2. Alcohol Is Deceiving! Proverbs 20:1 “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Deceived By Alcohol Proverbs 23:31-32 “Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly; 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, And sting like a viper.”

3. What God Compares Alcohol To! The venom of a serpent is a neurotoxin (a POISON that attacks the nervous system). The venom of a serpent is a neurotoxin (a POISON that attacks the nervous system). The venom of a viper is a hematoxin (a POISON that attacks the circulatory system). The venom of a viper is a hematoxin (a POISON that attacks the circulatory system). Alcohol Is Deceiving! Deceived By Alcohol

4. 1 Peter 4:3 “For the time past is sufficient [for you] to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousals, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.” How Much Is Too Much? Deceived By Alcohol

5. Oinophlugia - Excess of wine, drunkenness. Komos - Revelings, carousals, half-drunk. Potos - Banqueting, drinking parties, carousals, sippings (cp. Mt. 10:42). Always includes and stands for wine- drinking, not simply “feasting”. (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol.1.p.384) How Much Is Too Much? Deceived By Alcohol

6. Bible “Wine” Sometimes Refers To Grape Juice: Matthew 9:17 “But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” Deceived By Alcohol Sometimes Refers To Intixicants: Ephesians 5:18 “And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;”

7. John 2:6-10 Six waterpots (~180 gallons) Six waterpots (~180 gallons) And they filled them up to the brim. And they filled them up to the brim. “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!” “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!” Bible “Wine” Deceived By Alcohol

8. Proverbs 3:10 “So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.” Bible “Wine” Deceived By Alcohol Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are... sorcery... drunkenness, revelries, and such like” Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Are these the SAME kind of “wine”?

9. The Works Of The Flesh Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Deceived By Alcohol Pharmakia - Primarily signifies the use of medicine, drugs, spells, sorcery.

10. Proverbs 31:4-6 “It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, It is not for Kings to drink wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink; 5 Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.” The Works Of The Flesh Deceived By Alcohol What does alcohol cause one to do? Good and godly things?

11. Proverbs 31:4-6 “Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those who are bitter of heart.” But which is better? Giving up and “drowning your sorrows” in alcohol? Or like Hezekiah praying to God and seeking a remedy (Is. 38:15, 9-22)? But which is better? Giving up and “drowning your sorrows” in alcohol? Or like Hezekiah praying to God and seeking a remedy (Is. 38:15, 9-22)? I.e. Give alcohol to the one in physical anguish (medicinal use) and to the one who has given up on life. The Works Of The Flesh Deceived By Alcohol

12. Proverbs 17:22 “A merry heart does good, like medicine...” Gal. 5:22-25 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self- control; against such there is no law. And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.” Does intoxication fit here? The Works Of The Flesh Deceived By Alcohol

13. Proper vs Improper Use 1 Timothy 5:23 “No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.” Luke 10:34 ”So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine”. Mark 15:23 “Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.” Deceived By Alcohol

14. Proverbs 23:29-35 “Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30 Those who linger long at the wine, those who go in search of mixed wine...” Sorrow, wounds, red eyes, strange and perverse things, seek it again!!! Proper vs Improper Use Deceived By Alcohol

15. Habakkuk 2:15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, Pressing [him to] your bottle, Even to make [him] drunk. That you may look upon his nakedness!” Proper vs Improper Use Deceived By Alcohol What effects are KNOWN about alcohol that make it wrong to use for anything but proper medicinal purposes?

16. Facts About Alcohol The parietal lobe of the cerebrum is affected by 0.1%-0.3% of ethanol in the blood causing, dulled or distorted sensibilities, unsteadiness of movement, speech disturbances, loss of technical skills. The frontal lobe of the cerebrum is affected by 0.005%-0.1% of ethanol in the blood causing, removal of inhibitions, loss of self-control, weakening of will power, impaired judgment, dulling of attention Deceived By Alcohol

17. Facts About Alcohol The occipital lobe of the cerebrum is affected by 0.2%-0.3% of ethanol in the blood causing loss of color perception, distortion, double vision, loss of distance. Eph. 5:11 “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” 2 Cor. 6:17 “Therefore Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” Deceived By Alcohol CONCLUSION