drinking and partying a sin?

I don't really understand why its so bad to drink alcohol every now and again. I drink very seldom, maybe once a year at a birthday.

Recently I have been thinking though... Perhaps its a sin because like with anything else, whatever we spend out time doing is what we invest in. So drinking and partying now is like saying we are done and this world is what we are willing to settle down with. We should wait for the true reason to celebrate in heaven!

I still don't know what to do though when I am invited to a birthday or wedding where everyone is celebrating with sparkling champaign... Is it really that bad?

I guess I'm really answering my own question though, and it is this. There is a time and a place for everything under the sun... though some people say that Jesus drank a the wedding where he performed his first miracle by turning water into wine, the bible doesn't confirm it. All Jesus did was give the wedding guests a taste of what heaven awaits them.

If anyone would like to comment, please do!

I can see this is going to be a well replied thread.

Concerning drinking at parties, weddings etc, drinking alcohol is drinking.

I'm going to my sister's wedding in August, and I have told her I will not be going to the reception because there will be alcohol there.

She knows where she stands with me.

What if people get drunk at a supposedly Christian function? What is that going to look like? That's why I'm not going to the wedding.

Also, in Gal 5v21 it says, ' envy, murders, drunkeness, revelries, and the like, of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.'

That's it from me.

Krispy,
Not going to the reception might not be the answer, but the thing is, I have told her I am not going, and she knows me well enough to understand.

As it is, she and her husband-to-be are both Christians, so they will be the salt and light at the wedding. After all, it is their day and they will be the centre of attention in all they do.

The fact is, even before she became a Christian, she didn't really drink. Now however, she seems to be ok with drinking alcohol.

And my children will be going too. How will it look to them, what sort of example would we be giving our children if they see dad and mom drinking?

Whether we go or not, alcohol will be there, and I don't want to be there seeing people getting drunk. Even if they don't get drunk, the possibility of doing so exists.

We had no alcohol at our wedding when we got married nearly 21 years ago, and no one suffered from it. Well, if they did they never said.

Anyway, enough, this post is getting too long.

God bless.

I think if you don't go or you do go but keep your convictions, you are doing fine.

However there is one theme that is becoming surprisingly familiar...

The fact is, even before she became a Christian, she didn't really drink. Now however, she seems to be ok with drinking alcohol.

I used to assume that a person who comes to Christ may start with a lot of worldly baggage, but in variably learns to shed it. Now I'm seeing churches, eager to foster a sense of tolerance, actually load people up with worldly things, in an effort to show how safe and loving they are.

So if you want to avoid drinking, you might just get rebuked by the pastor for being religious! Clean cut Christian children graduate into the youth group and get worldified...putting studs in their eyebrows and lips and listening to the hardest music they can.

We seem to be defenseless to argue against all this erosion. Every sincere protest is met with some sophistic notion that Jesus would rather have an ear stud then be a religous hypocrite.

I think we are losing the plot. It ain't about us. Our 'liberties' have become our idols.

MC

Enid, recently my husband and I received an invitation to a 50th birthday party for our brother in law. I commented on my reluctance to go because it will (I assume) be just a typical superfical party (which I dislke intensely) My husband said, "I think we should go - at least to spend time with the children who typically get left out in such events." So I graciously accepted the invitation, believing that in this case it is where we are to be.

Just about any event "out there" seems to fall drastically short of Godly motives - even in church. In our call to be a light, we often find ourselves in the presence of darkness. At times our presence will in the long run mean much more than our absence. Without sensitivity to the Spirit, and to the various situations, we will have a tough time knowing what is best.

By the way, regarding your testimony to your children: It may be good for them to witness the example of adults who apply wise discretion and can maintain self control in those situations. (That's good advice for potlucks too)

Diane

Our 'liberties' have become our idols.

A good word MC.

Some of the largest stumbling blocks Christians trip over come from other Christian’s convictions and liberties.