Introduction :
Introduction Many believers who desire to drink can quote verses like 1 Timothy 5:23 & John 2
Christians have been squeezed into the mould of permissiveness because they simply do not have the answer
New Wine Versus Old Wine :
New Wine Versus Old Wine In Bible times grape juice was called wine
New wine - in the cluster (Isa. 65:8)
Old wine - strong drink, mixed wine (Hab. 2:15; Prov. 23:29-32)
New Wine Versus Old Wine :
New Wine Versus Old Wine Old wine (fermented liquor) was forbidden to the Jew of the Old Testament (Deut. 29:6)
They could drink the “pure blood” of the grape (Deut. 32:14)
New Wine Versus Old Wine :
New Wine Versus Old Wine Proverbs 20:1 states that one who is fooled by wine is not wise
Ham & Noah (Gen. 9:20-22; Lam. 4:21)
Ben-hadad (1 Kings 20:16-21)
Social drinking condemns a man (Hab. 2:15)
Revenue from liquor destroys a nation (Hab. 2:12)
Wine destroyed Israel (Isa. 5:11-12)
New Wine Versus Old Wine :
New Wine Versus Old Wine Old wine and new wine are not always distinguished, but it is not hard to tell from the context which is which:
Jesus’ important illustration (Luke 5:37-39)
Hosea 3:1
Amos 2:12 (Judges 13:7)
Micah 2:11
Daniel 1:8
New Wine Versus Old Wine :
New Wine Versus Old Wine The Bible clearly warns against the man who “tarries long at the wine” - Proverbs 23:29-35
More than the normal amount of woes
Argumentative
Babble
Have wounds without cause
Red eyes
Mixed wine
The Bible rule is TOTAL ABSTINANCE
New Wine Versus Old Wine :
New Wine Versus Old Wine The cup bites and stings
Inner thought life is always sensual
Like a man drowning in the middle of the ocean or swaying back and forth in a crow’s nest on a mast
Those who get addicted cannot stop it