I'm Drunk week 1
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Being Drunk -
As you drink, alcohol goes into your bloodstream and affects your brain and body functions.
When you drink a lot, your body and brain functions slow down considerably.
Drinking alcohol can make you drunk, which is associated with:
Slow and/or poor judgment
changes in emotion, such as increased aggression or sadness.
lack of coordination
slowed breathing and heart rate
vision problems
drowsiness
loss of balance
The more alcohol you drink, the stronger the effects of alcohol on the body.
Being very drunk can be dangerous.
It can cause seizures, dehydration, injuries, vomiting, coma, and even death.
“look carefully then how you walk!”
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
Imitators : a person who copies the words or behavior of another.
Paul is teaching in chapter 5 of Ephesians…
Our Behavior matters
People we partner with matters
People are watching our actions
for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
He didn’t say in darkness but he said “Were darkness”
Now we are light.... Walk as children of light
making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
I still believe that God’s will for my life is the best thing for my life.
Make the best use of the time!
I’m tired of being foolish
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesus was a center of pagan worship and ritual.
The Ephesian culture worshiped the god of wine and drunken orgies.
They believed that to commune with their god and to be led by him, they had to be drunk.
In this drunken state, they could determine the will of their god and determine how best to serve and obey him.
Paul was talking about how to commune with the God of heaven, how to live for him, how to serve and obey him, how to determine his will.
It was natural for him to draw the contrast between how the god of Ephesus is served and how the God of heaven is served.
With the God of heaven, you do not get drunk with wine. Rather, you are filled with the Spirit.
Being drunk with wine leads to the sexual sins and immorality of darkness described in Ephesians 5 .
By being filled with the Spirit, you can determine God’s will and serve him faithfully in moral living.
What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit in this context?
It means directed, influenced, and ultimately governed by the Holy Spirit.
This filling, then, is best understood, as a command for the believer to yield himself to the illuminating, convicting, and empowering work of the Holy Spirit.
As he works in our hearts through his Word, our lives are brought into conformity with the will of God (v. 17).
The result of being filled with the Spirit, unlike drunkenness, is positive things. These positives are corporate and occur in local church meetings.
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Four Greek participles…
Speak
Make Music
Give Thanks
Submit
When you are under the influence of the Holy Spirit…
“Addressing one another”
#1 you will speak…
Not speak in tongues but speak to one another!
Psalms could be from what we know as the book of Psalms...
hymns could denote worship directed to God...
and spiritual songs could be more spontaneous...
When your drunk you will speak!
This is why he said #2
“Submitting to one another”
This is an attitude of meekness, gentleness, and humility toward one another.
There must be a willingness to serve, learn from, and be corrected by any other believer.
When your drunk you submit!
“Making Melody to God with your heart”
I have a song in my heart....
lyrics but no need for a studio…
I’m under the influence…
I cant keep it to myself…
“Give Thanks”
Always and for Everything
No matter what the circumstances are in one’s life
Believers know that God is in control and that they can rest in Him and be thankful even in the difficult times.