Watchman Radio Hour

Excessive drinking is wrong and abstinence is commendable. When we are living in a sinful and wicked society where men and women bow down and worship idols of all sorts, we need to be careful how we live. Some years ago I attended a wedding rehearsal in a park in upstate New York where I was to conduct a wedding for some relatives. On that same day, a group of high school seniors were having a party celebrating their graduation. Alcohol was everywhere and drunkeness and excessive drinking by these young people was very apparent. I was shocked to see this. I had seen college students do the same but not students as young as these that day. That was over thirty years ago. The same still happens today. In a nation where such activity takes place among its young people, surely there is a place for Christians to abstain from drinking. Drunkeness is wrong. Abstaining from drink is commendable. The Bible teaches both.

Sinful living will bring God's wrath upon us as a nation. This is a lesson we will learn and a lesson that is now being taught whether we realize it or not. A godly society brings the blessings of God. A sinful society brings God's wrath upon it. Our forefathers promoted a godly society and God blessed this nation. They were not perfect and there were times when the nation was not so godly but powerful revivals brought the nation back to God time and again. We have reaped the benefits from the godly living that has preceded us. However, today's generation is casting all of that off and going their own way thinking that our prosperity will continue. It will not. Sinful living brings the wrath of God upon us. His warning judgments are already falling and they will get much worse if we do not repent as a nation. This is the message of the hour. We need to repent of sinful living. If we don't, God's wrath will increase upon us. We cannot fix the economy and prosper if we continue in sin. It will not work. No matter what the politicians tell us. Prosperity comes to a nation that honors God. A nation that dishonors God will not prosper. This is a lesson we are going to learn. Yet, we must pray for a national spiritual revival. That is our only hope.