Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Intoxicants-1


It is written that you know gospel. If you know these things, blessed & happy & to be envied are you, (You are blessed one) if you practice them, act accordingly & really to them. (John 13:17)
          In the beginning years of my life, I started using intoxications, wine & whisky & smoking. All this keeps with me for many years. Once it happened, some super natural power questioned me, “Why do you drink wine & other intoxications?” Simply my answer was, “John 2:1-9 & 1Timothy 5:23 indicates, one can drink”.
  “You are concerned with words. The word sin has been used many time in Holy Scripture, is that means you can do sin?” questioned again. Days gone, I forget
all about it.
         One day I was reading the gospel of Saint Luke, when I read verse 26th of chapter 10, I could not go forward from this verse. Again & again I read it. What is written & how do you read it! And in the due course, Holy Bible was opened at chapter 35 of book of Jeremiah. Now I felt Holy Spirit was leading me. I found Holy Spirit was saying to me, “Read it, read it, read it. I read it & found Holy Spirit was saying, see how Jonadab son of Rechab read it? He strictly forbids his family, not to drink & use any of intoxications: How he learned about it? Because he did not read Bible as you read, according to your convenience, according to your mind, according to your thinking. But he read it as it is written.
        Yes he read that you never read. He read, Number 6:1-3 where very clearly written, `Moses, tell people that they shall drink no vinegar of wine, neither drink any liquor.
            Again to Aaron, none ever come to me in any intoxication, lest he die”.  The LORD GOD who says that if you come to me in intoxicated condition, you may die; in other words he says, I may not kill you if I see you in intoxications, how can such GOD allow intoxications?
        Holy Spirit explained me, how GOD sent HIS angel on earth to give HIS message to Manoah & his wife, that God is blessing them with a son (they had no child) but they must not use any intoxication at any cost. (Judges 13:1- 14).
        Holy Spirit explained me, how GOD sent HIS angel on earth to give HIS message to Zacharias that God is blessing them with a son (Zacharias & Elisabeth had no child) & because he will be special for God & will not use any intoxication (Luke 1:5-15).
          Each one of us is special for God, because Holy Bible tells in Deut. 7:6 for you are holy people unto Lord your God. He has chosen you to be a special people unto Himself above all people that are on earth.
            In Deut. 14:1 it is claimed,” You are the children of the Lord your God”. And again in the gospel of John in chapter 1 verse 12, it is told that He has asked you to be His children, His sons & daughters. His sons & daughters should be of what type? What He wants His sons & daughters to be? Leviticus’ 11:44 &19:2 & 20:7, Matthew 5:48, 1Peter 1:16 tells Lord says, “For I am the Lord your God, so you Shall therefore sanctify yourselves and be holy for I am holy, neither you shall defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on earth.          
                      More He says in 1 Corinthians 3:16& 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16, “you are my temple.” He makes you His temple. He says,” I live in you.
             People make temples and worship there gods in temples. Mostly people don’t like the business of intoxications near their worship places. If someone wants to open a shop of intoxication, people oppose it and never allow it, because they feel that this will defile surroundings, atmosphere near their holy place. Their temple, their place of worship is holy. They don’t endure any defiling thing or business near their holy place. Lord your God keep you His temple. You never allow any defiling thing even near to temple, holy place settled for worship, made by men.
               Then you take decision and tell, is it right, is it justice to put intoxications in your body, to fill your body with intoxications, which is the temple of Lord your God? When you can’t bear the nearness of intoxications to your own made holy places, temples, how much more one should be cautious for one’s body, one’s life, which has been settled residence of Holy Spirit, God your Lord? Think, think with cool heart. Think about your relationship with your God, your creator.
              People know about holiness. Many want to keep themselves holy. In the book of Daniel, in 1st. chapter verses 3-16, it is explained that Daniel and his friends new the importance of holiness. When the king selected them & settled their food, they could not allow themselves to take it, because they found that this food will not let them holy. This will spoil there holiness. So they went & requested chief of kitchen officials to give them simple food in spite of kings assigned.
           Daniel 1:5-And the king appointed for them daily provision of the king’s  delicacies   and of the wine which he used to drink.
           (Daniel 1:8)-But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of king’s delicacies food, nor with the wine king drank. Therefore he requested the chief of kitchen officials that he might not defile himself.
           (Daniel 1:10)-And the chief of kitchen officials said to Daniel,” I fear milord the king who has appointed your food & drink, for why should he see your faces looking   worse then the young men of your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.   
          (Daniel 1:12-15)- Daniel requested him to test them for ten days. Officer agreed. And at the end of ten days their features appeared better & fatter in flesh then all the young men who ate the portion of king’s delicacies.
          (Daniel 1:19)-Then king interviewed them and he found none equal to Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael & Azariah.
           (Daniel 1:20)-And king found them ten time better in wisdom & understanding than  all other people in king’s presence.
             Next thing that there is a life after end of this life. Jesus told about it in John 14:2-3 and Luke 12:32. Matthew 19:16, Mark 10:17 & Luke 18:18 tell that people had been in search of this life from the ancient ages. Luke 23:41-43 confirm about this. Type of this life is detailed in Revelation 21:1-5. No tears, no weeping, no fear of death, no crying, no worry, no pain, no sorrow at all there in that life. There is everything new for you. 
               But 1st. Corn. 6:10 & Gal.5:21 warns that ……drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God, but will face eternal death (Matthew 25:41)
       Dear one’s in & of Jesus, Lord God says in Ezekiel 33:11,”I don’t want anyone to die, but every one to have life & live. To ensure this everlasting life for me & you He send His only begotten son, who came in the shape of men and shed His precious blood on cross that we may have eternal life.
                 In psalm 75:8 Asaph writes that intoxications are for wicked. And in Romans 12:2 it is said that do not be like people of this world because you are children of the almighty God. But be Holy & pure.
                There is description in Jeremiah 35:1-8, 16-19. Notice it & think what is written &how do you read it? (Luke 10:26). And notice how this family read Holy Scripture & from where these people learned about intoxications?
           (Jeremiah 35:1,5)- Jeremiah offered them wine.
           (Jeremiah 35:6)- they refused strictly and said that our ancestors taught us never to use any kind of intoxications and we neither have used any kind of intoxication nor we will use any kind of intoxications at any cost. And in result of this, Lord God of Israel says, “A man from family of Jonadab the son of Rechab shall stand before me for ever & ever in my presence.
 “Do not look upon the wine when it is red, & when it looks charming in cup, because at last it bite like a serpent and sting like a viper”. (Proverbs 23:31-32)-

         A Prayer :- Almighty Jesus have mercy on me. Destroy the works of devil against me. Destroy the works of devil in me. Rebuke satanic evil spirits of intoxications & send them away from me forever. Sanctify me through your Holy Blood flowing for me even today. Kind Jesus save me to everlasting life through your Holy Precious Blood I pray. Amen.
                          May Jesus take you away from every kind of intoxications & keep you safe under His mighty hands. Amen. 




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