a busybody in other men's matters. (I Peter 4:15)The New Testament expands the meaning of murder to include hatred. If you hate other
believers it is like being a murderer:
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him. (I John 3:15)DRUNKENNESS
Drunkenness is a condition of having mental and physical faculties affected by excessive
drinking. It is intoxication caused by strong chemical drinks. The Bible warns that the drunkard
will be poor:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty... (Proverbs 23:21)You are not to live a drunken lifestyle:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. (Romans 13:13)You are not even to keep company with those who are drunkards:
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 go not to eat.
(I Corinthians 5:11)The Bible warns that drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom of God:
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived; neither...drunkards...shall inherit the kingdom of God.
(I Corinthians 6:9-10)
You may have been a drunkard in times past, but as a believer you are no longer to do this:
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries...(I Peter 4:2-3)