God's Idea of Drunk
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1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
This is about the end times!
How do we know we’re in the end times right now?
32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!
34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.
So, we’re living in a brief period of time that the Bible gives us THREE CHAPTERS of prophetic warning about!
WE’RE LIVING IN THAT TIME!!!
He warns us so emphatically because it’s a time unlike any other! It’s more difficult to live for God now than it has ever been. Why?
The Golden Cup:
the whole earth is drunk!
What are they drunk on?
What’s in the cup?
The Golden Cup is Satan’s delivery system of the thinking, values, and ideology of the world.
What does drunk mean?
Basically two components of being drunk:
physical impairment
mental impairment.
What would God consider to be “physically” impaired?
Let’s look at what it means to be in the flesh, instead of in the Spirit.
you fulfill the lust of the flesh,
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
you’re under the law,
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:
you cannot please God,
8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
the requirement of the law is *not* fulfilled in you therefore there *is* condemnation,
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:
you’re cut off from the fruits,
you’re cut off from the gifts,
you cannot receive revelation from the Word,
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
your prayers don’t “avail” very much.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
you fulfill the lust of the flesh,
you’re under the law,
you cannot please God,
the requirement of the law is *not* fulfilled in you therefore there *is* condemnation,
you’re cut off from the fruits,
you’re cut off from the gifts,
you cannot receive revelation from the Word,
your prayers don’t “avail” very much.
It’s safe to say, that if you are in the flesh, you are impaired! You’re impaired physically AND spiritually!!!
So what does this have to do with the Golden Cup?
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
is a prophetic warning about the enemies system of getting worldly content into our heads.
It’s time to step up the seriousness of what we let in our heads.
yes, it’s the year of the mouth, but what comes out of your mouth, starts in your head.
Do you have a filter on what you let in your head?