Do Not Get Drunk: Choose Wisdom and Freedom

``In fact, when you think about Jesus in this issue, Jesus in the issue of alcohol, can you imagine can you ever imagine Jesus being drunk? Can you imagine Jesus doing things, saying things about his disciples that later he would say, oh, I'm sorry. You know, was just Friday night, and I'd had a few too many drinks. Can you imagine Jesus hurting people unnecessarily because of his issues with alcohol? Imagine Can what kind of drunk Jesus would be? No. Even even asking those questions, honestly, probably seems a little blasphemous, doesn't it? [00:52:43] (35 seconds)  #ImagineJesusSober

I remember several years ago having a conversation with a young man who had been accused of some pretty horrible things. We were sitting in my office, and we're talking, and I I just I just asked the question. I said, did you do it? And I'll never forget the look in his eyes as he said, I don't know. I don't remember anything about that night. I drank so much, I have no recollection at all of what I did. He goes, it's very possible I did, but I don't know. How do you mount a defense around that? And the whole rest the whole rest of his life is being affected by one night that he can't even remember. It's a serious deal. [00:47:00] (54 seconds)  #BlackoutConsequences

Nobody has ever gone, man, I wish I wouldn't have had so many boundaries when it comes to alcohol. I've never heard it. But I can tell you, I have heard plenty of times where people look back and they wish they wish they could go back and change things. Some of you maybe are sitting here and you're saying, well, Ken, you nailed me. Listen, we didn't we didn't do this because we knew you were coming this morning. We've literally been going verse by verse. So you can't be like, well, someone called pastor Ken last night and let them know that the drunk was coming today. Maybe you're in this room and you do have a problem with alcohol. Maybe you're sitting here right now and you're saying, this is my story. I want you to know there is help and there is hope. And you don't have to believe the lie of the enemy. See, lie of the enemy is you will always be this way, and there's nothing that can happen to change your life. Your dad was this way, your grandma was this way, your aunt was this way, and this is just this is what I'm resigned, the rest of my life is gonna be this way. You don't have to be this way. [00:59:17] (76 seconds)  #HopeAndBoundaries

Now I had some friends, especially in my twenties and early thirties, I had some friends who they would be quick to point out that it says, do not get drunk on wine, and they found that to be a convincing loophole that, that means you could get drunk on anything else, You just just can't get drunk on wine. And I would tell you that that's when you look at the whole of scripture, you see that that's not a loophole that God was giving you. That when he says do not get drunk, you could just you could just stop right there. It's just don't get drunk. [00:44:36] (34 seconds)  #DontGetDrunk