“๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ญ๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ญ๐ป๐พ๐ท๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ, ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐น๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ข๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ,” Eph. 5:18
When my children were growing up, they did not see their parents drinking. No bottles of beer or wine in the fridge. They did not have to accommodate for parents who were checked out in party mode. Drinking alcohol is a gateway to doing stupid stuff.
This is the place where the Christian drinker will confidently insist “you can drink as long as it’s not in excess.” Solomon drank, right? True. But for some reason he said it was all chasing after the wind. Do you want to justify your bad habits on the man who after being blessed with unparalleled wisdom delves into excess and ushered in sin to the nation? Do you? The Bible says to be sober and not drunk. Do you know the point of “drunk”? At what alcohol blood content level do the lips sin? At what point is the balance and perception fail? At what point is it that selfishness kicks in? I do not think you know and there is a lot of worry about if you guess wrong. You may insist that you have total control and never get drunk when you drink, but your teen boy thinks he too can drink since you do. And he doesn’t have the experiences and control to avoid the guardrail and the cliff. When his life is in ruin, it’s on you. Yes, you Christian drinkers , it’s on you when your examples lead your children to drink to the ruin of their souls.
The Apostle says to instead be filled with the Spirit. I have never seen a drinker full of the Spirit. If you are wasting your money on alcoholic beverages, you need to think about what you are risking. This is the point where the Christian drinker says, “but you waste money on coffee and burgers.” The problem with this is there’s no sin associated with coffee and burgers unless these are done to excess. Do not rationalize your lust by comparing apples to oranges.
A man I knew years ago would rationalize that he would celebrate the killing of a deer by having a little drink. But the drink became a problem. I will not say anything specific, but the drink led him to tell a lie. He confessed his sin and also made a personal decision to not drink alcohol again. Believe it, the drinker is going to lie. A close friend who did counseling said drinkers are liars. He didn’t explain in detail what he meant, but his experience made him conclude that drinkers are liars.
I will close this little admonition with a passage from Proverbs that is pointed and convicting. “29 ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ฎ? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ป๐ป๐ธ๐? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ? ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ผ? 30 ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ. 31 ๐๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐พ๐น, ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ผ๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ต๐; 32 ๐๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป. 33 ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ. 34 ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ช, ๐๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐น ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ. 35 “๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต; ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ. ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ ๐ช๐๐ช๐ด๐ฎ? ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ญ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ด.” Pro. 23.
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