Can You Have Fun as a Christian?

Hmm…. for some reason or other this seems to be a real sore point for young people. Having fun as a Christian. There is a belief even among “Christians” that when you commit to God, you can no longer have any fun. As if God is the monster who wants to strip you of all the things you enjoy. LOL. Au contraire my dear young ones. On the contrary indeed.

Let’s look at what you might consider fun. Going to nightclubs, getting drunk out of your mind, vomiting and taking all sorts of pills and large quantities of coffee to cure your hangover. Now for some that is, well… fun. LOL. Or you might consider sleeping around with random men, even committing adultery, for fun. Or you might even consider being mean and nasty to others as fun. There are people out there who might consider committing crimes as fun. Well if this is your idea of fun, then yes, you’re not going to do well as a Christian. So you may as well stop reading now and go and enjoy your life of sin.

However, when Jesus said, “I came that you might have life and have it abundantly” he meant every word. No he doesn’t want you to stop enjoying life and having a blast. However, as Christians there are limits to the type of fun we can have. If you think about the above, you have to ask yourself, “where is the fun in that?” How is it fun to abuse drugs, when it can only get you addicted and suffering the dire consequences of addiction? Where is the fun in sleeping around and contracting all sorts of nasty diseases and then dealing with the consequences of that and losing your self respect in the process? Please tell me where the fun in all of these satanic activities are that only leads you to the abyss? Go ahead, I’m waiting.

So now you’re wondering, ok, well what kind of fun do Christians have? Well the answer is simple. They have good, clean fun. Nothing that is going to weigh heavy on their conscience and which they have to constantly repent for. Nothing that is influenced by Satan. There is no better way of life than Christianity. No, it’s not always easy, but it’s only not easy because we’re in the world. Take away all the indoctrination, peer pressure, media, Hollywood, idols, entertainment and voila! You have life as God intended for you to have.