{"id":45545,"date":"2021-02-24T20:47:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=45545"},"modified":"2025-05-12T03:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T00:00:37","slug":"what-does-the-bible-mean-when-it-says-they-count-it-pleasure-to-carouse-in-the-daytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2021\/02\/24\/what-does-the-bible-mean-when-it-says-they-count-it-pleasure-to-carouse-in-the-daytime\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the Bible mean when it says, \u201cThey count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let\u2019s <\/span>read <\/span>the <\/span>passage <\/span>in <\/span>context:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 <\/span>Peter <\/span>2:<\/span>12\u2013<\/span>13 (<\/span>NKJV)<\/span><\/strong>
\u201c<\/span>But <\/span>these, <\/span>like <\/span>natural <\/span>brute <\/span>beasts <\/span>made <\/span>to <\/span>be <\/span>caught <\/span>and <\/span>destroyed, <\/span>speak <\/span>evil <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>things <\/span>they <\/span>do <\/span>not <\/span>understand, <\/span>and <\/span>will <\/span>utterly <\/span>perish <\/span>in <\/span>their <\/span>own <\/span>corruption, <\/span>and <\/span>will <\/span>receive <\/span>the <\/span>wages <\/span>of <\/span>unrighteousness, <\/span>as <\/span>those <\/span>who <\/span>count <\/span>it <\/span>pleasure <\/span>to <\/span>carouse <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>daytime. <\/span>They <\/span>are <\/span>spots <\/span>and <\/span>blemishes, <\/span>carousing <\/span>in <\/span>their <\/span>own <\/span>deceptions <\/span>while <\/span>they <\/span>feast <\/span>with <\/span>you.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In <\/span>this <\/span>passage, <\/span>the <\/span>apostle <\/span>Peter <\/span>is <\/span>warning <\/span>about <\/span>corrupt <\/span>individuals\u2014<\/span>false <\/span>teachers <\/span>and <\/span>immoral <\/span>people\u2014<\/span>whose <\/span>behavior <\/span>resembles <\/span>that <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>wicked <\/span>inhabitants <\/span>of <\/span>Sodom <\/span>and <\/span>Gomorrah (<\/span>2 <\/span>Peter <\/span>2:<\/span>6\u2013<\/span>10). <\/span>He <\/span>compares <\/span>them <\/span>to <\/span>irrational <\/span>animals, <\/span>driven <\/span>by <\/span>instinct <\/span>rather <\/span>than <\/span>reason, <\/span>who <\/span>will <\/span>ultimately <\/span>be <\/span>destroyed. <\/span>One <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>most <\/span>telling <\/span>signs <\/span>of <\/span>their <\/span>moral <\/span>decay <\/span>is <\/span>this: <\/span>they <\/span>consider <\/span>it <\/span>pleasurable <\/span>to <\/span>indulge <\/span>in <\/span>drunkenness <\/span>and <\/span>wild <\/span>partying <\/span>even <\/span>in <\/span>broad <\/span>daylight.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s <\/span>the <\/span>significance <\/span>of <\/span>this <\/span>phrase?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Typically, <\/span>indulgence <\/span>in <\/span>debauchery\u2014<\/span>such <\/span>as <\/span>drunkenness, <\/span>lust, <\/span>and <\/span>reckless <\/span>partying\u2014<\/span>occurs <\/span>under <\/span>the <\/span>cover <\/span>of <\/span>night. <\/span>It\u2019s <\/span>in <\/span>darkness <\/span>that <\/span>sin <\/span>often <\/span>seeks <\/span>to <\/span>hide, <\/span>as <\/span>even <\/span>sinners <\/span>feel <\/span>some <\/span>sense <\/span>of <\/span>shame. <\/span>The <\/span>apostle <\/span>Paul <\/span>alludes <\/span>to <\/span>this <\/span>in:<\/span><\/p>\n

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1 <\/span>Thessalonians <\/span>5:<\/span>7 (<\/span>NKJV)<\/span><\/strong>
\u201c<\/span>For <\/span>those <\/span>who <\/span>sleep, <\/span>sleep <\/span>at <\/span>night, <\/span>and <\/span>those <\/span>who <\/span>get <\/span>drunk <\/span>are <\/span>drunk <\/span>at <\/span>night.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But <\/span>Peter <\/span>points <\/span>out <\/span>that <\/span>these <\/span>individuals <\/span>have <\/span>become <\/span>so <\/span>morally <\/span>perverse <\/span>that <\/span>they <\/span>no <\/span>longer <\/span>feel <\/span>the <\/span>need <\/span>to <\/span>hide <\/span>their <\/span>sin. <\/span>They <\/span>openly <\/span>flaunt <\/span>it, <\/span>drinking <\/span>and <\/span>partying <\/span>during <\/span>the <\/span>day <\/span>as <\/span>if <\/span>there\u2019s <\/span>nothing <\/span>shameful <\/span>about <\/span>it. <\/span>This <\/span>kind <\/span>of <\/span>behavior <\/span>represents <\/span>a <\/span>complete <\/span>loss <\/span>of <\/span>restraint\u2014<\/span>a <\/span>hardened <\/span>conscience <\/span>that <\/span>delights <\/span>in <\/span>evil <\/span>without <\/span>fear <\/span>or <\/span>shame.<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>is <\/span>echoed <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>account <\/span>of <\/span>Pentecost. <\/span>When <\/span>the <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit <\/span>descended <\/span>and <\/span>filled <\/span>the <\/span>apostles, <\/span>some <\/span>bystanders <\/span>mocked <\/span>them, <\/span>accusing <\/span>them <\/span>of <\/span>being <\/span>drunk. <\/span>Peter <\/span>responded:<\/span><\/p>\n

Acts <\/span>2:<\/span>15 (<\/span>NKJV)<\/span><\/strong>
\u201c<\/span>For <\/span>these <\/span>are <\/span>not <\/span>drunk, <\/span>as <\/span>you <\/span>suppose, <\/span>since <\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>only <\/span>the <\/span>third <\/span>hour <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>day [<\/span>about <\/span>9 <\/span>a.<\/span>m.].\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Peter\u2019s <\/span>point <\/span>was <\/span>that <\/span>no <\/span>one <\/span>in <\/span>their <\/span>right <\/span>mind <\/span>gets <\/span>drunk <\/span>so <\/span>early <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>day. <\/span>It <\/span>was <\/span>culturally <\/span>and <\/span>morally <\/span>unacceptable. <\/span>Therefore, <\/span>when <\/span>someone <\/span>does <\/span>choose <\/span>to <\/span>live <\/span>this <\/span>way, <\/span>it <\/span>shows <\/span>they <\/span>have <\/span>abandoned <\/span>all <\/span>moral <\/span>sensitivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Modern <\/span>Parallel:<\/span><\/strong>
This <\/span>kind <\/span>of <\/span>moral <\/span>collapse <\/span>is <\/span>increasingly <\/span>evident <\/span>today. <\/span>What <\/span>once <\/span>was <\/span>done <\/span>in <\/span>darkness <\/span>is <\/span>now <\/span>publicly <\/span>celebrated. <\/span>Perversion, <\/span>violence, <\/span>and <\/span>sin <\/span>are <\/span>broadcast <\/span>on <\/span>television, <\/span>spread <\/span>through <\/span>social <\/span>media, <\/span>normalized <\/span>in <\/span>music <\/span>and <\/span>movies, <\/span>and <\/span>even <\/span>celebrated <\/span>in <\/span>public <\/span>events. <\/span>Just <\/span>like <\/span>in <\/span>Sodom, <\/span>people <\/span>today <\/span>flaunt <\/span>sin <\/span>without <\/span>shame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus <\/span>warned <\/span>about <\/span>the <\/span>days <\/span>of <\/span>Noah <\/span>and <\/span>Lot <\/span>as <\/span>being <\/span>reflective <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>days <\/span>just <\/span>before <\/span>His <\/span>return:<\/span><\/p>\n

Luke <\/span>17:<\/span>28\u2013<\/span>30 (<\/span>NKJV)<\/span><\/strong>
\u201c<\/span>Likewise <\/span>as <\/span>it <\/span>was <\/span>also <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>days <\/span>of <\/span>Lot: <\/span>They <\/span>ate, <\/span>they <\/span>drank, <\/span>they <\/span>bought, <\/span>they <\/span>sold, <\/span>they <\/span>planted, <\/span>they <\/span>built; <\/span>but <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>day <\/span>that <\/span>Lot <\/span>went <\/span>out <\/span>of <\/span>Sodom <\/span>it <\/span>rained <\/span>fire <\/span>and <\/span>brimstone <\/span>from <\/span>heaven <\/span>and <\/span>destroyed <\/span>them <\/span>all. <\/span>Even <\/span>so <\/span>will <\/span>it <\/span>be <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>day <\/span>when <\/span>the <\/span>Son <\/span>of <\/span>Man <\/span>is <\/span>revealed.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

A <\/span>Call <\/span>to <\/span>Holiness <\/span>and <\/span>Watchfulness:<\/span><\/strong>
This <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>the <\/span>time <\/span>to <\/span>compromise <\/span>our <\/span>faith <\/span>or <\/span>become <\/span>numb <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>immorality <\/span>around <\/span>us. <\/span>Just <\/span>as <\/span>Lot <\/span>was <\/span>tormented <\/span>in <\/span>his <\/span>soul <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>lawless <\/span>deeds <\/span>he <\/span>saw <\/span>in <\/span>Sodom (<\/span>2 <\/span>Peter <\/span>2:<\/span>7\u2013<\/span>8), <\/span>we <\/span>too <\/span>must <\/span>remain <\/span>spiritually <\/span>alert <\/span>and <\/span>separate <\/span>ourselves <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>corruption <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>apostle <\/span>Peter <\/span>continues <\/span>in:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 <\/span>Peter <\/span>3:<\/span>10\u2013<\/span>12 (<\/span>NKJV)<\/span><\/strong>
\u201c<\/span>But <\/span>the <\/span>day <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Lord <\/span>will <\/span>come <\/span>as <\/span>a <\/span>thief <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>night, <\/span>in <\/span>which <\/span>the <\/span>heavens <\/span>will <\/span>pass <\/span>away <\/span>with <\/span>a <\/span>great <\/span>noise, <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>elements <\/span>will <\/span>melt <\/span>with <\/span>fervent <\/span>heat; <\/span>both <\/span>the <\/span>earth <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>works <\/span>that <\/span>are <\/span>in <\/span>it <\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>burned <\/span>up. <\/span>Therefore, <\/span>since <\/span>all <\/span>these <\/span>things <\/span>will <\/span>be <\/span>dissolved, <\/span>what <\/span>manner <\/span>of <\/span>persons <\/span>ought <\/span>you <\/span>to <\/span>be <\/span>in <\/span>holy <\/span>conduct <\/span>and <\/span>godliness, <\/span>looking <\/span>for <\/span>and <\/span>hastening <\/span>the <\/span>coming <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>day <\/span>of <\/span>God…\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Conclusion:<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe <\/span>phrase \u201c<\/span>they <\/span>count <\/span>it <\/span>pleasure <\/span>to <\/span>carouse <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>daytime\u201d <\/span>is <\/span>a <\/span>sobering <\/span>warning. <\/span>It <\/span>reveals <\/span>the <\/span>depth <\/span>of <\/span>depravity <\/span>humanity <\/span>can <\/span>fall <\/span>into <\/span>when <\/span>God <\/span>is <\/span>removed <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>picture. <\/span>But <\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>also <\/span>a <\/span>call <\/span>for <\/span>believers <\/span>to <\/span>live <\/span>differently\u2014<\/span>to <\/span>shine <\/span>as <\/span>lights <\/span>in <\/span>a <\/span>dark <\/span>world, <\/span>to <\/span>walk <\/span>in <\/span>holiness, <\/span>and <\/span>to <\/span>eagerly <\/span>await <\/span>the <\/span>return <\/span>of <\/span>Jesus <\/span>Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are <\/span>you <\/span>ready <\/span>for <\/span>His <\/span>return?<\/span><\/strong>
If <\/span>the <\/span>trumpet <\/span>sounded <\/span>today, <\/span>would <\/span>you <\/span>be <\/span>found <\/span>in <\/span>Him? <\/span>Salvation <\/span>is <\/span>freely <\/span>offered, <\/span>but <\/span>the <\/span>time <\/span>is <\/span>short. <\/span>Let <\/span>us <\/span>watch, <\/span>pray, <\/span>and <\/span>walk <\/span>in <\/span>righteousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maranatha \u2014 <\/span>The <\/span>Lord <\/span>is <\/span>coming!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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