Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman
3:16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me: 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their
. life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.

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DRUNKARDS ARE AMONG THE LIST OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT
INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
LK 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.
Pastor David L. Brown, Ph.D.
1989 & February 2002 David L. Brown
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Proverbs 20:1
This is an article by the above person.
I am uncertain if I am in agreement with the person who
Originally wrote this article with all his doctrines.
But this document I am in agreement with.
The article has been added to in this document.
Praise the Risen Lord who is risen indeed!
LK 12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
LK 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
The above verse paints a picture of a believer in hell with the unbelievers for drinking.

Tears of wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colour: The colour of a red wine will give a clue as to the age of the wine. Many red wines start life as deep purple colour, sometimes almost opaque.
With time, however, the wines lose this youthful intensity, and begin to take on a paler, tawny, brick red hue. Initially this appears at the rim of the wine, but as the years go by the whole wine will take on this colour, fading to a brick red or brown. The colour of a red wine may give a clue not only to the age of the wine, however, but also to the grapes which have been used.
The phenomenon called tears of wine is manifested as a ring of clear liquid, near the top of a glass of wine , from which droplets continuously form and drop back into the wine.
T he effect is a consequence of the fact that alcohol has a lower surface tension than water . If alcohol is mixed with water inhomogeneously, a region with a lower concentration of alcohol will pull on the surrounding fluid more strongly than a region with a higher alcohol concentration. The result is that the liquid tends to flow away from regions with higher alcohol concentration. This can be easily and strikingly demonstrated by spreading a thin film of water on a smooth surface and then allowing a drop of alcohol to fall on the center of the film. The liquid will rush out of the region where the drop of alcohol fell.
Wine is mostly a mixture of alcohol and water, with dissolved sugars, acids, colourants and flavourants. Where the surface of the wine meets the side of the glass, capillary action makes the liquid climb the side of the glass. As it does so, both alcohol and water evaporate from the rising film, but the alcohol evaporates faster, due to its higher vapor pressure . The resulting decrease in the concentration of alcohol causes the surface tension of the liquid to increase, and this causes more liquid to be drawn up from the bulk of the wine, which has a lower surface tension because of its higher alcohol content. The wine moves up the side of the glass and forms droplets that fall back under their own weight.
The phenomenon was first correctly explained by physicist James Thomson , [1] the elder brother of Lord Kelvin , in
1855. It is an instance of what is today called the Marangoni effect [2] (or the Gibbs-Marangoni effect): the flow of liquid caused by surface tension gradients.It is sometimes claimed incorrectly that wine with "lots of legs" is sweeter or of a better quality.
[3] In fact the intensity of this phenomenon depends only on alcohol content, and it can be eliminated completely by covering the wine glass (which stops the evaporation of the alcohol). British physicist C.
V. Boys argues [4] that the biblical injunction
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Notice the commandment is not to even LOOK at the wine. When I googled some parts of the above article and included the photos, I was pricked in my heart. I know God does not want us to even look at the wine. Don't look at it. Nevermind drink it.
My heart aches for the family that lost their only two children in an auto accident recently. A drunk driver crossed the median and plowed into their car. The five month old and, their four year old were killed.
Their children wiped out. But, there is more. This tragic scene is repeated every 33 minutes. Thats right. According to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration a person dies every 33 minutes in an alcohol related accident. And thats not all. An estimated 310,000 persons were injured in crashes each year where police reported that alcohol was present. Thats an average of one person injured approximately every 2 minutes .
Consider these additional statistics from the United States Justice
Department: Nearly 4 in 10 violent victimizations involve use of alcohol. Also, victim reports show, on average each year about 183,000 rapes and sexual assaults involve alcohol use by the offender, as do just over 197,000 robberies, about 661,000 aggravated assaults, and nearly 1.7 million simple assaults.
The Scripture is true! "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Proverbs 20:1 . It is at the root of all kinds of problems in our country today and it has been for hundreds of years. Proverbs 23:31-32 is a powerful injunction against drinking alcoholic beverages. It says, . 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. this report I list 7 Good Reasons Why Christians Should Not Drink Alcoholic Beverages.
However, before we do that, we are going to look at the words translated wine, drink or drinking.

 A LOOK AT THE WORDS
There are 637 references to wine, drink and drinking in the King
James Version of the Bible. Most people think in todays terms, believing that when wine is mentioned it refers to alcoholic wine.
Actually, that is not necessarily true. Thirteen different words are translated "wine" in the King James Version of the Bible. The word wine has a wide range of meaning in the Bible, covering everything from grape juice, to concentrated grape syrup to alcoholic wine. To understand what the Bible has to say about drinking, we need to look at several of these words.
 OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW WORDS FOR WINE
"yayin" -- It is a general term for grape beverages and includes all classes of wine, nonalcoholic or alcoholic; unfermented, in the process of fermentation and fermented. (Proverbs
31:4) The context will show whether it is alcoholic wine or not. Yayin, when used properly was always diluted with water.
"shekar" -- It is the word for strong drink, unmixed wine. The 1901 edition of THE JEWISH
ENCYCLOPEDIA says, " Yakin, wine, is to be distinguished from Shekar, or strong drink.
The former is diluted with water; the later is undiluted." Shekar was not diluted with water ." (see Numbers 28:7)
"Tirosh" -- This word refers to fresh grape juice. It is referred to often as new wine or sweet wine. (see Proverbs 3:10; Deuteronomy 7:13)
 NEW TESTAMENT GREEK WORDS FOR WINE
"oinos" is the counterpart to the Old Testament word yayin . It is a general term for grape beverages and includes all classes of wine, non-alcoholic or alcoholic; fermented or unfermented. The context has to be used to determine whether the drink was intoxicating or not.
(Luke 10:34; Ephesians 5:18). Oinos , when used properly was always diluted with water.
"sikera" is the counterpart to the Old Testament word shekar . It is the word for strong drink, unmixed wine. ( Luke 1:15 )
"gleukos" is the counterpart to the Old Testament word tirosh . Dr. Paul Dixon says "It refers to fresh wine, a new wine" or freshly squeezed grape juice.

1. DRINKING LEADS TO DRUNKENNESS
DRUNKENNESS IS CONDEMNED IN THE BIBLE
Isaiah 5:11 -- "Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!"
Proverbs 23:20 -- "Be not among winebibbers;" The word means to drink so much that you become tipsy or drunk.
Romans 13:13 -- "Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting (drunken partying) and drunkenness (general drunken-ness)..."
Galatians 5:19a & 21 -- "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these...drunkenness..."
Ephesians 5:18 -- "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;"
 DRUNKARDS ARE AMONG THE LIST OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT INHERIT THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
You cant get around it, and in fact, all godly men agree that the Bible condemns drunkenness.
Drunkenness is a serious matter.

2. THE BIBLE CONDEMNS STRONG DRINK ALSO
Proverbs 20:1 "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
NOTE again, Isaiah 5:11 -- "Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink ; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!"
Proverbs 23:29-31 -- "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? (30) They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.(a mixture of wine and spices) (31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright."
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 WHAT WAS "STRONG DRINK" IN BIBLE TIMES?
Distillation was not discovered until about 1500 A.D. Strong drink and unmixed wine in Bible times was from 3% to 11% alcohol.
Since wine has 9 to 11% alcohol and one brand 20% alcohol, you should not drink that. Brandy contains 15 to 20% alcohol, so thats out! Hard liquor has 40 to 50% alcohol (80 to 100 proof), and that is obviously excluded!
Someone will say, "since beer is only 4% alcohol, ITS OK FOR A BELIEVER TO DRINK BEER,
RIGHT?" The answer is NO! Heres why...

3. IN BIBLE TIMES WHAT WAS DRUNK WAS SUB-ALCOHOLIC, BASICALLY PURIFIED
WATER
Remember the Hebrew word " yayin " and the Greek word " oinos " that we looked at earlier?
These were the companion words for wine whether fermented or unfermented. In fact, whether fermented or not, it was MIXED WITH WATER .
Many people today mistakenly assume that what the New Testament meant by wine is identical to wine used today. This, however, is false. In fact, todays wine is by Biblical definition strong drink, and hence forbidden by the Bible.
What the Bible frequently meant by wine was basically purified water, " purified by adding some alcoholic wine .
The Holman Bible dictionary says, wine was also used as a medicine and disinfectant.
All alcoholic beverages used in our culture fall under the biblical classification of STRONG
DRINK and are therefore forbidden. The least ratio of water to wine mixture used in Bible times was 3 parts water to 1 wine. That produced a sub-alcoholic drink that was 2.5% to 2.75% alcohol. Normally, the ratio was even higher, up to 20 to 1. Their is NO BIBLICAL SUPPORT
FOR DRINKING THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF OUR DAY!

4. IT WILL CAUSE OTHERS TO STUMBLE
Romans 14:21 says "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to "to drink wine , nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth , or is offended, or is made weak ."

5. IT HARMS OUR BODIES WHICH ARE THE LORDS
I Corinthians 6:19-20 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
I Corinthians 3:16-17 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of
God is holy, which temple ye are."
The first effect of alcohol on the brain is to dull the capacity for self-criticism and the sense of caution. A lessening of care and anxiety follows this. The checks on irresponsibility and unreasonable behavior are also curtailed. Actions follow the impulses, which is dangerous. Reaction time become slower; coordination is disturbed; drowsiness follows.
Proverbs 23:29-33 gives clear testimony to the above description of alcohol on the brain. "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things."
How many of you reading this report had high school or college biology? I did, and it was great.
There were several girls in my high school biology class and I must say that I especially enjoyed the fit some of girls had when we dissected frogs. But what was really disgusting, even for me, was the day we had to walk up to the big barrel filled with formaldehyde and reach in and pull out a cat to work on. That day there were several of the girls that left class and as I recall a guy or two. To this day, I remember the disgusting aroma of the formaldehyde used to pickle frogs and cats.
So, what does that have to do with alcohol? Dr. Robert Haas, M.D. will fill you in. He is a former president of the American College of Sports Nutrition. He said, "Beer, wine and hard liquor form toxic substances called aldehydes that can destroy the liver, kidney and brain cells. Aldehydes serve a useful function in preserving or pickling dead animal tissue, but they serve no beneficial purpose in people. Alcohol dehydrates (robs) your body of its precious water supply, and along with the water go vital nutrients such as B Vitamins, calcium, magnesium and potassium."
Alcohol has adverse affects on your esophagus, stomach & intestines, bloodstream, pancreas, liver, heart, bladder, kidneys, glands and your brain.
"The most drastic and noticed effect of alcohol is the brain. It depresses brain centers, progressively produces uncoordination, confusion, disorientation, stupor, anesthesia, coma, death. Alcohol kills brain cells, and brain damage is permanent" (From-Office of Highway
Safety, Madison, WI)
There is a further reason you should not drink...

6. ALCOHOL IS ADDICTIVE
I Corinthians 6:12 tells us that we are not to "be brought under the power" or to be controlled by anything. The only exception is the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18)
Alcohol is clearly a powerful substance (Proverbs 23:35). Because alcohol is addictive, we should choose not to drink alcoholic beverages.
The final reason we will consider for not drinking alcoholic beverages is...
7. KINGS AND PRIESTS SEPARATED UNTO GOD
"The prophets, the kings, the Nazarites, the leaders -- those who were special in the plan of God were total abstainers" says Dr. Paul Dixon, and he is correct. Kings and public officials were not to drink (Proverbs 31:4-5). Further Dr. Dixon says "the priests of the Old Testament were to abstain totally." The Aaronic priests were not to drink because they ministered in the tabernacle before the Lord (Leviticus 10:9)
1COR 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Below are the numerous scriptures commanding us to BE SOBER.
ACTS 26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
ROM 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
2COR 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
1THESS 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1THESS 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1TIM 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1TIM 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
TIT 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
TIT 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
TIT 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
TIT 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

TIT 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
1PET 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1PET 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1PET 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
LK 12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
GAL 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, 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.
1COR 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1COR 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Notice a drunk is on the same level as and extortioner in God's eyes.
We are to become peculiar, and stand out. We should not love the things of this world. In this dark time we should be the light in the darkness.
MT 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
MT 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
MT 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
I cannot see how we can call ourselves a light holding a can of Bud. That's offensive to me.
LK 8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
2COR 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2COR 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

2COR 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2COR 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
(remember we are not to even LOOK at the wine when it is red in the cup and stands aright!,
I am sure we are not to touch it. God talks to us like we are children. DON'T TOUCH IT!!!)
God tells us what to ask for. Good things. He said to be not drunk, but be filled with the Holy
Spirit. He tells us He will give the Spirit to those who ask. But not if we are drinking wine, or looking at it when it is red in the cup.
Notice the contrast. If we are drunk, we are not filled with the Holy Spirit.
That is why strong drink is often called "Spirits". Do you think those are evil spirits?
JN 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
1JN 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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A myth is that alcohol kills brain cells. It does not. It does however damage dendrites. These are the "hands" of the brain cells that communicate with each other. The convey messages between the neurons. The cell itself isn't damaged, but its ability to communicate with other cells is.
Alcoholics can develop a neurological disorder called Wernick-Korsakoff syndrome. It causes memory loss, paralysis of the eyes, lack of muscle coordination, and amnesia. It can lead to death. That is why the bible says to BE SOBER. That and many other reasons.
PHIL 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
PHIL 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Appox 260,000 people died in alcohol related deaths. Every one is a soul. If they were drunk, they did not inherit the Kingdom of God. Even if they were once believers, according to Jesus.
LK 12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
LK 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
EZEK 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
EZEK 3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
EZEK 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
EZEK 3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

 DRUNKARDS ARE AMONG THE LIST OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT
INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
 Proverbs 23:31-32 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32
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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
LK 12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
LK 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion
with the unbelievers. (this verse is a good verse to dispute eternal security. One of the things believers should not do is to drink, be drunk, or cause others to do so, or have anything to do with that evil industry. Note, it says that servant will be cut off and will go with the unbelievers. That is talking to a believer.)
Withdraw yourself from any brother who walks disorderly.
Partake not in their sins.
Romans 3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

MT 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Do you gather, or do you scatter?
Do you support the beer and wine industry? They who make wine red in the cup?

This is against the word of God that teaches plainly that drunkards will not enter the kingdom of God.
Many people believe that we are to become all things to all people that we may win some.
1 Cor 9:22 is talking about the weaker brother who is still thinking they have to follow the law.
This is about a person trying to be good by the law.
This passage is not about a drunk. To use that passage as an excuse to drink with drunks is
An abuse of the passage.
Jesus said plainly in Luke 12:45, that if we are found drinking with the drunks, we will be cast into hell with the unbelievers.
The message we send to that the alcoholic (fancy Americanized word for "drunkard") is that does not have to give up his drinking. The "ear tickling" messages today of "sin is ok", were warned about many years ago.
We are to live holy before a sinful world, that will hate us because we bring to light their sin. It is their sin that will cast them in to hell. If we don't warn them, and join them in sin, in God's eyes, we are worse than the lost sinner. 2 Peter Chapter 2.
2PET 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.