"Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise." Proverbs 20:1
The Bible instructs us not to call anyone a fool (Matthew 5:22). However, some people save us the trouble. Case in point those who consume alcohol in excess. Now I for one am totally opposed to ANY consumption of alcohol. I am a "tee-totaler" to use an old expression. Unfortunately the Bible does not say that you will go to hell for taking a drink. It will just make you act like you are from there.
Mama Gump, in the movie Forrest Gump, said, "Stupid is as Stupid Does." I am sick and tired of hearing and learning of wonderful young people with life ahead of them dying and being killed because of stupid choices. Death is a part of this fallen world and people die. I can accept that. Accidents happen and that is a fact. However, when we make dumb and stupid choices that is a different story.
My Lord Jesus came that we might have abundant life. The prophet Jeremiah writes, "'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope" (Jer 29:11 NASB). Those who "party hearty" and "party hard" run the risk of losing that future.
I just conducted the funeral of a young man whose life was cut short by an accident. Another young man faces legal problems as a result of the accident. Although no one has told me that alcohol was involved, I wasn't born yesterday. When are we going to get it? When are parents going to clean our their refrigerators? When are young people going to realize that they are not invincible? When are we going to live life God's way?
We live in a society that condones, markets and encourages drinking. Billboards promote designated drivers and tell us to "drink responsibly." We can't even live responsibly, what makes us think we can drink responsibly." We talk of "safe sex" meaning, don't get caught and don't get pregnant and don't get STD. We just don't get it. Yeah, Mama Gump was right..."Stupid is as Stupid Does."
Jeremiah goes on, "'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 'And I will be found by you,' declares the LORD."(Jer 29:12-13 NASB).
