1. Proverbs 23:29-35 Wine Wise

2. What does the Bible say about alcohol use?

3. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart. Psalm 104:14-15

4. “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” John 2:10

5. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and “sinners.” John 11:18-19

6. What does the Bible say about alcohol use? The Bible does not require abstention. Some things in our context have changed. The Bible clearly warns of drunkenness.

7. Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. Proverbs 23:20-21

8. Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, 1 Timothy 3:2-3

9. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Titus 2:3

10. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Romans 13:13

11. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18

12. Proverbs 23 The false promise of alcohol. v. 31 The consequences of alcohol abuse. v. 29-30 The addictive power of alcohol. v. 32-35

13. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. 1 Corinthians 10:23-24

14. Some questions to ask. Why do I drink? How does it affect me? How does it affect others? How does it reflect on Christ?