PHANEROO~DEVOTION 11th October 2015 INTOXICATED Apostle Grace Lubega

[Ephesians 5:18]; And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit.

The disciples were commanded by Christ to tarry in Jerusalem until the Holy Ghost is come.  They locked themselves up in the upper room because they were not in the mood of celebrating Pentecost. There is nothing about the upper room that was a Pentecostal experience. In fact these men in the upper room refused to celebrate Pentecost and chose to lock themselves up in order to get an experience that is bigger than Pentecost.

I don't understand Christians who say they are Pentecostal. The issue was not the day of Pentecost. It was the infill of the Holy Ghost. That is why after Pentecost, we still have people being filled by the Holy Ghost. God is saying that do not put your trust in days. Don't go back in the bondage of days and feasts. The substance is not on which day you are filled; the substance is ‘be ye filled’.

When the scriptures say be not drunk with wine wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit, many people do not understand that when a man is drunk with wine, whatever he does is because of the wine.

One time they brought to court a certain soldier who had killed a man in a drunken state and in his defense, it was said that the man could not have killed the other because the two were friends. It was said that it was the alcohol that killed the friend.  That means that when the bible says do not be drunk with wine wherein is excess, it means that a man can take too much of alcohol to a place where it consumes him and controls everything about him.

Another time, there is a man that took alcohol and when he got to the door of his house, his mind convinced him that the bed was right there. He took off his shirt, hang it up and slept right there; this is alcohol!

Do you realize that whatever gets control of you is what establishes faith and not you? How can a man drunk or high on drugs get the feeling he can beat the whole town? Where does he get that kind of faith from? He doesn't have any place to weigh weakness or limitation. That presupposes that he is not under any control except of that thing that has convinced him that he has power over everything.

I don't know if you get the concept of faith. If that thing can get on a man and convince him enough to have faith that he is on water yet he is on dry ground, how much more you who is controlled by the Holy Ghost?
Now when Christ comes walking on water, try to understand this concept. Faith blinds everything and controls a man to a place where even gravity bows.

Excerpt from the sermon: WALKING WORTHY OF THE LORD by Apostle Grace Lubega

Whatever gets control of you is what establishes faith.

Scripture Reference: Acts 2:1, Mark.9:23

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