THE FLESH
Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these];
SINS
Adultery – voluntary with someone who is not your spouse
James 4:4 CSB – 4 You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.
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Fornication – Illicit specifically outside of marriage
2 Corinthians 12:21 KJV – 21 [And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
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– anything that would be considered immoral
Ephesians 5:3 KJV – 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
1 Thessalonians 4:7 KJV – 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Lasciviousness – the utterance of an tongue, “filthy communication”
Ephesians 4:18-19 KJV – 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
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SINS
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Idolatry – An “idolater” is a slave to the ideas his idols represent. Anything that is elevated above God.
Titus 3:3 CSB – 3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
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Witchcraft – the use of drugs, whether simple or potent that was accompanied by incantations and appeals to occult powers.
2 Chronicles 33:6 CSB – 6 He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him.
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SOCIETAL SINS
Hatred – malicious towards others,
1 John 2:9 CSB—9 The one who says he is in the light
but hates his brother or sister has been in the darkness until now.
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Variance – strife, quarrel,” especially “rivalry, contention,
1 Corinthians 1:11 CSB – 11 For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers and sisters, by members of Chloe’s people, that there is rivalry among you.
Titus 3:9 CSB – 9 But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, because they are unprofitable and worthless.
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Emulations – a bi-product of intense jealousy
1 Corinthians 3:3 KJV – 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Wrath – wild, savage, and fierce, not tame.
James 1:19-20 KJV – 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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Strife – self-ambition, , rivalry, seeking to win followers
Philippians 2:3 CSB – 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
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Seditions – a standing apart, those who cause ““, related to strife.
Romans 16:17-18 CSB – 17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them, 18 because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
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Heresies – especially a opinion, erroneous opinions are frequently the outcome of personal preference, outside of biblical truth.
2 Peter 2:1-2 CSB – 1 There were indeed false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.
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Envyings – “Envy,” is the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others;
1 Timothy 6:3-4 CSB – 3 If anyone teaches false doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness, 4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,
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Murders – murder in general,
Romans 1:28-29 CSB – 28 And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right. 29 They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
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VOID OF SELF-CONTROL SINS
Drunkenness – with strong drink, habitual intoxication,
Luke 21:34 KJV – 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
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Revellings – a nocturnal and riotous procession of half-drunken and frolicking behavior
1 Peter 4:3 KJV – 3 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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– and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past,
– that they which do such things (practice)
– shall not the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 5:9-10 KJV – 9 Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
Romans 14:9-10 KJV – 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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“Reject the Flesh, Embrace the Spirit; The Path to inheriting in God’s Kingdom.”
Community Life Group Questions.
- What stood out to you from todays sermon?
(Facilitators please read out loud)
Before you discuss the remainder of the questions please be reminded that what is personally shared in life group belongs to the person sharing it and the life group itself.
2. Are there things that you have heard today that the spirit of God may be talking to you about and wanting you to have victory over. (with the statement above and providing you are willing) Would you share them with your group?
3. How can we encourage each other to choose not to walk in the flesh?
4. How can we pray for you?