What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Should I drink alcohol?"
Answer
The provided writings recommend complete abstinence from alcohol. Ellen White emphasizes that total avoidance of intoxicating drinks is the only safe course, and warns of the harmful effects on body and mind. The life and ministry of Christ also serve as a model of temperance, since He Himself prepared no intoxicating drink. Medical evidence in the documents underscores the dangers that arise even from regular consumption of small amounts.
The Only Safe Course Is Complete Abstinence
»The only way in which anyone can be safe against the power of intemperance is to abstain entirely from wine, beer, and strong intoxicating drinks. We must teach our children that they must avoid these things in order to be manly... Alcohol deprives people of their reasoning powers.«
»The more the system is weakened, and the less it can get along without unnatural stimulants, the greater becomes the passion for these things... The only safe course to pursue is: Touch not, taste not, handle not—tea, coffee, wines, tobacco, opium, and alcoholic drinks.«
Christ's Example: No Intoxicating Drink
»He [Christ] Himself prepared no such drink... The unfermented wine which He provided for the wedding guests was a healthy and refreshing beverage. The Bible nowhere teaches the use of intoxicating wine... The wine which Christ made from water by a miracle of His power was the pure juice of the grape.«
»The Lord has given special rules in His Word regarding the use of wine and strong drink. He has forbidden its use and has threatened His prohibitions with strong warnings... The liquor traffic has its origin even in hell and leads to damnation.«
Spiritual Violence Through Intemperance
»The use of intoxicating drinks places a person entirely under the control of the demon who invented this stimulant to mar and destroy the moral image of God... The acts of the drunkard are an expression of Satan's violence.«
Physical Harm Even from Small Amounts
»This is true of people who do not get drunk, but only take their little morning drink of alcohol. The liver is filled with blood vessels... so the liver, in the passage of alcohol through the blood, receives a double dose. Also the heart: the arteries in the heart are shrunk by small amounts of alcohol.«
Original Sources (English)
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