The Bible contrasts being drunk with wine and being filled with the Spirit:
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.
(Ephesians 5:18)In the natural world, a drunkard...
- Is consumed with desire for drink.
- Yields control of his emotional, and physical faculties to drink.
- Has his speech affected by the drink.
- Is free from inhibitions. He has no fear and often has great strength.
- Is joyful while under the influence of intoxicants.
REVELLINGS
Revelling is to engage and delight in worldly pleasures, participating in worldly, boisterous
merry making or festivity. It is riotous and wild living.
You may have been a reveller in times past, but as a believer you are no longer to behave this
way:
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of
men, but to the will of God.For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness...(I Peter 4:2-3)WORKS OF THE FLESH: THE RESULT
Paul explains the results of doing the works of the flesh:
...of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:21)God has given a way to avoid this penalty:
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1:9)WALK IN THE SPIRIT
How does one stop doing the sinful works of the flesh?