{"id":698,"date":"2019-10-10T20:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T00:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=698"},"modified":"2020-01-07T18:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:40:28","slug":"should-a-christian-drink-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/10\/should-a-christian-drink-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Should a Christian Drink Alcohol?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Should a Christian Drink Alcohol?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bill Brinkworth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>      Today, possibly  because the Word of God is not obeyed and is considered not relevant, many  Christians have no conviction about what the Bible says about many things,  including the drinking of alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>      Much is said in the  Bible about the dangers and effects that alcohol will have on one and his  Christian testimony. Indulgence in alcohol is never recommended in God\u2019s Word.  Its use is usually negatively spoken about. Here are some reasons why a  Christian should avoid alcoholic beverages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alcohol  is dangerous. Even wine is likened to a poison that will ruin one\u2019s life!<em><br>\n      \u201cLook not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the  cup, when it moveth itself aright <\/em>[fermenting]<em>. 32 At the last it biteth  like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.\u201d Pro. 23:31-32<\/em><\/li><li>Alcohol  should not be drunk by a wise person. <em><br>\n        \u201cWine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is  not wise.\u201d Prov. 20:1 <\/em>Wine\u2019s influence will make one mock, or deride,  others. Strong drink will often make one loud and cause him to show his anger.<\/li><li>Alcohol  will increase one\u2019s problems and affect one\u2019s health and mental stability. <em><br>\n        \u201cWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who  hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at  the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.\u201d Pro. 23:29-30 <\/em><\/li><li>Alcohol  will control a person, and affect one\u2019s thinking and discernment. <em><br>\n        \u201cBut they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the  way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed  up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision,  they stumble in judgment.\u201d Isa. 28:7<\/em><\/li><li>Alcohol  will affect one\u2019s will. <em><br>\n        \u201cWhoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.\u201d Hos. 4:11 <\/em>Notice that  there are two types of wine: new, unfermented wine, and alcoholic (fermented)  wine.<\/li><li>Alcohol  will affect one\u2019s desire to do something for the Lord and the desire to be  industrious. <em><br>\n        \u201cWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong  drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 12 And the harp, and  the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard  not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.\u201d Isa.  5:11-12 \u201c<br>\n        Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard  and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with  rags. We are not to even be around drinking, so certainly the Saviour would not  have broken this commandment.\u201d Pro. 23:20 <\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These  verses, and many more, show we should not drink, especially if we are concerned  about keeping the \u201ctemple\u201d that God gave us clean (I Cor. 6:19) from  temptations and sin. However, what confuses many, and is often used as a way to  justify drinking, is the Bible\u2019s usage of the word &#8220;wine&#8221;. In the New  Testament, that one word is used to describe both alcoholic and non-alcoholic  wine. The Greek word &#8220;oinos&#8221; is used to reference fermented and  unfermented \u201cwines\u201d. The context of the verse usually reveals which type of  &#8220;wine&#8221; it is referring to.<br>\n      <br>\n    What  is non-alcoholic \u201cwine\u201d? We call it grape juice. Sometimes the Bible refers to  it as &#8220;new wine&#8221; (Mat. 9:17, Luke 5:39). Understand that in biblical  days there was no refrigeration, and that it was hot, which would quickly ferment  the &#8220;new wine&#8221;. To keep this from happening, the new \u201cwine\u201d was often  simmered, so that the water would leave the &#8220;wine&#8221;. What would result  would be a thick, grape syrup that would keep for a long time. It also was  called \u201cwine\u201d. Before it was drunk, water would be added to it again. An  ancient shipwreck was recovered that had a cargo of containers of this grape  syrup, and it was found to still be preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>      There are other  reasons why a Christian should not drink, even wine. They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fermented wine is a picture of sin! It  is the yeast (&#8220;leaven&#8221;) in the grape that turns the juice to alcohol.  Yeast is a picture of sin, as it spreads and \u201cruins\u201d (fermentation is a  decaying and rotting process) many things it is placed in. For this reason, it  not only should not be drunk, but it should NEVER be used in the Lord&#8217;s supper;  as Jesus was sinless, and should not be pictured as sinful by fermented grape  juice. Also, for the same reason, raised bread should not be used. A little  &#8220;leaven&#8221; in grape juice or flour will raise and spread throughout the  product; just as a little sin spreads and affects whatever life it touches.<br>\n        <em>\u201cA little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.\u201d Gal. 5:9<br>\n      \u201cYour glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole  lump?\u201d I Cor. 5:6<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Many  justify drinking because Jesus turned water into \u201cwine\u201d (John 2:9-10). It was  not alcoholic wine He changed from water, because if He did that He would have  been serving alcohol that would have earned Him God\u2019s \u201cwoe\u201d, rather than God\u2019s  approval on His life (Mat. 3:17). Jesus\u2019 conversion was also not an example of  biblical doctrine on drinking, but it was clearly a miracle to show Jesus was  God in the flesh.<br>\n      <em>&#8220;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!\u201d  Hab. 2:15&nbsp; <\/em>If one is not to give it to others, than he should not be drinking it  himself. <\/li><li>Alcohol  is often a gateway to other sins. One sin usually leads to others, and alcohol  is no exception.<br>\n        <em>\u201cThine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse  things.\u201d Pro. 23:33<\/em><\/li><li>Some  twist I Tim. 5:23 around to say that it is okay to drink wine for your health.  Any drunk or doctor will tell you that alcohol will tear up anyone&#8217;s stomach.  Alcohol irritates one\u2019s digestive system, including the stomach, causing it to  produce too much acid. This can lead to gastritis, stomach pain, vomiting,  diarrhea and even bleeding. Look at the beer belly of a beer guzzler for proof.  God of course knows all this, so alcohol consumption cannot be what I Tim. 5:23  is referring to.<br>\n        <em>\u201cDrink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach&#8217;s sake and  thine often infirmities.\u201d I Tim 5:23 <\/em>I read that to get the  &#8220;good&#8221; chemical in wine that is supposed to help one&#8217;s health that  many, many bottles of wine each day should be drunk. Drinking that much would  qualify one as a drunkard that the Bible condemns. A better choice for their  stomach\u2019s health would be to eat grapes.<\/li><li>What  is \u201cdrunk\u201d? How many drinks does it take to be \u201cdrunk\u201d. A good answer to this  question is from Jim Jorgenson in Should I. &nbsp;&nbsp;He wrote, \u201cPerhaps you would say, \u2018It would  take six beers to make me drunk.\u2019 If you only drink one beer, then you are  one-sixth drunk. You are one-sixth less able to serve God than you are before  drinking.\u201d<\/li><li>We  are not to have the appearance of doing anything wrong. We are to have an  upright testimony. Drinking would give an appearance to others that we were  drunkards.<br>\n        <em>\u201cAbstain from all appearance of evil.\u201d I Thes. 5:22<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Christians  are to be led and guided by the Spirit of God, not the spirit of drunkedness.  It is interesting that the old time drunkards knew that drinking was not of  God, and users of it were influenced by the wrong spirits. To prove that look  at a bottle of booze, and it will still be identified as 50% (or another  number) spirits. Drinking it leads one to follow the wrong spirit, and it will  not be the Spirit of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>      A Christian should be  \u201cChrist-like\u201d, as the name implies. He should not even be close to the edge of  the godless world, from which he was saved. He should be as far from temptation  and sin as he can get. One cannot lose his salvation, but he can lose his  Christian testimony and be ensnared by many of the same pitfalls the unsaved  fall into when they indulge in alcohol&nbsp;&nbsp; All lose when they drink  booze!<br>\n  <em>\u201cAnd be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the  Spirit;\u201d Eph. 5:18<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cAlcohol is a very effective dissolving agent.&nbsp; It dissolves families, marriages, friendships,  jobs, bank accounts and neurons, but never problems.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article was featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/openthoumineeyes.com\/views17\/BibleView610.pdf\">The Bible View #610<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openthoumineeyes.com\/lessons\/Drinking.html\">https:\/\/openthoumineeyes.com\/lessons\/Drinking.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-earnestly-contend-for-the-faith-jude-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"peKaY7E5y5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/bible-wines-on-laws-of-fermentation-and-the-wines-of-the-ancients-by-rev-william-patton\/\">Bible Wines: On Laws Of Fermentation And The Wines Of The Ancients by REV. 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