Why I'm Getting Plastered Tonight
Posted by Ryan Woods
I love this...
The book of Acts, the story of the beginning of the Spirit of God's in-breaking into the world through and around Christ followers, starts off by telling about the first supernatural Spirit moment. Jesus' twelve closest companions (minus the Judas and plus the new guy) start speaking in different languages. They didn't know these languages, in fact these men were considered the Jewish equivalent of white trash (Galilean, if I understand the history correctly). And yet people from dozens of different countries who spoke dozens of different languages all of a sudden understood their words. A miracle. But as with any miracle there are always skeptics. And the skeptics said "Whatev, these guys are just wasted (drunk)".
Here's the part I love...
Peter's response wasn't "Umm, excuse me? You think we're drunk? Don't you know that we're Christians? We don't drink. Drinking is wrong because it could lead to getting drunk." or "Only sinners drink. We're Christians...so obviously we haven't been drinking." No, his response was "We're not drunk! It's too early for that. People don't get drunk this early in the morning!" Is he implying that all the Apostles were going to get wasted later that day after they were done baptizing thousands of people into new relationships with Jesus? I doubt it. But it sure is intriguing.