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Isa 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of His hands. Most people are aware that a little wine is good for the blood and digestive system. However, some people are allergic to alcohol. Others have a genetic problem that makes the want of it overtake them. You’ve probably heard some of these classified as ‘problem drinkers’. I recognize another category, the ‘solution drinker’. This type has no genetic craving for alcohol; instead they go out on a drinking binge because they think it’s a ‘solution’ to their problems. I’ve even heard some say that alcohol is evil. If that bottle cap is never opened, alcohol doesn’t have a chance at being part of the ‘solution’ to a bigger problem. Yet there are people who over drink because they think it’s cool to get drunk! Wise up, it’s nothing but another ‘fad’ created by the Kenite, a ‘fad’ for control of your mind! It goes in the same category with drugs, etc. Common sense says that not all drugs are bad, for medicines help many, but we are bombarded daily from the TV, movies, and fads that teach the misuse of these things, along with the caress that it will make you ‘cool’, or a person others will look up to, etc. I wish I had a nickel for every fad that Satan has sold to us (just an expression, I’m not a money grabber). Alcohol is a big 'fad', because it’s legal! Isa 5:13 Therefore My People are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. The word ‘captivity’ here, has a double meaning. God’s people are in the captivity of the things of the world, not searching and doing our Father’s Word, therefore, they have cut True Knowledge of The Word off from themselves. Their ‘honourable men’, or ‘leaders’, who are responsible for knowing God’s Word, and correcting His people, are themselves ‘famished’, a famine for knowing the Word. ‘BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND’, Jesus would say in the Gospel. Many so-called leaders and would be teachers of God’s Word hate the idea of expounding The Word chapter by chapter, and verse by verse. They think they’re smarter than that, verse by verse, line by line is for children they think. You can’t maintain the 'flock', they're told! We’re in Isaiah, in the Old Testament, and God is giving us a warning for today! God’s Word is The Living Word, and just because we’re in the Old Testament doesn’t mean its dead history! We’ll pick up with Isaiah 5:14 in the next lesson. Peace be with you.
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