"Wine and Strong Drink" (Part 2)
from Drunkenness on SermonAudio Hosted by Frank J. Smith
Theme: King Lemuel counsels regarding inappropriate and appropriate uses of alcoholic beverages. I. Inappropriate Use of Alcoholic Beverages A. The beverages—wine [yayin] and beer [strong drink][shekar] B. Drunkenness (Genesis 9:20-23; Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-35) C. Particularly, there are two reasons for the warning 1. Forgetting the law 2. Perverting the judgment of the afflicted II. Appropriate Use of Alcoholic Beverages A. The beverages B. The ones to be provided for C. Why this counsel? 1. To help him to forget his poverty and misery 2. For comfort: Deut. 14:26; Psalm 104:15; Genesis 43:34 Application A. Give sober judgment at all times B. Remember Jesus and His relationship to wine on the cross 1. After His sufferings, He did accept the wine a. Like warrior cheered by wine (Psalm 78:65) b. He needed strength to be able to shout, "It is finished!" 2. However, prior to that, He refused the drink a. Matthew 27:34 (Mark 15:23) b. He needed to be fully alert to be punished for our sins c. He also needed to be fully alert in His kingly role (1) His suffering was not merely passive (2) He also actively suffered, by being sovereign over those sufferings
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