ALCOHOL TEST

By HERB EVANS, Ltt.D.

157 PATTIES PLACE -- PORTERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16051

E-Mail: herbevans@juno.com

1. . . . Do NOT drink wine nor STRONG DRINK . . . when ye go into the tabernacle . . . -- Lev. 10:9

a. Does alcoholic wine belong in the Lord's Temple?

b. Are you God’s temple?

2. . . . that ye may put DIFFERENCE between holy and UNHOLY, and between UNCLEAN and clean . . . -- Lev. 10:10

a. Is alcoholic wine clean or unclean?

3. . . . that ye may put DIFFERENCE between holy and UNHOLY, and between UNCLEAN and clean . . . -- Lev. 10:10

a. Should God's priests make a difference between clean and unclean?

b. Is Jesus a Priest?

c. Are you a priest?

4. . . . they brought golden VESSELS that were taken out of the temple of the house of God . . . and the king, and his princes drank in them . . . In that night was Belshazzar the king . . . slain. -- Dan 5:3, 30

a. Does alcoholic wine belong In God's vessels?

b. Are you one of God's vessels?

5 . . . . it is not for KINGS to drink wine . . . -- Pro. 31:4

a. Does alcoholic wine belong in kings?

b. Was Jesus a King?

c. Are you a king?

6. . . . it is not for KINGS to drink wine PRINCES strong drink . . . --Pro. 31:4

a. Does alcoholic wine belong in princes?

b. Was Jesus a Prince?

7. . . . Lest they drink, and FORGET the law, and PERVERT the judgment . . . -- Pro. 31:5

a. Can Alcoholic Wine Cause Kings and Princes to forget the law and pervert judgment

8. . . . WOE unto them that are MIGHTY to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink . . . -- Isa. 5:22a.

a. Is God's woe promised to the MIGHTY, who drink alcoholic wine or strong drink?

b. Was Jesus MIGHTY, even Almighty?

9. . . . the PRIEST and the PROPHET have ERRED through STRONG DRINK, they are SWALLOWED up of wine, they are OUT OF THE WAY through STRONG DRINK; they ERR in vision, they STUMBLE in judgment. -- Isa. 28:7

a. Does strong drink cause the PRIEST and PROPHET to err, get out of the way, and stumble in judgment?

b. Was Jesus a Priest and Prophet?

c. Are you a priest?

10. . . . LOOK NOT upon the wine . . . when it moveth itself aright. --Pro. 23:31

a. Does alcoholic wine belong in one's SIGHT?

11. . . . Be NOT AMONG wine bibbers . . . -- Pro. 23:20

a. Does alcoholic wine or winebibbers belong in one's PRESENCE?

12. . . . WOE unto him that GIVETH his neighbor drink that PUTTEST thy bottle to him, and MAKEST him drunken . . . -- Hab. 2:15

a. Does alcoholic wine be distributed in weddings or social functions or in one’s occupation?

b. Did Jesus put the bottle to his neighbor's lips at the Cana Wedding?

13. . . . For he (John) . . . shall drink NEITHER wine nor strong drink . . . -- Lk. 1:15

. . . Daniel . . . would not DEFILE himself . . . with the wine which he drank . . . --Dan. 1:18

. . . he commanded his sons NOT to drink wine . . . for unto this day they drink NONE . . . -- Jer. 35:14

a. Are there any examples of TOTAL ABSTINENCE in the Bible?

14. . . . drink the wine of VIOLENCE . . . -- Pro. 4:17

a. Can alcoholic wine produces violence?

15. . . . Wine is a MOCKER . . . -- Pro. 20:1

a. Can alcoholic wine MOCK a person?

16. . . . strong drink is RAGING . . . -- Pro. 20:1

a. Can strong drink ENRAGE a person?

17. . . . whosoever is DECEIVED thereby (wine/strong drink) is NOT WISE. -- Pro. 20:1

a. Are people wise that are DECEIVED by wine?

18. . . . Who hath WOE? -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine bring WOE to its drinkers?

19. . . . Who hath SORROW? -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can Alcoholic wine Bring SORROW to its drinkers?

20. . . . who hath CONTENTIONS? -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine bring CONTENTIONS to those who drink It?

21. . . . who hath BABBLING? -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine cause those, who drink it, to BABBLE?

22 . . . . who hath WOUNDS without cause? -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine cause those, who drink it, wounds without cause?

23. . . . Who hath REDNESS OF EYES? -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine cause those, who drink it, BLOOD SHOT eyes?

24. . . . They that tarry LONG at the wine . . . when shall I awake? I will seek it yet AGAIN . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine cause its drinkers to become ADDICTED?

25. . . . they that go to seek MIXED wine . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. When they seek MIXED wine, are they seeking a mixture of alcohol and fermented fruit Juice and/or narcotics?

26. . . . At the last it BITETH like a serpent . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Does alcohol BITE like a serpent in the end?

27. . . . and STINGETH like an ADDER. -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Does alcohol STING like an ADDER in the end?

28. . . . Thine EYES shall behold strange women . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcoholic wine produce LUST of women?

29. . . . and thine heart shall utter PERVERSE things . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Can alcohol produce perverseness in a person?

30. . . . They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was SICK; they have beaten me, and I felt it not . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

a. Does alcoholic wine numb the senses? To the Point of Serious Injury Not causing Pain?

31. . . . and I was SICK . . . -- Pro. 23:29-35

. . . The princes have made him SICK with bottles of wine . . . -- Hosea 7:5

. . . for all the tables are full of VOMIT and FILTHINESS, so there is no place clean. -- Isa. 28:7, 8

a. Can alcoholic wine make people SICK?

32. . . . he TRANSGRESSETH by wine . . . -- Hab. 2:5

a. Do people TRANSGRESS by alcoholic wine?

33. . . . they also have ERRED through wine . . . -- Isa. 28:7, 8

a. Do people ERR through wine?

34. . . . and through strong drink are OUT OF THE WAY . . . they are out of the way through strong drink . . . -- Isa. 28:7,8

a. Do people get OUT OF THE WAY through Strong Drink?

35. . . . they are SWALLOWED UP of wine . . . -- Isa. 28:7, 8

a. Are people OVERWHELMED with strong drink?

36. . . . abstain from ALL appearance of evil . . . -- 1 Thess. 5:22

a. In light of your many yes answers, would it be reasonable to say that a Christian should stay away from alcohol completely?

37. . . . I took grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup . . . --Gen. 40:11

a. Did pharaoh's cup contain GRAPE JUICE? Is that what he drank?

38 . . . . thou mayest GATHER IN thy CORN [grain], and thy WINE [grapes], and thy OIL [olives]. -- Deut. 11:14

a. Was the INGATHERING from the field alcoholic or non-alcoholic?

39. . . . I have led you forty years in the wilderness . . . YE HAVE NOT DRUNK WINE OR STRONG DRINK; that ye may know that I am the LORD your God . . . and thou DIDST DRINK THE PURE BLOOD OF THE GRAPE . . . -- Deut. 29:5, 6 32:14

a. Did the children of Israel NOT DRINK alcoholic wine or strong drink for forty years?

40. . . . Ye HAVE NOT DRUNK WINE OR STRONG DRINK; that ye may know that I am the LORD your God . . . -- Deut. 29:5, 6

a. Does drinking wine or strong drink IMPAIR one's relationship with God?

41. . . . thou didst drink the PURE BLOOD OF THE GRAPE. – Deut. 32:14

a. If they did not drink alcoholic wine for forty years, what did they drink?

42. . . . the VINE said . . . Should I leave MY WINE, which CHEERETH GOD and man . . . -- Judges 9:13

a. Does the VINE contain alcoholic or non-alcoholic wine?

43. . . . Should I leave MY WINE, which CHEERETH GOD . . . --Judges 9:13

a. Does alcoholic wine CHEER GOD?

b. Does God get inebriated?

44. . . . And WINE that maketh GLAD the HEART of man, and OIL to make his face to shine, and BREAD which strengtheneth man's heart. -- Ps. 104:15

a. Is inebriation meant by the wine gladness of Psalms 104:15?

45. . . . thy PRESSES shall burst out with NEW WINE . . . -- Pro. 3:10

Does Non-alcoholic Wine (Grape Juice) or Alcoholic wine come out of the wine Press?

46. . . . the NEW WINE is found in the CLUSTER . . . -- Isa 65:8

a. Is Alcoholic Wine or non-alcoholic wine found in a CLUSTER of Grapes?

47. . . . a BLESSING is in it . . . -- Isa 65:8

. . . The cup of BLESSING which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? -- 1 Cor. 10:16

. . . Wine is a MOCKER, strong drink is RAGING: and whosoever is DECEIVED thereby is not wise. -- Pro. 20:1

a. Is there a BLESSING in alcoholic wine or non-alcoholic?

b. Would policemen, doctors, psychiatrists, hospitals, ministers, and social workers agree with some that a blessing is in alcoholic wine?

48. . . . LOOK NOT upon the wine . . . when it MOVETH itself aright (fermentation, bubbles, carbonation). -- Pro. 23:31

a. What kind of wine should we not look upon?

49. . . . the PURE BLOOD OF THE GRAPE . . . -- Deut. 32:14

a. Does alcoholic or non-alcoholic wine symbolize Jesus' PURE BLOOD?

50. . . . I will not drink henceforth of this FRUIT OF THE VINE until that day when I drink it NEW with you . . . -- Matt. 26:29

a. Did Jesus drink the Fruit of the VINE or the Fruit of FERMENTATION?

51. . . . I will not drink henceforth of this FRUIT OF THE VINE until that day when I drink it NEW with you . . . -- Matt. 26:29

a. Will Jesus Drink NEW FRESH Wine with us or OLD FERMENTED Wine?

b. Is NEW Wine Alcoholic or Non-alcoholic?

52. . . . Neither do men put NEW wine into OLD bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish; but they put NEW wine into NEW bottles, and both are preserved. -- Mat. 9:17

a. Should alcoholic wine or non-alcoholic wine be put in NEW bottles?

b. Would putting fresh juice in OLD bottles enhance the process of fermentation, to burst the Bottles (made of skins)?

c. Is NEW wine fresh Juice?

d. Do you acknowledge that there are two DIFFERENT wines in the Bible, Alcoholic and non-alcoholic?

53. . . . For the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is in all goodness and righteousness . . . -- Eph. 5:9

. . . he will also bless the FRUIT OF THY WOMB, and the FRUIT OF THY LAND, thy CORN and thy WINE, and thine OIL . . . -- Deut. 7:13

a. Do the above scriptures indicate that the FRUIT is that which is produced by its SOURCE, i.e., “FRUIT OF . . . ?”

b. What about the FRUIT OF THE VINE? Is it? . . .

1. Fruit of the vine

2. Fruit of fermentation

3. Fruit of the merry wine maker? 