Bible Questions Answered: Alcohol

Bible Questions Answered:
I have heard that drinking some wine every day is good. What harm would this be?
Halina/ St. Petersburg, Russia

Bible Answers:

First of all, a Christian, cannot, nay, should have no desire to, drink any alcoholic beverage!
No matter who has endorsed it, be he saint (so called) or sinner.

Habakkuk 2:15 NLT
"Woe to you who make your neighbors drink..."

The purpose of alcohol, is intoxication!

Intoxicate: To affect the nervous system of, so as to cause a loss of control; make drunk; stupefy; inebriate: said of alcohol. (New World Dictionary of American English)

I Corinthians 3:16,17 KJV
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

A Christian's desire, yes, life's ambition, is to please his Lord (master), not, himself! This is called a life of service.

Romans 12:1,2 KJV
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Acts 22:14,15 NLT
14 “...‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and hear Him speak.
15 For you are to be His witness..."

Psalm 1:1,2 KJV
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

I Thessalonians 5:22 KJV
Abstain from all appearance of evil.

I Thessalonians 5:22 NLT
Abstain from every form of evil.

II Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Psalm 19:14 KJV
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my Strength, and my Redeemer.

I Timothy 4:12 KJV
"...be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

Romans 14:7,21 KJV
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
21 It is better not to...drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another believer to stumble.

Others, are watching you! What do you do, what do you say, how do you act, etc. etc. Everything a Christian does, speaks of his commitment to his Lord.

Exodus 23:2 NLT
"Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil..."

Proverbs 23:20 KJV
Be not among winebibbers...


The Bible Answer:

Proverbs 20:1 NLT
Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.

Proverbs 23:29-35 NLT
29 Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks.
31 Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
32 For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake; it stings like a viper.
33 You will see hallucinations, and you will say crazy things.
34 You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast.
35 And you will say, “They hit me, but I didn’t feel it. I didn’t even know it when they beat me up. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?”

I Corinthians 6:9-10 NLT
9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves.
Those who indulge in
sexual sin, or who
worship idols, or
commit adultery, or are
male prostitutes, or
practice homosexuality,
10 or are
thieves, or
greedy people, or
drunkards, or are
abusive, or
cheat people—

none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

I Corinthians 10:12 KJV
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Ephesians 5:18 KJV
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Luke 21:34-36 KJV
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.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 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.

Other proof, why you should “not,” join the rank of drinkers?
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/