It Bites Like A Serpent

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It Bites Like A Serpent
Proverbs 2329-35
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Pro.2329 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has
contentions? Who has complaints? Who has
wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
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Pro.2330 Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
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Pro.2331 Do not look on the wine when it is
red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls
around smoothly
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Pro.2332-33 At the last it bites like a
serpent, And stings like a viper. Your eyes will
see strange things, And your heart will utter
perverse things.
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Pro.2334 Yes, you will be like one who lies
down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who
lies at the top of the mast, saying
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Pro.2335 "They have struck me, but I was not
hurt They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake, that I may seek another
drink?"
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I. Simile of Serpent and Viper
Two Kinds of poisonous snakes 1 Serpent
bite, insert and chew venom attacks nerves
2 Viper strike, inject very fast poison
of the blood
Neurotoxin
Hematoxin
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Serpent bites and Viper Stings Alcohol does both
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Neurotoxin
Attacks the Nerves
Hematoxin
Poisons the blood
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II. At The Last
At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings
like a viper. Pr. 2332
In the end
No thinking person would ever start drinking if
he considered the end of it.
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bites like a serpent
Neurotoxin
Mental or nervous wreck Sees imaginary
images Thinks he is riding pink elephant D.T.
Delirium Tremens from alcohol withdrawal
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bites like a serpent
Neurotoxin
Drunk Drivers
Georgia Drunk Driving Statistics
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bites like a serpent
If 304 killed in crash weekly
15,829 killed
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stings like a viper
Hematoxin

• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Chronic Nephritis
• Stomach cancer
• High blood pressure
• 60 Diseases traceable to alcohol

Hangover
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It Bites and Stings
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Elephants are always drawn smaller than life,
but a flea always larger. - Johathan Swift
We cannot draw the picture full size of the evils
of alcohol.
At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings
like a viper. Pr.2332
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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. Rom. 121
We serve God through our bodies. Alcohol is an
evil beverage
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Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And
whoever is led astray by it is not wise. Pro.
201
Alcohol destroys your, Brain, Body,
Soul
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It Bites Like A Serpent and stings like a Viper
Proverbs 2329-35
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evan
scoc_at_bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org S
unday Morning April 6, 2008