Worldliness

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Worldliness
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Worldliness
Drinking
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Drinking Drunkenness Is a Problem Nearly As
Old As Man

• Noah got drunk (Gen. 920-ff)
• Lot got drunk (Gen. 1930-38)

We all know that drunkenness is a sin But, what
about social drinking in moderation? Responsibl
e drinking? Occasional beer or wine?
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Point Is
Social Drinking Is A Sinful Act
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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness
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It Is Drunkenness

• Bible Condemns Drunkenness
• Eph. 518
• Gal. 519-21 1 Cor. 69-11
• Social Drinking Is Drunkeness
• Drunk to grow drunk the process of the
  state (Vines)
• Contrast 1 Thess. 56-9
• If takes 5 beers to make you drunk, 1 1/5
• Leads to a greater state

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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness II. It Is Strong Drink
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It Is Strong Drink

• Strong Drink Is Condemned
• Prov. 201
• Drinks Today Are Strong By Comparison
• Palestine wines 5 - 8
• Distilled 45 - 50
• Malt 4 - 6, 10
• Wines 10 - 14

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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness II. It Is Strong
Drink III. It Is Harmful
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It Is Harmful

• Harms The Body
• Alcohol is poison
• Narcotic Drug
• Damage to the Brain
• Sinful To Harm The Body
• 1 Cor. 619-20
• Steward to take care of the Body belongs to God.

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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness II. It Is Strong
Drink III. It Is Harmful IV. Drinking Is
Condemned
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Drinking Is Condemned

• 1 Pet. 43
• Banqueting Drinking
• The drinking bout, the banquet, not of
  necessity excessive. (Trench, 225)
• 1 Pet. 58
• Sober
• Free from influence of intoxicants (Vines)
• Means to abstain (Donnagans Lexicon)

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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness II. It Is Strong
Drink III. It Is Harmful IV. Drinking Is
Condemned V. Influences Others
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Influences Others

• Moderate Social Drinking
• Major cause of recruiting new drinkers
• Not the drunk, alcoholic.
• Matthew 186-7

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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness II. It Is Strong
Drink III. It Is Harmful IV. Drinking Is
Condemned V. Influences Others VI. Arguments
Made To Justify Social Drinking
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Arguments Make To Justify

• John 21-11 Water into Wine
• No evidence fermented

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Wine (Greek Oinos)
Fermented (Alcohol Content) Eph. 518 drunk
with wine
Unfermented (No Alcohol Content) Matt.
917 Mark 222 new wine in new bottles
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Arguments Make To Justify

• John 21-11 Water into Wine
• No evidence fermented
• If justifies social drinking justifies
  excessive
• 1 Timothy 523 Drink A Little Wine
• Wine - does not have to be fermented
• For Medical purposes.
• 1 Timothy 38 Not Given To Much Wine
• Assumes can have a little
• Forbidding excess does not justify less

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Drinking
I. It Is Drunkenness II. It Is Strong
Drink III. It Is Harmful IV. Drinking Is
Condemned V. Influences Others VI. Arguments
Made To Justify Social Drinking
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