Responsibility Matters

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Responsibility Matters
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Responsibility Matters

• The Responsible Way For A Christian To Handle
  Alcohol

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Be Sober

• 1 Thess. 56, 8, Titus 22,
• 1 Peter 113, 58
• Sober NEPHO
• to be free from the influence
• of intoxicants (Vines)

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How Does Alcohol Work?

• Alcohol is metabolized extremely quickly by the
  body. Unlike foodsalcohol needs no digestion and
  is quickly absorbed. Alcohol gets VIP treatment
  in the body can reach the brain within one
  minute.
• Alcohol acts primarily on the nerve cells within
  the brain.

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Lowers Inhibitions

• Noah - Gen. 920-21
• Lot - Gen. 1932-35
• Christians are to operate
• with a sense of restraint.

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Addictive

• Hosea 411
• One in every 10-15 who try alcohol will become
  alcoholics
• 1 Cor. 612

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Work of the Flesh
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Work of the Flesh

• Galatians 519-21

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Work of the Flesh

• when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness,
  revelries, drinking parties, and abominable
  idolatries
• 1 Peter 43

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Influence

• It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine
  nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or
  is offended or is made weak.
• Romans 1421

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The Alcohol Industry

• Each year, at least 13.8 million Americans
  develop drinking problems.
• 75,000 die of alcohol problems each year.
• In 2009, 10,839 deaths occurred as a result of
  alcohol-related motor-vehicle crashes.
• Statistically, one alcohol-related death occurs
  every 31 minutes.
• 50 of homicides are alcohol related.
• 40 of assaults are alcohol related.
• Alcohol abuse cost 220 billion in 2005.

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The Alcohol Industry Youth

• 480,000 children are mistreated each year by a
  caretaker with an alcohol problem.
• Alcohol is a leading cause of death.
• Contributes substantially to adolescent motor
  vehicle crashes, traumatic injuries, suicide,
  date rape, family school problems.
• Young people who begin drinking before age 15 are
  four times more likely to develop alcoholism than
  those waiting until age 21.
• Every day, more than 13,000 children and teens
  try alcohol for the first time.

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Is The Alcohol Industry Acting Responsibly
Towards Our Youth?

• Underage drinkers consume 19.7 of all alcohol
  consumed in U.S.
• The top 20 of alcohol consumers account for
  about 87-89 of all the alcohol consumed in the
  U.S.
• The average 18-year-old has seen 100,000 TV
  commercials encouraging him to drink.
• In 2001, for every ad that discouraged underage
  drinking, there were 87 product promotion ads.
  For every ad emphasizing the legal drinking age,
  alcohol companies showed 179 product promotion
  ads.

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Can A Christian Support

• An industry that is responsible for one death
  every 31 minutes.
• An industry whose product is a common factor in
  tragedies such as car crashes, rape, child abuse,
  neglect, crime, etc.
• An industry that profits off of causing misery.
• An industry that proposes to advocate
  responsibility while purposely targeting our
  youth in an effort to get them addicted to their
  product.

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What is the responsible way for a Christian to
handle alcohol?
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What is the responsible way for a Christian to
handle alcohol?

• Proverbs 2329-35

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What is the responsible way for a Christian to
handle alcohol?

• Proverbs 2329-35
• Do Not Look On It

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What is the responsible way for a Christian to
handle alcohol?

• Proverbs 2329-35
• What is the responsible way for a
  Christian to handle a viper?