his readers to “understand what the will of the Lord is,” it is very evident that he did not regard the Christian life to be devoid of intellectual content. The Christian faith involves vastly more than an emotional experience. Christians are called on to use their mental capabilities to the fullest extent for the highest of all goals—the comprehension of and response to the will of God. “And be not drunk with wine” (5:18). It is not wine alone that is castigated but drunkenness with wine. It is
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