Christians Must Abstain From Strong Drinks

"For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:" 1 Peter 4:3

What about wine-drinking culture of today's society? Should Christians drink at all?  Some believers say, "Well, I don't get drunk. I only drink a little. Isn't that okay?"

I would like to propose that you apply to your-self the following five questions before deciding to participate in any activity, including wine consumption. They will also help us determine whether we as Christians should drink alcoholic beverages.

Will it be habit forming? Paul said, "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient (profitable): all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." (1 Corinthians 6:12).

Will it lead to dissipation? Scripture calls drunkenness dissipation or excess (Ephesians 5: 18). 

Will it offend a weaker brother? If another believer follows my example and falls into sin, then I have been the occasion for his stumbling. "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." (Romans 14:21). 

Will it harm my Christian testimony? Someone may look at me and think less of my Christian testimony because of what 1 do (Romans 14:16).

Am 1 certain that it is right? If not, I'd be partaking of a doubtful thing, and that would be sin. "And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin." (Romans 14:23).

Since a Christian before a bottle of wine is not a good testimony. He can also be offensive to many Christians. So let all Christians, as Peter advised, abstain from the habit of wine drinking.