Dear friends, today we will discuss drinking and smoking. As we all know, our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit within us; no matter what you do, do it by the Glory of God, whom you have from God. God warns us against losing self- control, drunkenness, and harming the body. Let us quickly see what the Bible says about this topic.
What Does the Bible Say about Drinking and Smoking?
Today I will share an interesting story, a real story that will blow your mind. One of my friend’s uncles was an addicted person to smoking and drinking. You know, he spent over 16 years. He was attached to His garage and his child, with mental health issues, severe alcohol addiction, and drug addiction over many years.
He struggled emotionally, physically, financially, and yes, spiritually. After losing his self-control. I encouraged him to pray to God. When he gave it to God, today his daughter finished school, has a great job, a two-year-old child, wonderful daycare, residency, and the blessing continues today. All glory to God. I hope you are all inspired by this wonderful story, and you will follow the guidance of God, which helps you to lead a better life
If we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice for sins. Avoid smoking and drinking, which will harm your bodies and your relationship with others.
If anyone tries to destroy God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. The Bible teaches us to live in harmony with peace of mind in Jesus Christ. Walk in the right path so that you may have eternal life.
Always remember that the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
So let us quickly dive into the Bible Verses about drinking and Smoking are, as follows-
Proverbs 20:1 :- Wine leads to mockery, strong drink confusion
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise” – Proverbs 20:1
Ephesians 5:18 :- Be filled with the Spirit, not wine
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit” – Ephesians 5:18
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 :- Your body is a temple of God
“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” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
1 Corinthians 10:31 :- Glorify God in all your actions
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” – 1 Corinthians 10:31
Isaiah 5:11-12 :- Woe to those who indulge in excess
“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord , neither consider the operation of his hands” – Isaiah 5:11-12
Galatians 5:19-21 :- Warning Against Works of the Flesh
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 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” – Galatians 5:19-21
Proverbs 23:30-32 :- Consequences of excessive drinking and indulgence
“They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder” – Proverbs 23:30-32
1 Timothy 5:23 :- Apostle Paul’s advice on moderate drinking
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities” – 1 Timothy 5:23
Romans 14:21 :- Avoid actions that cause others to stumble
“It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak” – Romans 14:21
1 Peter 2:11 :- Guidance on living as strangers on earth
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul” – 1 Peter 2:11
Proverbs 4:23 :- Guard your heart from harmful influences
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” – Proverbs 4:23
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 :- Body as God’s temple, avoid destruction
“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” – 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Thessalonians 5:22 :- Abstain from every form of evil
“Abstain from all appearance of evil” – 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Matthew 6:24 :- Serving God over worldly desires
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” – Matthew 6:24
Psalm 101:3 :- Rejecting wickedness and harmful influences
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me” – Psalm 101:3
Philippians 4:5 :- Gentleness and moderation in all things
“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand” – Philippians 4:5
1 Corinthians 8:9 :- Consider others when exercising your freedom
“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak” – 1 Corinthians 8:9
Romans 12:1-2 :- Living as a holy sacrifice to God
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” – Romans 12:1-2
2 Corinthians 6:17 :- Call to separate from unclean habits
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you” – 2 Corinthians 6:17
Proverbs 16:32 :- Self-control is greater than physical strength
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” – Proverbs 16:32
1 Timothy 3:3 :- Qualifications for leaders: temperate and self-controlled
“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous” – 1 Timothy 3:3
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 :- Discipline in life’s race for eternal reward
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” – 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Colossians 3:2 :- Set your mind on things above
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” – Colossians 3:2
Ecclesiastes 10:17 :- Blessed are those who wisely enjoy life
“Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness” – Ecclesiastes 10:17
Proverbs 12:1 :- Desire for knowledge over foolish behavior
“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish” – Proverbs 12:1
1 John 2:15-17 :- Love not the world or its desires
“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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever” – 1 John 2:15-17
James 4:7 :- Submit to God, resist harmful habits
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” – James 4:7
Colossians 3:5 :- Put to death earthly desires and vices
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” – Colossians 3:5
Proverbs 23:2 :- Control your appetite and avoid excess
“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite” – Proverbs 23:2
1 Corinthians 10:23 :- Freedom in choices, but consider others first
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not” – 1 Corinthians 10:23
2 Timothy 2:22 :- Flee youthful passions, pursue righteousness and faith
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” – 2 Timothy 2:22
Romans 14:13 :- Avoid causing others to stumble in faith
“Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way” – Romans 14:13
Matthew 5:29-30 :- Radical actions for spiritual purity and health
“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell” – Matthew 5:29-30
Proverbs 28:7 :- Wise son avoids shameful indulgence and habits
“Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father” – Proverbs 28:7
Proverbs 1:10 :- Avoid temptation from bad influences
“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not” – Proverbs 1:10
1 Peter 5:8 :- Be sober-minded and vigilant against temptation
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” – 1 Peter 5:8
Hebrews 12:1 :- Run the race with endurance and focus
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” – Hebrews 12:1
1 Timothy 6:10 :- Love of money leads to harmful desires
“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows” – 1 Timothy 6:10
1 Corinthians 15:33 :- Bad company corrupts good character choices
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners” – 1 Corinthians 15:33
Galatians 6:7-8 :- Reaping what we sow in choices
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” – Galatians 6:7-8
2 Peter 2:19 :- Freedom leads to bondage in destructive habits
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage” – 2 Peter 2:19
Proverbs 22:6 :- Train children in the right way
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” – Proverbs 22:6
Romans 6:12 :- Resist sin, focus on righteous living
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof” – Romans 6:12
Conclusion:
Dear friends, today we have learned about an interesting topic that is drinking and smoking, which is very harmful to our health and mental well-being. Always focus on righteous living and keep away from sins. Always choose the right path that guides you to have a better life. And keep faith in Jesus Christ.
Avoid destructive things in your life and follow the wise path. A wise person will not choose the wrong path. I hope you and your family are blessed through God’s word.