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GOD DOES NOT APPROVE OF IT-
Isa 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to
mingle strong drink; Isa 5:23 that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away
the righteousness of the righteous from him!
WHAT DRINKING DOES TO US -
1) IT TAKES AWAY UNDERSTANDING -
Hosea 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
2) IT TAKES AWAY OUR JUDGEMENT -
Isa 28:7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the
priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine,
they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Proverbs 31:4-7 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink
wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink; 5 Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink to him who is
perishing, And wine to those who are bitter of heart. 7 Let him drink and forget
his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
3) IT CAUSES A MAN TO SIN -
Pro 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby
is not wise.
Hab 2:5 ¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man,
neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death,
and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto
him all people:
4) IT MAKES US POOR -
Proverbs 23:20-21 20 Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of
meat; 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness
will clothe a man with rags.
Pro 21:17 ¶ He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine
and oil shall not be rich.
5) IT INFLAMES PASSION -
Isaiah 5:11-12 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may
follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 12
The harp and the strings, The tambourine and flute, And wine are in their
feasts; But they do not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the operation
of His hands.
6) IT LEADS TO VIOLENCE -
Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
7) IT BITES LIKE A SERPENT -
Proverbs 23:29-35 29 ¶ Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has
complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who
linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. 31 Do not look on
the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around
smoothly; 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper. 33
Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things. 34
Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who
lies at the top of the mast, saying: 35 "They have struck me, but I was not
hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may
seek another drink?"
Many people use 1 Tim. 5:23 to justify their sin, but it very plainly states
that the wine mentioned was for medicinal purposes.
(1 Timothy 5:23 KJV+) Drink
no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often
infirmitie
WE SHOULD DENY THE FLESH
Luke 9:23-26 23 Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24 "For
whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My
sake will save it. 25 "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole
world, and is himself destroyed or lost? 26 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My
words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and
in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Romans 12:1-2 1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is
your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good
and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Gal 6:8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal
life.
Rom 8:5 For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they
that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Rom 8:13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye
put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Romans 13:11-14 11 ¶ And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to
awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk
properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and
lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no
provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT DRINK -
1 Peter 4:1-8 1 ¶ Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm
yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has
ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the
flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough
of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles——when we walked in
lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable
idolatries. 4 ¶ In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run
with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5 They will
give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this
reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be
judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 7
¶ But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in
your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for
"love will cover a multitude of sins."
1 Thessalonians 5:5-8 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are
not of the night nor of darkness. 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as others do,
but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those
who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of
salvation.
1Thes 5:22 abstain from every form of evil.
Hab 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy
venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Eph 5:18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the
Spirit;
Luke 21:34-36 34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down
with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you
unexpectedly. 35 "For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face
of the whole earth. 36 "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted
worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before
the Son of Man."
Rom 14:21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything]
whereby thy brother stumbleth.
Deut 21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is]
stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a
drunkard.
1Cor 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that
is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer,
or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT SOMETHING,DON'T DO IT -
Romans 14:22-23 22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is
he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is
condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not
from faith is sin.
ALL CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO BE PRIESTS(1 Pet. 2:9). WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT A
PRIEST'S CONDUCT -
Leviticus 10:8-11 8 ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying: 9 "Do not drink wine
or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the
tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout
your generations, 10 "that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and
between unclean and clean, 11 "and that you may teach the children of Israel all
the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them by the hand of Moses."
Eze 44:21 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the
inner court.
1 Timothy 3:2-3,8 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not
given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome,
not covetous; 8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given
to much wine, not greedy for money,
Titus 2:1-3 1 ¶ But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound
doctrine: 2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in
love, in patience; 3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in
behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things-
VOW OF A NAZARITE
Numbers 6:1-8 1 ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children
of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman consecrates an offering
to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, 3 ‘he shall
separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar
made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any
grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4 ‘All the days of his separation
he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin. 5
‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head;
until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD, he
shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 ‘All
the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
7 ‘He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his
brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his
head. 8 ‘All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the LORD.
RESULTS OF DRINKING IN THE BIBLE -
Genesis 9:20-27 20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21
Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. 22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their
shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their
faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. 24 ¶ So
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then
he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."
26 And he said: "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his
servant. 27 May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And
may Canaan be his servant."
Genesis 19:30-35 30 ¶ Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains,
and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he
and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 31 Now the firstborn said to the younger,
"Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the
custom of all the earth. 32 "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we
will lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father." 33 So they
made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with
her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 34 It
happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, "Indeed I lay
with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go
in and lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father." 35 Then
they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay
with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
Leviticus 10:1-11 1 ¶ Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his
censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before
the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the LORD and
devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 3 ¶ And Moses said to Aaron, "This
is what the LORD spoke, saying: ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as
holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.’" So Aaron held his peace.
4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron,
and said to them, "Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out
of the camp." 5 So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the
camp, as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar,
his sons, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and
wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of
Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled. 7 "You shall not go out
from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil
of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses. 8 ¶ Then
the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying: 9 "Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink,
you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest
you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 "that you
may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean, 11 "and
that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has
spoken to them by the hand of Moses."
1 Samuel 25:32-38 32 ¶ Then David said to Abigail: "Blessed is the LORD God of
Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 "And blessed is your advice and
blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and
from avenging myself with my own hand. 34 "For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel
lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come
to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!" 35
So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, "Go
up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and respected your
person." 36 ¶ Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in
his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for
he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning
light. 37 So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his
wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became
like a stone. 38 Then it came about, after about ten days, that the LORD struck
Nabal, and he died.
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