- Alcohol negatively impairs your thinking and judgment but Christians are responsible for every thought. (2 Cor.10:5).
- Alcohol can lead to habitual drinking and alcoholism but Christians should “not be brought under the power of any.” (1 Cor.6:12).
- Alcohol destroys good health but Christians are good stewards of their bodies that belong to God. (1 Cor.6:19-20).
- Alcohol is harmful when given to minors (under 21), pregnant women, and adults too but Christians would never harm others. (10:16).
- Alcohol is often sold and consumed in unsavory places but Christians abstain from places that are unwholesome. (1 Thess.5:22).
- Alcohol results in breaking the law for some because of open containers and public drunkenness but Christians are law abiding citizens. (1 Pet.2:13).
- Alcohol intoxicates the mind and body but Christians should always be sober and vigilant. (1 Pet.5:8).
- Alcohol can cause people to think and behave immorally and badly but Christians are called to holiness. (1 Thess.4:7).
- Alcohol breaks up homes, relationships, hearts, and leads many to jail, bankruptcy, sorrow, and death but the Christian life is joy. (4:4).
- Alcohol parties encourage others to drink but Christians are good neighbors who would never participate or encourage others to do so. (1 Pet.4:1-4).
“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. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 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.” (Pr.23:29-35).
