lotto tickets????

Question

two questions:
Does it ANYWHERE in the Bible say it is wrong to "gamble" aka: buy lotto tickets

Did Jesus drink wine or "grape juice"

please give Scripture reference where you found these, and what type Bible you used. TY

the Bible is not fictional nor a fairy tale..

If you dont have a response to my question then please leave. I have no care to hear what non-christians have to say.

Just Yak'n : "great questions"

.....could I have "great answers??"
-lol

Answer 1

Gambling... Jesus taught good stewardship. Gambling is NOT good stewardship.

Lk 16:1 Jesus told his disciples another story. He said, “There was a rich man who had a manager. Some said that the manager was wasting what the rich man owned. 2 So the rich man told him to come in. He asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Tell me exactly how you have handled what I own. You can’t be my manager any longer.’

Wine...

The ancients had no way to keep "grape juice." Many of the false beliefs about wine trace to a late 19th century (1874) book titled "Bible Wines." One of my professors wrote a paper on it a few years ago. It seems 85% of the author's references are fictitious. Either the original document said nothing about wine or it opposed the author's claims.

Nothing in the Bible opposes drinking wine IN MODERATION. Jesus MADE WINE:
Jn 2:1 On the third day there was a wedding. It took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Dear woman, why do you bring me into this?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do what he tells you.”
6 Six stone water jars stood nearby. The Jews used water from that kind of jar for special washings to make themselves pure. Each jar could hold 20 to 30 gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the top.
8 Then he told them, “Now dip some out. Take it to the person in charge of the dinner.”
They did what he said. 9 The person in charge tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He didn’t realize where it had come from. But the servants who had brought the water knew.
Then the person in charge called the groom to one side. 10 He said to him, “Everyone brings out the best wine first. They bring out the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink. But you have saved the best until now.”

The Jews' traditions for Passover observance have been in place unchanged since several centuries before Christ. The wine served at that meal was full bodied red wine. It may have been slightly diluted, but definitely WAS FERMENTED.

Answer 2

Oh! my son and I just did a search in the NIV online at the International Bible society site. We searched for wine, new wine and grape juice. We determined that the Bible does mention Grape juice so therefore when it says wine it means wine.

Here is the grape juice reference, notice that it separates the many ways that grapes are used separately:



Numbers 6:3
they must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.

Answer 3

The Bible doesn't directly say that we shouldn't gamble, but the Bible does say that we should be good stewards of our what God has given us. I am not sure of the exact verse on that one though. Also, yes Jesus did drink wine, but it wasn't fermented so it wouldn't make you drunk.

Answer 4

Great questions

Answer 5

The bible is a fictional fairy tale - does it matter what it says?

Answer 6

Well, I'm a non- christian and I could answer one of your questions very well and clearly, but since you want to be so bigoted and close minded, I'll take my knowledge elsewhere.

Answer 7

who cares what the bible says it was written by idiots who were hallucinating and thinking they were hearing some god when truth is there is no god