Satan advertises lust and partying as something spectacular that you have to have. God tells you in His Word that something dies or partially dies when we give in.
When I was a kid I was told repeatedly that sex before marriage was a sin… a horrible sin. I believed my parents. Avoiding that sin leads to increased happiness later.
I was almost never told that looking with lust was a disaster. I only figured that out after I was completely hooked.
There is an almost perfect parallel between how often you hear about what God says about lust or partying and how easy or hard it is to quit.
Give me 30 Engineering students who are Christians who have focused on verses about intoxication, and you will likely see 30 students who have a sharply lower rate of intoxication in their future.
Give me 30 Bible students who read an occasional verse about intoxication, and who want to quit twice as badly as the Engineering students, and I will show you 30 students who struggle with intoxication for decades.
Why! We all know that Bible students are praying more, have more Christian friends, and are also attending classes on the Bible. But… the Engineering students are hearing directly from God about their habitual sin. They are getting all the information. Receiving power directly from God almighty about the sin that is plaguing them.
The good news is, you will memorize them by accident. If you are like I was 44 months ago you will be overwhelmed by temptation all the time. If you fight temptation like Jesus did (with the Bible) you will know these verses. You will believe these verses, you will have confidence in these verses making your life better.
Intoxication kills you physically (with stress and less sleep), mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Verses about intoxication (https://www.openbible.info/topics/intoxication) heal you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Satan advertises lust and partying as something spectacular that you have to have. Jesus will tell you that purity and scripture are what you have to have.
If we hear Jesus’ words as often as we hear satan’s temptations, life will start getting great.
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