Drunkenness-POE
Bible Matters 234: Drunkenness:
Preponderance of Evidence
Testimony:
A man in the flesh will immediately point to
these two verses to justify his drunkenness. Jesus drank wine. It is OK!
Matthew 11:19 – The
Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and
a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her
children.
Luke 7:34,38 – The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a
gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
There was not a Jerusalem Water Works 2000
years ago. People drank wine to settle
their stomach. Drinking a little wine to
settle you stomach does not constitute drunkenness. I’ve traveled to over 25 countries and on
occasion had to settle my stomach.
1 Timothy 5:23 – Drink no longer water, but
use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
When you love God, you are a testimony of the
things God has given you. You are a
testimony by knowing and living his scripture. The scripture is the new
wine. A drunkard does not desire to fill
his body with the new wine of God’s Scripture.
A drunkard desires the old wine. The
drunkard is the old bottle. When you
repent and turn from your sin, you are the new bottle. New wine will be preserved in the new
bottle.
Matthew 9:17 – Neither
do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine
runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles,
and both are preserved.
Mark 2:22 – And no
man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the
bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine
must be put into new bottles.
Luke 5:37-39 – And
no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the
bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put
into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine
straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
A righteous life starts with knowledge of sins
of the flesh in the New Testament. Your
righteous life in Christ starts by prayer.
You repent of your sins and desire to escape the things of the
past. The devil is setting snares to
pull you back into drunkenness.
Judgement day will come upon you when you are least aware. God tells you that you must always be
ready. The unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God.
Matthew 24:48-51 – But and if that
evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a
day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 21:34-36 – And
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon
you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face
of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of man.
1 Corinthians 6:10 – Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:21 – Envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 6:7 – Be not deceived; God is not
mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
When you choose Jesus as your Lord and Savior,
you want to live a glorious life, serving him.
He does not want you to live a life as a drunkard. Nor does he want you to lead others to
drunkenness or to make them stumble. You
neither love God, nor your neighbor when to lead them into drunkenness.
Luke 12:45-46
– But and if that servant say in his heart,
My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and
maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day
when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut
him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Habakkuk 2:15 – Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also,
that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Romans 14:15-21 – But if thy brother be
grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with
thy meat, for whom Christ died. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: For
the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy
in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to
God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. For meat destroy not the
work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth
with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Jesus tells you to always be ready for his
coming. Make no provision for the
flesh.
Romans 13:13-14 – Let us walk honestly, as in
the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not
in strife and envying. But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof.
A drunkard cannot give glory to God. Submit yourselves to each other in the fear
of God and be filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18-21 – And be not drunk with
wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always
for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Repent and pray to God for a change in heart
and the power to change your life from drugs and alcohol. Do not keep company with those that do not
love God.
1 Corinthians 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.
It is time for you to be smart. Do not be deceived. Do not let the devil devour you.
Proverbs 20:1 – Wine is a mocker, strong drink
is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1 Peter 5:8 – Be sober, be vigilant; because
your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour:
It is time for you to be great in the eyes of
the Lord. John the Baptist was filled
with the Holy Ghost from his mother’s womb.
He did not drink wine or strong drink.
Jesus is the truth. Today, hear and
be a doer of God’s Word.
Luke 1:15-16 – For he shall be great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall
be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. And many of the
children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
John 18:37 – Pilate therefore said unto him,
Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest
that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the
world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the
truth heareth my voice.
John 3:21 – But he
that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that
they are wrought in God.
Decision:
God hates drunkenness. Sin and drunkenness
leads you away from the Kingdom of God. A
child of God does not walk with the devil.
God wants you to be part of the Kingdom of God here on earth by
believing in Jesus Christ and living a righteous life for him. When you believe in Jesus, you accept by
faith that by abiding in his doctrine he offers you the gift of eternal life.
(See Bible Matter 228: Salvation.) Today,
Repent of you sins, pray and start your walk with Jesus.
To God be the glory in all you do. Amen.