Boy I am opening up a can of worms this morning, but after a long talk yesterday, and a situation with someone I knew was doing something very wrong at another church, God has just really burdened me heavily with this. Probably one of the “great debates”, I have tried to state my views as God has shown me. It is not a popular belief, but it is mine.

Grieving the Spirit

Ephesians 5:18   And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

Hard Truth – becoming drunk is biblically wrong. I am not saying here, do not drink, for I do not know the line at which Christ judges, but becoming drunk is simply stated in Ephesians 5:18. There we are simply told not to, and being told that we are wasting our lives away. But apart from that verse, let’s look at Ephesians 4:30   And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.  When we accept Salvation, we are temples of the Holy Spirit who comes to live within us. We have Christ as our conscious now. Our conscious is hurting, for our relationship is broken when we give in to that temptation.

Some people think that Salvation is their get out of jail free card. That they can accept Christ, live it up now, and play that card before they die. What if, you die unexpectedly? What a dishonor to the one who came and died for you! Romans 6:1  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? An assurance of Salvation is your deliverance from past sins, and your denial of present sins that you know are wrong. You simply do not want to do them anymore. Been there, done that, thank you God for delivering me from that.