“Holier than Thou” people used to really annoy my dad! I remember him saying, “Chuck, one thing that really bugs me is someone who points their finger and says `You shouldn’t drink that!’ — and the person weighs 300 pounds!”
As believers in Jesus Christ, we’re to abstain from anything that harms our body or makes us ineffective for Christ (I Corinthians 6:19-20). Food, drink, tobacco, or just plain laziness — nothing is to control us except the Spirit of God:
- “Don’t drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path; be filled instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by him” Ephesians 5:18.
- “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things” Galatians 5:22-23.