A government which fattens its purse by selling alcoholic drinks to its people makes prostitution of its saved function making its people morally better and spiritually elevated.
Rajendra Prasad: “Drinking is a curse. A nation addicted to drinking has its future completely doomed. A government which fattens its purse by selling alcoholic drinks to its people makes prostitution of its saved function making its people morally better and spiritually elevated. A nation of drunkards is morally and spiritually dwarfed section of humanity.”
Mahatma Gandhi: “Alcohol ruins one physically, morally, intellectually and economically, The wine shops are unbearable curse imposed upon society. If I were appointed a dictator for one hour for all India, the first thing I would do would be to close without compensation all liquor shops.”
V.V. Giri: “Wine is man’s most deceptive and relentless enemy in the garb of a friend. It solves no problem, but creates many disrupts family life, increases crimes of violence and causes occupational instability and unemployment. Drinking wine is doing untold damage, especially to the poorer section of the community and creates serious economic and health problems for the low income groups. I appeal to women and student community to spearhead the campaign for eradicating this drinking evil.”
William Ewart Gladstone: "The ravages of drink are greater than those of war, pestilence, and famine combined."
Police: “Wine is responsible for 95% of crimes committed.”
Judge: “Wine makes more crimes. It quickly leads a man to all from of dishonor.”
Murderer: “I do not know what I did, I was drunk.”
Psychologist: “Wine robs a man of his reason”.
Mother: “Wine robs the home of its security and its peace.”
Wife: “Wine ruins home; it makes all children most miserable.”
Children: “When father is sober, we run to him. When he is drunk, we run away from him.
Medical Science: “Wine is a great health hazard. It quickly damaged liver and kidney, weakens heart and respiratory system, decreases resistance to infection, destroys thinking power paralyses nervous system and weakens eyesight.
The Constitution of India: “The state government shall regard the rising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the state government shall Endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption of liquor.” Article 47.
Hindu Scripture says: “Drinking wine is a mortal sin, it is Mahapataka.”
Quran says: “Wine is the agent of devil” The qualities of a drunkard alcoholic.
HE HAS: No status, no respect in the society, no responsibility, no love, no peace of mind in the family, no tranquility, no sense of direction, no sense of moral in himself, no physical health, no integrity
Alcohol takes you to all the evil ways: Quarrels, fight, accident, sex etc.
What alcohol gives you: Damaged stomach, damaged liver, damaged brain, damaged heart, poverty, short and miserable life, untimely death
Wine According to the Bible
Isaiah Chapter – 5:11 – 12&20 – 23
Verse-11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Verse-12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the works of the Lord, neither consider the operation of His hands.
Verse-20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Verse-21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! CF
Rome 1:22.
Verse-22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and MEN of strength to mingle strong drink:
Verse-23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Number 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. CF Luke. 1:15.
Deut. 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Judges 13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Proverbs 23:20-21, 30-32
Verse-20 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
Verse-21 For the drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Verse-30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Verse-31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Verse-32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Joel 1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Habakkuk 2:5, 15 & 16
Verse-5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people.
Verse-15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Verse-16 Thou art filled with shame for glory; drink thou also, and let thy foresin be uncovered; the cup of the LORD’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on the glory.
[Genesis 9:21-22] The Bible first recorded about drunk was Noah and the consequences of slavery came upon the descendants of Ham.
Proverbs 20-1
Wine is a macker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Luke-1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb, KJV CF Numbers 6:3.
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be overcharges with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and care of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not it chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
I Cor 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, no drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness revealing, and such like; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Eph 5:18 And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
I Thess 5:7-8 For they that sleep, sleep is the right; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Verse-8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Hosea 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
1. Genesis 9: 20-26 – The first drunkenness and the attendant immoral behavior.
2. Genesis 19:30-38 – Drinking results in lots debauchery and incest of his own daughters.
3. Genesis 27:25 – Isaac was drinking when he mistakenly blessed Jacob.
4. Leviticus 10:9 – An express command not to drink.
5. Deuteronomy 21:20 - Drinking leads to stubbornness, rebellion, gluttony which brings dishonor to parents.
6. Proverbs 4:17 – Violence results from drinking.
7. Ecclesiastes 2:3; 12:8 – The writer of Ecclesiastes tried strong drink, but in the end was forced to admit that I too is vanity.
8. Isaiah 22:13 – Drinking and carnality go together and leave men hopeless.
9. Isaiah 24:9 – Drink is bitter to them that drink it.
10. Isaiah 28:3 – The pride of drunkards will be trodden down.
11. Isaiah28:1 – Woe comes to the drunkards of Ephraim.
12. Isaiah 28:7 – Prophets and priests erred through drink.
13. Isaiah 28:7 – Those who drink are set aside as useless.
14. Isaiah 28:7 – Prophets and priests are finally swallowed up by drink.
15. Isaiah 28:7 – Drinking brings on spiritual blindness.
16. Isaiah 56:9-12 – A rebuke to drinking church members, his watchmen.
17. Ezekiel 44:21 – Priest are not to drink wine.
18. Daniel 5:5-9 – Ruin and downfall for nations whose rulers and leaders cause them to drink.
19. Hosea 7:5 – The king and people reproved because of drinking.
20. Amos 2:8 – Wine is the drink of the condemned.
21. Amos 1:12 – Drink is the pollution of the innocent.
22. Amos 6:6 – Drinkers are not concerned about God nor the welfare of others.
23. Mathew 24:48-51 – Drunkards warned about the return of Christ and His judgment.
24. Luke 12:45 – Christ warns against being enmeshed in drunken evils.
25. Romans 14:21 – Drinking causes a brother to stumble.
REMARKS
Christian Doctrine: To teach the word of God and to make known people to understand what the word of God says, and to discipline ourselves to live and to behave all manner of conducts for the Lord, it is the will of God.
Rev. Kesuonguhie Neikha
(K. Neikha)