Part 1: Mindset

Are you a Wise or Foolish?

Do you Fear the Lord or are you foolish in God’s sight? Which is it?

1 Corinthians 6:19

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ and it is I who no longer live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live3 by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

Proverbs 4:23

“Above all else, guard your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.”

Proverbs 12:1

“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.”

Proverbs 5:11-14

“At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble
    in the assembly of God’s people.”

Proverbs 5:21-23

“For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
    and he examines all your paths.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23 For lack of discipline they will die,
    led astray by their own great folly.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 7-8

“Do not be wise in your own eyes;
    fear the Lord and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
    and nourishment to your bones.”

Proverbs 4:14-15

“Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.”

Proverbs 8:13

“To fear the Lord is to hate evil;
    I hate pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.”

Proverbs 8:17

“I love those who love me,
    and those who seek me find me.”

Proverbs 11:21

“Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.”

 

Part 2: God’s principles on debauchery, which includes altering your mind through drink or drugs.

1 Peter 4:3

“For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.”

Ephesians 5:18

“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead be filled with the Spirit.”

Romans 13:13

“13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.”

Galatians 5:19-21

“19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

Galatians 6: 8-9

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature [1] will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

Zephaniah 1:12

“12  At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

and I will punish the men who are complacent,1

those who say in their hearts,

‘The LORD will not do good,

nor will he do ill.’

John 8:31-21

“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples, then the truth will set you free.”

John 8:34-35

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36S So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.