We know that alcohol addiction can cause drastic effects on your health, personal relationships, and life. Call now to talk with a treatment specialist about your recovery options. The Bible recognizes that alcohol can be used recreationally, and can be positive in that way:.
When it comes to heavy drinking, the Bible associates it with other immoral behavior, and often warns against it:. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. In general, the Bible contains many passages that warn about the dangers of drinking: health issues and repercussions alike.
For they will drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. The Bible seems to generally warn against the dangers of alcohol: making immoral choices because of it, drinking too much and effects on health, and how your choices affect your life and the lives of others.
See Ex. The northern kingdom of Israel did not heed the warnings of the true prophets and so began to practice the false religions of its neighbors, especially as introduced by the wicked queen Jezebel, a Phoenician who was the wife of the Israelite king, Ahab. That these false religions included divination and enchantments is learned from reading 2 Kings — As a result, Israel soon fell to the strength of the conquering Assyrian army. Nearly a century later, good King Josiah sponsored a much-needed reform in the southern kingdom of Judah, and we read that he.
There can be no mistaking how Paul felt about this representative of sorcery. The Biblical record also shows that when Saul lost the spirit of the Lord, he became involved in spiritualism.
See 1 Sam. See Gal. The scriptures show that the enchantments and the spells of the wizard, the medium, and the necromancer are characteristic of the false religions and superstitions of the world, and that those who practice such are actually in competition with the true prophets and apostles. All who are acquainted with the spirit and faith of Jesus Christ will want nothing to do with any form of divination and spiritual wizardry.
After the death of a loved one, we can be particularly vulnerable to the attacks of demons. Demons have been around for a long time, so they can accurately predict human behaviors.
If demons know that a loved one has passed, they may try to deceive you with visions, dreams, or encounters with your loved one. Even in the difficult times of losing a loved one, you still must stand your ground against Satan and his schemes Ephesians Lean on God, talk with Him, and pour out your sorrow to Him Matthew Jesus knows what it feels like to lose a loved one. He wept when His friend Lazarus died John When a loved one passes away, turn to God.
Do not run after ghost-hunters or contact a medium to try to communicate with dead loved ones Deuteronomy When Jesus rose from the dead, His disciples thought He was a ghost Luke Dead people can come back from the dead and visit their friends and families.
Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Some people believe that Jesus affirms the existence of ghosts by His statement in Luke ; however, He is not affirming the existence of ghosts. Jesus was showing His disciples that He has truly physically risen from the dead. He was not a spirit — He was the resurrected Lord. Jesus came back from the dead because He is God. Nobody else has ever come back from the dead because mankind cannot rise from the dead.
Ghosts are not real; however, demons are real. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?
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