Alcohol and Vacillating to the World

"We affirm personal purity and separation from worldliness. Convinced that a redeemed life produces the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:19-24), we abhor compromise of biblical holiness, modesty, and temperance in the name of Christian liberty (Romans 6:15). Though we do not endorse pharisaical legalism, we resist attempts to accommodate standards of holiness to vacillating cultural norms. To this end, we oppose the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Throughout its history, our Convention has stood against the evils of alcohol. The present generation can in good conscience do no other."

If the Scriptures are clear about how alcohol consumption is completely fine (and the Scriptures are clear that alcohol consumption is completely fine), and if Jesus both drank alcohol and believed alcohol consumption was completely fine (and Jesus did drink alcohol and did believe that alcohol consumption was completely fine, so much so that He said that He is going to hold off on drinking alcohol until WE ALL get to drink alcohol with Him), but we are now saying that while the Scriptures and Jesus are completely fine to drink alcohol we should refrain from doing so today because where we found ourselves with “the present generation” and with our present cultural context ... WHO REALLY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE VACILLATING BECAUSE OF CULTURAL NORMS INSTEAD OF RELYING ON SCRIPTURE???

Who are the ones ignoring Scriptural teachings because of worldliness? Who are the ones compromising biblical holiness due to the culture? Who are the ones not resisting attempts to accommodate Scripture and Christ-like standards of holiness by reacting against “this present evil age”?

Who is allowing the culture to dictate how they lead the Christian life, how they interpret Scripture, and how they implement the Scriptural teachings?

I would say that it is those who are opposing alcohol sale and consumption who do not have a firm Scriptural foundation and are being blown this way and that by the cultures of the world and the traditions of men. They need to obey the Word of God and not buckle under the pressures of this present generation.

I urge all of you oppose alcohol consumption to read the Scriptures and not the culture.

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P.S. It’s easier to defend your viewpoint when your viewpoint is correct.