Amen. All right. Well, we are in first Thessalonians chapter number five and let's start reading in verse eight
Verse number eight of first Thessalonians five the Bible says but let us who are of the day be
sober and
I'm taking the title of my message this evening from this verse the title. My sermon is be
sober now
I'm gonna give you the world's
Definition of the word sober and then we'll talk about some things in the Bible
But the dictionary definition of the word sober it actually has seven different definitions from the dictionary that I found number one
It says not intoxicated or drunk
number two
habitually temperate number three quiet or sedate in demeanor
number four marked by seriousness
gravity
solemnity
number five subdued in tone
Number six free from excess and number seven showing self-control
and I actually like all of these definitions and I'm gonna show you that the Bible actually teaches and
Uses the word sober in all of these different contexts. And so this evening I want to give you six
Characteristics from the Bible of what a sober person looks like
number one this evening a sober person does not do drugs or
Alcohol does not drink alcohol does not do drugs now look at first Thessalonians 5 7 it says for they that sleep
Sleep in the night and they that be drunken or drunken in the night
So if you notice the pronoun there says they so it's not talking about us
It says they are drunk, but it says but let us who are of the day be sober
Putting on the breastplate of faith and love and for an helmet the hope of
Salvation so in this context in this chapter the Bible saying hey
They are drunk those that are of the night they're drunk
But let us be sober and just one of the meanings that the Word of God uses for the word sober
Is that we do not drink alcohol and we do not do drugs. You know, that should be our mentality as
Christians
Now I have an article here from Northwestern Medicine. It's called how alcohol
Impacts the brain and let me tell you why I want to read this article
Because a lot of Christians get the idea of where they'll say well, you know, the Bible says don't get drunk
But it's okay if we drink just a little bit right as long as we don't get drunk
But notice the verses we just read it said what it said let us not be drunk
But not only that it says that we should be
Sober so not just don't be drunk, but be sober. Here's what this article says it says
Alcohol affects your body quickly. It is absorbed through the lining of your stomach into your bloodstream
Once there it spreads into tissues throughout your body
Alcohol reaches your brain in only five minutes and starts to affect you within ten minutes
So if you start drinking alcohol right now
Ten minutes from now there's going to be a change in your body and your behavior in your attitude
It says the whole body absorbs alcohol, but it really takes its toll on the brain
Alcohol interferes with the brain's communication pathways. It can also affect how your brain processes information
Dr. Amanda Donald, so here's some MD here says there is no
Designated
safe level of drinking
So, you know when you look at the commercials, especially coming from the alcohol companies, what are they gonna show you?
They're gonna show you people drinking alcohol and they have a great life
They have a great time
But when you talk to someone that is actually educated and honest about alcohol like this doctor here
They will tell you there is no safe level of drinking alcohol
Why because alcohol is a poison that's literally what it is
Alcohol is just a poison. That's all it is
And for some reason man people get really defensive when you tell them the truth about alcohol
I'm and even people that don't claim to believe the Bible it is like you are
You know killing their dog by telling them. Hey alcohol is a poison
For some reason people get really fired up about defending alcohol
But if you are just honest with yourself Bible or no Bible
Alcohol is literally a poison. It's terrible for you
And if there's no safe level of drinking alcohol according to real science and real
information
Now here it lists the several stages of alcohol
intoxication
First stage is this subliminal subliminal
intoxication
With a blood alcohol content between point zero one
So this is like a tiny amount of alcohol and point zero five
This is the first stage of intoxication. You may not look like you have been drinking
but your reaction time behavior and
Judgment may be slightly altered
Depending on weight most people enter this stage after one
drink
So according to the doctors here if you drink one drink
You're entering a stage of intoxication
Where your reaction time your behavior and your judgment are going to be lowered and altered
Just off drinking one drink now. How do you compare that?
How do you make that fit with the Bible where not only does the Bible just teach that we shouldn't get drunk
but it also says to be
Sober and
Let me just tell you something when your actions and your judgment and your behavior is being changed by another substance
That's you not being sober, you know
You know, you may not be at the blood alcohol content that defines you as drunk by the laws
But you're still not sober because your attitude is being changed
The second stage is this euphoria
During the early stages of drinking your brain releases more dopamine
This chemical is linked with pleasure during you for euphoria
You may feel relaxed and confident but your reasoning and memory may be slightly impaired
Often referred to as tipsy this stage occurs when your blood alcohol content is between point zero three and point
One two now go to Isaiah chapter number 28
Isaiah chapter number 28
So what have we learned in these first two stages of intoxication your attitude is going to be changed your behavior
your judgment your memory your reasoning
All of these things could be changed at or below the legal limit of being
Drunk according to the laws of the state yet. You can still be all of these things. Look at Isaiah
28 verse 7 it says this
But they also have aired through wine and through strong drink are out of the way
The priest and the prophet have aired through strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine
They are out of the way through strong drink
Notice they air in vision they stumble in
Judgment doesn't that sound exactly like what this article is saying is going to happen to you when you drink alcohol
You know your visions gonna be being messed with here and most importantly you're going to air in
Judgment and this is the most dangerous thing about drinking alcohol is all of us right now in our sober minds
We think a certain way we have a certain
Logic and reasoning skills about us, but as soon as a person starts drinking alcohol that goes out the window
So what happens if someone says hey, I'll just have one drink, you know, I got to work in the morning
I'll just have one drink
But then after having one drink their judgment has now been impaired and then they say hey
What's another and then their judgments even more impaired and they say hey, what's a third and then they keep going down this road?
And next thing, you know, what are they doing? They're driving home drunk
They're getting into all sorts of different areas of sin that they did not intend to go down
But because they took that first drink they started going down a road of intoxication and they stumbled in
judgment
Here is the fourth level of intoxication
excitement
At this stage or the third I should say at this stage with a blood alcohol content from point zero eight
So that's the legal driving limit to point two five. You are now legally intoxicated
So never mind. You already have been tipsy. You already have lost your judgment
You already have changed your behavior and your reasoning skills and your memory has already happened
Before getting legally drunk now, this is what's going to happen when you're legally drunk
This level of intoxication affects the occipital lobe temporal lobe and frontal lobe in your brain
Drinking too much can cause side effects specific to each lobes role including blurred vision
slurred speech and hearing and lack of control respectively
The parietal lobe which processes sensory information is also affected
You may have a loss of fine motor skills and a slower reaction time. This stage is often marked by mood swings
impaired judgment and even nausea or vomiting
Now I read this and I just don't get why people want to do this
I don't get why people want to go out and get drunk when this is what happens to their body
You know, you lose your sensory information
You can't speak you can't see you can't hear as well. You lose your judgment. You're vomiting you're nauseous
I mean, why do people do this and why do people defend this, you know, at least when you tell a smoker?
Hey smoking is unhealthy. They're like, yeah, I know
Yeah, they're like, yeah, I know I'm addicted. I want to quit it is what it is
I'm trying my best, but I know it's bad for you
I've never had a smoker say like smoking is actually really good for you
Having a cigarette with dinner will really help your life
One cigarette or a day is wonderful, but yet alcoholics
They're losing their vision. They're hearing their judgment. They're vomiting. They're getting cirrhosis of the liver
They're getting a big fat nose. They're getting a beer gut. They're having all these negative things. They're like, this is so great
This is great for my health one beer at dinner is wonderful
It's like dude, you have a problem
Why are you defending this when it's so obviously terrible and you know, it does seem like there is
and I even saw an article saying this that there kind of is a movement coming back of
Saying no to alcohol among some of the youth in America
And if that's true praise God because it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is terrible for you
That there's nothing good and here's the thing because people ask me at work, why don't you drink
This is one of the things I said, there's nothing good that has ever come from drinking alcohol
There's nothing good that's ever happened
You know every single person that I know in my personal life whose life has been destroyed
There's always alcohol involved in some shape or fashion, you know every divorce
I know of every person who's been to jail for something, you know alcohol was common denominator there
I never see people drinking alcohol and then going out and winning someone to Christ, you know
I never see someone drinking alcohol and then praying for their brothers and sisters in Christ
You know what?
You see people drinking alcohol and destroying everything in their life and the lives of those around them
You see them drinking alcohol getting on the road and killing your family member that you'll never see again
Because they were so selfish as to drink and drive. That's what you see them doing
You see them harming themselves and other people look at Isaiah 28 verse 8 it says for all
Tables, you're still there in Isaiah 28 Isaiah 28 verse 8 for all tables are full of vomit and filthiness
So that there is no place clean
Isn't that what this article is saying is gonna happen Nasha
Vomiting and once again the Bible is true, you know
You you drive past these homeless camps where people just sleep all day and they just drink alcohol day and do drugs all day
You know what? It's full of vomit and
filthiness
Because let me just tell you and people get really upset about this
The vast majority of homeless people in America are homeless by choice
Because they choose to be a drug addicted alcoholic
Alcoholic that's why and look there there's a lot of drug addicted alcoholics that go to work every single day, too
But what I'm saying is the people that are homeless
90 plus percent of them are homeless because they are drug addicted and
Drinking alcohol. That's just the truth because you know
You could find a job in America if you want to work you can a lot of these people they just don't want to work
They've decided to go down this road and look the exception proves the rule whatever
But just the vast majority of them that is the case
Because I drive past their stuff all the time and what do I see alcohol bottles?
Heroin needles. I don't see King James Bibles in their camp for some reason. I see a bunch of alcohol and drugs is what I see
Look at or I'll read for you. This is the fourth stage of intoxication
confusion a blood alcohol content of point eighteen to point thirty
Often looks like disorientation your cerebellum which helps with coordination is impacted as a result
You may need help walking or standing
Blackouts or the temporary loss of consciousness or short term short term memory are also likely to occur at this stage
This is also a result of the hippocampus the region of the brain that's responsible for making new memories not working
Well, you may also have a higher pain threshold
Which may increase your risk for injury?
So at this stage something happens that's often referred to as blacking out and to me
This is just crazy that this is actually a real phenomenon. You know, I hope people in here have never experienced this
I've never experienced this so it's hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that this is actually true
But people can drink so much alcohol that they can go live their life
They can go
you know get in a fight with someone go drive to a new city do all these weird activities and then wake up and have
Zero memory of it ever happening
That's a lot of alcohol you have to drink for that to happen to you
But the Bible does kind of talk about this to go to Proverbs 23 Proverbs 23
Proverbs 23
Verse 29 it says
Who hath woe who hath sorrow who hath?
Contentions who hath babbling who hath wounds without cause who hath redness of eyes
They that tarry long at the wine. They that go to seek mixed wine
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red when it giveth his color in the cup when it moveth itself aright
at the last it biteth like a serpent and
Sting it like an adder your Bible saying that at the end of alcohol is gonna harm you it's gonna hurt you
Nothing good is gonna come from it verse 33 thine eyes
shall behold
Strange women so this I think is the part of intoxication where you're starting to lose your judgment
where
Married people will start to you know lose judgment in the sight of like hey
I'm married to someone and they'll start lusting after other women. That's what it says thine eyes shall behold strange women
It's not saying you just saw a strange woman
You know, you're starting to lust after her and have wicked thoughts toward her and you know people wake up
Sometimes in a bed with someone that they don't know and not even remembering what happened as a result of alcohol
Says thine heart shall utter
Perverse things again, you're losing your judgment. You're losing, you know who you are as a person you're starting to just say
Stupid perverse things. Have you ever been around a drunk person? You know, they say a lot of crude things
They say a lot of you know, stupid things
Says in verse 34. Yea thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea
Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mass
you know you picture that you're
Lying down on a boat up on the crow's nest
And if you've ever been in a boat in the ocean before that boat is just constantly going back and forth back and forth and people
That are drunk. They're feeling that way just standing on the ground when nothing happening. The world is just spinning around them
You know, that doesn't sound like fun to me
Verse 35 they have stricken me shout thou say and I was not sick
They have beaten me and I felt it not
So notice this person's drunk and they're waking up from their drunkenness seeing they have all these injuries
But they're like, hold on a second. I wasn't sick. I don't remember getting beat up. How did this happen to me?
What happened? They literally blacked out and
so many people
Every single day in this world gets seriously injured as a result of drinking alcohol
You know the proverbial rednecks on the 4th of July
You know the EMTs and firefighters are really busy on the 4th of July
why because everyone's getting drunk and blowing off their hands and
Blowing off their fingers why because they're waking up with wounds saying oh what happened? Here's what happened
You're an idiot is what happened you drank alcohol because you're a moron. That's what happened. That's why you lost your hand
That's why you crashed your car. That's why you crashed your boat
And you know these type of injuries are the least of some of the things that happen related to alcohol
Stage 5 is called stupor if you reach a blood alcohol content of 0.25
You may have concerning signs of alcohol poisoning at this time all mental physical and sensory functions are severely
impaired
The risk for passing out suffocation and injury is high
stage 6 coma
At a blood alcohol content of 0.35 you are risk at risk of going into a coma
stage 7 death a
blood alcohol content over
0.45 may cause death due to alcohol poisoning or
Failure of the brain to control the body's vital functions. Tell me this isn't a poison when you just keep drinking it
You know what's gonna happen to you?
You will literally die and when I went to high school I had classmates that died as a result of drinking alcohol
because they went out and they got drunk and
they drove up to the foothills in Boise, Idaho and they drove their car off a cliff and all of them died and you know
according to statistics
2,200 Americans die of alcohol poisoning. That's literally just drinking yourself to death
hundred a hundred and seventy eight
thousand Americans
die of alcohol
Related deaths every single year. So, you know when I was living when I moved to Boise, Idaho in like 2010
That's about the size of the entire city of Boise, Idaho
Every year dies from alcohol related deaths
That's being drunk and playing with a knife and cutting yourself and bleeding out. That's being drunk and
Vomiting in your sleep and choking yourself on your own vomit and dying
That's going out on a boat and drowning from an alcohol incident
That's going in the car and getting in a head-on collision and dying
You know that is a lot of the deaths every single year in America
And so when it comes to being sober man
One of the most important things that we could do as Christians is set the example of being sober
When it comes to alcohol and drugs, you know say no to all of alcohol and drugs and let people make fun of you
Let them make fun of you who cares, you know
I'm not the one that's gonna be you know
Falling all over myself and puking all over myself or getting in some sort of accident like that
You know, you should be the one that is ashamed of yourself
Don't feel like you have to explain to people or like you're embarrassed that you don't drink alcohol
It's like why why do people have to feel embarrassed that they don't do this poison. It's really weird in our society
It's like what if you just walked up to someone you'd be like, huh? You don't do meth. What's wrong with you?
It's like that doesn't even make any sense
But people like make fun of you for not drinking alcohol like what's wrong with you what you don't like to have fun
It's like that's like asking me. Why don't you do meth? Because both are a poison both will ruin your life
Good acts chapter 26 acts chapter 26
Number one a sober person does not drink or do drugs
Number two a sober person is serious about life and about serving God
You know, that's one of the definitions of sober is a person that is serious
A person that takes life seriously and specifically takes serving God
seriously
Paul is preaching here in verse 23
he says that Christ should suffer and
that he should be the first that should rise from the dead and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles and
As he thus spake for himself
Festus said with a loud voice Paul thou art beside thyself much learning doth make thee mad and
He said but he said I am not mad most noble Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and
soberness
You know, it's okay to joke around every once in a while and have fun
I'm not against someone having fun or anything like that
If you know me, I'm a person that likes to have fun, but some things in this life require
seriousness and
Festus thinks that Paul is crazy here because Paul is so, you know
Earnest in what he's preaching and he's preaching with such power and sincerity
That Festus is thinking like man much learning has made you mad. You're crazy, but he says look I'm not crazy
He says I am not mad
most noble Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and
Soberness he's saying hey what I'm telling you right now is
Serious and look there's nothing more serious in the world than the gospel of Jesus Christ
There's nothing more serious in the world than the work of God than the house of God and us as Christians
Our goal is to go out and fulfill the Great Commission and we need to take that work very seriously
Every aspect of it, you know
We talked a little bit this morning about going out soul winning when we go out soul winning
We should take that job that we're doing seriously
You shouldn't be messing around you shouldn't be having you know loud inappropriate conversations
You know remember that there's ring cameras everywhere these days, you know one time
I got a call on the church phone and from this lady just being like hey
You just there was just these people knocking my door and they were just like arguing about Jews
And I was like, okay. Yeah, I had a feeling who that was
But it's just like look what we're doing is serious work
And you need to remember that when you're out soul winning that we're out to speak the words of truth and soberness
Not it's not time to play around. It's not time to talk about inappropriate things. It's time to get people saved
And by the way, the rest of the Great Commission is very important as well
It's important to get people in here and get them baptized and it's important that all things are done
Decently and in order in this church why because this is a sober work that we're doing here
This is a serious institution that was purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ and church is not a game
It's not a social club. This is a place where we come to serve God
This is a place where we come to fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus Christ gave us and many churches today
They look like a complete clown show
I didn't go to church that much when I was a kid
But the few times that I went I remember walking into a building and seeing a tee a line of TVs and Xboxes and
Basketball hoops and foosball tables and pool tables, but I don't remember anything about the Word of God
I don't remember anything about serving God. It was just all fun and games
And while I want to have fun
Here right here in this institution is a place for the words of truth and soberness go to Hebrews chapter 12
Hebrews chapter number 12
Hebrews 12 look at verse 28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved. Let us have grace
whereby we may serve God
acceptably with reverence and
godly fear
The Bible teaches that we should serve God with reverence. What is reverence reverence is a
Extremely high level of respect and not only an extremely high level of respect also fear
You know, how much should we?
Reverence the house of God how much should we have godly fear when we're in the house of God?
You know, we could show our reverence for church in a lot of different ways
One of those ways is just showing up on time and you know
Especially if you're involved in any type of ministry if you are an usher if you're on the safety team if you're a musician
You know if the service starts at 4 30 start that sucker at 4 30 not at 4 32 not at 4 33
Why because this is a serious work that we're doing. This is not a game and hey
We're here to serve God with reverence and godly fear and you know, we could show reverence in a lot of different ways
How about just the way that we dress
You know, I believe that church is a place where we should show
reverence and godly fear and look
There's no verse in the Bible that says thou shalt wear a shirt and tie
But I for myself have put the standard on myself that I will wear a suit and tie every time I'm in church
Why because I want to show the work of God
Reverence and if you're a part of this ministry if you want to serve in some way in the ministry
I do want you to wear a shirt and tie because we want to show that this is a serious work that we're doing here
And you know
I'm not just saying this because I'm a preacher
Because I've always had this mentality ever since I first started going to church that I will take the house of God seriously
You know like we talked a little bit about this morning
During service, it wouldn't be appropriate. It wouldn't be respectful to just spend the entire service
Just scrolling on your phone doing nothing and you know
I've mentioned it before I've been in churches all over this country where I've walked by and someone's on eBay and
Another person's checking their stocks and another person's on Facebook and it's like hey, you're not taking life very seriously
You're not being sober. You're not showing respect and reverence to the house of God
The Bible says to serve God with reverence and godly fear go to 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 2nd Corinthians chapter number 5
You
Know I've not been perfect throughout the years, but like when I worked for Pastor Shelley
I remember in the Watauga building. I had a little office and I would work from there all day at the church
So on a Wednesday, I'd be there from the morning till the church started and there was I had a lot of time
Obviously in that amount of time and one thing I would do is like I would go around all
The rows and I would make sure that all the hymnals are put correctly
Facing the same direction looking nice
Why because you know anyone really cares maybe maybe not but I just want to take the house of God seriously
I want to do things decently and in order and show reverence to the house of God
Look at 2nd Corinthians 5 9 it says wherefore we labor that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him
verse 10
This is a really important verse right here for we must all
Appear before the judgment seat of Christ
That everyone may receive and the things done in his body
according to that he hath done whether it be good or
bad
You know, one of the things that motivates me in life is that I know that this life is just a little vapor
It's just here and gone
But one day I will literally stand before the Lord Jesus Christ
And I will give an account for my life and he will judge me according to my works and here's the thing he will judge
You according to your works as well you as well if you're saved will stand before the Lord Jesus Christ
and that day is a real day that is coming for all of us and
This life doesn't matter where you live doesn't matter. What kind of car you drove doesn't matter
You know how much money you had?
Doesn't matter all you're gonna be thinking about during that time is you'd wish you had done more for Christ
You'd wish that you had been a more sober person and actually took the work of God seriously
You actually, you know lived your life to the point where you wake up in the morning and you read your Bible
Why because you're serious about the work of God and because someday, you know, you'll stand before him. Look at verse number 12
Says for we commend not ourselves again unto you
But give you an occasion to glory on our behalf that you may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance and not in
heart for whether we be beside ourselves
It is to God. So notice some people are saying like Paul you're crazy
You're beside yourself and he's saying look if me and the Apostles are beside ourselves
You know what that level of zeal that we have it's just directed towards God. It's not that they're actually crazy
It's just that they're working like crazy. Why because they're sober. They're serious
Look what it says or whether we be sober it is for your cause, you know, I just picture people
Going up to Paul and be like don't you think you're taking this Christianity thing a little too seriously
Paul it almost seems like you're a little too sober, but he says it's for your cause
Why because Paul's a minister and just like Paul knows that he himself will stand before Jesus Christ someday
He also knows that the people he's ministering to will also stand before Jesus Christ
So he says yeah
If I seem a little serious if I seem a little sober if it seems like I'm taking church a little seriously
It's for you that I'm doing that why because I and you will both stand before Jesus Christ
Go to 1st Timothy 3. Let's look at some other verses about being sober
1st Timothy 3 is a famous passage regarding the qualifications of a bishop and it says in verse 11
Even so must their wives be grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things
Just notice not only should a pastor be sober be serious
But even the pastor's wife should be taking the work of God very seriously
Because you know a pastor is not a one-man show, you know
He's got to rely on his wife a lot and she herself has to be a spiritual woman
to be a pastor part of the qualifications of that is having a spiritual wife and part of her qualifications is that she's
Sober and you know the young ladies of our culture today are not very serious about life
It makes me think of the Bible verse where talks about silly women laden with sins
I mean that is our culture right now for a lot of young women and you know
We need to raise a generation of ladies that actually take the work of God
Seriously that serving God is not just something for men soul winning is not just something for men
But that serving God is something for men women and children
Go to Titus flip over a couple pages to Titus chapter 2
Titus chapter number 2 verse 1
Says but speak thou the things which becomes sound doctrine that the aged men be sober
And then it's gonna explain what that means grave. That means serious temperate sound and faith in charity and patience
So notice the aged men men they're a little little older
They should be setting the example in this area of someone that is living a serious life
Someone that is dedicated to the Lord and you know, we need in every church needs young people children
Teenagers, you know young adults middle-aged people and elderly people that is an important part of a church
Why because
One of the things that elderly people can do the age and man they could do is they could set an example for the next
Generation and say hey, you see me as an older guy. You see how what I've done in my life
Notice how I'm not spending my entire life on tick-tock
Notice how I am NOT smoking pot notice how I am NOT spending every night playing video games
Notice how I'm sober and then the young men could say like hey
I want to grow up to be like that person and then they could follow their example
look at Titus 2 4 that they may teach the young women to be
Sober, so also young women should be sober. Let's go to
Titus 2 6
Says young men likewise
Exhort to be sober
Minded so really God just wants everyone to be serious
Have you noticed that the young women the older man the elder women the young men?
God just wants us to be serious. Why because outside of serving God this life is completely meaningless
So you might as well get get
dedicated to serving God
verse 7 in all things
Showing thyself a pattern of good works in
doctrine showing uncorruptness
gravity
Sincerity you say, you know, oh, I'm a young man. I'm a young person and I want to be taken seriously
How can you do that by showing a pattern of good works
showing that you know, you're not spotty in your tenants to church or you're in your attendance to
Bible reading or in attendance to your
Volunteer capacities at church that you're faithful that's going to show people that you're serious
And we need some sober young men in our world today
You know, I talked about this before
The bar is so low right now for young men. Like just have a job and you'll find a girl pretty much
Just just show up and obey the boss and your boss will just love you
Like it's really not that hard right now
If you could just get some sobriety in your life if you could just be serious and take your life seriously
You know you will stand out
Notice verse 8. Here's the big one for young men sound speech
That cannot be condemned that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed having no evil thing to say of you
That's a common mistake that young men make is just blowing off their mouth and saying a lot of stupid things
You want to be taken seriously? You need to have sound speech that cannot be condemned go to Romans chapter number 12
Number three this evening a sober person does not think too highly of themselves
Sober person is not prideful. Look at Romans 12 3
For I say through the grace given unto me to every man that is among you not to think of himself
More highly than he ought to think notice but to think
soberly
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith
One of the aspects of being sober in the Bible is that you don't view yourself higher than you should
And this is just man's human nature is to think I'm great
Why hasn't everyone else gotten on my level yet? This is just how men are
This is just how human beings are and you know
We need to take captive those thoughts and think of ourselves soberly go to Matthew chapter number 23, Matthew chapter number 23
You know the Bible says that every man will proclaim his own
Goodness if you want to know if someone's great just ask them they'll tell you how great they are
Right. I mean don't ask other people just go to them to be that are you a great person?
Of course, I am. Do you have any problems? No, what are you talking about?
But that's not really thinking soberly of yourself. Is it no a sober thought would be like hey, I'm not great
Hey, in fact, I'm actually a sinner that deserves hell
And the only thing that's good about me is the grace bestowed by Jesus Christ. Look at Matthew 23
verse 12
It says and whosoever
Excuse me, and whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased
So, you know you want to end up in a place in your life where you're low where people think very lowly of you
You know, they despise you they make fun of you. They think your life is a joke
well, all you have to do is exalt yourself and that's exactly what will happen and it's just so funny because
people that exalt themselves
Even if they are skilled in a certain area
Even if they are talented or they're beautiful or they have some sort of great achievement
I don't know about you, but when I hear someone exalting themselves, I immediately dislike them
And isn't that funny how that works how that person they want to be liked because they're prideful, right? So they tell you man
I'm so great man. These these people don't understand anything. I'm the one with the intelligence
Look at how much money I have man. These people suck at every athletic event. Look at me though
Look at how good I am when someone does that. It doesn't even matter if what they're saying is kind of true
I just immediately like I just don't like you and it's just funny because they're actually getting the exact opposite of what they want
Meanwhile, a lot of the people that are truly the best in this world are oftentimes pretty humble people
And I'm thinking this is not even gonna be a reference. You're gonna understand. I'm a baseball guy
Okay, I'm thinking of a catcher named Buster Posey. Does anyone know who this guy is? Of course
Okay. Well, he had three World Series titles. He was one of the best baseball players and every interview with him
He's very humble very meek
He's always elevating his coaches and his team and he's passing the credit on to them
Meanwhile, he's like one of the best catchers that's ever played the game of baseball and you look at him and you're like
This guy's awesome. This guy actually is the real deal and when he talks about himself
he's not boasting himself and so you actually like him on top of it and
So he humbles himself and what happens he's exalted
But people that are prideful and saying I'm the best you immediately just despise them. Let me give you another example
You're not gonna understand who knows who Mike trout is. Dang. Okay. All right
We got one guy Mike trout is another really famous baseball player and his career. He's been plagued with injuries
He's had a lot of injuries and he was interviewed and this lady said hey
What do you think would have happened if you didn't get injured? He's like man
I just hate that I've had all these injuries because I know
That if I wasn't injured I would have been like the best baseball player to ever live it's just like
You hear that? He's just like oh, it's just cringy to hear right and it doesn't matter that he's a good baseball player
When someone exalts themself you immediately view them much lower
Doesn't matter if they're cool or not
And so you want to be liked by other people you want to get along with other people?
You want to fit in in the house of God? Don't be prideful
Don't think of yourself more highly than you ought to think
I'm sorry. I had you leave Romans 12 go back there really quick Romans chapter number 12. I
Got to come up with some new references for you guys what Oklahoma's like no skin
Matthew or Romans chapter 12 verse 4
For as we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office
So he's saying, you know, we have a body
We have all these different body parts and our body parts don't have all the same function, right?
You know, my mouth doesn't have the same function as my toes
Right. Look at verse number five. So we so likewise
Being many are one body in Christ and everyone members one of another
Just like the human body this church is a body and we all have different offices
We all have different roles to play verse 6 having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us
Whether prophecy let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith or ministry
Let us wait on our ministering or he that teacheth on teaching or he that exhorteth on exhortation
He that giveth let him do it with simplicity
He that ruleth with diligence he that showeth mercy with cheerfulness
So notice in the body of Christ we all have different roles to play some people are gonna be preachers
Some people are gonna be really hospitable. Some people are going to be great givers
They have more to give some people are very good at ministering
Some people are gonna be ruling things but whatever your role is whatever body part you are
You know you play an important role in this body and it would make no sense
To brag about being the hand
Because it's like, okay cool. You're the hand but we also need feet
You know, we also need legs. We also need ears. You're like, well, I'm the eyes
I mean, I'm I'm obviously the best it's like eyes are good. So is a mouth
So is every body part
So it just does not make sense to get prideful and think well because I am so-and-so
Because I do something I'm better than other people that's like saying that your hand is better than your foot
You know both are important and whatever God has given us to do in this life
Just be content with it and stay humble in doing so. Otherwise God will abase you
first Corinthians 8 flip over to 1st Corinthians 8
You
Say well, here's the thing. I actually am really smart though. I actually am really great. You just don't understand brother Dylan
I actually am the strongest person in this room. Oh, you don't understand. I actually am the most attractive person in here
I actually have read the most I understand the most in here. Okay. We'll look at first Corinthians 8 2 and if any man
Think that he knoweth anything he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know
So here's thing. Let's just say you're the most educated person in here
Let's just say you know, you're the best in a certain area. You know what the attitude you should have is is okay
I'm educated to this level, but you know what? I don't know as much as I ought to know yet
I still have a lot of growing left to do because you know, God has blessed us all in different ways
There's some people let's just face it that are going to be smarter than other people and that's okay
There's some people that are gonna be taller than other people
There are some people are gonna be able to dunk and jump higher. Okay, just look at the NBA
You don't see a lot of guys that look like me. Am I mad about that? No, not I don't want to I have no desire
To play basketball. I'm sorry for you basketball fans in here, you know, I don't have that desire
But here's the thing, you know something you're good at something
Well, you're not as good as you should be that's the attitude that you should have
I don't know as much as I should know. I haven't done enough in my life
I haven't done as much in my life as I should have done. Oh, you're a good parent. Okay
Well, you're not as good of a parent as you should be yet. I'm a great wife
You're not as good as a wife as you should be yet
And none of us have arrived and we need to think of ourselves soberly not above that which we ought to
Think go to Galatians 6 now
Here's the thing about pride in the Bible the prideful person
is often compared to the drunk person and I kind of connect these two people in my mind because there actually is a lot of
similarities between someone who's drunk and someone who's prideful look at Galatians 6 verse 3 it says this
For if a man if for if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he
Deceiveth himself. So notice this person he thinks I'm great
But in reality
He's not what happens he deceiveth himself
And excuse me, it's not that the Bible compares these two
It's that when I read these verse this verse I think of a drunk person because what does a drunk person do?
Think about this if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself
What is a drunk person like they think that they're faster bigger?
Stronger a better fighter than they actually are and
This is what a prideful person is like a prideful person is like a drunk person
Which is why the Bible calls people that are not doing alcohol sober and people who are not prideful
Sober because pride has the same intoxicating effect on your brain where you think
Bigger of yourself than you actually are and this is how people get hurt. This is how people get a based in real life
You know, they drink alcohol and they say oh, yeah, I could take that six-foot-eight guy
No problem
And then they just get their teeth knocked out because they thought they were something when they're nothing and let me tell you in life
you think you're something when you're nothing the only person you're deceiving is yourself and
God will make sure to abase you
Go to 1st Peter chapter 5 1st Peter chapter number 5
Number 4 a sober person is on the lookout for danger
This is another attribute of a sober person in the Bible. Yes, they're not drinking. Yes. They're taking life seriously
They're not prideful, but they're also on the lookout for danger 1st Peter 5 8
It says be sober and it's going to define what that means be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion
Walketh about
Seeking whom he may devour the Bible tells us to be sober to be
Vigilant someone who is vigilant means that they're taking their job as a watchman very seriously, you know
They're staying on the lookout, you know picture a guy that's on a watchtower
He's got binoculars and he's scanning the ridge line seeing if enemies are coming
You know, he's looking at the bushes see if he could see movement or a rifle sticking out from something
You know, he's looking for danger. That's what someone who is vigilant is doing and you know us as Christians
We live in a world where we need to be on the lookout for danger
The Bible says this know also that in the last days perilous
Times shall come and we are living in some perilous days right now
We are living in a time where violence is on the rise
There's a lot of literal physical carnal danger in this world
You know, we live in a world not like that of our grandparents where they you know
We're out riding their bikes all over the town and they just were out at all hours of the night
No one knew where they are. Those days are long gone
No one's out. Just letting their kids do whatever unless you're in like a section 8 housing area for some reason
I wouldn't recommend doing that why because we're living in a dangerous time and we need to be vigilant. We need to be
Sober and
Us as men, you know
We've been tasked by God to defend our families and it's very serious that us as men
Take this task very seriously
And you know in the United States of America, we've been afforded certain rights like the Second Amendment
Now that you know enshrines our right to keep and to bear arms
And I think that if you are a man in this room, you should take advantage of that
I think that you should be very sober and say hey, I'm gonna take this seriously. I'm gonna get a gun
I'm gonna get some training and not just that but that you're gonna carry that thing all the time as much as you possibly can
Why because hey, we're living in a perilous time and us as men
It's our job to be the protectors in this world and you don't want to just rely on the police
That's a bad idea because their response time could be 12 minutes down the road. You know us as Christians
They a lot of times Christians they get this mentality that men Christian men should be like soft and
Just gentle and here's the time
There's a there's there's a time and a place to be soft and gentle and loving and caring but you know
Christian men should also be able to snap something inside of them and be able to kill a defend intruder into their home
Right like us as men, you know
We should be soft with our wife and our kids and hey, we'll preach you the gospel and we're harmless as a dove
We're not gonna hurt anyone. We're not gonna assault anyone
We're not gonna violate anyone
But we should be ready and be able to step up that if violence comes to us
If someone wants to hurt our family our church our wife that something can snap inside of us and we could be the most dangerous
Deadly men in the society people look at being like having the capacity
To harm someone or to hurt someone as a bad thing. That is a very good thing
Every single man should be really good at harming other people
But you would only want to use that when it's necessary to do so to defend other people, right?
Because here's the thing when there's when there's someone shooting up a school. What are you gonna do?
you're gonna call people that are really good at hurting other people and really good at killing other people and
That's a good thing to have police
But you know what you shouldn't rely on the police to take care of your wife and kids you should rely on yourself and
Someone's breaking into your home and wants to hurt you and your family the police aren't gonna get there in time
So you better be sober men and be ready to take care of the problem yourself
I'm not saying that you know, you should become addicted to this and this is your main focus in life
Some people they take this way too far and just like prepping and and all this stuff becomes their life
You want to make sure that serving God is your life
but you also don't want to neglect this area of your life and
You know men if you are not in shape and you don't know how to fight and you don't know how to shoot
There's a serious hole in your life. I'm just telling you right now
There is a serious lacking of your life as a man that you need to fix
Because the Bible says to be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil is as a roaring lion walk at the bow
Of course that's true spiritually, but that's also true physically now also, let's talk about that spiritually for a second go to Genesis chapter 3
Genesis chapter number 3
We should be vigilant as men to the dangers of this world be ready to fight
But the most important thing is being vigilant spiritually and looking out for danger and harm and evil
Spiritually and a good story to illustrate. This is in the garden. Look at Genesis 3 1
It says let's start reading in verse 2 it says and the woman said unto the serpent
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden
God had said you shall not eat of it neither shall you touch it lest you die
And the serpent said unto the woman you shall not surely die
For God doth know that in the day you eat thereof then your eyes shall be open and you shall be as gods
Knowing good and evil
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be
Desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also under her husband with her
And he did eat
You know Adam here failed
Being sober in the sense that Adam failed to look out for spiritual evil in his family
You know Adam should have been being vigilant and being like hmm, why is my wife talking to a serpent?
Maybe this is a bad idea right and and we apply this
Men women we need to be on the lookout for our families that wicked influences are not reaching our homes
and this is
Super super hard in this day and age that we're living in when every kids show it seems
Has some sort of propaganda has some sort of satanic message that wants to be shown to your children
You know
We need to make sure that we're being vigilant that we're taking care of the books of the podcast the videos the movies
the shows that are getting into our homes that we're paying attention and making sure we're being vigilant and
Watching out for evil and for harm
Because there's a lot of people Jews that work in these industries that they make this material
Simply to attack Christianity, you know the pornography industry
That stuff is created to destroy families to harm individuals to ruin marriages to ruin children
You know, that's why that stuff is even created wicked people, you know devising mischief
They can't sleep until they've figured out a way to harm someone. There's people like that
There's people like that coming after your kids today. It's called the LGBT community
You need to be vigilant that you know
if your kids go to public school that they're gonna be around a bunch of queers and freaks and sodomites and
This is constantly gonna be being pushed on them from every direction
I went to public school in Idaho, which is one of the most conservative states in America
I graduated in 2015 and in my high school in Idaho a very conservative area
There was the
LGBT Alliance Club and
every single morning our school had announcements where they rolled in a TV and they had announcements for the day and
every single day in my high school the
LGBT Club had a little message had a little play had a little dance where they're dressing up in drag
Dressing up as the opposite gender and pumping that message to us
Let me just tell you if that's happening in Idaho it's happening in Oklahoma if it's happening in Oklahoma
It's happening everywhere else in America
And so just realize that there are people that are coming for your children today
And by the way, they even sing songs admitting that there's videos of these pride parades
Where they're running up and down the street saying we're coming for your children. I
Mean if you would have played this video back to me ten years ago
I wouldn't even believe what I just said like I always knew sodomites were bad
But the fact that they're saying we're coming for your children
the fact that the you know, San Francisco gay men's choir singing songs about how they're coming for your children and
Yet we have parents today that are completely asleep
We have parents and grandparents today that are not vigilant. They're not sober
They're not looking out for the evils in this life
And let me tell you what moms and dads need to be sober they need to be vigilant
It's not enough for some preacher to get up and yell and scream about it
You know your kids probably don't care, but they'll care more about what you say. So you need to be vigilant
I'll skip some of this for sake of time. Let's go to Titus chapter 1
Actually before that first Timothy 3 it's right next door first Timothy 3
One more verse on this point here
Says in first Timothy 3 to a bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife notice vigilant
sober of good behavior given to hospitality apt to teach
One of the qualifications of a bishop is to be sober and right before sober you see that word
Vigilant meaning that they're looking out for problems
And what are the jobs of a preacher of any preacher and of a pastor is to be looking out into this world?
You know spending your time in the Word of God
knowing what the Bible says
knowing what the right attitudes actions behaviors are and then looking out into the world and seeing
Where bad attitudes pop up or bad philosophies pop up or bad doctrine pops up and in order to do that
You're gonna have to be what vigilant
Sober I saw this stupid comment today on a pastor sermon saying like oh here comes the the passive-aggressive
Preaching because you know people sometimes perceive that a sermon is about them or about a situation that they know of
And it's like let me just explain to you what the job of a preacher is and especially of a pastor
it's to identify bad attitudes and behaviors and
Doctrines that creep up and to squash those things
So yeah
The preaching sometimes will be about you and guess what when I was in the pew the preaching sometimes was about me
Because that's literally the job of a preacher is to be on the lookout for bad ideas and to correct those bad ideas
It's like oh, this is passive-aggressive because he's preaching about a situation that I'm aware of. It's like that's his job
people have this
Unbelievably stupid idea that pastors and preachers should never preach against individuals and I'm just thinking
Have you ever read the Bible?
the Bible is just full of
Individuals names being called out. What sense would it make that a preacher can't get up and preach about individuals
How stupid is that? I get like here's an example and I'm just gonna use a really silly example that I don't think will ever
Okay, let's say two men in here, you know every single day before church
They're out in the parking lot and they're getting in fistfights every day
I mean, they're just really pissing each other off and they just you know, descend into chaos every single time before church
They're just having fistfights, right?
It just happens over and over and over and over again
Like I said silly example because I don't think this will ever happen
Would it be then?
Inappropriate for me to get up and preach a sermon about I don't know loving your brothers in Christ
Or like like having unity in church or like not being violent or not being a striker
It's like yeah, but I know who you're talking about. Who cares and
Here's the thing oftentimes these types of things are preached where it's like yeah
You may know the situation that the preacher is talking about because you're privy to certain information
But if a random person listening online listen to that sermon, they wouldn't necessarily know
But yet people are so offended and so just weak-minded on this issue to think you know preachers can't ever preach against individuals
You're insane
You're supposed to be sober. You're supposed to be vigilant meaning you're looking out for danger
You're looking out for bad ideas and you're correcting those issues
Number five turn to Titus chapter number one
My lungs are almost given out here
Titus one
Number five a sober person lives a separated life
So I just want eight says but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men
Sober and it's gonna define that just holy
Temperate, you know a sober person takes their life
Seriously, like we talked about before and part of that is that they take sin very seriously that they're striving their best to live a godly
Separated life and of course, we know that no one's gonna be perfect
But Jesus Christ said be ye holy for I am holy
You know, Jesus Christ is perfect and the the standard that Jesus demands is perfection
That's what he demands now, of course
He has grace and knows that we won't reach that but God wants us to be holy
just
temperate, you know separate he wants us to live a
Separated life and part of this is taking sin seriously, you know, the Bible says this I'll read
Proverbs 14 9 says this fools make a mock at sin
And so this would be an example of someone not being sober
Someone that's making light of sin someone that's making fun of sin. You know, that's a really bad attitude
That's someone that's not being sober. I remember when my wife and I were dating someone made a joke to us
They're like, oh you guys gonna have a sleepover tonight and they're just like making light of fornication. They're joking about fornication
There's nothing funny about fornication
We've talked about that in the previous weeks how it destroys people's lives how it's a sin that God literally killed
Thousands of people for that is it's a sin that actually gets you kicked out of church
And that you know prevents you from having fellowship with God's people. That's not something to joke about
Hey drinking alcohol, hey, man, you want to get some beer tonight? Just kidding. Shut up. That's not a funny joke
You know let us in this church have fun joke around sure
But you know where it crosses the line for sure is when you're joking about committing sin and sometimes even very wicked people
They do this to test you
Oftentimes sodomites will do this to test you they'll make a joke with you
They'll say something super filthy to see how you react to know. Okay. This is a person that I could target
This is a person that I can you know
Target to do something wicked to and so we're not gonna play around with that whatsoever
We shouldn't be joking around about sin go to Titus to Titus chapter 2
verse 11 it says this for the notice grace of
God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men. So what are we talking about God's grace?
It says in verse 12 teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust we should live soberly
righteously and
Godly in this present world
You know, you have a lot of churches today that say well, we're in the New Testament
We're under grace
So we don't have to really take the commandments of God that seriously
We don't really have to worry about living a separated life, but notice what your Bible said. It says that grace
Teaches us that we should deny ungodliness. It doesn't say, you know, God's anger teaches us God's
Disciplinary hand teaches us it says that the grace of God is what teaches us that we should live soberly
Righteously and godly in this present world. So if anything because we're in the New Testament
We should take living a separated life even more seriously be even more sober about living a
separated life
Let's go to 1st Peter 1 1st Peter chapter number 1
1st Peter 1 verse 13 says wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be
Sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ as
Obedient children not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation
Because it is written
Be ye holy for I am holy
so, you know Bible says that being sober one of the
Characteristics of sobriety is being holy and you know that is going to be the goal of this church
The goal of this church is going to be preaching holiness
preaching godly standards
Preaching the Bible's commandments and it doesn't matter if that's gonna fill our church with a lot of people
It doesn't matter if that's gonna make us, you know
Popular with the mayor here or the police chief here or it doesn't matter if that type of preaching is gonna get us the big
Beautiful facilities, you know what? I'm just interested in doing what God told us to do
I'm interested in striving to be holy because he's holy
I'm interested in knowing that the grace of God teaches us to deny ungodliness and to live soberly holy and
Righteously in this present world go to first Peter for this will be the last point
We're wrapping up here first Peter for the last characteristic of sobriety number six a sober person
Has a consistent prayer life
Look at first Peter 4 7 but the end of all things is at hand be ye therefore sober and watch
unto prayer
You know a sober person a person that takes life seriously a person that's not drunk a person that doesn't think too highly of themselves
You know a person that cares about the things of God
They're gonna know that they cannot do this life on their own that they're gonna know that they can't accomplish
The things that they want to accomplish in this life on their own and they know that there's a lot of danger out there
They know that they have to be vigilant
And so what a sober person does is lives their life
watching unto prayer and
Look, that is just the attitude that we need to have is a sober attitude that says God
I can't do my finances on my own God. I can't succeed in my job on my own
I can't raise kids in 2024 America on my own, you know
I can't, you know have the best marriage possible just on my own power. I
Need you God. I need you to help me and you know what that's watching unto prayer. Look at Hebrews chapter number four
Hebrews chapter number four
You know every single person in this room
needs help from God and
I hope you're at a place in your life where you at least realize that my wife hears me say this all the time
I need God to help me today
I said that a lot today as I'm waking up this morning coughing my lungs out being like, how am I gonna preach today?
It's like I really need God today
But here's the thing
We all need God all the time and I hope you're at the point in your life where you at least realize that
But let me tell you every person will realize that someday because life is gonna hit you like a ton of bricks
You know if you're living at home life is just easy and you may not even realize this right now
But you'll know in a few years like you do need God God knows we need help and we have help look at Hebrews 4 14
Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus the Son of God
Let us hold fast our profession for we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities
But was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin
Let us therefore come boldly
Unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need
You know, Jesus knows our sorrows our weaknesses and our temptations
We don't have a high priest that has not been touched with the feelings of our infirmities. What does that mean?
We have a high priest that has been touched with those things. We have Jesus Christ who yes
He's hundred percent God, but he was also
100% man
meanings that he knows what it feels like the human emotion of being rejected of being hated of
Being made fun of of being belittled of being hungry
He knows what it's like to be forsaken. He knows what it's like not to be appreciated. He knows
Every single human emotion that is to be known. He knows it not just a head knowledge. He's experienced it himself
And here's the thing
I would love to help you and I hope that you guys all want to help each other and that you guys can help me
but here's the thing if I'm going through something you can only really be touched with a feeling of my infirmity if you've been
Exactly through the same thing that I've been through and I want to help you but here's the thing
I can only really fully understand the feeling of your infirmity if I've been through exactly the same thing that you're going through
But Jesus our great high priest has been touched with every single infirmity that you feel
Every single one so he knows what you're feeling. He cares about what you're feeling
He cares about what you're going through and when you come to him, he's ready to help
He's ready to give grace in time of need. So come before him boldly, you know
That's what a sober person does is they are watching unto prayer. That's what the Bible says
Go to 1st Peter 5 this would be the last verse we go to 1st Peter chapter number 5
1st Peter 5 verse 8
Says be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour
whom resist
steadfast in the faith
Knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world
But the God of all grace who have called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus Christ
After that you have suffered a while make you perfect establish
Strengthen settle you to him be glory and Dominion forever and ever
Amen, you know the Bible says to be sober to be vigilant and in doing that that we should resist
the devil
Steadfastly and you know, we need to remember that our Christian life is a fight
It's a battle and we need to be taking this seriously
We need to be sober people as Christians. How are we gonna do that? Number one don't drink alcohol or do drugs
That's step one. That's the easy one
Okay, number two take the work of God seriously take church seriously take soul-winning seriously
Number three, don't be prideful
Don't think of yourself more highly than you ought to think number four be on the lookout for danger
You know us as men be ready to defend
Physically and spiritually in our homes and number five be watching unto prayer. Let's have a word of prayer Lord
Thank you for this day. Thank you for your word, and I just pray that you would help all of us to live our lives
Soberly and that
All the characteristics of soberness in the Bible would be characteristics of our lives as individuals as well
Pray that you bless this evening help us to get home safely. We love you in Jesus name we pray. Amen