What does the Holy Bible say about Drinking – [ little, moderate, occasional, excessive etc ]

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise Proverbs 20:1

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again

Proverbs 23:28-33, 35

Praise JESUS

I saw a banner in a secular shop, “Wine and Cakes”. It is the understanding of the shop owner that during the Christmas season, people will buy the cakes to eat and the wine for them to drink.

It troubled my spirit and thought of digging the issue of drinking.

First let us try to understand why people drink?

First, people drink when they feel loneliness

It happened to me to meet a cab driver in USA during the Christmas season of 2008. I asked him what you would do on the Christmas day. He replied that he would go to a bar and drink and spend the day like that, also he added, he doesn’t have a family, and he is alone.

The cab driver was alone and that was the reason for him to go for drinking. The solution he opted was temporary. Drinking is not the permanent solution for loneliness. The wine will not be his friend and be with him forever. But the LORD JESUS CHRIST said, “... I am with you always, even unto the end of the world ...” Matthew 28:20.

A man of GOD said, “When I am alone, I am not alone – My LORD JESUS CHRIST is with me”.

The fellowship with LORD JESUS CHRIST takes away all the loneliness, Indeed GOD called us to have fellowship with Him, “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9

“No never alone … No never alone…

He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone …”

When the cab driver spoke I remembered the verse from Holy Bible, “God setteth the solitary in families ...” Psalm 68:6 and prayed for him in my heart that one day, the LORD JESUS CHRIST will take away his loneliness and he may know the salvation through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Dear reader, if you are going in the path of loneliness, I encourage you to have fellowship with the LORD JESUS CHRIST. He will be a good friend for you for your entire voyage of life and also in the heaven after the life in earth.

Second, people drink to forget their sorrows

It may be some time difficult for peoples to forget the betrayal, bitter experiences happened that remain unhealed in their heart and they could not forget, but their memory torments them every day and they decided to drink.

I do agree, this world is full of pain and sorrows. Our LORD JESUS CHRIST Himself said, "... In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" John 16:33. He knows our problems. He himself was betrayed, He knows how He is going to die cruelly on the Cross, and the punishment for the entire humanity was laid upon the LORD JESUS CHRIST. He is there to help us.

 

Choosing the wine will not turn the sorrows into joy. Only our LORD JESUS CHRIST can change the sorrows into joy "... your sorrow shall be turned into joy" John 16:20.

Only our LORD JESUS CHRIST can change anyone’s the bitterness into sweetness (Exodus 15:23, 25)

Dear reader, if you are going through the path of sorrows and bitterness in your life, trust in the LORD JESUS CHRIST and He will definitely take you out from your current problems.

Some drink to forget the body pain. A person told me that he was drinking to forget the pain, works very hard all the day and if he drinks then only he can sleep properly. Today that may give him temporary solution, but this habit could lead to diseases and lead to sleepless nights, loosing physical strength and take away the joy of the family and finally takes the soul of the person to hell for eternal torment. Prefer which, baring little pain in the body pain or eternal torment.

Third, people drink to have fun and joy

These people are really playing with snake; they don’t know the value of their soul. A person was taken into hell and shown the punishment of the drinkers. This is what the person saw:

A man died because of drinking was shown a bottle, he assumes it is alcohol and drinks it. It is a liquid like acid, He cried and shouted and kept crying. This happened for some time. Again, he saw a bottle and he thought it is alcohol and the same thing continued.

The wine will not give eternal joy.

Now what does the Holy Bible tells us about drinking, is it sin or it not?

Drinking alters the condition of the brain and creates a temporary illusion state. This affects the way the human brain works in normal condition. This makes GOD given wisdom to slip. It deceives the person who takes it. It is clearly mentioned in Holy Bible, “…whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise” Proverbs 20:1

Drinking makes a person addictive. Human beings should not be slave to wine or drinks, but salves to righteousness. "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness" Romans 6:18

It leads to diseases and destroys the body.

I saw a wine bottle in a person’s desk and asked about that. He said, someone gifted it to him. I told him, it is a serpent. It is not my opinion, that’s what the Holy Bible tells us, “In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper” Proverbs 23:32

Many secular and carnal Christians are deceived that moderate drinking or occasional drinking is not bad. “... Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?” 1 Corinthians 5:6. In the Holy Bible, devil is depicted as serpent. How much series it is if the Holy Bible depicts wine as serpent?

Dear reader,

If you are addicted to this bad habit, you can get the deliverance from this. The Holy Bible tells us,

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" John 8:36

"ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" John 8:32

"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" 2 Corinthians 3:17

Trust in the LORD JESUS CHRIST; ask His help, He will definitely deliver you.

A genuine prayer brings definite answer

Praise JESUS