There’s something about water that causes them to be unable to rest. Even if cast out they will attempt to come back in. Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first." (Matthew 12:43-45)Jesus reveals much here about demons. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came ’ and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept and put in order. The Holy Spirit frees us from fear, empowers us to be disciplined, and gives us a sound mind if we allow the Spirit to work unquenched.Įven demons who have been cast out of a person come back to see if there is an opening to enter back in, - "Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. But the second verse is obviously speaking of the Holy Spirit which all Christians receive. Our third Scripture reveals that we must sometimes "kindle afresh the gift of God." In the context here this is likely referring to a Spiritual Gift which was given to Timothy. No one drunk or high on drugs can be sober and alert.
This is why the Bible teaches against drunkenness. So we must be sober and of sound mind at all times. However, the soldiers of the Lord are never on furlough because there is no place on the earth that the enemy is not there warring against us. For example, he may party until drunk or smoke weed until he mellows out when he is on furlough, but he knows that he will need a clear and sound mind when engaging the enemy if he hopes to survive. In our second Scripture we find that we must "prepare our minds for action and keep sober in spirit." Only then can we be "obedient children" who are "not conformed to our former lusts." And it takes sobriety to "be holy in all of our behavior." No soldier who is preparing to engage the enemy is doing anything that will cloud his mind from being sober. The devil and his demons are looking for a way into your life-and will find it if you fail to be alert, sober and of a sound mind. As we read in the first Scripture, It goes without question that a person who is not "sober" cannot be "alert." The devil is like a lion "seeking someone to devour." God’s protection against him is "be of sober spirit", be of a sound mind. He already has the world and its inhabitants. And if you are a true Christian who has received the Holy Spirit, then you are his foremost target. Once he finds a place he will begin building a stronghold to imprison you. It’s vital that we do not give the devil an opportunity to gain power in our lives. Self-control is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit named in Galatians 5. (ie, sound mind)" 2 Timothy 1:6-7) "Discipline" is sometimes rendered "sound mind." Both terms come from the Greek "sofromismos" literally meaning self-control. For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and discipline. "I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you be holy yourselves also in all your behavior because it is written ‘you shall be holy, for I am holy.’" (1. "Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert! Your adversary the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)
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