Keep A Sound Mind

Tuesday's Devotion (4-19-05)

"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)

Is it ok to drink alcohol as Christians? Read my question carefully, and answer with thought. Most of you said, "No!" But you confused drinking alcohol with getting drunk. The scripture says, "...Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess..." Excess means too much. If you're drunk, then you have drank too much! It has actually been proven that one glass of wine a day, is good for us. It's good for our health, but if we drink too much... It's bad for our health. Does that tell you anything? Jesus also made wine for his disciples out of water. The sin of alcohol, is getting drunk with it. It's just like money, it's not sin to have money... But the love of money is sin! It's all about what you do with it, and what you would do for it.

We're not to be drunk, but we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Our bodies are temples. They're temples to the Holy Spirit. He lives in us. Since he lives in us, we need to respect Him. We have reverence for our guests when they come over, we need to have reverence for the Holy Spirit. When we're drunk we are driven to do bad things, and we have not control over our own minds and bodies. But when we're filled with the Holy Spirit, we are driven to do good, and we are given a sound mind. There is no chaos when you're filled with the Spirit.

Everything is about balance. We're given medical drugs to help us when we're sick, but we shouldn't take more than we need. We shouldn't take a bunch to get drunk. We need to keep a sound mind, and we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Note: You should take into mind that alcoholism runs in families. If your family has a high backgrounds of drug abuse, or alcoholism, then you should stay clear of it altogether.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins, and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please help us not to be drunks, but to be filled with the Holy Spirit. In Jesus name. A-men!

God bless!

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