Well Kurt, alcoholism is for sure! Naw. If alcoholism is a disease.. it’s the only one that can be bottled and sold. If it is a disease, it’s one of the only ones (like illicit drug use) that induces different crimes. Ask some cops where so SO many crimes happen?
Me thinks so profoundly : ) if ya never take a drink, you’ll never sin by gettin’ drunk.Duh! My parents were alcoholics, but have overcome it. I am grateful and love em. They are still together today.
Every noticed that no drinker thinks they'll get hocked on it. Alcoholism, not a lasting fun life at all. Ya can't get hooked if ya don't grab a drink or hang tight with those into it. I spend limited time with the lost and carnal Christians cuz I want to live as a witness and share the word if they are open to this. Who are your closes friends?
Personally, I’ve never seen one positive thing come from drinking. My favorite US President never drank and accomplished far more than the other ones.
When I lived in Bavaria for some five years I enjoyed alcohol free Löwenbräu or when out for dinner with Liney some Chateau De Fleur Non-alcoholic Sparkling Wine from time to time. Wasn’t a stumbling block for any.
Wherever I wander following Jesus, really wanna avoid all appears of evil when a watching world gives a flip about how I walk.
Alcoholism just plain doesn't seem or act like a disease does it? While attending Dana Hills High in So Cal, (not at the school but) I used to drink too much and often with my surfer buds. It’s fun for a season but it really wasn’t good for us.
I never want to take my own personal convictions and try to put those on others people. If Christians sit in a hotel lobby bar or have a drink, I never judge them. Where in the Bible does it say, Thou shalt not drink period. It doesn’t. Grace let’s people be what they choose to be and do. Be gracious, not controlling. You and I aren’t better than any, believer. Just better off.
“Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.“ Proverbs 20:1
Why did Noah curse his inconsiderate son, Ham aka Canaan?
Is being drunk in the Spirit a biblical experience?
He rescued his fam. Builder, husband, dad, man of God..after such a big victory.. why did Noah get drunk after the flood?
Is getting drunk a sin? What does God say about that?
How should a Christian view alcoholics? What does the Bible say about drunkards?
Rather than get drunk, be filled with the Comforter -- the Holy Spirit. What is Christian spirituality in the Spirit?
Will people get drunk in the last days? Uhh..yep. What will be the end times, one-world religion?
Should wine or grape juice be used for communion?
Ephesians 5:18 - Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Genesis 9:21 - But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Leviticus 10:9 - "You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
1 Samuel 25:36 - When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
2 Samuel 11:13 - Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master's servants, but he did not go home.
1 Kings 20:16 - They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
Proverbs 23:20 - Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Proverbs 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 - Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
Proverbs 23:32 - In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Isaiah 5:22 - Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
Isaiah 28:7 - These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Isaiah 56:12 - "Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!"
Hosea 4:11 - Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Habakkuk 2:5 - and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own
