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Who am I · 03-16-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by diligentlyseekhim

I'm glad there's a thread on this. Drinking is the one thing in my life atm that I'm truly not sure if it's a sin or not, but I still do it.

I used to get drunk as often as I could when I was 16-18. Now that I'm 19 and Jesus has changed the desires of my heart (when I asked Him to be the Master of my life) I rareley get so drunk that I can't rememeber it the next day, but I'm ashamed to say that when I am feeling "down" or when I want to forget things that my brain keeps making me think of, I often buy alcohol and drink it until I "feel better" or fall asleep. It's like a reflex and I don't even realise what I'm doing sometimes, or give it much thought, until I've had a couple. I don't want to do it but at the same time I think "well it's not like I'm doing anything wrong". My mum used to be an alcoholic and she was delievered years ago of the demons of alcohol. Before I was even born her and my dad got saved and broke the curses and demon bondages through inheritence so me and my siblings wouldn't inherit them. Is it possible for us to have inherited the demons of alcohol another way or something? Because my sister drinks every single day and I'm worried for her too, even though she is not underage. My posts are always so long.

Parents being delivered will break the chain of bondages through inheritance, but it doesn’t magically “fix” the kids or grandkids. You still have your own choices to make. When you sin, it’s your choice. Just because parents get delivered, doesn’t give the kids freedom to go do whatever they want and not expect “things” to happen. The children shouldn’t have to go through the deliverance the parents did, but the kids do have a responsibility to keep the deliverance going by continually repenting for the sins they commit.

As far as the drinking… I don’t drink any more at all, but I don’t judge others if they have a few now and then. My belief is… if you drink enough so it starts to effect your judgment, that is a sin. You are causing yourself to do and think things other than God created you for. Anytime you step out of the will of God for you, it is a sin.

My pastor said a while ago that God wanted her to quit drinking coffee. She did. If she has one cup of coffee, she is sinning just as much as if she got drunk. It all boils down to, “What is God’s will for you”? The next time you want to have a drink, ask God, “Can I have one”? And see what He says.

Blessings
Dean