By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you...
1) Genesis 9:20-26 - Noah became drunk;
the result was immorality and family trouble.
2) Genesis 19:30-38 - Lot was so drunk he
did not know what he was doing; this led to
immorality
3) Leviticus 10:9-11 - God commanded
priests not to drink so that they could tell
the difference between the holy and the
unholy.
4) Numbers 6:3 - The Nazarites were told to
eat or drink nothing from the grape vine.
5) Deuteronomy 21:20 - A drunken son was
stubborn and rebellious.
6) Deuteronomy 29:5-6 - God gave no grape
juice to Israel nor did they have intoxicating
drink in the wilderness.
7) Deuteronomy 32:33 - Intoxicating wine is
like the poison of serpents, the cruel venom
of asps.
8) Judges 13:4, 7, 14 - Samson was to be a
Nazarite for life. His mother was told not to
drink wine or strong drink.
9) 1 Samuel 1:14-15 - Accused, Hannah said
she drank no wine.
10) 1 Samuel 25:32-38 - Nabal died after a
drunken spree.
11) 2 Samuel 11:13 - By getting Uriah drunk,
David hoped to cover his sin.
12) 2 Samuel 13:28-29 - Amnon was drunk
when he was killed.
13) 1 Kings 16:8-10 - The king was drinking
himself into drunkenness when he was
assassinated
14) 1 Kings 20:12-21 - Ben-Hadad and 32
other kings were drinking when they were
attacked and defeated by the Israelites.
15) Esther 1:5-12 - The king gave each one
all the drink he wanted. The king was
intoxicated when he commanded the queen
to come.
16) Psalm 75:8 - The Lord’s anger is pictured
as mixed wine poured out and drunk by the
wicked.
17) Proverbs 4:17 - Alcoholic drink is called
the wine of violence.
18) Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong
drink is raging.
19) Proverbs 23:19-20 - A wise person will
not be among the drinkers of alcoholic
beverages.
20) Proverbs 23:21 - Drunkenness causes
poverty.
21) Proverbs 23:29-30 - Drinking causes
woe, sorrow, fighting, babbling, wounds
without cause and red eyes.
22) Proverbs 23:31 - God instructs not to
look at intoxicating drinks.
23) Proverbs 23:32 - Alcoholic drinks bite
like a serpent, sting like an adder.
24) Proverbs 23:33 - Alcohol causes the
drinker to have strange and adulterous
thoughts, produces willfulness, and prevents
reformation.
25) Proverbs 23:34 - Alcohol makes the
drinker unstable
26) Proverbs 23:35 - Alcohol makes the
drinker insensitive to pain so he does not
perceive it as a warning. Alcohol is habit
forming.
27) Proverb 31:4-5 - Kings, Princes, and
others who rule and judge must not drink
alcohol. Alcohol perverts good judgment.
28) Proverbs 31:6-7 - Strong drink could be
given to those about to perish or those in
pain. Better anesthetics are available today.
29) Ecclesiastes 2:3 - The king tried
everything, including intoxicating drink, to
see if it satisfied. It did not. (Ecclesiastes
12:8)
30) Ecclesiastes 10:17 - A land is blessed
when its leaders do not drink.
31) Isaiah 5:11-12 - Woe to those who get
up early to drink and stay up late at night to
get drunk.
32) Isaiah 5:22 - Woe to "champion"
drinkers and "experts" at mixing drinks.
33) Isaiah 19:14 - Drunken men stagger in
their vomit.
34) Isaiah 22:12-13 - The Israelites choose
to drink; their future looks hopeless to them.
35) Isaiah 24:9 - Drinkers cannot escape the
consequences when God judges.
36) Isaiah 28:1 - God pronounces woe on
the drunkards of Ephraim.
37) Isaiah 28:3 - Proud drunkards shall be
trodden down.
38) Isaiah 28:7 - Priests and prophets
stagger and reel from beer and wine, err in
vision, and stumble in judgment.
39) Isaiah 28:8 - Drinkers’ tables are covered
with vomit and filth.
40) Isaiah 56:9-12 - Drinkers seek their own
gain and expect tomorrow to be just like
today.
41) Jeremiah 35:2-14 - The Rechabites
drank no grape juice or intoxicating wine
and were blessed.
42) Ezekiel 44:21 - Again God instructed the
priests not to drink wine.
43) Daniel 1:5-17 - Daniel refused the king’s
intoxicating wine and was blessed for it
along with his abstaining friends.
44) Daniel 5:1 - Belshazzar, ruler of Babylon;
led his people in drinking.
45) Daniel 5:2-3 - The king, along with his
nobles, wives, and concubines, drank from
the goblets which had been taken from
God’s temple.
46) Daniel 5:4 - Drinking wine was
combined with praising false gods.
47) Daniel 5:23 - God sent word to
Belshazzar that punishment would be swift
for the evil he had committed.
48) Hosea 4:11 - Intoxicating wine takes
away intelligence.
49) Hosea 7:5 - God reproves princes for
drinking.
50) Joel 1:5 - Drunkards awake to see God’s
judgment.
51) Joel 3:3 - The enemy is judged for selling
girls for wine.
52) Amos 2:8 - Unrighteous acts of Israel
included the drinking of wine which had
been taken for the payment of fines.
53) Amos 2:12 - Israel is condemned for
forcing Nazarites to drink wine.
54) Micah 2:11 - Israelites are eager to
follow false teachers who prophesy plenty
of intoxicating drinks.
55) Nahum 1:10 - The drunkards of Nineveh
will be destroyed by God.
56) Habakkuk 2:5 - A man is betrayed by
wine.
57) Habakkuk 2:15 - Woe to him that gives
his neighbor drink.
58) Habakkuk 2:16 - Drinking leads to
shame.
59) Matthew 24:48-51 - A drinking servant
is unprepared for his Lord’s return.
60) Luke 1:15 - John the Baptist drank
neither grape juice nor wine.
61) Luke 12:45 - Christ warned against
drunkenness.
62) Luke 21:34 - Drunkenness will cause a
person not to be ready for the Lord’s return.
63) Romans 13:13 - Do not walk in
drunkenness or immorality.
64) Romans 14:21 - Do not do anything that
will hurt your testimony as a believer.
65) 1 Corinthians 5:11 - If a Christian
brother is a drinker, do not associate with
him.
66) 1 Corinthians 6:10 - Drunkards will not
inherit the kingdom of God
67) Galatians 5:21 - Acts of the sinful nature,
such as drunkenness, will prohibit a person
from inheriting the kingdom of God.
68) Ephesians 5:18 - In contrast to being
drunk with wine, the believer is to be filled
with the Spirit.
69) 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 - Christians are to
be alert and self-controlled, belonging to the
day. Drunkards belong to the night and
darkness.
70) 1 Timothy 3:2-3 - Bishops (elders) are to
be temperate, sober, and not near any wine.
71) 1 Timothy 3:8 - Deacons are to be
worthy of respect and not drinkers.
72) 1 Timothy 3:11 - Deacons’ wives are to
be temperate and sober.
73) Titus 1:7-8 - An overseer is to be
disciplined.
74) Titus 2:2-3 - The older men and older
women of the church are to be temperate
and not addicted to wine.
75) 1 Peter 4:3-4 - The past life of
drunkenness and carousing has no place in
the Christian’s life.
NO DRUNKARD SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM
OF GOD 1 COR 6,10.
God Loves you
the result was immorality and family trouble.
2) Genesis 19:30-38 - Lot was so drunk he
did not know what he was doing; this led to
immorality
3) Leviticus 10:9-11 - God commanded
priests not to drink so that they could tell
the difference between the holy and the
unholy.
4) Numbers 6:3 - The Nazarites were told to
eat or drink nothing from the grape vine.
5) Deuteronomy 21:20 - A drunken son was
stubborn and rebellious.
6) Deuteronomy 29:5-6 - God gave no grape
juice to Israel nor did they have intoxicating
drink in the wilderness.
7) Deuteronomy 32:33 - Intoxicating wine is
like the poison of serpents, the cruel venom
of asps.
8) Judges 13:4, 7, 14 - Samson was to be a
Nazarite for life. His mother was told not to
drink wine or strong drink.
9) 1 Samuel 1:14-15 - Accused, Hannah said
she drank no wine.
10) 1 Samuel 25:32-38 - Nabal died after a
drunken spree.
11) 2 Samuel 11:13 - By getting Uriah drunk,
David hoped to cover his sin.
12) 2 Samuel 13:28-29 - Amnon was drunk
when he was killed.
13) 1 Kings 16:8-10 - The king was drinking
himself into drunkenness when he was
assassinated
14) 1 Kings 20:12-21 - Ben-Hadad and 32
other kings were drinking when they were
attacked and defeated by the Israelites.
15) Esther 1:5-12 - The king gave each one
all the drink he wanted. The king was
intoxicated when he commanded the queen
to come.
16) Psalm 75:8 - The Lord’s anger is pictured
as mixed wine poured out and drunk by the
wicked.
17) Proverbs 4:17 - Alcoholic drink is called
the wine of violence.
18) Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong
drink is raging.
19) Proverbs 23:19-20 - A wise person will
not be among the drinkers of alcoholic
beverages.
20) Proverbs 23:21 - Drunkenness causes
poverty.
21) Proverbs 23:29-30 - Drinking causes
woe, sorrow, fighting, babbling, wounds
without cause and red eyes.
22) Proverbs 23:31 - God instructs not to
look at intoxicating drinks.
23) Proverbs 23:32 - Alcoholic drinks bite
like a serpent, sting like an adder.
24) Proverbs 23:33 - Alcohol causes the
drinker to have strange and adulterous
thoughts, produces willfulness, and prevents
reformation.
25) Proverbs 23:34 - Alcohol makes the
drinker unstable
26) Proverbs 23:35 - Alcohol makes the
drinker insensitive to pain so he does not
perceive it as a warning. Alcohol is habit
forming.
27) Proverb 31:4-5 - Kings, Princes, and
others who rule and judge must not drink
alcohol. Alcohol perverts good judgment.
28) Proverbs 31:6-7 - Strong drink could be
given to those about to perish or those in
pain. Better anesthetics are available today.
29) Ecclesiastes 2:3 - The king tried
everything, including intoxicating drink, to
see if it satisfied. It did not. (Ecclesiastes
12:8)
30) Ecclesiastes 10:17 - A land is blessed
when its leaders do not drink.
31) Isaiah 5:11-12 - Woe to those who get
up early to drink and stay up late at night to
get drunk.
32) Isaiah 5:22 - Woe to "champion"
drinkers and "experts" at mixing drinks.
33) Isaiah 19:14 - Drunken men stagger in
their vomit.
34) Isaiah 22:12-13 - The Israelites choose
to drink; their future looks hopeless to them.
35) Isaiah 24:9 - Drinkers cannot escape the
consequences when God judges.
36) Isaiah 28:1 - God pronounces woe on
the drunkards of Ephraim.
37) Isaiah 28:3 - Proud drunkards shall be
trodden down.
38) Isaiah 28:7 - Priests and prophets
stagger and reel from beer and wine, err in
vision, and stumble in judgment.
39) Isaiah 28:8 - Drinkers’ tables are covered
with vomit and filth.
40) Isaiah 56:9-12 - Drinkers seek their own
gain and expect tomorrow to be just like
today.
41) Jeremiah 35:2-14 - The Rechabites
drank no grape juice or intoxicating wine
and were blessed.
42) Ezekiel 44:21 - Again God instructed the
priests not to drink wine.
43) Daniel 1:5-17 - Daniel refused the king’s
intoxicating wine and was blessed for it
along with his abstaining friends.
44) Daniel 5:1 - Belshazzar, ruler of Babylon;
led his people in drinking.
45) Daniel 5:2-3 - The king, along with his
nobles, wives, and concubines, drank from
the goblets which had been taken from
God’s temple.
46) Daniel 5:4 - Drinking wine was
combined with praising false gods.
47) Daniel 5:23 - God sent word to
Belshazzar that punishment would be swift
for the evil he had committed.
48) Hosea 4:11 - Intoxicating wine takes
away intelligence.
49) Hosea 7:5 - God reproves princes for
drinking.
50) Joel 1:5 - Drunkards awake to see God’s
judgment.
51) Joel 3:3 - The enemy is judged for selling
girls for wine.
52) Amos 2:8 - Unrighteous acts of Israel
included the drinking of wine which had
been taken for the payment of fines.
53) Amos 2:12 - Israel is condemned for
forcing Nazarites to drink wine.
54) Micah 2:11 - Israelites are eager to
follow false teachers who prophesy plenty
of intoxicating drinks.
55) Nahum 1:10 - The drunkards of Nineveh
will be destroyed by God.
56) Habakkuk 2:5 - A man is betrayed by
wine.
57) Habakkuk 2:15 - Woe to him that gives
his neighbor drink.
58) Habakkuk 2:16 - Drinking leads to
shame.
59) Matthew 24:48-51 - A drinking servant
is unprepared for his Lord’s return.
60) Luke 1:15 - John the Baptist drank
neither grape juice nor wine.
61) Luke 12:45 - Christ warned against
drunkenness.
62) Luke 21:34 - Drunkenness will cause a
person not to be ready for the Lord’s return.
63) Romans 13:13 - Do not walk in
drunkenness or immorality.
64) Romans 14:21 - Do not do anything that
will hurt your testimony as a believer.
65) 1 Corinthians 5:11 - If a Christian
brother is a drinker, do not associate with
him.
66) 1 Corinthians 6:10 - Drunkards will not
inherit the kingdom of God
67) Galatians 5:21 - Acts of the sinful nature,
such as drunkenness, will prohibit a person
from inheriting the kingdom of God.
68) Ephesians 5:18 - In contrast to being
drunk with wine, the believer is to be filled
with the Spirit.
69) 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 - Christians are to
be alert and self-controlled, belonging to the
day. Drunkards belong to the night and
darkness.
70) 1 Timothy 3:2-3 - Bishops (elders) are to
be temperate, sober, and not near any wine.
71) 1 Timothy 3:8 - Deacons are to be
worthy of respect and not drinkers.
72) 1 Timothy 3:11 - Deacons’ wives are to
be temperate and sober.
73) Titus 1:7-8 - An overseer is to be
disciplined.
74) Titus 2:2-3 - The older men and older
women of the church are to be temperate
and not addicted to wine.
75) 1 Peter 4:3-4 - The past life of
drunkenness and carousing has no place in
the Christian’s life.
NO DRUNKARD SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM
OF GOD 1 COR 6,10.
God Loves you
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