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.
It is a sin to engage in what destroys you.
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