1. The Sin Of
Social Drinking

2. Disapproves of the Use of Wine
No Doubt The Bible
Disapproves of the Use of Wine
Leviticus 10:8   And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, :9   Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations: :10   And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

3. Disapproves of the Use of Wine
No Doubt The Bible
Disapproves of the Use of Wine
Judges 13:3   And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. :4   Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]: ;

4. Disapproves of the Use of Wine
No Doubt The Bible
Disapproves of the Use of Wine
Proverbs 20:1   Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

5. Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe. who hath sorrow. who hath contentions
Proverbs 23:29   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. :32   At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. :33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. :34   Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.:35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

6. Disapproves of the Use of Wine
No Doubt The Bible
Disapproves of the Use of Wine
Proverbs 31:4   [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.

7. Disapproves of the Use of Wine
No Doubt The Bible
Disapproves of the Use of Wine
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.

8. Disapproves of the Use of Wine
No Doubt The Bible
Disapproves of the Use of Wine
1 Timothy 3:2   A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; :3   Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

9. After Seeing How God Talks About Drinking What would make a Christian
want to try to defend it?

10. No. 1 Health Problem in U.S. Today Over a million Americans drink
U. S. Statistics
No. 1 Health Problem in U.S. Today
Over a million Americans drink
They spend "100 Billion" per year
120 Billion in productivity loss yearly
40 Billion healthcare cost yearly
17 Billion in property loss annually
30 to 40% of "Hospital Patients" alcohol related

11. What About Social Drinking
A 1000 Mile Journey
Most Will Agree Being
Drunk is Wrong !
What About Social Drinking
Is It Acceptable?
Begins With First Step

12. Three Scriptures Misused to defend it !
Jn 2:1-10 Jesus Made Wine
Greek- Oines-Gleukos-
Deacons Can Drink A Little 1 Tim 3:8
Eccl 7:17, Rom 6:12, 1Thess 5:22
A little wine for stomach 1 Tim 5:23
Only small quanities as medicine

13. Ephesians 5:18   And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Excess - not over drinking
Drunkeness - Too Much
Methusko- to make drunk
- to grow drunk
From Where Do You Start Growing
Drunk From?

14. Partaking Of Intoxicants Forbidden in NT
1 Thessalonians 5:6   Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. 5:7   For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Be Sober- Nepho- intoxicating wine
Vines- free from influence of Int.
Strongs- abstain from wine
Free From Influence

15. 1 Peter 4:2   That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God
1 Peter 4:3   For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: :4   Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]: :5   Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

16. Banqueting- drinking parties
1 Peter 4:6   For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in :7   But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer
Banqueting- drinking parties
Potos- people getting together to social drink

17. "The Works of Flesh Seriously"
Christians Must "Take"
"The Works of Flesh Seriously"
"Some like to"
Read The List - Gal 5:19-20
But Notice
" and such like"

18. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
"Not inclusive list"
"a basic list to avoid"
1 Thessalonians 5:22   Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Some looking for
"thou shalt not"

19. to "Exercise Discernment"
We are expected
to "Exercise Discernment"
Hebrews 5:12   For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. :13   For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. :14   But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

20. Social Drinking is Forbidden
Proverbs 20:1   Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:31   Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. :32   At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

21. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Corinthians 3:16   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.
Not A Small Warning !

22. Christians Are To Abstain
From "All Fleshly Lusts"
1 Peter 2:11   Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Does Alcohol War Against The Soul?

23. "Questions
For
Consideration"

24. reputation and influence
Do you believe that
drinking alcohol
damages your
reputation and influence
as a Christian ?

25. Do you think
you can convincingly
talk to a person about
Christ with a drink
in your hand ?

26. When Jesus Comes
I'd Be Perfectly
Comfortable Meeting
Him With a
Drink in My Hand !

27. Spiritual Relationship Since Alcohol Became A Part of It !
Drinking Has Been
Good For My Marriage
We Have A More
Spiritual Relationship Since
Alcohol Became A Part of It !

28. I Believe My Drinking
Is A Good Influence
On My Children &
I Have No Objections
To Them Following
My Example !

29. Is Social Drinking Wrong ?
The Bible Condemns IT
Rom 13:13, 1Cor 6:9-10, gal 5:19-23
Bible Commands Self-Control
Gal 5:22-23, 1Pet 1:6
Bible Commands Soberness
1Thess 5:5-8, 1Pet1:13, 4:7, 5:8
Bible Commands To Be Separate/World
Rom 12:1-2, Eph 5:17, 1Jn 2:15-17

30. Alcohol Is An Evil Destroying Man Internally, Externally & Eternally
Conclusion
Alcohol Is An Evil Destroying Man
Internally, Externally & Eternally
Wrong Is Wrong - No
Matter What Anyone Believes
May We All Oppose It,
Expose It, & Avoid It at all cost