Lovable Soul
Hello
biggrin I need some Christian help. I was wondering what you thought about Drinking. If it is a sin or not. Diff between just drinking and being drunk. I am fully against it and when Im around people that drink I go nuts! Even though they dont get drunk. They know when to stop.
My boyfriend and I had a really big agurement today and it hurt my feels where to the point I cant stand myself because I acted Crazy. I was rise not to take a slip of nothing Alcohol nor being around people that do that short of thing. My boyfriend told me being drunk is a sin, but If you just drink and stop. Not to the point where your drunk its not a sin. Jesus was drinking wine. But he didnt get drunk. He says its okay, its all about takeing control of yourself. Knowing when its to far.
We went to Apple Bees and he got a drink. He tell me only reason he drinks is it adds little bit of tastes. Nothing more. Like trying somthing new but never gets drunk. Is this wrong? I would really be graceful of your thoughts. Someone who knows bible very well. Just any advice will do!
Thank you so much for the help!! oxox
Lovable Soul
This is going to sound kind of rude, but it's time you heard it from someone.
Jesus drank. According to the pharisees, he drank somewhat excessively... mostly because neither he nor his disciples engaged in fasting.
Your boyfriend is not doing anything wrong. I personally do not think there is anything wrong with occasionally getting drunk as long as one doesn't do it in public or habitually.
However, there is a flip side to this. You are obviously either of age or will be soon. You are not a high school student anymore, I take it? It does not matter at this point (socially) whether you drink or not. You do not have to drink. You can make yourself quite useful as a designated driver or stay away from alcohol altogether and no one is going to care. Why? Grown people don't really give a rip whether you drink with them or not. If you don't, that's more booze for them. If you do, that's cool too!
The only thing I would caution you against is making this an issue with your friends, or especially your boyfriend. It's okay to drink, and it's okay not to, but being rude, or a jerk, or insistant the people see everything your way is going to run people off. Besides that, biblically? Honestly, you don't have much of a case. The unfermented grape juice story is teetotaler fantasy and completed unsubstatiated in history. How can I say this and be so sure? I have a bachelor's degree in history. The alcohol content in most beverages was essential to keeping stuff safe to drink. Water was nasty in a lot of areas and came with little gifts (Read: illness) as well so it was a lot safer to drink weak wine or beer on a daily basis. This means that folks were having a "n**" first thing in the morning, but they were probably acclimated to it, so it wouldn't have made much of a difference.
I hope this helped. If it made you mad, I'm a little sorry, but not much. Like I said, it's about time you heard it from someone.
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