"ALCOHOL"
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT THRU THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, THAT INTOXICATING DRINKS, ARE, AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, A PART OF THE LIFE OF GODS PEOPLE. EVER SINCE THE TIMES OF LOT AND DEEPER IN THE PAST, ALCOHOL HAS PLAYED A PART IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AND EVEN SPECIAL CALLED PEOPLE OF GOD.
LOT GOT DRUNK AND AN INCESTUAL RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED BETWEEN LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS. LOT, BECAUSE OF HIS LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS, WAS VULNERABLE TO THE DESIRES OF OTHERS, WITHOUT HIS APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. THIS IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE, OF WHAT ALCOHOL DOES TO AN INDIVIDUAL, WHEN THEY ARE NOT USING MODERATION, TO ENJOY THE GIFTS AND FREEDOM, GOD GIVES TO HIS PEOPLE.
AGAIN, THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE, THAT ALL THINGS MUST BE DONE IN MODERATION.
THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE IN PROVERBS 31: 4-7
THAT IT IS NOT GIVEN TO KINGS, LEADERS OF NATIONS AND PEOPLE, TO DRINK WINE OR STRONG LIQUOR.
ANYONE WHO IS A LEADER, HAS TO BE OF SOUND MIND, TO MAKE JUDGMENTS CONCERNING OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER THAN HIMSELF, AND HE OR SHE, SHOULD NOT DRINK INTOXICATING DRINKS.
ALOCHOL, IS USED IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, TO HELP PEOPLE MIRED IN TROUBLES AND DESPAIR, TO DRINK AND FORGET THEIR PROBLEMS FOR A TIME, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE PASSING AND DYING, TO ALLOW THEM TO IMBIBE IN A STRONG DRINK, TO HELP MAKE THAT TRANSITION, IF THAT IS THEIR WISH. PROVERBS 31: 4-7
I KNEW A PASTOR, WHO WHEN I HAD REVEALED THESE SCRIPTURES, SAID, OH I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THOSE SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE MY DAD, WHEN HE WAS DYING, ASKED ME FOR A DRINK OF ALCOHOL, BUT I REFUSED, AND NOW I AM SORRY THAT I DID, A WISH I DENIED, TO MY DISMAY.
EVEN WHEN I SAW A PICTURE, WHEN ALL THE LEADERS OF OUR NATION, WAS SHOWN SITTING AROUND DRINKING ALCOHOL, I WAS SADDENED BY THE SIGHT, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE IMPAIRED JUDGMENTS, CONCERNING US, IF, A SITUATION OF AN NATIONAL EMERGENCY SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED, WHEN THESE MEN WERE IMBIBING IN ALCOHOL. THESE MEN WERE SWORN IN AND ELECTED TO BE LEADERS AND WHEN YOU LEAD PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO IMBIBE IN ALCOHOL, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.
EVEN IN THE CHURCH, THE TRUTH IS NOT TAUGHT IN MOST CHURCHES CONCERNING ALCOHOL. LIES FROM THE PULPIT ARE SPOKEN, BECAUSE MOST WILL SAY IT IS A SIN TO DRINK ALCOHOL, WHICH IS AS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. THE IDEA THAT HAVING A DRINK IN MODERATION IS A SIN, IS LIKENED TO THE IDEA THAT MONEY IS SIN. THE TRUTH IS THAT THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A SIN, AS IS BEING DRUNK ON ALCOHOL, IS A SIN, AND WORTHY OF LOSING YOUR INHERITANCE, IF DONE IN A CONTIUING DAILY USE AND DRUNKEDNESS.
WHENEVER THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN, PEOPLE FIND FREEDOM IN CHRIST.
THE CHURCH HAS TURNED MANY PEOPLE AWAY FROM WANTING TO BE A CHRISTIAN, BECAUSE THEY PREACH AN ABSTINANCE OF THINGS TO BE ENJOYED, WHEN DONE IN MODERATION AND BEING DONE UNDER THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, UNTIL THE DAY OF REDEEMPTION. THE SPIRIT FILLED CHRISTIAN, DOES NOT GO ON SINNING AND GO BEYOND MODERATION, BECAUSE OF THE SEALING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 1JOHN 5: 18-- WE KNOW THAT WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD(BORN AGAIN), SINS NOT, BUT HE THAT IS BEGOTTEN( REGENERATED) OF GOD, KEEPS HIMSELF(CONTROL), AND THAT WICKED ONE(SATAN), TOUCHES HIM NOT.
WHEN AN UNREGENERATED PERSON, WHO HAS NOT YIELDED TO THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND DOES ANYTHING IN THIS ISSUE CONCERNING THE DRINKING OF ALCOHOL, HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT AND WHEN TO STOP DRINKING. THIS IS WHERE THE DANGER IS IN PREACHING THE TRUTH TO UNREGENERATED AND TO PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOT BORN AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY RUN WITH THE SCRIPTURE AND SAY IT IS WRITTEN. BUT UNLESS A PERSON IS BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE IN CONTROL,WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO CONTROL HIS LIFESTYLE, IN THE ARENA OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER THINGS, THAT DESTROY THE MIND AND SOUL AND BODY.
I HAVE JUST ADDED A YOUNG LADY, TO THE ACE OF HEARTS SHOW, WHO IS VERY TALENTED AND HAS A FUTURE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD, IF SHE DESIRES, AND AS I TOLD AND WARNED HER, IF SHE PUTS GOD FIRST, AND RECOGNIZES HIM, HE WILL GUIDE HER TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
I WAS WANTING TO HELP GUIDE HER IN HER ENTERTAINMENT SKILLS ON OUR OUTDOOR STAGE, THAT IS LOCATED HERE ON THE GROUNDS. SO, I PUT UP A SIGN SAYING SUNDAYS FROM 6-8, THERE WOULD BE A CONCERT AND I ADDED TO THE SIGN: NO ALCOHOL. SO LAST NITE AS WE WERE DOING A SHOW, I ANNOUNCED AT THE CONCERT SHOW TO THE AUDIENCE, AND MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED AT THE ARENA. WELL, AFTER THE SHOW, THE YOUNG LADY, WHO JUST JOINED MY SHOW SAID TO ME, ACE, IF YOU DON'T ALLOW ALCOHOL AT THE CONCERT, NONE OF MY FRIENDS WILL SHOW UP.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THIS GIRL HANGS OUT IN PLACES, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IS QUESTIONABLE, FOR SOMEONE HER AGE. WELL, I TOLD HER I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT AND MAKE A DECISION TODAY, WHICH I DID.
SO I CALLED HER AND SAID, NO DEAL, I AM JUST GOING TO CANCEL THE CONCERT BECAUSE, ITS TOO MUCH OF A RISK, THAT THERE WILL BE TROUBLE, AND I AND GOD, DON'T WANT OR NEED THAT. IT WAS NOT FOR ME, AS MUCH AS IT WAS FOR HER, TO DEVELOP, BUT ITS WAY TO RISKY TO DO IT, WITH TOO MANY DRINKING ALCOHOL.
I HAD TALKED TO HER BEFORE, THAT I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH SOMEONE HAVING A DRINK OF ALCOHOL, AS LONG AS THEY DID'NT DRINK TOO MUCH, AS THE SCRIPTURE DECLARE.
TO MAKE THAT POINT VALID, IT IS WRITTEN:
1TIMOTHY 3: 1-13 IT IS NOT FOR BISHOPS, LEADERS OF THE CONGREGATION TO DRINK WINE. AS FOR THE DEACONS, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DRINK INTOXICATING DRINKS, BUT IN MODERATION. SO THE TRUTH IS WRITTEN, LEADERS AGAIN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DRINK INTOXICATING DRINK, BECAUSE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE PEOPLE, TO HAVE A SOUND AND SOBER MIND, TO LEAD THEM TOWARDS PERFECTION IN CHRIST.
SO BACK TO MY DECISION, I NOW HAVE HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY, CONCERNING THIS SITUATION CONCERNING ALCOHOL. KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES AND PEOPLE, I MADE A DECISION TO SAY TO THIS SITUATION, THAT WOULD INVOLVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DRINK ALCOHOL, AND WHO, FOR THE MOST PART, AND MAYBE ALL, I CAN'T JUDGE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THEM TO JUDGE THEIR FRUIT, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, AND BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE BORN AGAIN OR NOT. I COULD NOT MAKE A DECISION TO LET THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE. SO, I CANCELLED THE CONCERT!
IN MY OPINION, BASED ON TRUTH, I AM VERY CAREFUL TO DISCLOSE ISSUES ON DRINKING, UNLESS ASKED, WHAT IS GODS POSITION ON IT. THEN I HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH AND PRAY FOR THAT PERSON, IF THEY HAVE NOT RECIEVED CHRIST. IT IS BEST TO BE DISCREET ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER BONDAGE ISSUES, WHEN TALKING OR COUNSELING OTHERS.
PLEASE, READ THIS IN CONTEXT OF THE SCRIPTURES AND BE VERY CAREFUL WHO HEARS WORDS OF TEMPTATION, THAT COULD LEAD SOME INTO BONDAGE, BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF SPIRITUAL POSITION IN CHRIST. EVEN CHRIST SAID, I WILL NOT DRINK OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE, UNTIL I RETURN.
