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Dave in Tenn:
George, I don't think it is for no reason that Paul wrote to the Ephesians:

Eph 5:15  See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, 16  redeeming the time, because the days are evil; 17  because of this become not fools, but--understanding what is the will of the Lord, 18  and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, 19  speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20  giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;...

Getting drunk is an example of giving over oneself to another influence.  Those who have been drunk have a slight edge in understanding this, in the same way that people who have had sex understand better becoming one with another person, and the bride/bridegroom relationship of Christ and His people.

It's interesting to me in those verses that the life under the influence of the Spirit is characterized by some of the same things that characterize a time of influence under alcohol.  There have been many times (the drive home after the Nashville Conference being the latest) where I am caught up in the Spirit, speaking to myself in Psalms and spiritual songs, making melody in my heart to the Lord, giving thanks for all things.  This isn't just from following a commandment.  It flows out of a heart being influenced by the Spirit of God and is 'social' in the sense of fellowship with Him.

I am not equating 'drunkeness' with being full of the Spirit...in what ways they are similar, the first leads to dissipation and foolishness, the latter to wisdom and understanding.  Nor am I equating being full of the Spirit with 'drunkeness' as some of our more pentacostal friends exhibit. 

I hope that answers your query.     

aqrinc:
Thanks Dave,

That was a very good explanation, in my youth getting drunk was fun for me. I was around a lot of dope
users but Thank Be To God for His Grace; i used marijuana once (did inhale) and decided i liked liquor much
better.

Probably why i never graduated from alcohol to other popular drugs was that i did not like the weird
experience that smoking the marijuana gave me. Today i find that there is no need or want for any sort
of drink to change my mood (although i will still tip a couple with friends). 

I believe that we are being put through all these things because when we are finally sent out to do battle;
our Swords (The Word Of God) will be sharp and the killing (the unrighteousness of this world) will be plentiful.

So now we are learning how to use our Armor (The Scriptures) to protect us from the darts of the Enemy
(heresies, idols of the Heart, The Wild Beasts in the world) and most of all to Serve (Be Humble and Merciful).

Isaiah 23:3:
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. (Working on this)

Jeremiah 51:33:
For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time
to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

Matthew 9:37:
Then said he to his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;
Matthew 9:38:
Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

Matthew 13:39:
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Mark 4:29:
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

John 4:35:
Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes,
and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

Revelation of John 14:15:
And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send
forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

george.

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