Is it ok to...

Drink Alcohol or Smoke Marijuana?

Is it Ok to…

Lesson 3: Drink Alcohol or Smoke Marijuana?

May 6 & 7, 2017

 

Binge Drinking: 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks for men over a couple hour period

Heavy Drinking: Binge Drinking 5 or more times per month

 

GOD’S WILL IS THAT ONLY HE INFLUENCES OUR WILL

Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 

 

Ephesians 5:18 Do not be drunk with wine, for that is reckless living. But be filled with the Spirit. Modern English Version

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1 Timothy 5:23 Don’t drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often. New Living Translation

 

Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist used to go without food and never took a drop of liquor all his life, and you said, ‘He must be crazy!’ Living Bible

 

Luke 7:34 But I eat my food and drink my wine, and you say, ‘What a glutton Jesus is! And he drinks! And has the lowest sort of friends!’ Living Bible 

 

1 Corinthians 6:12 I can do anything I want to if Christ has not said no, but some of these things aren’t good for me. Even if I am allowed to do them, I’ll refuse to if I think they might get such a grip on me that I can’t easily stop when I want to.Living Bible 

 

My Witness

 

Their Weakness

 

Genesis 1:29 And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. Living Bible

 

Marijuana (Cannabis) contains roughly 500 compounds, 70 of which are psychoactive. THC is the main psychoactive ingredient in the marijuana plant.

 

Psychoactive drugs are a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.

 

In the 70’s & 80’s, Marijuana had 4% THC per leaf

Today a leaf contains between 20-30% THC (5-7 times more)

 

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. New Living Translation