3:3 compare to Eph 5:18 What are the prevailing INFLUENCES in my life? It should be The Holy Spirit who disciplines me by His grace. I should be DEDICATED (discipline->desire->delight)to life under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Note the American experience:change enviornment=changed heart:NOT!Matt12:34-37,15:11 Wine(strong drink Deut14:26)not forbidden;drunkeness,debauchery,dissipation IS forbidden. Ben Franklin said'Wine is evidence that God loves us and wants us to have a good time.' American Evangel Church put all on the line for prohibition.Moralism FAILED. Walk circumspect,wise,redeeming the time(Eph5:15)Seeking God in food&drink is wrong. Current culture wants the UNdiscliplined life.The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart. Fullness of the Holy Spirit TRANFORMS people(YOU) Acts3:19 Repent and be converted that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Hebrews11;6 he who comes to God must believe that He IS, and that He is a rewarder of those who dillegently seek Him Galatians5:1,16-26 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free. 16 Walk in the Spirit..24 and those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh...If we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit
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