Wine

Leviticus 10:4-9 – And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp.” So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled. And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses. And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, “Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

Acts 5:9 – But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Genesis 9:21 – He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

Habakkuk 2:15 – “Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink—you pour out your wrath and make them drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

Proverbs 20:1 – Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Proverbs 31:4-5 – It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Isaiah 28:7 – These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.

Ephesians 5:18-21 – And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Titus 1:7-8 – For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Application:

• ·         If no dire consequences had followed this Annanias and Sapphira’s act of sin, the results among the believers would have been serious when the deceit became known. Not only would dishonestly appear profitable, but the conclusion that the Spirit could be deceived would follow. It was important to set the course properly at the outset of the church in order to leave no doubt that God will not tolerate such hypocrisy and deceit.
• ·         Excessive use of wine leads, among other things, to immodest behavior.
• ·         Those who overindulge become mockers and brawlers.
• ·         Proverbs associates drunkenness with poverty, strife and injustice.
• ·         Woe to the land whose rulers are drunkards.
• ·         Religious leaders should be filled with the Spirit, not with wine.
• ·         One can be under an influence that affects him, whether of wine of or the Spirit.
• ·         Overseers are not given to drunkenness.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV