BEWARE OF ENTICING MOCKERS
Memorise: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is
deceived
thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1
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
There are many people who argue
as to whether it is a sin to take alcohol or not. This is amazing; simply have
to look at the fruit of an action before you know whether it is good or not. In
our Bible reading, the acts of the children of Lot wouldn’t have been possible
if their father had not been drunk. So in his senseless state of mind, both
daughters laid with him and conceived from his seed. The children born through
this means became the Moabites and the Ammonites who become sworn-enemies of
the children of Israel.
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.
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