The Spirit Works to Keep Harmony at Church (TMF:904)

Thursday, June 07, 2018
Peace to Live By: The Spirit Works to Keep Harmony at Church (TMF:904) - Daniel Litton
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       The Holy Spirit, while he gifts his church, also works to keep harmony among us as individual members. I first want us to consider a text in Ephesians chapter 5, starting in verse 18, where the Apostle Paul talks about how the church members should act toward each other. We read: “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Ephesians 5:18-21, ESV). So, Paul says here, as a church collectively, that we are not to “get drunk with wine.” Now, in part that statement may be literal, as he could be referring to a Love Feast gone astray (that is, when the early churches gathered together for communion, they would share a common meal, and some churches still do this today).