All you want? I dunno...some,myself included have preexisting maladies to where if I were to drink all that I want ,I would surely be dead by nights end.
I'm going to try to drink just enough...whats enough? Hhmmm ....we'll see .[/QUOTE)*** of the Spirit...
*** of the Spirit...I don't hurt nobody.
Didn't many saints drink themselves? Maybe they did that just as a coping mechanism to function in this twisted world.
Im not saying that drinking is cool...no...unless you a saint...aahhhaahhhaaa
I believe that loving the Lord with all our hearts, minds, and souls, and loving our neighbors as ourselves, are the most important things. Is that what you are saying?Exalting the Word is most important**** Being filled with the Spirit is important also*** if you are dry there is so much out there*** fill up your cup*** it can be over-running...
I'm tempted to make a comment about Jonah here.Out of your belly shall flow Living Waters...
I totally agree. But it won't make you look or act drunk. True Pentecostalism gets a black eye every time such stuff is said.Ephesians 5:17-19New International Version (NIV)
17*Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18*Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19*speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
Being filled on wine will obviously look different than being filled with the Spirit.
Being filled with Spirit will make your heart rejoice in psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.
*** some abuse the Spirit just as some abuse the Word*** there are numerous testimonies of the Spirit flooding one's life ( drunkenness) and transforming them*** check out Rodney Howard Brown*** Grace and Peace...The phrase "these men are not drunk as you suppose" signifies no drunkenness at all.
Just because they "supposed" the others were drunk doesn't mean they even looked like it.
When something happens that you can't explain, you explain it in a way that you can understand, whether in the end that explanation is true or not.
There's no such thing as being "drunk in the Spirit".
The Holy Spirit moves upon us with purpose..... not to make us look stupid or drunk.
I know, you will say, "but I saw it, I experienced it". You're right that you experienced something, but it wasn't the Holy Spirit.
I've seen it too in many services, but it's not of God.
I'm a 35 year Pentecostal minister, & I can tell you..... most people who experience these things never go any further in their maturity or calling of God. If it were of the Spirit, there would be better manifestations than these, for God is much bigger than that.![]()