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Works of the Flesh

Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wrath Ambitions Dissensions Heresies Envy Murders Drunken Revelries. Works of the Flesh. Rivalry (I) Galatians 5:20. Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies

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Works of the Flesh

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  1. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Works of the Flesh Rivalry (I) Galatians 5:20

  2. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Hatred (echthra)[enmities(ASV); quarrels(NEB)] • “The opposite of agape, love” (Vine, 201) • “Intense ill-will; enmity, hostility, malevolence; wishing evil upon another” • Feuding, hostility…Hateful attitude • “Echthra (hatred, enmities) is the attitude of mind and heart which puts up the barriers and which draws the sword.” (Barclay, 42) 2

  3. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Hatred (echthra)[enmities(ASV); quarrels(NEB)] • One who hates his brother is a murderer, 1 Jno. 3:13-15 • Love opens doors of influence for the gospel, but hatred throws wide the gates of hell! – Jno. 13:34-35 • “I love God” but hate brother…liar! 1 Jno. 4:20-21 • Motivated by goodwill, not hatred 3

  4. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Contentions (eris)[strife(ASV); variance(KJV)] • “A contentious temper” (Moffat) • Squabbling, quarrelsome, argument • “The disposition to wrangle or quarrel” • “When a man begins to argue to demolish his opponent rather than to win him, then eris comes in.” (Barclay, 44) • “Eris, strife, is the outcome in actual life of that state of mind (echthra, hatred).” (Barclay, 42) 4

  5. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Contentions (eris)[strife(ASV); variance(KJV)] • Hatred engenders strife, Prov. 10:12 • Contentions indicates carnality, 1 Cor. 1:11; 3:3 • Disposition to wrangle, causing a divide • Trait of the pagan world the Christian is called out of, Rom. 1:29; 2 Cor. 12:20 5

  6. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Contentions (eris)[strife(ASV); variance(KJV)] “Eris invades the church and becomes characteristic of the church, when the leaders and the members of the church think more about people and about parties and about slogans and about personal issues than they do about Jesus Christ. Here is our warning. Whenever in a church Jesus Christ is dethroned from the central place, all personal relationships go wrong.”(Barclay, Flesh and Spirit, 44) 6

  7. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Jealousies (zelos)[emulations(KJV)] • Associated with strife, Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 3:3; 2 Cor. 12:20 • Envious & contentious rivalry • The competitive spirit gone awry… one-upmanship • Jealousy desires to have the same or same sort of thing for itself.”(Vine, 204) 7

  8. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Jealousies (zelos)[emulations(KJV)] • Progression: Hate…Strife…Jealousy • Jealousy… • Promotes vengeance (settling the score), Prov. 6:34 (1 Cor. 13:5) • Resides in the heart • Companions: Selfish ambition, arrogance & dishonesty, Jas. 3:14 8

  9. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Jealousies (zelos)[emulations(KJV)] • Applications… • Ambition to “keep up with the Joneses” 2 Cor. 10:12 • Brethren locked in bitter rivalry, Phil. 1:15 (strife & envy) • When we are competitors instead of co-workers, 1 Cor. 3:9; Eph. 4:16 • When we cannot rejoice when another is honored – Rom. 12:15; 1 Cor. 12:25-26 9

  10. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wrath • Ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunken • Revelries Attitudes of Rivalry • Hatred, Contentions, Jealousies • Attitudes that reflect the control of the flesh over one’s heart & life • Put the flesh to death & walk in the Spirit – Gal. 5:16, 24-26 10

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