Why I don't drink alcohol!

February 21, 2017

Why I don't drink alcohol, and what the bible tells us the position on wine and alcohol

1. The bible position on whiskey (Eph 5:18)

• We are not to drink to a point where the alcohol has taken control. (Prov 23:31-35)
• Do you know that your child, will watch over a thousand commercials with alcohol in a year? (Prov 31:4-5, Isa 5:11, Prov 23:20-23, Prov 20:1)

2. The bible's position on wine (Eph 5:18, Prov 20:1)

• Wine - Greek Word (Oinos, used 19 times, 3 meaning)
• New wine, from the wine, is not fermented
• Merd wine, juice from the wine but added drugs
• Old wine, from the wine and fermented

3. When God turned water into wine (John 2:3-11)

• Weddings back in the bible days took as long as 3 weeks.
• Grape juice is unfermented juice
• Water was not purified as today (1 Tim 5:23)
• He was telling them to drink grape juice (1 Tim 3:1-3)
• It was to be careful in having fermented juice (1 Tim 3:8)

The negativity of today alcohol drinking:

• No more even moderation.
• Alcohol today is excessive, even a weekend bottle of wine today is 10x stronger and that's when it becomes a sin.

4. Biblical principals wine & whiskey

• A better safe than sorry principle (Rom 14:19-23)
• If you can't do it by faith, don't do it.
• If its gray stay away
• The stumbling block/stepping stone principle is; What you do in moderation, your children will do it in excess.
• The scripture never contradicts (Scripture/Principle: Eph 4:26)