Holiday Cheer Or Holy Spirit? Pastor Harold Warner On Christians And Alcohol (2009) | LEADERSHIP MONDAY
Christians and alcohol. Few topics are more common in our culture and more ignored in the pulpit. In this sermon, Pastor Harold Warner takes Ephesians 5 head on and asks a blunt question: Are you living under the influence of alcohol, or under the influence of the Holy Spirit?Preached in a season of “holiday cheer,” this message exposes the cultural propaganda around drinking, walks through the Bible’s real portrait of alcohol, and presses into the thing that actually matters: your testimony, your calling, and being filled with the Spirit.Scriptures Mentioned: • Ephesians 5:15–21 • Galatians 5:16–21 • 1 Peter 4:1–5 • Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:29–35 • Romans 13:13–14 • Romans 12:1–2In this message you will hear about: • “Sipping saints” and why the line is never as clean as people pretend • The war between flesh and Spirit, and what alcohol is really feeding • Why the Bible’s “ad” for drinking looks nothing like Madison Avenue • Noah, Lot, Nabal, Belshazzar, and the wreckage that follows drunkenness • How Christian liberty can become a stumbling block for weaker believers • Why a Spirit filled life is not optional if you want to impact people • The power of a clear cut, no nonsense testimony in a foggy worldIf you are wrestling with the “gray areas,” or if you have quietly opened the door to “just a little” alcohol, this sermon will not stroke your conscience. It will confront it, and then point you to something far better: a life filled with the Holy Spirit.Subscribe for more classic sermons that challenge easy Christianity and call men and women to radical discipleship, church planting, and world evangelism.Chapters00:00 Welcome, intro, and sermon setup00:31 Text in Ephesians and direction of the message00:49 Turning 60, family reunion, and midnight karaoke exit02:08 “Sinners do what sinners do” and Christian witness03:20 America’s drinking problem and “sipping saints”05:03 Holiday Cheer: Living under the influence07:23 “You’ve wasted enough of your past life”09:12 Spirits vs the Holy Spirit: where your stimulus comes from11:34 The war between flesh and Spirit15:22 College culture, deception, and open doors to the enemy19:47 The Bible’s beer commercial: Proverbs 2323:53 Testimony, liberty, and not stumbling weaker believers30:34 Last days warnings and the need for clarity37:58 New life, renewed mind, and breaking from the old life44:20 “Is this bud for you?” and the call to be filled with the SpiritShow NotesALL PROCEEDS GO TO WORLD EVANGELISMLocate a CFM Church near you: https://cfmmap.orgWe need five-star reviews! Tell the world what you think about this podcast at: • Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3vy1s5b • Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/taking-the-land-cfm-sermon-pod-43369v
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