Daytona Beach, Florida
It's Friday night in front of RAZZLE's night club.
There's a woman dressed in a black and white dress standing at the pole. She's trying to help (standing by) a young guy who is puking from an overdose of alcohol. The muscular guy next to her (with a cross around his neck) says to the puking drunk, "It's ok. I've done that plenty of times."
Little Troy had just prayed with the guy and put him in the Taxi, but the taxi driver made the young drunk get out of the van knowing that he'd soon be sick. I asked the lady in black and white if they would stay with the drunk and help him get home. She said, "Yeah--that's what you should be doing if you call yourselves Christians!"
First of all, patting this guy on the back and saying it's ok is NOT OK!! People die this way! Letting a drunk stay drunk is NOT OK! Let me say it again, it's NOT OK!
"Ma'am, I'm here to help them get sober, not help them stay drunk. People die this way, we watch them (rescue teams) take people out on stretchers--lots of them--in fact, there were at least 8 casualties(deaths)at Mardi Gras this year and many more who were carted to the emergency room on stretchers, night after night. It's not ok!"
Let all who call themselves Christians depart from iniquity (lawlessness, rebellion, sin)(2 Tim 2:19).
Let Christians everywhere imitate (mimic, model, follow)Christ (1 Corin 11:1).
Let all Christians everywhere avoid all appearance of evil (1Thess 5:22).
Come out from among them (out from those living and darkness and unbelief)(2 Corin 6:17).
Let all Christians be a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. (Romans 12:1)
Amen!
Praise God--He will continue the good work He began! Praise God--His arm is not too short to reach all flesh! Praise God! (Phil 1:6, Luke 3:6, Luke 1:68, Luke 17:15, Hebrew 13:15, Revelation 19:5).
Still, I am crying out to God for these people: the gutter drunk-Ron Kitchen, the men in wheelchairs, George, the nicotine addicted: Vivian, (and many more,) the sexually immoral: Duane, Darrel,...and the complacent, rationalizing, pat-them-on the back, lukewarm church. Let the power of the Holy Spirit fall down, reign, deliver and set them free! In Christ Jesus, Amen!