Saturday Song; The Amboy Dukes, "Journey to the Center of the Mind"

The nineteen-sixties certainly was a decade of change. One destructive trend was the use by the public of mind-altering drugs. People figured that it would free their thinking of restraints and expand their perceptions.

The Amboy Dukes were one band who glorified the use of psychedelic drugs. But at least they did warn that listeners might not come back from their "experimentation" with these substances.

Listen to this song here:

The Bible doesn't mention street drugs but it does mention another kind of intoxicant. The Apostle Paul admonished his readers about being a good example to non Christians. Part of that was staying sober. Ephesians 5:18 (BBE) warns, "And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;"

Self control is also highly prized by the Lord. We read in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 and 7 (BBE), "So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;"

We also see in the Bible that God uses drunkenness as a metaphor for judgement upon the evildoers. Psalms 75:8 (BBE) reads, "For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop."

So we know that though intoxication may seem enjoyable, it robs us of our self control and wisdom. Bad things often result when a person isn't restrained by reasonable inhibitions.

On Monday, unless Christ returns first, I hope to publish a post about why breaking just one of God's laws breaks them all.