More than this, however, there are the moral and spiritual aspects of alcohol. The greatest affect is upon the human brain. This is where one's judgment, his self- control, and other functions are centered. The Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, wants to guide and strengthen us. It is dif ficult enough for Him to have a place in our lives without stupify- ing our brains and taking away our judgment. The Bible tells us that those who become involved with alcohol are not wise. In these very real prob lems confronting mankind, we as believers need to be good wit nesses for the Lord. Let us be prop erly armed with information and fortified with the Spirit seeking to reach those in need through a sin cere Christ-like divine love. Let us avoid all appearances of evil as we seek, through God's help, to keep our dear young people from be coming ensnared in this disease. an alcoholic. There was no one now to care for the children since the mother had recently died. She asked me if she should give up her education and stay home. She was concerned about the children for her father, while he was a good man, was such a slave to liquor. Sometimes he could earn money but other times there was little to eat. Obviously the ideal situation would have been to prevent the father and mother from ever be coming alcoholics. It may have all started with something so seem ingly insignificant as a "little party." This tragic scene is repeated over and over again. The well-known Page 47
tory of the body. It produces bile to aid in the digestion of fats. It stores starches and sugars collec tively for future use. Poisons and other harmful things in the body are oxidized and then expelled in the waste so that they are elimin ated. Alcohol hinders the produc tion of bile. It allows sugars and poisons to accumulate in the blood so that they are not carried off. This is a very serious situation. Alcohol is a habit forming drug. It creates a desire for a repetition of it. It is a poison which attacks the protoplasm of the body cells. There is a high probability that it also affects the germ cell of life, too. There is a large mass of data revealing that alcohol affects the offspring in one way or another. Basically, there is no physiological way to justify, "Just a friendly glass of beer." Why would you want to encourage someone to take poi son, for that is what alcohol is in side the human body. One is appalled to realize how many men, high in business affairs or in the military, have become slaves of liquor. A young woman came to me on a college campus a few weeks ago in great distress. Her mother was an alcoholic and had abused her. For this reason she was taken to a neighbor's where she lived most of her life. The real mother had seemed to take her resentment out on this dear child. She was the eldest of four children. While in the other home she found the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour. Now in college she had only been a Christian for about two years. Her father, she told me, was also
Effects of Alcohol
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