Lying on my bunk in Allegan County Jail, I think back to the night of February 6, 2009, a night which has forever changed my life. It was getting late. I finished up my beer, left the party, and started my drive home. That was the last thing I could clearly remember when I regained […]
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; But be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18. Drunkenness is sin. This is not only my idea; God says so. Not only that, but it leads to more sin; in drunkenness is “excess.” As we noted in our last article, this means that one who is […]
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.… Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that […]
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: …drunkenness… 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 […]
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons […]
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. I Timothy 5:23 In our last article we examined Scripture’s teaching regarding when alcohol may be used, and when it may not be used. This we did to begin answering the question: what is the proper use of […]
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. I Timothy 5:23 In our last article, we saw that God permits the use of alcoholic beverages. But what constitutes the proper use of alcohol? This is an important question. He who is concerned to ask it, and […]
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.” Psalm 104:14-15 If Canaan was a […]