Proverbs 20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
For me, I heard a doctor say something helpful many years ago that I adopted: "You cannot take two drinks of alcohol if you don't take the first." I think that is great wisdom.
I heard Brother Lester Roloff (1914-1982) in a sermon tell the true story about a man who had never taken any alcohol in his life. The man signed up for a cooking class which included drinking a glass of wine with various meals. So, the man drank wine for the first time, and over time it escalated until he became a full blown drunkard.
It's not my place to condemn anybody who drinks alcohol, but for me personally I have chosen all my life to steer clear of alcoholic beverages. Pastor Jerry Falwell (1933-2007) used to call Nyquil "Baptist wine." I really like that. He was so right. I admit that to help me sleep I drink a cup of Nyquil here and there. But like Pastor Falwell wisely said, since we Baptists don't drink alcohol, we use medications like Nyquil instead to get the same effect. So, we need to be careful and use discretion and wisdom.
Proverbs 20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” The inspired Holy Bible warns that there is a deceptive nature to alcohol. It is no mere coincidence that the writer of Proverbs 20:1 warns about the deceptive nature of booze. Many people have lived to rue the day that they bought into the Devil's lie that they could handle booze. Many a great men have fallen because they were deceived to think they could handle alcohol, that they wouldn't ever become the next statistic.
Granted, most people handle their booze well, but it only takes just one time. To me, drinking booze is a form of playing the deadly game of Russian Roulette.
Please don't become the next victim of booze; or worse, make someone else your next victim.
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