Reading about the Kiddush,
the Jewish blessing of the wine. It
seems much of Jewish rituals have to do with remembering and in remembering
giving glory and thanks to God for His provisions.
In Jewish law substituting
grape juice for wine at Shabbat and Passover is acceptable and required for
those who suffer from alcoholism. In
fact they consider it sinful for an alcoholic to not use grape juice because of
Deut 4:15, the instruction to carefully preserve life. To drink wine would put them and
those they interact with at risk. (The Book of Jewish Values)
Exceptions to the rule –
grace. When we do what we do out of
love for God, it will keep us from having to follow the rules; the rules will
no longer be necessary. However, it is
to be love which is defined by God and not by man. Sacrificial
and other oriented – and for that we need His life in us.
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