Pastor Ralph Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Q48. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tabatha Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? The temptation involved with drugs and alcohol is to many a form of escape from rejection, emotional escape from the reality of life in general. It covers the pain of mental, verbal, and physical abuse. It is like a bandaid over the pain. It is an easy way out for many who are weak and do no want to accept the responsibility or accountability of mistakes they make in the way they live. It is a way the devil takes them into a relm of deception. with this come sexual sins, stealing, lying, and lazieness. It will also open a person up to the demonic world to a false high and security in the demonic. When alcohol and drugs gets a hold of you your mind is in limbo. You no longer have control over your faculitys you have come into a realm of the evil side of the spirit. Being filled with the Spirit of God cleanses our mind with clarity of what life is really like. The Holy Spirit gives us power and inner strength to resist the temptations of the evil that comes with drugs and alcohol. It breaks the yoke of bondage these things that puts us in a self inflicted prison. Being filled with the Holy Spirit gives us supernatural strength from Jesus. He is our answer to the distruction that the devil brings to steal. Our Hope is in Jesus. Praise God. I have been in that place of drugs and alcohol addiction believe me it is not an easy place to come out of because it holds so much evil that the devil has you convinced it is a fun place to be it is a false excitement that dulls your senses to a point almost of no return. Finding Jesus was my salvation I have been free for 30 years and now in the ministry. Glory to God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tabatha Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? The temptation involved with drugs and alcohol is to many a form of escape from rejection, emotional escape from the reality of life in general. It covers the pain of mental, verbal, and physical abuse. It is like a bandaid over the pain. It is an easy way out for many who are weak and do not want to accept the responsibility or accountability of mistakes they make in the way they live. It is a way the devil takes them into a relm of deception. with this come sexual sins, stealing, lying, and lazieness. It will also open a person up to the demonic world to a false high and security in the demonic. When alcohol and drugs gets a hold of you your mind is in limbo. You no longer have control over your faculitys you have come into a realm of the evil side of the spirit. Being filled with the Spirit of God cleanses our mind with clarity of what life is really like. The Holy Spirit gives us power and inner strength to resist the temptations of the evil that comes with drugs and alcohol. It breaks the yoke of bondage these things that puts us in a self inflicted prison. Being filled with the Holy Spirit gives us supernatural strength from Jesus. He is our answer to the distruction that the devil brings to steal. Our Hope is in Jesus. Praise God. I have been in that place of drugs and alcohol addiction believe me it is not an easy place to come out of because it holds so much evil that the devil has you convinced it is a fun place to be it is a false excitement that dulls your senses to a point almost of no return. Finding Jesus was my salvation I have been free for 30 years and now in the ministry. Glory to God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioned Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? The primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol is to get "high." Users of drugs and alcohol take these to escape reality. They put themselves in a false sense of paradise where all is well with their world only to come down and face the fact that the problems are still with them. How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? Drug or alcohol can never be a substitute for the "high" of the Holy Spirit. However the "high" of the Holy Spirit can be the substitute for the "high" of drugs and alcohol. How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? Being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol by giving us the strength to resist and breaking the yoke of the bondage to the drug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cct1106 Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Drug and alcohol is devastation to us physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. You feel like you can do anything and that even means being able to handle anything without God. The high from drugs and alcohol is no substitute for a spiritual high. The high from drugs and alcohol wears off and sometimes to even get a higher high you have to do more but a spiritual high does not wear off and will always be with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken7 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Drugs, alcohol, and sexual addictions stem from the pain and loneliness of NOT knowing God intimately! The high from stimulants is an inadequate substitute for the Peace and Joy of God through our Holy Spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charisbarak Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The primary temptation involved with taking drugs and/or alcohol is that it deadens our minds so we cannot think clearly & easily fall into sexual sins. Drugs & alcohol only give a limited/short time of being "high." It can be a substitute for the Holy Spirit when we allow the drugs & alcohol to take over our minds & bodies. Being filled with the Holy Spirit gives you a high you'll never come down from! Instead of allowing these other things to take over our bodies & minds, we know they belong to God and we are led by the H.S. We have the freedom to say no to those things which would try to destroy us. Know for certain God gives you the strength you need--stay close to Him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? The over use of them to dull our senses to the problems around us. It takes away our ability to deal with the world around us and gives us false hope that Hope that we only have through Christ and His power over our lives. Being filled with the Spirit leads us to always give praise to God in all things eeven the difficult times and allows Him to work in our life to grow us up in the Spirit so that we become stronger in the faith and in allowing Him first place in our lives. As we give Him praise even the hard things become easier to deal with. The struggles get further apart and our true Hope begins to shine through, I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me should be our crutch instead of drugs and alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonneevonne Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The primary temptation of the use of drugs or alcohol is to feel an immediated high. These are used to try to dull the pain or forget what you are dealing with or yet still a feel of utopia... However these feelings are not real and end suddenly with more pain and hopelessness to face. But PRAISE THE LORD He has provided someone that will give us hope and a feeling that is real and not artifical. The HOLY SPIRIT. The Holy Spirit dwelling in us may not elimate the problem but will give us GRACE and HOPE to not only face but walk us though lifes ups and downs. And knowing the real and true answer will help us not to rely on the fraud of satan's highs... PRAISE THE LORD HE IS OUR ANSWER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnely Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? The primary temptation of drugs and alcohol is to be like most of your friends...doing something that you know is forbidden by most people, more importantly, God. It's that first step of "disobedience" that catches people. How would you know that being drunk or high will transport you from a world of reality to a world of haze, immorality, timelessness, etc? It's that first step of disobedience...something we're all subject to. But one has to decide as a young (and it's getting younger all the time) person that they are NOT going to take that first step. There is nothing any more demoralizing than to come to the realization that you've disappointed God by disobeying Him. Next comes the parents...how as a child, you've let your parents down, unless they've led you into the situation themselves! And how as a parent, you've let your children down, teaching them it's OK to escape in a world of nothingness! In my estimation, the "highs" of external intakes can NOT substitute for the wonderful "high" of knowing God is well pleased with you! Nothing can top that! Nor should it! The person who has made up their minds early on...and said 'no' to alcohol and drugs... should be so proud of themselves. Show me pride in a slobbering, gibbering drunk or addict. It's not pride that you are better than the other, but pride in knowing you have made the right decision. And it's pride in knowing that one day you won't have to go through the hell of getting sober or clean! I know addictions to anything is hard to break...we all have addiction to something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiqstart Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? It sometimes makes people believe the ones who are drinking and doing drugs are the cool people, when in reality the ones doing those things are really hiding something or trying to find a substitute for somethiung they don't have. If we had more people explaining what Christ has done for them and what a wonderful feeling it is to be high on Christ, it might not be such a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethTX Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? Satan is here to lie, steal and kill. Satan's purposes for drugs and alcohol are meant more for the destruction of the unseen even though we are more aware of the seen. He knows that we know we are dead without the Holy Spirit, so he uses drugs and alcohol to deceive us into believing we are in some blissful place with him. We see the effects of drugs and alcohol use on our bodies and minds; can you imagine the effects on our spirits? Satan tempts us with lies about what benefits we are receiving from drugs and alcohol. We use an artifical means to achieve false happiness and greatness if only for a moment, one tragic moment, one fake moment to imagine that we are somebody else other than who we really are without God and without hope. Satan tempts our children into believing that this is the way to have fun and excitement in their lives. Satan tempts adults into believing that drugs and alcohol help them become more of what they want to be or not to be in this life. I know it is insane to watch this happen and you think how on earth does satan trap us into such a bazaar lie, but he does because we are weak in the Spirit. People that want to be controlled by their emotions and minds will use drugs and alcohol. People that want to be controlled by the Spirit will call on the Blood of the Lamb to open up the Heavens to pour out the blessings of the Holy Spirit. Praise Jesus and His New Covenant with us. The Old Law was very clear about the clean and the unclean. If the clean came in contact with the unclean then the clean would become unclean and would be taken from the presence of God. But now, Praise Jesus! Precious Jesus! The clean can cleanse the unclean! "Jesus reversed this! When Jesus touched a dead body (like the girl on the bier) Jesus did not become unclean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Rupert Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? The primary temptation involved with using drugs and alcohol is debauchery are wickness, sin, corruption, evil, crime, wrongdoings, etc.... When we use substitues for the replacement of the high that the Spirit provides we're not receiving God's goodness, instead we believe that such stimulants such as alcohol and drug use provides us with a feeling of happiness and joy but it is deceiving because it is a temporary fix. A spirtual high is everlasting, it's sustaining, it's powerful and pleasing to the inner being. It promotes healthy growth where stumulates that provide temporary pleasures only provide temperal satisfactions and damaging effects to the body, heart, and the soul. Being filled with the Spirit can ward off the desires that accompany such addictions as alcohol and drug use because it fills you with a different kind of high. The spiritual high is fullfilling, sustaining, all powerful, all hopeful, loving, supportive, gratifying, rewarding and pleasing to us spiritually, mentally, and physically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCHRIS Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 To them it is a release from the troubles of this world, it gives them a buzz and a 'false' high and usually when they come back 'down' they are usually depressed even more so they get back into it to get back on their 'high' They might think its better but theirs is only a temporary solution while they are 'high' they are tough and do whatever they want but it is only temporary. As for being filled with the Spirit it is a supernatural gift and the strength we gain to combat the evil one's plan. To resist the temptations of this world we need to be strong in the Lord. PS I didn't mean to use the 'us' and 'them' terminology, all who have different addictions need our constant prayers and Christ in their lives to give a spiritual high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Debauchery. This leads to a place where only God's grace & power can save them. Alcohol numbs the mind of truths. The Holy Spirit can give a high that is God's Will for our lives and enables us to speak in tongues and can empower us to do works for Christ. The Holy Spirit knows what pleases God and will remind you of godly, holy and righteous things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haar Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 The primary temptation of drugs and alcohol is the wrong belief that they will cause us to forget our problems, make us happy and so on. This is however false because the great negative effect of these substaces destroys our health, peace, joy, testimony, puts off our light and prevent us to be careful to take advantage of oppotunities that come our way. The use of these substances can actually impede the work of the holy sprit in us. Instead of the Holy spirit to find place of abode in us, the acts of darkness that follow after getting high with these substances drive the Holy Spirit away because light can never coexist with darkness. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we will be controlled by Him, our wants will be directed by Him and we will seek to do only those things that are spiritually motivated, directed and are pleasing to God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJeff Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Drugs and alcohol are sought after to satisfy emotional and physical desires that cannot be fulfilled by fleshly means. Use of these stimulants causes a false and temporary sense of euphoria always requiring greater need to satisfy unsatiatable desire. The Holy Spirit occupies the void inside of each of us, a place reserved for God by God to fill us with the love and hunger that our human spirit longs for. The filling of His Spirit fills that place that we try to occupy with artificial means, namely drugs and alcohol. His high is a free high with an everlasting effect causing us to never want to use again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masika Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Alcohol clouds the mind and lead to injustice and poor decesion -Wine produces temporrary " high" -Holy Spirit produces lasting joy. -Holy Spirit will lead us in good decision if we submit to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Williams Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 WE WANT TO BE HIGH ON THE SPIRIT! Drugs and alcohol lead to debauchery. It also stops us from taking advantage of every opportunity. We are to be high on the spirit that leads us in all truth. The spirit is intelligent and will not lead us into temptation or to error from God's word. When we are tempted, the way out is always provided. The spirit will lead us in that direction. The decision to follw the spirit is our choice to make. We pray we are wise in our choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJB123 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 1) People drink alcohol or take drugs to get on a high (a feel good). They think it helps them after a stressful day or forgetting their problems. 2)There is no substitute for a high in the Holy Spirit. 3) If a person is filled with the Holy Spirit, they will not want to use drugs or alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eudora Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? To get out of the real world.. The real world tends to have a gloss of evil all over it. I used to live in this world. I used to be high on marijuana 247, 365. I spent the entire year of 2004 high, just because I could. It isn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda bass Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 The primary temptation involved with alcohol and drugs is that people like the "high" they get when partaking of one or the other or both. However, the "high" one gets from drugs and alcohol is only temporary before one comes crushing down. Many people partake of drugs or alcohol to escape reality. For them, it is easier to go into a drunken stupor, or space out on acid, then it is to face their problems. Drug or alcohol use can never substitute for the "high" of the Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit gives us the power and inner strength to resist the temptation of drugs and alcohol. Anyone who has ever been "high" on the Spirit, knows that drugs and alcohol are a poor substitute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sis. dee Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? I think that the primary temptation is that people want to feel good, get a quite high, they get stress, worry and have problems. There is no substitute but the Holy Spirit. I believe that being filled with the Spirit gives us the power and inner strength to fend off any temtation that comes our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minchar Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? Alot of times, people that use drugs and alcohol as a means of escape. People want to escape from their problems so they become tempted to use drugs and alcohol to take off the edge (temporarily). Drugs and alcohol can give you a temporary high, take your mind off of your problems for a moment; make you feel good for a moment but that's it. Being "high" of the Spirit is eternal. Being filled with the Spirit such as being led or walking in the spirit as Paul says will not cause us to fulfill the **** of the flesh. We are sober even though we are "high" in the spirit. We are pleasing God and not abandoning our morals. We are still shining as bright lights for Jesus Christ and taking advantage and making the most out of every opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahala p.s. Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Q3. (Ephesians 5:17-18) What is the primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol? How can drug or alcohol use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit? How can being filled with the Spirit help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol? The primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol is that by using or consuming drugs and alcohol we could have a way out or an escape from our problems or unpleasant realities. However, this condition is temporary, and our problems still exist and we get other problems in our lives. Drug or alcohol can use substitute for the "high" of the Spirit in bringing us to three-fold problems, that is, leading to moral abandon, preventing our light from shining brightly in the dark, and dulling our ability to be careful and to make the most of every opportunity. Being filled with the Spirit can help us fend off the temptations of drugs and alcohol by leading us to the straight and right way, giving the right answers for our problems, and giving us power, peace, and joy that no other things can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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