Devotional

                                                         Numbers 6:4
                        "All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is"
                        "made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk"

      The Nazarites had taken a vow that would keep them from the use of wine.  So they might not violate their obligation, they were forbidden to drink the vinegar of wine or strong liquors,and to make it clear they were not to touch the unfermented juice of grapes, or eat the fruit fresh or dried.  They could not even touch the vine.   They were to avoid the appearance of evil.
     This should be a lesson to the Lord's separated ones.  To teach us to come away from sin in every form.  Strict walking is hard and despised in these days, but we should rest assured: it is both safest and the happiest.  He who yields a point or two to the world is in fearful peril; he who eats the grapes of sodom will soon drink the wine of gomorrha.  Worldly conformity, in any degree is a snare to the soul, and makes it more and more liable to presumptuous sins.  If a Nazarite drank grape juice he could not be sure whether it might not have endured a degree of fermentatation, and could not be clear in heart, that his vow was intact.  So that tells us a Christian can not wear a conscience void of offence, but must feel that the inner is in doubt of itself.  Things that are doubtful we need not doubt about; for they are wrong to us.
      Things that are tempting we must not dally with, but flee from them with speed. It is better to be sneered at as a puritan than be despised as a hypocrite.  A careful walk may involve a lot of self-denial, but it has pleasures of it's own which are more than a sufficient compromise