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To Drink or Not to Drink?
Why Does it Matter?
 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Cor 6:1718)
 1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Rom 12:1-2)
 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you
should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles
which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger
of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
(1 Thess 4:3-7)
What Does the Bible Say?
 Define the word wine in the Bible
o HEBREW - yayin (yah’-yin)
 AV-wine 137, vine 1, banqueting 1, winebibbers + 05433 1; 140
 1) wine
o GREEK - oinos (oy’-nos)
 AV-wine 32, winepress + 3125 1; 33
 1) wine
 2) metaph. fiery wine of God’s wrath
 NOTE: Can refer to either fermented or unfermented wine.
o LATIN - vīnea referring to the grapevine or fruit of the vine
 Drunkenness Forbidden
o And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (Ephesians 5:18)
o 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (Gal 5:19-21)
o 9 ¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye
are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1
Cor 6:9-11)
o 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. (1 Cor 5:11)
 Alcohol forbidden for kings and priests
o 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; 11 And
that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of
Moses. (Lev 10:8-11)
o 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. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no
more. (Prov 31:4-7)
 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a
chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you
therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders
disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye
are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were
not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against
the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as
evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Pet
2:5-12)
 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and
which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and
priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (Rev 1:4-6)
 Alcohol is foolishness
o Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Prov 20:1)
o Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: (Prov 23:20)
o 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. (Prov 23:29-35)
o 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till
wine inflame them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard
not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my people are gone into
captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up
with thirst. (Is 5:11-13)
 What about Jesus and the water to wine?
o 6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or
three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler
of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the
water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning
doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine
until now. 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his
disciples believed on him. (John 2:6-11)
 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also,
that thou mayest look on their nakedness! (Hab 2:15)
o Simple processes existed to keep wine from fermenting and were regularly used during the time of Jesus’ earthly
ministry.
o Additionally, the “best wine” was also that “grape juice” that was processed with a distinctive and complex
distillation process that distinguished the taste and quality from that of everyday grape juice.
o Jesus also made special note that he would not drink of the fruit of the vine until he drinks it NEW with us in the
Father’s kindom.
 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new
with you in my Father’s kingdom. (Matt 26:29)
 NOTE: Fermentation is actually a decay and deterioration of the juice.
 Other passages
o Pastors
 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Tim 3:3)
o Deacons
 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
(1 Tim 3:8)
o Older women
 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to
much wine, teachers of good things; (Titus 2:3)
o A little wine for thy stomach’s sake
 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. (1 Tim 5:23)
Do Any Biblical Principles Apply?
 Appearance of evil
o Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1 Thess 5:22)
 Stumbling block
o It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is
made weak. (Rom 14:21)