Q&A: JESUS, DRINKING, SALVATION & ETERNITY--THE CHRISTIAN'S GUIDE TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

JESUS, DRINKING, SALVATION & ETERNITY--THE CHRISTIAN'S GUIDE TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION--As believers, God offers through His Word an entire philosophy of how to please God in the realm of gray areas, questionable things, liberty, and legalism; and all in the context of drinking alcohol and any other substance that takes away our ability to think clearly. That is our opening topic at this Q&A session Sunday night, Lord willing.
Whenever we seek an answer to what God says about any subject, our attitude must always be like the Bereans of Acts 17:11. They searched the Scriptures to see if what PAUL said was accurate. That is amazing. They did not just figure that if the big guy up front said something it MUST be Biblical.
Alcohol & God’s Servants

First off to answer this question I must confess that I do not drink alcohol in any form, by conviction. My convictions based on God’s Word are:

1. First, I don’t drink because God always condemns drunkenness in any and every form in His Word, so I want to stay away from participating in or encouraging others to participate in what God condemns.
2. Second, I don’t drink because God commanded that any priest who came before Him in the Tabernacle or Temple was not to drink. Alcohol kept priests from being able to distinguish between holy & unholy, and clean & unclean (Lev. 109-10). So I never want to miss what God calls both holy and unholy.
3. Third, I don’t drink because God said that those who lead His people are to not drink so that they aren’t under any wrong influence when they make decisions. Alcohol diminishes a leader's ability to lead wisely (Pr. 31:4-5).
4. Fourth, I don’t drink because God led Paul to say that he would limit his freedom, and never eat meat or drink alcohol (Rom. 14:21) if it caused any believer to veer off God’s path, and I do not want my choices to make earnest or weak believers veer away from God.
5. Fifth, I don’t drink because God contrasts alcohol with the Spirit in Ephesians 5:18, I want to be known as a man that seeks the influence of the Holy Spirit, not alcohol.
(Q&A-03; 110828PM)
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