Memorise: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1
Wine
is a mocker that leads to uncontrollable behaviour. I have seen very quite
people who will never, under normal circumstances, say anything that will put
them into trouble. But the moment these people come under the influence of
strong drink, they become someone else. There are many people who have lost
precious things under the influence of alcohol. Many have lost their wives as a
result of alcohol. With a ‘little shot’ many have been poisoned through
alcohol. There are people who have experienced fatal accidents because they
were not in control of themselves. Some were duped because they were under the
influence of alcohol. Unfortunately, the devil is always waiting for such times
when people are out of their senses to strike. He allows some of them to suffer
damages which they may never recover from.
“Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish
and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts” Proverbs 31:6
Those
who cannot stay away from alcohol will always be victims of wrong decisions.
They will never be able to judge well. Men of integrity who value the life that
God has given to them will control themselves and not allow the desire of the
flesh to derail them.
Alcohol
is an instrument of unrighteousness and you should not yield to it. If you love
God, it will show in your attitude to such things. God wants you to abstain
from the old wine of sin and embrace the new wine of life in the Spirit of God.
This is the wine of the Holy Spirit which is totally devoid of the input of man.
There is no addition of chemical that will do your harm. The new wine produces
joy and happiness in the Holy Ghost, while the old wine of flesh produces death
and shame. You will not be a victim of mockery in Jesus’ name.
Key Point: It is a sin to engage in what destroys
you.
Read: Genesis 19:30-38
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt
in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in
Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And
the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in
the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come,
let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father
drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and
he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger,
Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night
also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and
the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down,
nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And
the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the
Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a
son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of
Ammon unto this day.
Bible in one year: Judges 3:7-4:24, Job 39:13-25
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