I.          Drunkenness is an old problem among men

             A.         The earliest record is Genesis 9:21

                          1.          Noah was acquainted with the effects of wine - Matt 24:38

II.         The effects of alcohol

             A.         Prov 20:1 - It deceives the mind.

             B.         Isa. 28:1-3,7-8 - It causes errors in judgement

             C.         Hab 2:15 - It lowers moral standards

             D.         Prov 23:29-33 - Detailed description of the effects

                          1.          Causes depression, moodiness, contentions

                          2.          It loosens the tongue

                          3.          You injure yourself and don’t feel it or remember the event

                          4.          Redness of the eyes

                          5.          It is referred to as a poison - vers 32

             E.         It is addictive. A person under its influence would do just about anything for another drink - Joel 3:3

III.        Drunkenness is condemned

             A.         A woe is pronounced on those who drink continually - Isa 5:11

             B.         A woe is pronounced on the heros of drinking - Isa 5:22

             C.         The kingdom of Babylon was destroyed while King Belshazzar attended a drunken feast - Dan 5:1-4, 30

             D.         Luke 12:45-46 - The unfaithful steward gives himself over to drink

             E.         You cannot be sober, vigilant while drunk or suffering from a hangover - Luke 21:34

             F.         Drunkenness is firmly condemned among Christians - I Cor 5:11; I Cor 6:9-10

IV.       Reasons for drinking

             A.         I may drink a bit, but I don’t get drunk

                          1.          I Pet. 4:3-4 - Things Christians no longer do

                                       a.          oinophlugia - “Excess of wine”

                                                    (1)        “An overflow (or surplus) of win.” - Strongs

                                                    (2)        Down and out drunk

                                       b.          Komos - “Revellings”

                                                    (1)        “A revel, carousal, the concomitant and consequence of drunkenness” - Vines

                                                    (2)        Drunken party that adversely affects a person’s behavior

                                       c.          Potos - “to drink” - translated banquetings

                                                    (1)        “It is not of necessity excessive” - Synonyms of the N.T.- R.C. Trench

                                                    (2)        Social drinking

             B.         Jesus approved of drinking by turning water to wine - John 2:1-10

                          1.          Remember that the Bible is very clear in its condemnation of drunkenness

                          2.          Jesus had 6 jars, each holding 20 to 30 gallons, filled with wine

                          3.          120 to 180 gallons of alcoholic wine would make a large number of people drunk, especially after already drinking

             C.         Didn’t Paul recommend wine to Timothy? - I Tim 5:23

                          1.          Recommendation is a little wine for medicinal purposes

                          2.          Oil and wine were common medicines - Luke 10:34

                          3.          The use of medicine is not an approval for casual use

V.         We need to be sober minded - I Thess 5:5-9

Dear Readers, have you noticed there are many verses in Quran which uses Muhammad's word directly ? If we read those verses, we clearly understand that those were Muhammad's own word, not Allah's.

Well, according to the Muslims the Quran contains the words of God. Quran is to be read as if God Himself had spoken these words stated in it. It is important to emphasize this point because if Quran is the word of God then it should not contain any errors and it should hold true for all times. However, such is not the case.

Dear Readers, we will see how some of the verses in the Quran itself show clearly that these words were obviously spoken by Muhammad and Not God.

The Opening Sura Fatihah:
(Quran 1:1-7)
In the name of the Merciful and Compassionate God.
Praise belongs to God,
The Lord of the worlds, the merciful, the
compassionate, the ruler of the day of
the day of judgment! Thee we serve and Thee
we ask for aid. Guide us in the right path,
the path of those Thou art gracious to;
not to those Thou art wroth with, nor of
those who err.

Someone need not be a rocket-scientist to comprehend that these words are clearly addressed to God, in the form of a prayer. They are Muhammad's words of praise to God ("Guide us in the right path,..." ~ 001.006), asking for God's help and guidance. Some Muslim compilers conveniently add the imperative "say" in the English translation of the Quran at the beginning of the sura to remove this difficulty. This imperative form of the word "say" occurs at least 350 times in the Quran, and its obvious that this word has, in fact, been inserted by later compilers of the Quran to remove countless similarly embarrassing difficulties. Thus, we have direct evidence that the Quran starts out with the words of Muhammad.

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