<x-tad-bigger>Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
Our community is traumatized by this public tragedy which is wholly
unnecessary: our highly respected off-duty cop with his white Ford
Explorer kills a 13 year old boy just off his school bus and instead
of stopping immediately, the cop panics and flees as a common
hit-and-run criminal. The kid was crossing the street to retrieve his
scooter. His family are devastated; the cop’s family are devastated;
our town is horrified--how could an off-duty cop do this reprehensible
thing?
The answer: he was DUI [driving under the influence].
That devilish deception of “moderate-drinking-is-okay” has ruined this
cop and his family, killed the young victim, and crushed his family.
Moderate drinking is dangerous for anybody; just provide the right
details and a similar tragedy is always possible. A little alcohol
befogs anybody’s mind. Almost every day’s paper tells of some similar
tragedy.
There is a particular church with worldwide membership that makes
“moderate” drinking a test of fellowship, also the recreational use of
mind-altering drugs. It holds that self-control here is implicit in
the biblical doctrines of salvation because our Savior was “Teetotal.”
Especially in these last days when human self-control is the weakest
in all history and we live in the final cosmic Day of Atonement, total
abstinence is positive Christian duty. If our errant cop had been a
member of this church, his “moderate” drinking would have been a
flagrant violation of his baptismal vows.
Christ was offered a soul-deadening drug as He hung on His cross, but
“He would not drink” (Matt. 27:34). No one says we shouldn’t take an
aspirin for a headache, but the idea is that genuine “temperance” is a
way of life of total abstinence from mind-affecting drink or drugs.
Our cop would be happier today if he had known and been convinced of
that blessed truth. And so would the boy’s family.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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