Drunks in the Bible

“Alcohol” = not found in the Bible

Drink StrongDrink

Drunk Drunken

Drunkenness DrunkardWine

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Gal. 5:21Gal. 5:21

1 Cor. 5:111 Cor. 5:11

“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. 5:21Gal. 5:21

1 Cor. 5:111 Cor. 5:11

“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.”

DrunkennessDrunkard

I. NOAHI. NOAH - Drink deprives a man of Dignity

I. NOAHI. NOAH

Gen. 5:28-29 = son of Lamech

Gen. 6 - 9 = story of Noah / Ark

Heb. 11:7 “By faith Noah,...”

2 Pet. 2:5 “...but saved Noah...”

Gen. 9:18-27Strong drink causes him to losehis dignity

Pro. 20:1Pro. 20:1 ¶ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

Isa. 24:20Isa. 24:20 “The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.”

I. NOAHI. NOAH - Drink deprives a man of Dignity

II. Lot II. Lot - Drink deprives a man of Morals

II. Lot II. Lot - Drink deprives a man of morals

Gen.13-14 and Gen. 19

Pitched his tent toward Sodom

Warned Sons-in-law to flee

“...he seemed as one that mocked...”

Mrs. Lot looked back - pillar of salt

Lot and daughters escaped

II. Lot II. Lot - Drink deprives a man of morals

Gen. 19:31-32

Filled with strong drink

Committed incest

He was deceived by his daughters because they got him drunk

Isa. 5:22Isa. 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23.23. Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

II. Lot II. Lot - Drink deprives a man of Morals

III. Amnom III. Amnom - Drink deprives a man of Good sense and Prudence

III. Amnom III. Amnom - Drink deprives a man of Good sense and Prudence

2 Sam. 13:23-29

Sinned against his step-sister

Absalom wanted revenge

For 2 years he was alert

When he was drunk he was killed

III. Amnom III. Amnom - Drink deprives a man of Good sense and Prudence

Alcohol is a depressant

Depresses morals and reasoning

Under the influence a person does not have good sense

Drinking and driving

IV. Solomon IV. Solomon - Drink deprives a man of

Reputation

IV. Solomon IV. Solomon - Drink deprives a man of

Reputation

Ecl.2:3Ecl.2:3 “I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine,...”Prov.31:4Prov.31:4 “It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5.5. Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.”

29.29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30.30. 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 color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Prov.23:29-31

32.32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.33.33. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.34.34. 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.

Prov.23:32-34

35.35. “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.23:35

Did Solomon speak from first handKnowledge ?If so his reputation was destroyed By alcohol !!

IV. Solomon IV. Solomon - Drink deprives a man of

Reputation

V. Belshazzar V. Belshazzar - Drink deprives a man of

Reverence

V. Belshazzar V. Belshazzar - Drink deprives a man of Reverence

Daniel 5 - joking and blasphemy

Vessels from the temple for drinking

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them.” Isa. 5:11Isa. 5:11

V. Belshazzar V. Belshazzar - Drink deprives a man of Reverence

Lev. 10:9Lev. 10:9 “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:”

Strong drink and spirituality areIncompatible !

VI. Ahasuerus VI. Ahasuerus - Drink deprives a man of Respect for others

VI. Ahasuerus VI. Ahasuerus - Drink deprives a man of Respect for others

Esther 1

7 days and night of banqueting

King Ahasuerus was drinking

V. 10 “On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine,”

VI. Ahasuerus VI. Ahasuerus - Drink deprives a man of Respect for others

Vashti refused to come

She lost her crown

Under the influence Ahasuerus lost respect for his own wife.

He degraded himself

Leads to poverty and rags

Corrupts governments

Leads to adultery, incest

Brings woe, sorrow, contentions

Prov. 23:29-35

Truth in Advertising:Truth in Advertising:

1. This bottle will cause 4 deaths

2. Courage for Crime in this bottle

3. Start you on road to alcoholism

4. Cause a disabling injury

5. Erase moral inhibitions

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6. Break up a home with children

7. Take Money needed for food

8. Child born out of wedlock

9. Fired from his job

1 Cor. 6:9-111 Cor. 6:9-11 = “but ye are justified”

Repent - change of mind that leads to a change of action

B. R. C. B. = Salvation

Noah

Lot

Amnom

Solomon

Belshazzar

Ahasuerus

Beverage Alcohol destroys...

“...it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” Pro.23:32Pro.23:32

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

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Evans, Ga. 30809

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Sunday Evening Dec. 17, 2006