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Works of the Flesh

Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife Jealousies Wraths Selfish ambitions Dissensions Heresies Envy Murders Drunkenness Revelries. Works of the Flesh. Rivalry (II) Galatians 5:20. Fornication Uncleanness Lewdness Idolatry Sorcery Hatred Strife

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Works of the Flesh

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  1. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfishambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Works of the Flesh Rivalry (II) Galatians 5:20

  2. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Outbursts of Wrath (thumos)[wraths (ASV); outbursts of anger (NASB)] • Thumos has potential for good or evil, and a wide range of meaning in ancient Greek • Human & divine wrath(Rev. 14:19; 15:1; 16:1) • Devilish & beastly wrath(Rev. 12:12) • Noble & destructive wrath (of righteous warriors & angry murderers) 2

  3. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Outbursts of Wrath (thumos)[wraths (ASV); outbursts of anger (NASB)] • Slow of wrath has great understanding; impulsive exalts folly, Prov. 14:29 • “A violent impulse without reason” (Plato) • “Anger does hear reason, but it hears it wrongly, like a servant who dashes out of the room, before his master’s order is completed” (Aristotle) 3

  4. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Outbursts of Wrath (thumos)[wraths (ASV); outbursts of anger (NASB)] • Two words for anger and wrathEph. 4:31 • Orge: Indignation that rises gradually and becomes a settled trait • Thumos: “Rage” (A&G); “Passion, angry heat…anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again” (Thayer, 293) 4

  5. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Outbursts of Wrath (thumos)[wraths (ASV); outbursts of anger (NASB)] • “Explosive, violent temper; display of” • Uncontrolled temper: Lack of self-control Proverbs 25:28 • Companion of selfish ambitions & conceit2 Corinthians 12:20 • Eliminates & prevents righteousness (orge)James 1:19-20 • Breaks the spirit of children (orge)Ephesians 6:4 (Col. 3:20) 5

  6. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Outbursts of Wrath (thumos)[wraths (ASV); outbursts of anger (NASB)] • We are not justified in wrath by saying “that’s just the way I am” • Uncontrolled anger is not just a little quirk – it is sin(Gal. 5:20) • We must put away wrath,Psa. 37:8; Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8 6

  7. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Selfish Ambitions (eritheia)[factions (ASV); strife (KJV); disputes (NASV)] • “A desire to put oneself forward, a partisan and factious spirit” (Thayer, 249) • “Constant effort to get the best for yourself”(Living Letters, The Paraphrased Epistles, Taylor; cited by Jenkins, Flesh & Spirit, 35) • “Self-will…denotes partymaking…from erithos, a hireling; hence…seeking to win followers…factions” (Vine, 220) 7

  8. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Selfish Ambitions (eritheia)[factions (ASV); strife (KJV); disputes (NASV)] • Can be avoided by remembering our common heritage, fellowship & goals,Gen. 13:7-8 • Ugliness of selfish ambition,Phil. 1:15-17 • When personal goals more important than the church’s welfare, we are motivated by factionalism,Phil. 2:3-4 8

  9. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Dissensions (dichostasia)[divisions(ASV); seditions(KJV)] • “The word denotes a state of things in which men are divided, in which feuds flourish, & in which unity is destroyed.” (Barclay, Flesh and Spirit, 56) • Destroys fellowship & peace(Matt. 12:25) • Lit., “a standing apart” • “…a state in which all community, all fellowship, & all togetherness are gone” (Barclay, 57)Jno. 17:20-21 (1 Jno. 2:19) 9

  10. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Dissensions (dichostasia)[divisions(ASV); seditions(KJV)] • Several types of division: • Class division,Col. 3:11 • Racial division,Col. 3:11 • Party division,3 Jno. 9-10 (1 Cor. 1:12-13) • Denominational division,Eph. 4:4-6 • Personal division,Matt. 5:23-24(where two people won’t meet or speak) • Mark & turn away,Rom. 16:17 10

  11. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Heresies (hairesis)[parties(ASV); party intrigues(NEB)] • Sect, party, school…heretical sect…dissension, a faction 1 Cor. 11:19; Gal. 5:20… opinion, dogma…”(A&G, 23) • “Dissensions arising from diversity of opinions & aims”(Thayer, 16) 11

  12. Fornication • Uncleanness • Lewdness • Idolatry • Sorcery • Hatred • Strife • Jealousies • Wraths • Selfish ambitions • Dissensions • Heresies • Envy • Murders • Drunkenness • Revelries Heresies (hairesis)[parties(ASV); party intrigues(NEB)] • “Denotes a choosing, choice...hence, an opinion, especially a self-willed opinion, which is substituted for submission to the powers of truth, & leads to divisions & the formation of sects” • Choosing of opinions over truth,Matt. 15:8-9 (1 Cor. 11:19) • Warn, warn…reject,Titus 3:10-11 12

  13. The Anatomy of Division Gal. 5:20 Jas. 3:16; 1 Cor. 3:3; Gal. 5:15 13

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