Strong Drink Forbidden
Monday, January 15, 2024Key Verse
“For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb” (Luke 1:15)
Text — Luke 1:14-16
Message
According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of consumption of alcoholic drinks. Some other get dropped out of school as a result of uncontrolled appetite and they see their hope of achieving their dreams in life dashed. Despite the grave consequences of the consumption of alcohol and the instruction of the Scripture which forbids its intake, so many youths have gone to eternal damnation unprepared. We are kings and princes in the kingdom of God and the Scripture warns that“it is not for kings… to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted” (Proverbs 31:4, 5).
Some youths give so many excuses for the intake of alcohol. Some say they have so much trouble and need to take alcohol to forget their sorrows. It only adds more sorrows to man and if unrepented of can lead to hell. Repent and turn to the Lord now, for full deliverance.
Quote
It only adds more sorrows
Challenge
Alcohol is dangerous to human health
Prayer for today
O God, save me and give me power over alcohol, in Jesus’ name.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
Please let this massage go viral, just like the scripture says I know of a good number of our young boys and girls who died as a result of alcohol or drugs intake.
One may ask the question, “Why was he given what he asked for against the scriptures Jas.4.3 – Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.❓
Well the prodigal son was a free moral agent as we are and because of his importunity the father couldn’t Peter out his decision. So also was the case of Prophet Balaam that scriptures may be fulfilled Rom.1.28 – And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
One may ask the question, “Why was he given what he asked for against the scriptures Jas.4.3 – Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.❓
Well the prodigal son was a free moral agent as we are and because of his importunity the father couldn’t Peter out his decision. So also was the case of Prophet Balaam that scriptures may be fulfilled Rom.1.28 – And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;