk.",( 1 Corinthians 10:21) Surely grape juice can't make you drunk, no matter how much you drink!

A way more important fact for the christian would be, not whether to drink alcohol, but rather to obey the commandments.

Amen! 🙏🌹😊👍😊

God told me to stop drinking tea-------it doesnt mean that means its right for everybody

Not drinking doesn't make you a nicer person or appear like one.

The greatest miracle was the first one 🍷

I’m allergic to alcohol so I don’t have a pony in this show.

I don't. People who drink are so disgusting they don't realise how disgusting they are. They excuse and laugh at just about any sin.

2:30 Someone please explain to me what he meant by extremely carnal from his perspective?

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That 2 am wake up is a normal cortisol pop,

Just reading the comments their. Their must be so many perfect people to argue with one another 😑

Me me me me... I rest my case

No

Is a bottle of good red wine a day ok?

He was obviously tipsy with what he described after drinking the wine. He awoke with a headache from it and his first thought was stroke. Not demonic at all. Just fearing the worst. All very normal.

Sure it's ok, one can of beer. Or, one small glass of wine.

The thing is that carnality as He puts it is greatly misunderstood and he doesn’t explain it all that well because I don’t think he totally understands it himself. Let me start off by saying I hate the Ten legalism because it doesn’t really deal with the underlying problem which it’s our flesh. The relationship between Jacob and Esau is the same relationship between the two covenants. This theme is present all throughout the Bible and because no one sees it they really don’t understand the flesh. We view legalism and carnality as opposites but the Biblical view is they are the same and I’m going to point that out. They’re both a symptom of the same problem and that is our flesh. The best description of the flesh is self effort. In other words it’s a focus and reliance on self. Most religious Christians think that they need to perform works so they are focused on their own self effort. This is the flesh and it’s pernicious and sneaky. The thing is that the point Paul was making in Galatians 5 is that the works of the flesh comes from trying to rely upon yourself and the more “legalistic” you are the worse it will be. This is why the Pharisees were so corrupt. They likely were extremely licentious as well. Paul talks extensively about two groups of people. The Jews and the Greeks. Why? Because they were two sides of the same coin. They both were relying on themselves. I’ve had no real moral compass while the other one was extremely religious and morally driven yet they both arrived at the same place. Why? Self reliance! Christians don’t understand the role of the Holy Spirit in their lives and what’s worse is they almost always settle into this place where they set the boundaries in their lives and just sort of become religious and they’re almost no different from the world save they go to church. As long as they live inside their perceived bubble they think they’re ok but they’re really living a carnal life and churches feed this mentality because said Christians pay their tithes. They just want to know what the rules are so they can do what their supposed to and get on with watching football! The one’s that do want to make a difference are over focused on doing stuff with the church and they are the ones that really feed this mentality because THEY are the self proclaimed righteous ones because they show up to feed the homeless on the Holidays and get involved in every pet project the church adopts to look like they’re doing good and they are but they’re neglecting the most important part which is life with Jesus in the Holy Spirit. In Jesus ministry we never see Him feeding the poor or visiting people in the hospital although He does mention that we should do those things. We never see Him or the disciples doing much of that at all. What we do see them doing is miracles and preaching. Why are those things so important to them? Because it’s the demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit and the love of God that draws men to repentance. It’s telling people the good news. Churches don’t preach the good news because telling people they’re sinners and going to hell is much easier and more profitable than telling people that Jesus saves, sets free, and heals people

No but if I’m about to knock believer I rather drink

You weren’t Perfectly Sober , 3 glasses of wine is 3 glasses to many

It depends. The Gospel According to John says the first miracle Jesus performed was turning a lot of water into a lot of wine--excellent wine. Wine was a symbol of joy for the Hebrews. The phrase "the Land of Milk and Honey" was a reference to the finest grapes and wine. But if alcohol causes you to stumble, you should abstain, as Jesus instructed. As Israel slipped into apostasy, drunkenness, corruption, and injustice are cited as manifestations of their depravity and evil (viz., idolatry), which led to the destruction of Israel in 722 BC and 586 BC. Then came the horror of the Babylonian Exile. "Ws sat by the river of Babylon and wept, as we remembered the glory which was Zion". Of course there was new wine and old wine.

Should not take wine and alcohol.

Disappointed that Derek would say it was ok . Alcohol leads to nothing but problems and I am not legal but totally against it.

Jesus did not drink wine… Dude you are tripping.

jesus first miracle was to make intoxicating drink

Also there was no such thing as juice in Jesus days....Hebrew history reveals that without things like refrigerator etc. (And normal common sense) tells you that as soon as a fruit is picked, fermentation begins...only a really dull person doesn't know this.

If you talk to god, it's called praying. If you believe god talked to you, you're crazy

Typically when the word "wine" is used in the Bible it's describing nothing more than unfermented fruit juice. Alcohol is referred to as a strong drink and it's called a mocker. That's a big difference. Do you honestly believe that Jesus would drink alcohol in the form of fermented wine? Or that Paul would recommend fermented wine to Timothy?

Jesus drank wine. If it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me. People against drinking are putting themselves above Jesus.

You just described getting drunk

Ask any alcoholic how he became an alcoholic .Hint:started with a glass of wine or beer to get away from a stressful day. People forget that in ancient Israel people were drinking wine because they had problems with water and their wine was young with barely any alcohol “Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations Leviticus 10:9

This is wrong, Jerusalem is a haunt for many evil spirits. Stroke is a for a 'stroke' of the pen, which would have come from the dome on the rock which does turn one in a wrong direction. A son in Christ should rebuke this spirit in the name of Yeshua Emanuel.

FALSE TEACHER!!!!

WHY IS MANKIND, you and me as we are? it is the fact that we are a product of 6000 years of human exsistence without our Maker, and void of a true relationship with our Father in heaven. This distence from our Father made us orphans and we are spiritualy lost children who grow up and are shaped in a world that is in the grip of sin and death. like a child that tries to make the best of beeing spiritualy homeless it does not work you need to come home. Our Maker our Father's call is through His Son His Word. (By the grace and the love of God poured on me by His Son it a absolute honour to share the Word of our Maker with any one who has been blessed with ears to hear and a hunger for truth.) check out (What happened with us) on my channel.