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I see the word sober over and over in the Bible... I looked up the definition in Websites dictionary and it said to not drink alcohol. What about the other mind altering substances that we have out there? Do they not make you drunk as well? Or does the word sober in the bible only pertain to alcohol?
I'm sorry for being long winded, but I think the rest of what I wanted to say is important, and I hope you find something of value in this.
Jesus makes a statement in Matthew 26:41. We know it as the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. But Matthew 26:41 literally reads the spirit is prepared. The flesh is weak.
You see, what He's showing them is that they need to be watching for Satan, lest they fall into temptation. They can't do it in the flesh. The flesh is weak.
They didn't have the Holy Spirit yet. The Lord was giving them an illustration of being spiritually awake, alert to Satan, which they could not do without the Holy Spirit.
So it was a lesson on watchfulness, spiritually. It is a lesson on sobriety, except He's not talking about alcohol.
In Paul's letters, and I'm summing it up for you, but in Paul's letters he would talk about this condition to warn believers about being sober minded.
In other words, your mind can be so drunk with the things of the world, that your mind is just so occupied with all these things. It's the same as being drunk, only it's mental. You'll sit there in the chair and stare at the wall because you have so much to think about.
Be sober minded. Don't get drunk on the things of the world occupying your mind. Be watchful. Be alert.
So he says in Verse 8, but we who are of the day, we should be sober.
Again, many places in scripture where we see the word sober, it has nothing to do with alcohol, but sober as in being sober minded.
There are several places in the Bible where we see the word sober that refer to being sober minded, not sober as in refraining from alcohol. Would you be able to share some of the verses you are referring to?
As far as being sober minded, I'll take 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 as an example. In Verse 6, it says therefore, and I'll give you some technical things here about the translation.
Instead of let us not sleep, it's literally we should not sleep. It's not a command. It says we should not sleep, as do the others; but let us watch and be sober.
Verse 7 says "For they that sleep, they sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night."
And again, a literal translation in Verse 8:
But we should, (that is, we who are of the day), we should be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love;
Now just for the sake of information, and please hang with me for a moment here because there are some very important words.
In Verse 6, the word watch means to be awake. It's the opposite of sleep. The word sober has to do with sober mindedness.
Now here's the connection:
In Matthew Chapter 26 Verse 36, Jesus, before He died, He took Peter and a couple of the other disciples, and He wanted to pray in the garden.
His heart was heavy, and He wanted to take them with Him so that He could pray. And He left them at a certain spot and He went a little distance and began to pray.
He came back and they were sleeping. He says cannot you watch with me for one hour? He went back to prayer again. When He came back, they were sleeping again. He told them that it's important to be awake lest you fall into temptation.
What He's doing is He's taking a physical circumstance and making a spiritual illustration, because He goes back to praying again, comes back and finds them sleeping again and tells them "Okay, let's go."
I'm out of space but would like to share a little more if you haven't fallen asleep on me yet!
Gena,
I'm sorry for being long winded, but I think the rest of what I wanted to say is important, and I hope you find something of value in this.
Jesus makes a statement in Matthew 26:41. We know it as the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. But Matthew 26:41 literally reads the spirit is prepared. The flesh is weak.
You see, what He's showing them is that they need to be watching for Satan, lest they fall into temptation. They can't do it in the flesh. The flesh is weak.
They didn't have the Holy Spirit yet. The Lord was giving them an illustration of being spiritually awake, alert to Satan, which they could not do without the Holy Spirit.
So it was a lesson on watchfulness, spiritually. It is a lesson on sobriety, except He's not talking about alcohol.
In Paul's letters, and I'm summing it up for you, but in Paul's letters he would talk about this condition to warn believers about being sober minded.
In other words, your mind can be so drunk with the things of the world, that your mind is just so occupied with all these things. It's the same as being drunk, only it's mental. You'll sit there in the chair and stare at the wall because you have so much to think about.
Be sober minded. Don't get drunk on the things of the world occupying your mind. Be watchful. Be alert.
So he says in Verse 8, but we who are of the day, we should be sober.
Again, many places in scripture where we see the word sober, it has nothing to do with alcohol, but sober as in being sober minded.
Blessings to you in Christ Jesus!
There are several places in the Bible where we see the word sober that refer to being sober minded, not sober as in refraining from alcohol. Would you be able to share some of the verses you are referring to?
As far as being sober minded, I'll take 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 as an example. In Verse 6, it says therefore, and I'll give you some technical things here about the translation.
Instead of let us not sleep, it's literally we should not sleep. It's not a command. It says we should not sleep, as do the others; but let us watch and be sober.
Verse 7 says "For they that sleep, they sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night."
And again, a literal translation in Verse 8:
But we should, (that is, we who are of the day), we should be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love;
Now just for the sake of information, and please hang with me for a moment here because there are some very important words.
In Verse 6, the word watch means to be awake. It's the opposite of sleep. The word sober has to do with sober mindedness.
Now here's the connection:
In Matthew Chapter 26 Verse 36, Jesus, before He died, He took Peter and a couple of the other disciples, and He wanted to pray in the garden.
His heart was heavy, and He wanted to take them with Him so that He could pray. And He left them at a certain spot and He went a little distance and began to pray.
He came back and they were sleeping. He says cannot you watch with me for one hour? He went back to prayer again. When He came back, they were sleeping again. He told them that it's important to be awake lest you fall into temptation.
What He's doing is He's taking a physical circumstance and making a spiritual illustration, because He goes back to praying again, comes back and finds them sleeping again and tells them "Okay, let's go."
I'm out of space but would like to share a little more if you haven't fallen asleep on me yet!
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