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I ran across this article and thought it was worth a read.
http://www.crossroadschristian.org/blogs/blog/12806077-can-a-christian-drink-alcohol
Like many other articles on the subject, I believe the author is missing the point..... and missing it in a tragic way. First let me say that I am a child of a broken alcoholic home. My father died from alcohol. The last time I saw him alive he was drunk at my grandfather's funeral, sitting in the back of the church with shade glasses on to hide his bloodshot eyes. My brother is an alcoholic who just split his home over his alcoholism. My grandfather on my mother's side caused serious grief in the family through using "crop money" to buy alcohol. It was common to hear my grandmother talk of my grandfather's brother drinking shoe polish for the alcohol content. I have personally been seriously impacted by alcoholism.
But
I very seldom see anyone deal with the issue correctly. The problem isn't the alcohol no more than the its the stop lights fault you had an accident. The issue is with YOU. That's what's the issue is and what it has always been. Alcohol is nothing more than an EXCUSE. I can tell you from experience, the issue in my family is one of an "addictive personality". "we" have always "over did" most anything we've ever put our minds or lives to do. I don't think I'm alone. I think its a trait common to humanity. Its called the nature of Sin. Its an endless insatiable desire for self destruction. Its in all of us. It really doesn't matter what "poison we pick". Its ALL about us.
If its not alcohol..... Its SOMETHING else. It might be drugs. It might be sugar. It might be pride or selfishness. Just keep adding to the list...... Selfishness and Pride have destroyed more lives than alcohol and drugs put together. It really is a trick of Satan to "cloud" the issue and cause humanity to focus on the "thing" more than the person doing it. Satan loves to get people talking about "things".... because he knows that he still has YOU.
If we don't start dealing with "US"..... we'll never get anywhere.
http://www.crossroadschristian.org/blogs/blog/12806077-can-a-christian-drink-alcohol
Like many other articles on the subject, I believe the author is missing the point..... and missing it in a tragic way. First let me say that I am a child of a broken alcoholic home. My father died from alcohol. The last time I saw him alive he was drunk at my grandfather's funeral, sitting in the back of the church with shade glasses on to hide his bloodshot eyes. My brother is an alcoholic who just split his home over his alcoholism. My grandfather on my mother's side caused serious grief in the family through using "crop money" to buy alcohol. It was common to hear my grandmother talk of my grandfather's brother drinking shoe polish for the alcohol content. I have personally been seriously impacted by alcoholism.
But
I very seldom see anyone deal with the issue correctly. The problem isn't the alcohol no more than the its the stop lights fault you had an accident. The issue is with YOU. That's what's the issue is and what it has always been. Alcohol is nothing more than an EXCUSE. I can tell you from experience, the issue in my family is one of an "addictive personality". "we" have always "over did" most anything we've ever put our minds or lives to do. I don't think I'm alone. I think its a trait common to humanity. Its called the nature of Sin. Its an endless insatiable desire for self destruction. Its in all of us. It really doesn't matter what "poison we pick". Its ALL about us.
If its not alcohol..... Its SOMETHING else. It might be drugs. It might be sugar. It might be pride or selfishness. Just keep adding to the list...... Selfishness and Pride have destroyed more lives than alcohol and drugs put together. It really is a trick of Satan to "cloud" the issue and cause humanity to focus on the "thing" more than the person doing it. Satan loves to get people talking about "things".... because he knows that he still has YOU.
If we don't start dealing with "US"..... we'll never get anywhere.
