WHY NOT DRINK

WHY NOT DRINK

14/05/2025

3:49 PM

Do you normally hear that Alcohol is bad? Do you normally hear the pulpit people shout against alcohol?

Traditionally, in every home you visit, they welcome you with alcohol. The purpose of this is to show a welcome and immediate hospitality to the visitor, depending on the cultural norms and values. In essence, no one believes alcohol is bad until it causes death, and maybe it causes a person some sicknesses.

Well, the truth is alcohol is not bad, and one is free to drink it the way he or she wants. Paul encouraged Timothy to drink a little wine to relieve his stomach problem. Remember, “For his stomach problem”, do you have stomach problems that require alcohol as the solution? That is why I say alcohol is not bad.

Why not drink Alcohol, and why do you drink alcohol? There are tens of reasons someone can give as to why he or she drinks alcohol, such as leisure, hospitality, stress relief, and show-off, among others. However, are you sure that is true, or is it just a fact?  

A friend of mine made me think about facts and truth when he explained to me how lawyers deal with issues in courts. He told me that they deal with facts, which are the result of issues, not the truths, which are the elements of the issue. With that in mind, I believe that one ideal of drinking alcohol is factually correct, but truthfully incorrect. Who knows, but yes, it is incorrect. 

Listen to this truth, and listen to these mature findings on why you must drink alcohol. If you can answer all these thought-provoking questions correctly, then you can drink alcohol as you want; after all, God will not send you to hell.

1. Does it matter if you keep on drinking small, small? Why or why not?
2. If you drink alcohol, how do you feel? How sure are you?
3. Does your drinking glorify God, or does it glorify yourself?
4. When you drink alcohol, what do you discuss within your network? Do you accurately remember what you discussed when you are sober?
5. Do you believe drinking makes you honest, healthy and holy?
6. Who runs your drinking intellect, the world, or self-desires? Why?
7.  Does drinking alcohol make you superior? How?
8. Does drinking make you gentle? Really?
9. What normally controls and urges you to drink? Why?
10. Does drinking align with your values and goals in life?
11. How does drinking affect your relationships and behaviour?
12.  What motivated you to drink? Was it right?
13. Am I controlling my drinking, or is it controlling me? 
14. How does my drinking reflect my spiritual beliefs and values?

You have reasons to drink or not to drink. If you choose to drink, there are consequences; if you choose not to drink, there is a reward. Why don’t you drink to reap the fruits proportionally to it, or drink not to get the reward? Your choices have consequences.

Galatians 6:9, “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

Remember your body is the House of God; Allow the Holy Spirit to indwell you to refocus your values and goals, not those chemicals from alcohol. Always think before you handle a bottle of alcohol! You might be submitting to the wrong Voice.

I leave you with this text to remind yourself about “to whom do you belong?” Keep in mind that if you live after the flesh and desire to gratify your feelings, you shall die.

Romans 8:12-13, “Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live,”

Please, Desire to Live. Consider the Holy Spirit’s guidance when deciding to drink Alcohol.

Ayella John Bosco

14/05/2025