It is ironic that we would have to discuss such things as the smaller nuances of the Christian life and try to talk people into letting God have his way in areas like drinking, dress, music, movies, etc... (If the Cross was not enough)... If you put yourself at the hillside of Golgotha and you are looking at Almighty God, spilling his Royal Red Blood for you on the Cross. It's really a shame that we would have to bicker and rationalize with God over our petty preferences... No area of life should be exempt from Biblical principles or from Glorifying God. So the next time you crack open a cold one at the local bar as you sit among the scornful and stand in the way of sinners, just understand that your so called Faith and what you say you believe is nothing but a joke to those people your with.
I heard of a brother who claimed to long having been a teetotaller, but some doubted. When he was asked how long he had been an abstainer, he replied, “Off and on for twenty years.” You should have seen the significant smile upon all faces. An abstainer off and on! His example did not stand for much. Certain professors are Christians off and on, and nobody respects them. - Charles Spurgeon
