No Internal Meter (58)

🎙️ No Internal MeterSobriety as Spiritual Warfare in an Engineered Age🍷 Can a Christian drink alcohol? That isn't actually the question.In this thought-provoking episode, we look beyond the familiar debates over Christian liberty and prohibition to examine a far deeper biblical concern: mastery. Scripture consistently asks not merely, "Is it permissible?" but "What is mastering you?"📖 Walking through Proverbs, Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, Hebrews, and Peter, we explore why the Bible repeatedly calls believers to sober-mindedness—not as a lifestyle preference, but as a spiritual watchman's duty.✨ In this episode you'll discover:🔹 🍷 Why Proverbs says alcohol is a "mocker"—and what that deception really means.🔹 ⚖️ The difference between God's gift and a destructive trajectory.🔹 🧠 Why none of us possesses an internal "meter" that reliably tells us when we've crossed the line.🔹 ✝️ Why pointing to Jesus turning water into wine doesn't settle today's debate.🔹 ❤️ Why Christian liberty must always be governed by love for weaker brothers and sisters.🔹 🛡️ Why the New Testament repeatedly links sobriety with vigilance in spiritual warfare.🔹 🌎 How today's highly engineered alcohol culture presents challenges unlike anything seen in the first century.This is not a sermon for prohibition.It is a call to wisdom.It is a plea to think carefully about influence, discipleship, public witness, and the vulnerable people watching those who bear Christ's name.💬 The most dangerous deception isn't believing the drink controls you......it's believing you would know if it did.🙏 If this episode encouraged or challenged you, please share it with a friend.⭐ Follow, subscribe, and leave a review—it helps more people discover Jesus Company."Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour." — 1 Peter 5:8 (CSB) Subscribe to the Jesus Company podcast NOW, its on all the podcast 📲❤️Tag us! 🔗 Listen, subscribe, and leave a review to help others find Jesus CompanyHere are some 🔗 Helpful LinksJesus Company on 🎧 Apple PodcastsJesus Company on 🎵 SpotifyJesus Comany on 🎙️ Amazon MusicJesus Company on 🎼 DeezeriHeart Jesus Company Podcast 📻 iHeartRadio🔗🌐 transformthiscity.org📱 @JesusCoOfficial on X | Search "Jesus Company" on your podcast app📱 Connect with Us:💻 Website: Jesus Company is the home base for the podcast, and there are some additional links to podcast players that host the show!💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  [email protected]  🔗 ResourcesCharles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source)The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS All Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.#ChristianLiberty #FreedomInChrist #Romans14 #1Corinthians8 #BiblicalViewOfAlcohol #JesusAndWine #ChristianLiving #Discipleship #JesusCompany Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.