Post by Shane Gaydon on Dec 4, 2005 16:21:42 GMT -5
Perhaps in all the Bible the best description of strong drink or alcoholic beverages is found in Proverbs 23:29-35.
America has become a nation more and more dependent on liquor.
And during holiday celebrations drinking seems to be even more rampant than usual.
Let me give you Solomon's list of the side-effects of booze.
"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?" Proverbs 23:29
Then the Bible answers its own question: "They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine." Proverbs 23:30
Notice with me the consequences of strong drink.
It brings "woe." The word used here, "oy" in Hebrew, means "a passionate cry of grief or despair." It is believed to come from the basic root word "avah," which means "to wish for" something. Thus ... wine and similar drinks do not produce real joy or happiness, nor do they satisfy one's inner longings! They leave you still "wishing" for something else!
"Sorrow" ("aboy," pronounced ab-o'-ee) expresses an exclamation of pain! It indicates uneasiness. This precise word is only used here in all the Bible. It is thought to come from a "root" word that means "to be willing" or "to consent." This may even imply a sexually permissive context. A lot of immorality has been practiced under the influence of alcohol.
"Contentions," also translated as "brawling" in the King James Bible, means "filled with strife." See Proverbs 21:9 and 25:24. Strong drink does not produce as much harmony as we are told! Notice our noun is plural here too ...lots of fighting!
"Babbling" is "siyach" and means talking or complaining! Excessive words! Remember Proverbs 10:19, which says: "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise." Wow! Generally speaking, the more you talk ... the more you sin! And drinkers often talk too much!
"Wounds" are just bruises. We are being taught that a drunk man often is hurt or injured as a result of his stupor. Unnecessarily hurt!
And "redness," another hapax legomenon, means "dullness" also. One's eyesight can be effected by his or her drinking.
Count them. There are six in all! Six consequences of being intoxicated. The by-products of strong drink!
No wonder Paul wrote to us Christians: "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit." Ephesians 6:18
These verses sure say a lot for the Bible position of total abstinence!
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Proverbs 20:1
Sometime during the holidays the subject will surface!
I mean the subject of drinking ... consuming alcoholic beverages.
When it does ... do mention some of its consequences!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
America has become a nation more and more dependent on liquor.
And during holiday celebrations drinking seems to be even more rampant than usual.
Let me give you Solomon's list of the side-effects of booze.
"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?" Proverbs 23:29
Then the Bible answers its own question: "They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine." Proverbs 23:30
Notice with me the consequences of strong drink.
It brings "woe." The word used here, "oy" in Hebrew, means "a passionate cry of grief or despair." It is believed to come from the basic root word "avah," which means "to wish for" something. Thus ... wine and similar drinks do not produce real joy or happiness, nor do they satisfy one's inner longings! They leave you still "wishing" for something else!
"Sorrow" ("aboy," pronounced ab-o'-ee) expresses an exclamation of pain! It indicates uneasiness. This precise word is only used here in all the Bible. It is thought to come from a "root" word that means "to be willing" or "to consent." This may even imply a sexually permissive context. A lot of immorality has been practiced under the influence of alcohol.
"Contentions," also translated as "brawling" in the King James Bible, means "filled with strife." See Proverbs 21:9 and 25:24. Strong drink does not produce as much harmony as we are told! Notice our noun is plural here too ...lots of fighting!
"Babbling" is "siyach" and means talking or complaining! Excessive words! Remember Proverbs 10:19, which says: "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise." Wow! Generally speaking, the more you talk ... the more you sin! And drinkers often talk too much!
"Wounds" are just bruises. We are being taught that a drunk man often is hurt or injured as a result of his stupor. Unnecessarily hurt!
And "redness," another hapax legomenon, means "dullness" also. One's eyesight can be effected by his or her drinking.
Count them. There are six in all! Six consequences of being intoxicated. The by-products of strong drink!
No wonder Paul wrote to us Christians: "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit." Ephesians 6:18
These verses sure say a lot for the Bible position of total abstinence!
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Proverbs 20:1
Sometime during the holidays the subject will surface!
I mean the subject of drinking ... consuming alcoholic beverages.
When it does ... do mention some of its consequences!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
