So Jesus, fully human and fully divine, had this same power. God does this all the time. Jesus decided to do the same. The temptation to do otherwise was strong. But he demonstrated that, with divine grace helping, a person can do it.
Most people never consider such an attitude.
Because we dismiss it so quickly, it's hard for us to understand how Jesus withstood temptation. A. Three questions intersect here. Even during the era of Prohibition, when the Volstead Act prohibited the sale or manufacture of alcohol, it specifically exempted the sacramental use of alcohol. Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal and Orthodox churches use wine for Communion every Sunday. Click here to submit a question to James Ayers .