 Alcoholic beverages are everywhere in our society.  Alcohol use is advertised widely; it is commonplace.  Society thinks you’re strange if you don’t.

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 Alcoholic beverages are everywhere in our society.  Alcohol use is advertised widely; it is commonplace.  Society thinks you’re strange if you don’t drink alcohol: 1 Pet. 4:3-4  Remember Mattie Ross in the film True Grit? “I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains!” 2

 Proverbs 20:1  Alcohol affects our inhibitions; overrides the “governor” of our behavior.  We will do, say, think things when drinking alcohol we wouldn’t normally.  What was David counting on alcohol to do to Uriah? 2 Sam. 11:13 4 Don’t Drink Alcohol 1

 Proverbs 21:17; 23:21  Excessive alcohol consumption costs the U.S. $223.5 billion per year!  A DUI arrest will cost you $5,000 to $12,000.  Do you think Proverbs 21:17 doesn’t apply to you?  If so, you’re a fool! 5 Don’t Drink Alcohol 2

 Proverbs 23:29-30  Question: Who has woe?  Answer: Those who drink alcohol!  Bonus: You get a “hangover” the next day!  Alcohol is deceptive! Prov. 23:31  It looks good, but its effects are bad! Prov. 23: Don’t Drink Alcohol 3

 Proverbs 23:32  Alcohol can kill you in many ways!  Alcohol also inflicts mental pain!  Do you want to carry around the baggage alcohol produces for the rest of your life?! 7 Don’t Drink Alcohol 4

 Proverbs 23:33  Remember “beer goggles”?  Alcohol can make you think some really stupid, bad things!  Christians are supposed to have “good” thoughts: Phil. 4:8 8 Don’t Drink Alcohol 5

 Proverbs 23:34  Alcohol is single biggest cause of accidents in the home.  Alcohol a major factor in many traffic accidents.  Don’t have to be at or above the “legal limit” to be affected.  Only a fool would risk the odds! 9 Don’t Drink Alcohol 6

 Proverbs 23:35  Why engage in something that masks real danger?!  Christians are not to be enslaved to “bad habits”! 1 Cor. 10:23  Can you honestly say that alcohol use “edifies”? 10 Don’t Drink Alcohol 7

 Isaiah 5:11  Isa. 5:22  The drunkards of Ephraim: Isa. 28:1-3  “Woe” is translated “destruction” in NLT.  What can happen if one plays with fire? 11 Don’t Drink Alcohol 8

 Isaiah 22:13  Is an attitude of iniquity: Isa. 22:14  Evidence of a “carnal mind”: Rom. 8:7  Only a fool would want to be God’s enemy! 12 Don’t Drink Alcohol 9

 Isaiah 28:7  It amazes me that so many justify and rationalize drinking no matter how ugly it really is.  Where does drinking alcohol fit in with Matt. 5:6 and Matt. 6:33? 13 Don’t Drink Alcohol 10

 Isaiah 56:12  What does the song say? Our “hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.”  The hope brought by alcohol is nothing but a “mirage.”  Hold onto to your real hope: Heb. 6:20 14 Don’t Drink Alcohol 11

 Hosea 4:11  Christians are not to be enslaved to “bad habits”: 1 Cor. 10:23  Most “drinking men” end up on “the prowl.”  What did Paul say in 1 Cor. 6:18? Does alcohol help us do this? 15 Don’t Drink Alcohol 12

 Habakkuk 2:15-16  Nobody wants to bring shame on self, parents, family, or on the church.  By avoiding alcohol we deprive Satan of a tool!  Why give the devil an edge?! 1 Pet. 5:8 16 Don’t Drink Alcohol 13

 Romans 13:13  Alcohol use does not promote honesty.  Alcohol users “live a lie.”  Living with a clean conscience makes for sound mental health. 17 Don’t Drink Alcohol 14

 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21  “But, I just drink socially.” “I just drink a glass of wine now and then.”  Good for you! Where did every alcoholic get his start?  What about your “example”? Matt. 18:6 18 Don’t Drink Alcohol 15

 Ephesians 5:18  How much clearer must God’s word be?!  But you’re too strong; alcohol poses no danger to you!  It must be nice to be so confident! 1 Cor. 10:12 19 Don’t Drink Alcohol 16

 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7  The notion one can remain “sober” after even one drink is ludicrous.  Go to Youtube and search the “effects of alcohol [driving].”  Mixing any alcohol and driving is dangerous! 20 Don’t Drink Alcohol 17

 Consider:  Noah: Gen. 9:20-26  Lot: Gen. 19:30-38  Remember David and Uriah? 2 Sam. 11:13 21 Don’t Drink Alcohol 18

 1 Corinthians 9:24-27  The word for “discipline” in v. 27 is very strong! hupopiazo  Sounds like Paul was quite serious about self-control!  Can you imagine Paul ending a busy day of preaching by “unwinding” with a couple of Budweisers?! 22 Don’t Drink Alcohol 19

 1 Peter 4:3-4  This passage condemns three levels of drinking alcohol:  “drunkenness”: out and out drunk.  “revelries”: carousing, merrymaking after supper.  “drinking parties”: would include what we might call “social drinking.” 23 Don’t Drink Alcohol 20

24  Drinking alcohol trumps reason, distorts judgment, severs the connection between behavior and consequences, ruins marriages, friendships and careers, injures, costs lives and leaves children neglected.  Don’t be deceived! Alcohol is something a Christian should avoid at all cost!