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Put On
The Armor
Of Right Living
Christians drinking alcoholic
beverages and getting drunk does not make for a good witness. The Apostle Paul
says, “Be decent and true in everything you do so that all can approve your
behavior.
Scripture
So quit the evil deeds of darkness and put on the armor of right living, as we who live in the daylight should! Be decent and true in everything you do so that all can approve your behavior.
Don’t spend your time in wild parties and getting drunk or in adultery and lust or fighting or jealousy. 14 But ask the Lord Jesus Christ to help you live as you should, and don’t make plans to enjoy evil.
Observation
We
as Christians don’t realize how destructive it is for us to continue doing the
things that we used to do before Jesus Christ rescued us from the old life!
Christians drinking alcoholic
beverages and getting drunk does not make for a good witness. The Apostle Paul
says, “Be decent and true in everything you do so that all can approve your
behavior.
I can remember back when I
drank and what stupid things I did. How I embarrassed so many people.
I can remember when we first
got married how I wanted to make our tiny extra bedroom into a bar. I remember
all of Kathy’s family buying me things during Christmas that would go into
decorating that bar.
Fortunately it was during the
next few months after that Christmas that I surrendered my life to Jesus and
made Him Lord and Savior of my life. The desire for drinking and for having a
room in my house dedicated for the purpose of drinking no longer was attractive
to me. The next Christmas instead of giving me stuff for a bar Kathy’s family
bought me Christian books, Scripture wall decorations, etc.
Can you drink a beer?
If you are a Christian and you
are asking that question then you are asking the wrong question.
Here are a couple of better
questions for you.
Does drinking this bring honor
to my Lord and my Savior? Is drinking this going to cause a “weaker brother” to
stumble?
To any social drinker that
thinks it does no harm to drink a beer or two or three here is my question,
“How do you know when you have crossed the line and you are allowing the
alcohol to control you?”
I know that this is an emotional subject for many of
us. It is for me. I watched alcohol destroy
my Mom. I have watched it destroy many others in our family. I watch it destroy
so many families in our church.
It is an emotional subject for me.
Application
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I pray for all of our young Christians that make up our church. Give
them the maturity to do the things that please You. Keep them away from stupid
stuff that will only hurt and destroy them. Help them to put on the armor of
right living. Give them wisdom. Don’t let Satan blind them. Help them to think
of others more than they think of themselves.
Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 19,20,21; Romans 13
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