Works of the Flesh: Drunkenness -- from Light for Living

 

1.  Alcohol is DECEITFUL:

     a.  Proverbs 20:1

     b.  Proverbs 23:31-32

 

2.  Alcohol perverts JUDGMENT:

     a.  Genesis 19:32-36

     b.  Isaiah 29:7-8

     c.  Isaiah 5:22-23

     d.  Hosea 4:11 wine takes away the HEART

 

3.  Alcohol makes one FORGET God:

     a.  Isaiah 5:12

     b.  Isaiah 5:24

 

4.  Alcohol leads to EXCESS:

     a.  “lacking restraint, debauchery, incorrigible, dissolutely”

     b.  Ephesians 5:18

     c.  Luke 15:13 “riotous” = “dissolutely” (Strong’s)

 

5.  Alcohol ENSLAVES:

     a.  Isaiah 5:11

     b.  Proverbs 23:33-35

 

6.  Alcohol brings God’s CURSE upon the distributor: Hab 2:15-17

 

7.  Alcohol DESTROYS: Proverbs 23:31-32