ALCOHOL:

Have You Counted the Cost?

"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 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 23:29-32).

The Bible portrays a very true picture of the love of alcohol. Woe sorrow, babbling, wounds, and much more could be added to the list of woes of those who tarry at the wine.

Many respectable people have become degraded human beings through the use of alcohol, abusing their families, stealing, murdering, and being unfaithful to their marriage vows.

Many young wives and husbands at the marriage altar look forward to a life of companionship and trust, only to have alcohol shatter the possibilities of a happy life.

Alas, that first drink was carelessly and casually taken. Now the one who drank it is captured, an alcoholic and a drunkard, wounding himself, bringing grief and pain to dear ones.

Hard-earned money needed for necessities is wasted.

The little children are neglected, left homeless and unloved.

The bar is that fateful meeting place for man and alcohol. The bar bars the door to heaven, for drunkards shall not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:10). "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7).

A Bar

	A place where strong drink is sold is
	sometimes called a Bar-that's true, 
	A BAR to heaven, a door to hell;
	Whoever named it, named it well. 
	A BAR to manliness and wealth;
	A door to want and broken health. 
	A BAR to honor, pride and fame;
	A door to grief and sin and shame. 
	A BAR to home and a BAR to prayer;
	A door to darkness and despair. 
	A BAR to honored, useful life;
	A door to brawling, senseless strife, 
	A BAR to all that's true and brave;
	A door to every drunkard's grave. 
	A BAR to joys that home imparts;
	A door to tears and aching hearts. 
	A BAR to heaven, a door to hell;
	Whoever named it, named it well.

Should you suddenly find yourself at the door of eternity, where would you go? Death as a shadow is ever beside us.

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest . . . Envyings, murders, drunken-ness, 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).

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