See the short video for my provoking question.
Below are SOME of the MANY scriptures:
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Drunkard in the greek = ALSO TIPSY.
I like the online tool, Blue Letter Bible, here is the word drunkard:
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Not wise.... not wise.
Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Habakkuk 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:
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
The problem with “drunk, buzzed or tipsy” is that you Don't Know when you have hit that point, until you are already there! At that point it's too late, you are already "over the line". If Anyone gets drunk or buzzed they are 100% going to hell according to 1 Corth 6:9-10 and Gal 5:19-21.
Matthew 24:48-51 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 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,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 21:34 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.
1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1 Timothy 3:8 King Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Because this wine is referring to grape juice in this scripture (which was Expensive back then), it's saying don't be a show off with the money God gives you AND don't be wasteful with that money. It's NOT saying deacons can get tipsy a little. Building a doctrine out of 1-2 scriptures is what cults do.
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 idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Habakkuk 2:15-16 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!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
Here are more:
Amos 4:1 and 6:3-6
Joel 3:3, Hosea 7:5
Isaiah 5:11-12, 22:13-14, 28:7, 56:12
Ecc 2:3, Proverbs 20:1. 21:17, 23:20-21 and 29-30 and 31-35
2 Samuel 11:13, 1 Samuel 25:36-38
Deut 21:20, Numbers 6:3
Leviticus 10:8-11, Gen 19:30-38
Some of those scriptures are stories of experiences of how dumb some people were and the gross sin that they got into in which being drunk was part of the problem (or the trigger).
3 questions regarding alcohol:
1. Is it necessary?
2. Is it spiritually beneficial?
3. Does it bring honor to Christ?
No, no and no! Repent if you still drink!
Email me if you want MORE scriptures about alcohol.
Lastly here is the scripture I used in my analogy:
1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
It means what it says. That is the advice to the singles.
Pastor Aden
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