Wine is a Mocker
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1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Pre-Sermon Ice Breaker
Pre-Sermon Ice Breaker
These are hard times. There are employee shortages. Several local business have been affected. Several restaurants are closed 2 days a week because they don’t have enough workers. The Deli at both supermarkets closes now at 5 p.m. Supply Chain problems have also been a problem, The other day we went to Sheetz and they had no Nachos or fryer apps. But maybe the worse thing I heard was that the company that makes yards sticks is going to make them any longer.
Introduction
Introduction
I. CNN states, “Change is brewing among American Christians.”
1. “Bar Church,” a self-described “nontraditional church,” which meets at Memories Bar in Abilene, TX and is an offshoot of Southern Hills Church of Christ
2. North Brooklyn Vineyard, which meets at Trash Bar in Williamsburg, NY.
Bod3. “Beer and Bonhoeffer,” at Southlands church in Brea, California meets to discuss German theologian Dietrich bonhoffer’s The Cost of Discipleship while parishioners share their favorite craft brews.
4. And all this on top of dozens of Catholic “theology on tap” events taking place at taverns across the country.
1. It would be easy to avoid unpopular texts, difficult texts or just ride our favorite hobby horse.
2. One of the reasons we preach through the Bible is to allow it to speak to all the areas of our lives. We must preach the full counsel of the word.
3. Proverbs 20:1 present 3 Great Facts regarding what’s wrong with alcohol.
Body
Body
Alcohol Brings Contempt
Alcohol Brings Contempt
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1. Mocker – Mimic, Ridicule, Jester
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
3. Lot –
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
4. Children of Israel –
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Alcohol brings Problems
Alcohol brings Problems
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
strong drink is raging:
1. Raging – Brawler, etc.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek mixed wine.
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; That continue until night, till wine inflame them!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink:
15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, That puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, That thou mayest look on their nakedness!
6. Just how much wine did Jesus make? 6 firkins or approx 150 Gallons of wine.
Alcohol Brings Foolishness
Alcohol Brings Foolishness
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
1. Deception and is not wise.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Conclusion
Conclusion
I. De*cep*tion
1. The act of making someone believe something that’s not true.
2. Many today are trying to convince us that drinking is okay.
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Freedom in Christ – Galatians 5:1
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
With Freedom come responsibility -1 Peter 2:16
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Duty of Self-Sacrifice – Romans 14:21
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Scripture – Matthew 3:15
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.