What is the Sin of Gluttony and Drunkenness?
Why in the scriptures is gluttony mentioned together with a drunkard?
Matthew 15 : 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but
that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man…. 16 And Jesus
said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do not ye yet
understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the
belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of mouth come forth from the
heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Romans 15 : 14-15 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that
there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing
to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But
if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Glutton - Strong's H2151 - zalal (Old Testament)
1) to be worthless, be vile, be insignificant, be light a) (Qal) 1) to
be worthless, be insignificant 2) to make light of, squander, be lavish
with 2) to shake, tremble, quake a) (Niphal) to shake, quake AV — flow
down 2, vile 2, glutton 2, riotous eaters 1, riotous 1
Gluttonous -
Strong's G5314 - phagos 1) a voracious man, a glutton (New
Testament)I.E. English meaning for voracious: Wanting or devouring great
quantities of food
Drunkard - Strong's H5433 - caba' to drink
heavily or largely, imbibe a) (Qal) 1) to imbibe 2) wine-bibber,
drunkard (participle) (subst)
Examples where they are mentioned together
Deuteronomy 21 : 18- 20 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son,
which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his
mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will
not hearken
unto them: 19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and
bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his
place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son
is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton,
and a drunkard. 21And all the men of his city shall stone him with
stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all
Israel shall hear, and fear.
Proverbs 23 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Matthew 11 : 19 4 Jesus answered and said unto them,…. 18 For John came
neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son
of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous,
and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is
justified of her children.
Luke 7 : 34 The Son of man is come eating
and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a
friend of publicans and sinners!
All other examples where - Strong's H2151 - zalal (Glutton) is used
Scriptures where Glutton, Strong's H2151, is Translated to a Different English Word
Proverbs 28 : 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Proverbs 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Lamentations 1 : 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have
given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD,
and consider; for I am become vile.
Jeremiah 15 : 19 therefore thus
saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou
shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the
vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return
not thou unto them.
Isaiah 64 : 1, 3 Oh that thou wouldest rend the
heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow
down at thy presence,…3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked
not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Riotous Living translated from a different Greek word in the case of Luke
[Mosiah 7 : 20-21 And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his
riches, and he spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his
concubines; and so did also his priests spend their
time with
harlots. 21 And it came to pass that he planted vineyards round about in
the land; and he built wine presses, and made wine in abundance; and
therefore he became a winebibber, and also his people.]
Luke 15 : 13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took
his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with
riotous living.
Riotous Strong's G811 - asōtōs dissolutely,
profligately I.E. prof·li·gate (pr f l -g t, -g t ). adj. 1. Given over
to dissipation; dissolute. 2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.
n. A profligate
person; a wastrel. Dissolutely: Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
Seriousness of the Sin of being a Drunkard
I Corinthians 6 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
I
Corinthians 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.
Why such harsh judgment on the drunkard?
Scriptures on Excessive Alcohol
Alma 25 : 43 And all those things were done in a profound silence. But
had they awakened the Lamanites, behold they were drunken and the
Nephites could have slain them. 44 But behold this was not the desire of
Moroni. He did not delight in murder or bloodshed; but he delighted in
the saving of his people from destruction; and for this cause he might
not bring upon him injustice, he would not fall upon the Lamanites and
destroy them in their drunkenness.
Alma 25 : 55- 60 55 And it came
to pass that the Nephites began again to be victorious, and to reclaim
their rights and their privileges. 56 Many times did the Lamanites
attempt to encircle them about by night, but in these attempts they did
lose many prisoners. 57 And many times did they attempt to administer of
their wine to the Nephites, that they might destroy them with poison or
with drunkenness. 58 But behold, the Nephites were not slow to remember
the Lord their God, in this their times of affliction. 59 They could
not be taken in their snares; yea, they would not partake of their wine;
yea, they would not partake of wine, save they had firstly given to
some of the Lamanite prisoners. 60 And they were thus cautious, that no
poison should be administered among them; for if their wine would poison
a Lamanite, it would also poison a Nephite; and thus they did try all
their liquors.
I Peter 4 : 1-3 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath
suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same
mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2
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. 3 For the time past of our life
may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked
in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings*, and
abominable idolatries: (* a drinking, carousing)
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!
Ephesians 5 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
I Timothy 3 : 1-3, 8 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the
office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be
blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour,
given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine*, no striker,
not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; …8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to
much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre
Titus 1 : 5-7 5 For this cause
left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that
are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children
not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the
steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine*, no
striker, not given to filthy lucre; * 1) given to wine, drunken
I Timothy 5 : 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Titus 2 : 1-4, 8 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in
charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much
wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to
be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,…
8 Sound
speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part
may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
I Thessalonians 5 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
We believe that ministry and membership should abstain from the use of
tobacco, intoxicating liquors and narcotics, and should not affiliate
with any society which administers oaths or covenants in conflict with
the law of God, or which interferes with their duties as free men and
citizens. (1 Cor 3:16-17; Eth 3:86-98) Number 25. Articles of Faith and
Practice
No comments:
Post a Comment