Well, think about this.
What does the Holy Spirit do for you in your life?
Being filled with the Spirit gives you boldness to do what is right.
You do things you would never do.
You say, Brother Stuckey, I'm a shy person.
I would never go door-to-door soul winning.
But being filled with the Spirit does what?
It gives you boldness to do things you would not normally do.
You say, Man, Brother Stuckey, you know, man, I'm shy, I'm nervous.
I could never preach a sermon.
And yet many people have preached behind this pulpit that are naturally shy people.
Why?
Because the Holy Spirit gave you boldness to do something you would never do in your
natural flesh.
In fact, I am not the most outgoing person.
But when you are saved and filled with the Spirit, it will give you boldness to do things
you would not normally do.
It gives you boldness to do what is right.
What does alcohol do?
It gives you boldness to do what is wrong.
Isn't it true that people drink alcohol when they're drunk?
They do things they would never do when they're sober.
Isn't that right?
I mean, just imagine talking to someone, you know, at lunchtime who's not drunk and everything
and say, Hey, you know, would you like to get in a fight at midnight tonight with glass
bottles and pull out a knife and see what happens?
They're gonna be like, No.
But drinking a little bit of alcohol, guess what?
Doesn't sound too crazy to them, right?
Imagine somebody who's not drunk and ask them, Hey, would you like to just drink a
bunch of alcohol where you can barely see and everything and just drive, you know, on
Inlex tonight?
No, I would never do that.
But then you drink a couple cans of beer.
Oh, it doesn't seem so weird drinking while I'm, you know, inebriated while I'm drunk,
right?
Why?
Because the alcohol is giving them boldness to do what's wrong.
Things they would not normally do.
You say why?
Because of the fact they are being influenced by spirits.
There's a reason why the world says alcohol is spirits.