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threatens modern America. We have not only reached
this flash point of judgment, we have passed it.
You swear and lie and kill and steal and commit
adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one
murder after another. That is why your land is not
producing; it is filled with sadness, and all living
things grow sick and die; the animals, the birds,
and even the fish begin to disappear.
(Hosea 4:2,3 LB)
4. Drunkenness
Alcohol has become the most powerful "false
prophet" of this generation. Wine has created a nation
Of mockers who want to turn America into one big
"happiness hour." Recently, I have discovered that grow-
ing numbers of once—dedicated Christians have turned
to social drinking. They are becoming mockers of right-
eousness. "Wine is a mocker. . ." (Proverbs 20:1 KJV).
America has "erred through wine," making mistakes
in judgment and discernment. Wine is not a lonely sin,
it is the grandparent of a whole catalog of national cor-
ruptions.
Wine and whiskey produce weakness in a nation.
They make members of society insensitive to danger.
They cause condemned men to fall asleep in the very
hour of doom. Drinking is America's number one prob-
lem in this judgment hour: "She indulged herself in im-
morality, and refused to face the fact that punishment
was sure to come. Now she lies in the gutter .
(Lamentations 1:9 LB).
With cocktail in hand, our women sacrifice them-
selves on the altars of fashion. They give themselves up
to the pursuit of ambition and fame.
Alcohol-crazed men desecrate our Scriptures, our
sermons, and our Sundays. I am also fully convinced
that America's plunge into alcoholism has perverted our
judicial system. Laws are broken and our society slack-
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this flash point of judgment, we have passed it.
You swear and lie and kill and steal and commit
adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one
murder after another. That is why your land is not
producing; it is filled with sadness, and all living
things grow sick and die; the animals, the birds,
and even the fish begin to disappear.
(Hosea 4:2,3 LB)
4. Drunkenness
Alcohol has become the most powerful "false
prophet" of this generation. Wine has created a nation
Of mockers who want to turn America into one big
"happiness hour." Recently, I have discovered that grow-
ing numbers of once—dedicated Christians have turned
to social drinking. They are becoming mockers of right-
eousness. "Wine is a mocker. . ." (Proverbs 20:1 KJV).
America has "erred through wine," making mistakes
in judgment and discernment. Wine is not a lonely sin,
it is the grandparent of a whole catalog of national cor-
ruptions.
Wine and whiskey produce weakness in a nation.
They make members of society insensitive to danger.
They cause condemned men to fall asleep in the very
hour of doom. Drinking is America's number one prob-
lem in this judgment hour: "She indulged herself in im-
morality, and refused to face the fact that punishment
was sure to come. Now she lies in the gutter .
(Lamentations 1:9 LB).
With cocktail in hand, our women sacrifice them-
selves on the altars of fashion. They give themselves up
to the pursuit of ambition and fame.
Alcohol-crazed men desecrate our Scriptures, our
sermons, and our Sundays. I am also fully convinced
that America's plunge into alcoholism has perverted our
judicial system. Laws are broken and our society slack-
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