WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING: AND WHOSOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT WISE. Proverbs, Chapter 20, Verse 1.
All alcoholics are influenced and/or controlled by the Vagabond Spirit to a certain extent. This Spirit’s sole (soul) desire or purpose is to destroy everyone it comes in contact with. Lives are destroyed, homes are ravished, and friends and families are devastated by the manipulating and controlling tactics of the VAGABOND. Alcohol destroys the lives, families and homes of millions of people each and every year.
The Spirit of Alcohol works alongside VAGABOND to change the disposition of the thought processes in the mind of the individual. It accomplishes this by clouding their emotional and spiritual thoughts while enhancing their most destructive thoughts. The only hope for the Alcoholic VAGABOND to be free from alcohol is deliverance by the Power of the Holy Spirit, and in some instances by drugs or re-education. Re-education may come through an organization such as Alcoholics Anonymous or other similar organizations. However, drugs and re-education is only a temporary fix and is rarely successful because it does not address the core issues which are the real cause of their problems. Those issues include, but are not limited to: sin, depression, bitterness and unforgiveness.
Every VAGABOND is not an alcoholic. In fact, many of them have never taken a drink of alcohol. You do not have to be an alcoholic to be a VAGABOND. However, all homeless and/or destitute people are susceptible to the same delusionary characteristics of the Vagabond Spirit. Alcohol is just one of the vices which can entrap, control and influence the VAGABOND, but it certainly is not the only one.
THE SPIRIT OF ALCOHOL
My wife and I were praying for the son of a friend of ours who was an alcoholic, and the Lord showed her a “Spirit of Alcohol.” This spirit was shaped like an M&M, except on a much larger scale. It was holding a bottle of alcohol in its hand. As it attempted to walk, it was stumbling and almost falling down with each step it took.
This Spirit had large bulging, bloodshot eyes, huge ears, which were red on top, and a large red nose which was ball-shaped on the end. This Spirit had a rather large mouth with large, thick lips from drinking alcohol. Its arms were very long and skinny. Its hands were large with very long fingers which were completely out of proportion with its skinny arms. It had very large feet, and a pair of very large shoes which seemed to be too big for its feet. As this Spirit tried to stand upright, it would flounder around and stagger as if trying to gain its balance, and would finally fall to the ground. It would manage after a while to get back up on its feet and the process would then start all over again.
Alcoholic beverages are referred to as “spirits” in many circles. This saying is not far from the truth. The ingredients in alcohol are designed to confuse and manipulate the minds of people in much the same way demonic spirits influence the minds of their victims. This does not mean that people who drink in moderation can be manipulated by the Spirit of Alcohol. Problems arise when people cannot control their intake of alcohol and eventually become slaves to its addictive powers.
All demonic SPIRITS work together with the “Spirit of Confusion” in order to create great delusion, spiritual fornication and adultery. Spiritual fornication and adultery are any sins which are committed against God. All alcoholics come under the influence and/or control of the Spirits of Alcohol, Confusion, Witchcraft and VAGABOND.
Alcohol confuses the mind of its victims and causes them to think and act irrationally. Alcohol impairs and/or confuses the spiritual and natural senses of its victims. In the same way alcohol confuses the natural senses of an individual, the Spirit of Confusion confuses the Spiritual Senses of its victims as well. The Spirit of Alcohol and the Spirit of Confusion partner together to take control of the mind and body in order to influence the Alcoholic.
While under the “influence” of any spirit, whether it be natural (alcohol) or demonic, a person cannot think, act, see, hear, or even smell properly. In other words, alcohol impairs all the physical and spiritual senses. “Under the influence” literally speaks of being “controlled and/or manipulated by something or someone else.”
I was an alcoholic until Christ instantly delivered me from the chains of alcohol. I had no power within myself to overcome the Curse of alcohol. I could not help myself or stop myself from destroying my own life. However, I found someone who could help me, and I turned my life over to Him. Jesus instantly delivered me from alcohol, and I am no longer addicted to alcohol. Jesus Christ totally freed me from the bondage of alcohol, and He is no respecter of persons. He will deliver all who, in faith believing, call upon Him for help in the time of their need. This does not only apply to alcohol, but to every addiction a person may have.
Since the day I surrendered my life to Christ, I have never desired another drink of alcohol. I realize this is not the case in the life of every alcoholic who has been born again. People are different and are under the influence or control of the Vagabond and Alcoholic Spirits at differing degrees. There are other evil spirits as well which can control or influence a person through other types of Generational Curses. Generational Curses can be physical, emotional, financial or sinful in nature. Most people, if not all, at one time or another will suffer from one or more of these curses because of the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden and the sins of their forefathers.
NOT A DISEASE
Alcoholism is not a disease as many people suggest, but rather an addiction. However, alcohol does cause many severe physical and emotional problems. The root of an alcoholic’s problems is not a natural one, but a spiritual one. Many people who cannot face reality turn to alcohol to help them forget their problems and the fear and dread that comes along with their problems. Alcohol is not the solution to the problems, but a great enhancer of any problem a person may have. Alcohol always magnifies and makes the problems look bigger than they actually are.
I am no longer an alcoholic because Jesus set me free from the Curse of the Spirit of Alcohol. To say that a person “will always be an alcoholic” says that God cannot deliver that person from bondage. This suggests that God is not omnipotent. When God delivers a person from something, that person is free from that bondage. WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED.
Our God is greater than any demon spirit that inhabits and inhibits mankind, and that includes Satan as well. The Blood of Christ is the most powerful force in the Universe. However, it is up to the person God has set free to remain free. The same dependence a person has had on alcohol must be redirected to total dependence on God. Many people have been set free from the bondage of alcohol and other habitual sins only to return to them later. The only way to remain free from bondage is by submitting their life totally to Him, and they must not look back.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a great organization, and I would never dismiss the good work they perform for many alcoholics or the progress they have made in their quest to deliver people from alcohol. Their Twelve Step Program to combat alcoholism has helped many people who have been ravaged by the many diseases caused by alcohol. They have helped to free many people from this deadly addiction. There are many Christian Programs for Alcoholics such as Teen Challenge which have a much better cure rate than Alcoholics Anonymous.
Only Jesus can set an individual COMPLETLEY free of this curse or any other curse imposed on the life of an individual by satanic entities. Alcoholics Anonymous has been helpful and has helped people to control their alcoholism to a degree, but one can never be completely and totally free from any curse without Christ. Only the BLOOD OF JESUS can break a curse AND SET ONE FREE.
HEAR YOU, MY SON, AND BE WISE, AND GUIDE YOUR HEART IN THE WAY. BE NOT AMONG WINEBIBBERS; AMONG RIOTOUS EATERS OF THE FLESH: FOR THE DRUNKARD AND THE GLUTTON SHALL COME TO POVERTY: AND DROWSINESS WILL CLOTHE ONE WITH RAGS. Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verses 19-21.
The Spirit of Alcohol entraps, engulfs and enslaves many as it seeks to control and manipulate its subjects. The Spirit of Alcohol, Confusion, Witchcraft, Poverty and VAGABOND work together to enslave the souls of mankind. Once these Spirits gain control of the flesh, only the Power of Christ can set the individual totally free from bondage. Those who have been freed by Christ are FREE INDEED. However, it is up to the person to remain free by totally committing their life to Christ.
WHEN THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT IS GONE OUT OF A MAN HE WALKS (wanders) THROUGH THE DRY PLACES, SEEKING REST, AND FINDING NONE. THEN HE SAYS, I WILL RETURN UNTO MY HOUSE FROM WHENCE I CAME OUT AND WHEN HE IS COME, HE FINDS IT EMPTY, SWEPT AND GARNISHED. THEN HE GOES, AND TAKES WITH HIMSELF SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS MORE WICKED THAN HIMSELF, AND THEY ENTER IN AND DWELL THERE: AND THE LAST STATE OF THE MAN IS WORSE THAN THE FIRST. Mathew, Chapter 12, Verses 43-45.
When freed from the Spirits of Alcohol, Confusion, or any other Evil Spirit, people must replace them with something more powerful than the cast out evil spirits were or their latter state will be worse than their former state. The demon or demons which have been cast out of an individual will always come back with demons more powerful in order to try to regain entry to his “old home place.” One must commit daily to seeking Christ and reading and studying His Word in order to quench all the fiery darts of the Devil.
Once delivered from the clutches of drugs and alcohol, one must commit himself daily to studying God’s Word, and committing completely and totally to Christ. If they fail to do so, they will find themselves being drawn back into a life of alcohol or drug addiction. We must continue to seek Him daily. Christ is the only answer to all of life’s problems.