Christians In The Club

A Christian that's into nightclubs raises a red flag because last time I checked, Christians don't belong in nightclubs or strip joints for that matter. What business could a Christian man or woman have being the club? For me, sinful desires are elevated 30 fold being in a nightclub environment because there's always the temptation to indulge in something you have no business partaking of. Men and women grinding on each other and everybody knows how excited men get when an attractive woman grinds on them. It starts with grinding and will graduate to sexual activity. Last weekend I was doing research on this subject and came up on http://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-clubbing.html?fb_action_ids=4657473801596&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.UEJlmaFp7oA.like&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582. The aforementioned link explained Christian clubbing in great detail. In short, clubs aren't places for Christians because they provide a place to give oneself over to sinful desires. Combine drinks & grinding and something's bound to go down. To put it bluntly, nightclubs are part of the world which is controlled by Satan. They are designed for the purpose of giving oneself over to sinful desires. Nightclubs exist primarily for two purposes: drinking alcohol and meeting members of the opposite sex, most often with sexual activity in mind. Yes, there is music and dancing, but primarily singles in particular go clubbing to drink and meet someone. Nightclubs are of the world, and while Christians are to be in the world, we are not to be of it. Being of the world means to be interested in and desiring those things that appeal to the sinful nature. Now I know many Christians will argue "A Christian can go to the club just to have a good time" Therein lies the problem because you may start off having a good time in the club and then go back to their place for extracurricular activity. I've never been into clubs because they've gotten such a bad rep with shootings & murders. Every club someone has been to has at least a dozen fights, shootings & murders under it's belt. Why put yourself in that kind of environment? It's not only hood clubs that attract negativity but upscale establishments have been attracting negative attention for much the same things going on at hood clubs. There should be other ways Christians can have fun than by dropping it like it's hot and picking it back up in the club. Christians are held to a higher standard than the world and if a Christian is in the club acting just as bad, if not worse as an unbeliever, what incentive does the unbeliever have to come to Christ? NONE. Christians are an extension of God himself so it's important to represent Jesus. For me, the only clubs I'll go to are jazz/blues and lounges. Those are real chill spots you can listen to live music and still meet someone. They don't have the shoot-'em'-up ghetto thuggery of hip-hop clubs. At the same time, even if a Christian goes to a club to have a good time, just being there raises suspicion in unbelievers' eyes because unbelievers are saying "How can they call themselves a Christian and they're at the club doing the same thing we are doing, if not worse?" If I'm witnessing to someone and they see me in the club, that's going to raise suspicion & rightfully so. I can't look crazy talking one thing and doing another.