God is looking to train a generation of unintoxicated men to lead and model Christ’s righteousness in an intoxicated world. God wants men who do not succumb to the intoxicating influences that dull their minds. Any desire, unrestrained by God’s grace, can become an intoxicating idol. Things as harmless as comfort, convenience, security, work, sports, and amusements—unrestrained by God’s grace—can become as deadly and powerful as addictions to alcohol, drugs, and sex.
That is exactly what Peter said when he used the very same word Paul used in Titus 2:2 when he called for grace-energized men of temperance. We are looking at the first word used by God to describe the grace-energized older men of the faith in Titus 2:2—temperate.
Peter, writing near the end of his earthly ministry, explained that we, as God’s people, are called to be separate in mind from those who are not God’s, holy-minded in an unholy thinking world, living in each generation of Christ’s Church–according to the standards of our High and only King Jesus.
From GEM-04a – Living the Unintoxicated Life (071111PM)
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