BIBLE FACTS ABOUT WINE
(1) Some think it is alright to drink wine etc. as long as one don't get drunk, the only way to make sure you don't get drunk is not to drink the things that would make one drunk
(2) Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
[20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
[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.
(3) Now we see here that drunkenness = shall not inherit the kingdom of God
(4) I have heard Brother Dake say you will never get drunk by drinking butter milk
(5) The only sure way not to get drunk is to abstain from the things that would make one drunk
(6) Wine is used two ways in the Bible = fermented and unfermented
(7) Isaiah 65:8
Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
(a) " DAKE'S NOTES"
The juice of grapes being called wine while still in the cluster shows that all wine referred to was not necessarily fermented or intoxicating.
(b) So we see from this verse that the wine was in the cluster, which was still on the vine, so wine here is unfermented or unintoxicating
(8) Now let us look at one of the verses that these wine drinkers use
(9) 1 Tim. 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
(a) "DAKE'S NOTES"
Drink no longer water only or altogether, but mix a little wine with it for your stomach's sake to strengthen your body. Greeks often mixed water with wine, about one part wine and two to three parts water. It was held that constantly drinking water injured the stomach. Timothy's father was a Greek and he had been used to wine, but because of Christianity he had continued to abstain from it. Paul here gives him permission to use a little wine mixed with water for his health. The advice was dietetic. We need not suppose, however, that Paul's use of the word wine means that Timothy partook of anything intoxicating.
(b) But you say Jesus drunk wine, well let us look at that
(10) Matthew 26:29
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
(a) Fruit of the vine = once again we see grape juice fruit of the vine
(b) So you see two verses that will let you know that every time the word wine is used in the bible sometimes it was fermented and sometimes it was unfermented, or as one would understand today sometimes it refer to wine, and sometimes it refer to grape juice
(c) So Paul was saying Timothy drink a little grape juice for
(d) You say preacher, I need more understanding
(11) Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
(a) The wine of violence = Tell the City policeman that goes to Church here who answer a call to a house where a woman was beat and bloody by her husband, tell him that drinking is all right
(b) Tell a mother that has just put her child in the ground, that is dead because of a drunk driver, tell her it is all right drink
(12) 1 Thes. 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
(a) When something appears to be evil abstain from it
(b) Have people forgotten this verse
Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
(c) Does anyone believe in deny self any more
(13) Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
(a) This verse says wine is a mocker = it will make a fool of you Tell the Mother that sits here that her child can drink when she knows how many times wine has mock her child
(b) This verse says strong drink is raging = tell the wife that sits in here that her husband has come home in a rage = he can drink = tell her
(c) This verse also lets you know that wine will deceive, and that you will not be wise
(d) I don't know about you but I want to listen to wise people
(14) Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
(a) Shall not be rich
(b) Try and tell me that drinking is all right, as a child I woke up Christmas morning's with no gifts, because strong drink got the money, don't even try and tell me it is o.k.
(c) Tell the kids a crossed this country that there dead beat Dads, who haven't sent any money to them for food or clothes, tell them it is all right to drink
(d) Do you see the evil of drinking yet, if so remember
1 Thes. 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
(15) Proverbs 23:29-33
Who 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.
[31] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
(a) Verse 31 says we are not to look upon wine when it is fermented
[32] At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
(a) Fermented wine bites like a serpent, stings like an adder, and will make you lust after strange flesh
[33] Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
(16) Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
[5] Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
(17) We could stay here all day and show you the verse's why wine is wrong
(18) I do not know why some people want to live as close to the world as they can
(19) Captain, you know where all the rocks, wrong, I know where they are not
(20) The safest way I know to escape danger is get as far away as you can, not as close as you can
(21) If you will listen to me I will get you safe to the other side, I don't how close you can get to hell and still not go there, I will show you where the safe places are and one place for sure drinking wine and strong drink, is not one of the safe places
(22) My wife's daddy = 68 pints of blood 5 days
(23) My mother in the snow
(24) Three kids very early in the morning
(25) My bike
(26) My mother drunk
(27) 13 years old
(28) Quite school
(29) My daddy's death
(30) Drinking is evil
