OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-20/03/2016-BEWARE OF ENTICING MOCKERS-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
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 yester night 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 firstborn 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.
KJV
MESSAGE
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.
Bible in one year
Judges 3:7-4:24, Job 39:13-25
No comments:
Post a Comment