Christian and booze

[SIC]

What in your opinion should a Christian's attitude towards booze be!? 

[R. Hartono]

People seek drinking instead of praying. Better praying than drinking.

 

Edited January 13, 2022 by R. Hartono

[Who me]

It is permissable, but Paul wrote do not get drunk.

 

So enjoy a drink, but know your limit and be responsible.

[tatwo]

This subject is more important that people think...it has caused much division.

I look at it like this..."Liberty through Discipline"

Tatwo...:)

[enoob57]

There is nothing here that I give up that will not be taken away and forgotten.... Live in the faith of His Word and not in the flesh...

[Dennis1209]

1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

If you were a member of my church, or knowing I am a Christian. See me walking out of a tavern, what would you automatically conclude? I was their witnessing to the inebriated? 

In town there's flashing red signs at the liquor stores, "WINE and SPIRITS." Are these "spirits" contained in those glass bottles benevolent or malevolent? 

There is no prohibition to consume small quantities of alcohol in the Bible. It is the excess and drunkenness that is prohibited. Like many other things, we now have the freedom to do under the New Covenant. The question becomes, just because we are allowed to, should we?

Just one person's 2 mites...

[MrBear]

I struggle with caffeine and cigarettes, that’s no better than booze or drugs, God wants to be number one in our lives and addiction can become a false idol to us

putting our habit before God is not what he intends for us, I love the Lord and struggle with my own demons on a daily basis , I love caffeine and a good cigarette while cruising in my truck 🛻 

Nothing wrong with partaking in booze as long as it doesn’t become an idol and replace God - we are only human and these substances can be stumbling blocks as well as a lot more things in this world 🌎 

so to hit on the booze question - moderation not drunkenness which can alter your attitude ( even caffeine and cigarettes are mind altering substances)

Noah planted a vineyard and ended up drunk and exposed himself, nothing good came of that

Jesus would say John the Baptist didn’t drink so they called him crazy, yet I eat and drink with sinners and they call me a drunkard

Many examples of drunkenness and bad things happening in the Bible, we can’t over do it or let it replace God for our source of happiness

SHALOM❤️
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken."

- ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭55:22‬ ‭

[enoob57]

14 minutes ago, MrBear said:

I struggle with caffeine and cigarettes, that’s no better than booze or drugs, God wants to be number one in our lives and addiction can become a false idol to us

putting our habit before God is not what he intends for us, I love the Lord and struggle with my own demons on a daily basis , I love caffeine and a good cigarette while cruising in my truck 🛻 

Nothing wrong with partaking in booze as long as it doesn’t become an idol and replace God - we are only human and these substances can be stumbling blocks as well as a lot more things in this world 🌎 

so to hit on the booze question - moderation not drunkenness which can alter your attitude ( even caffeine and cigarettes are mind altering substances)

Noah planted a vineyard and ended up drunk and exposed himself, nothing good came of that

Jesus would say John the Baptist didn’t drink so they called him crazy, yet I eat and drink with sinners and they call me a drunkard

Many examples of drunkenness and bad things happening in the Bible, we can’t over do it or let it replace God for our source of happiness

SHALOM❤️
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken."

- ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭55:22‬ ‭

What helps me with this flesh is to recon myself dead to this body and world I have began in... I have a new life now of s/Spirit and it is in this I find victory and new thinking

[Riverwalker]

Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him. - AMP

You can drink wine and beer in limitations and not get drunk....but hard liquor really has only one purpose, and that is to get hammered.  And that is to run away from your problems, and God tells us to run to Him

[missmuffet]

10 hours ago, SIC said:

What in your opinion should a Christian's attitude towards booze be!? 

Alcohol is a drug just like nicotine and caffine. They all have negative affects on the body. The Bible doesn't say that we should not drink alcohol but that we should not get drunk. Alcohol is one of the most abused drugs today.