When you yield to the peer pressure of the sinful crowd, you are not making any declaration of independence. You are saying that you are too weak to govern your own life and therefore will simply follow the orders of your government. You will follow those orders no matter how much they cause you to suffer and no matter how foolish they really are. Remember that when you commit sin, you are a servant of sin. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Sin always brings suffering to the sinner.
No matter how beautiful a picture the devil may paint of people enjoying sin, sin always brings a bitter sting. Consider for a little some of the aspects of our lesson this day. The young man wasted his substance in riotous living. No doubt partying, using drugs, drinking alcohol, and sex orgies were a part of that life style as they are today. To the hog pen.