Friday

PRaP 4/25/08

 

“Wisdom From The Pub?”

 

I heard a cheer from the drinking section.  Don’t cheer too loud.  From God’s Word in Proverbs 20:1 it says and I quote “Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”  Not wise!  It isn’t wisdom from the pub it is the lack there of.  I’m not saying it’s a sin to go and have a pint.  The Bible says it isn’t wise.  Getting drunk is the sin or maybe not a direct sin but it leads to all kinds of sin.  If you want to get technical all things that pull your vision off of God’s plan is sin.  If getting drunk takes your eyes off of Jesus then it is a sin.  Then again it also says in Proverbs 20:9 and I must quote again, “Who can say, ‘I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin’?”  Well there isn’t one of us out there that can say that.  In all this sin we wallow in there is Good News, we can all be taken out of that sin and cleansed so that we can have a pure heart even if  for a moment before we sin again and have to go through the Living Water body wash again.  I don’t know about you but I have to stay in that line I hear that maybe we can get frequent flier miles, just kidding.  Jesus Christ is the ONLY One who can rescue you from the grips of alcoholism, or any other sin for that matter.  He is not called the “Living Water” for nothing, because if Jesus sets you free you are free indeed.

 

Proverbs 20

 

Key Verse:

Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
Proverbs 20:21-23 (in Context) Proverbs 20 (Whole Chapter)

 

Week 17 for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible

 

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Pastor Stephen Eldridge

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