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Introduction:
We live in a world where there are definite black and white issues and then there are those gray areas.
It is in the gray areas that many Christians like to proclaim Christian liberty and simply go about doing whatever they want, since they feel that God has had nothing to say on the issue.
But we must be careful to not overlook all the side issues that touch a particular topic when we are trying to decide how we as Christians should live.
Today, we are going to talk about a sensitive subject that people get super-charged over.
It is the issue of drinking alcohol.
We have people that range the spectrum of being t-totalers, moderate drinkers, and full-blown users of alcohol and many can give reasons to try to justify their position.
Today, we only want to look at what God has to say about the topic.
So let’s jump in to one of our key verses before we take a journey through the Scriptures this morning.
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Pray.
Verses that Seem to Praise or Encourage Alcohol
Verses that Warn Against Becoming Drunk
How
Other Principles That Need to Be Considered
1. Verses that Seem to Praise or Encourage Alcohol
Old Testament Prophets
Isaiah 25:6
Jesus turns water into wine ()
John 2:3-
Food and Drink are Clean
2. Verses that Warn Against Becoming Drunk
Prov.
31:4
Prov.
23:31
3. Other Principles That Need to Be Considered
Did the wine have alcohol
Water quality
Medicinal uses
Be Sober-minded - why drink wine except to dull the senses
Stumbling Block Principle
1 Cor.
8:7
Conclusion:
As we conclude, we need to realize that we no longer live for ourselves, but for the Kingdom of God.
If what we do harms our witness, our brother, or our Lord, it ought not be done.
We must learn to care about one another.
Wine=Covenant=transition to Lord’s Supper
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